My general theory is that if you read 100 books, how good they are will range from meh to great in your basic bell curve shape. Some will fall on the “meh” end of the spectrum and some on the “great” end, but most will be in the good/not bad but forgettable range. [...]

I admit I was skeptical. A few years back at an RWA conference the editors of Silhouette starting talking about a line devoted to kick-ass heroines that did not promise a HEA and did not revolve around a romance. My basic reaction was: are they kidding? It sounded as if the [...]

USA Today has done the groundwork for us. Both critics and authors weigh in with their summer reading choices. Now, be forewarned. Some of these don’t exactly scream “beach read” when you see them. The good news is that other lists will appear over the next week or two in almost [...]

I’ve never been a celebrity memoir gal. For the most part, I don’t care enough about the “real” stories of these people to plunk down $26.00. Not when I can get the juicy details in Star or the National Enquirer by scanning the headlines while waiting in the check-out line…
There are those who [...]

In case you missed it:
Beginning February 2007, Silhouette Intimate Moments is changing its name to Silhouette Romantic Suspense. The books will have new covers, a new length (60,000 - 65,000 words or 240 - 260 manuscript pages) and an even stronger emphasis on romance. For more information, see the guidelines.
With or without the new [...]

I don’t spend a lot of time on the AAR message boards. Honestly, I spend almost zero time on the AAR message boards. Not that I have anything against AAR or message boards, it’s just that I already have 400 ways to procrastinate and ignore deadlines. I really can’t afford to go [...]

Technically, this doesn’t really relate to anything, but I thought it was funny (ie, too stupid to believe).
Eric Schlosser’s 2001 bestseller Fast Food Nation has been made into a movie with Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannavale and Avril Lavigne. The idea behind the book is to let us know what we’re [...]

Publishers Marketplace noted this sale yesterday:
NON-FICTION: HEALTH
Oprah Winfrey and trainer Bob Greene’s fitness book, to Simon & Schuster, for publication in January 2007, in what the NY Post speculates as the biggest non-fiction deal ever.
And this one:
NON-FICTION: TRUE CRIME
People magazine writer Frank Swertlow’s WE, THE JURY: Deciding Scott Peterson’s Fate, written with seven members [...]

BEA is over. RT is over. For those who didn’t go to either, don’t know what BEA and RT are, and/or don’t care…well, today’s just another Monday.
For the “it’s just Monday crowd” I give you this on literary fiction. Historical romance writers complain about a shrinking market. Lest [...]

There’s a new book out called Gatsby’s Girl by Caroline Preston. The idea of the book is to provide a glimpse into what happened to the (in)famous F. Scott Fitzgerald character Daisy from The Great Gatsby.
For the historical portion of this tale - Fitzgerald based Daisy on his first real-life love, Ginerva. [...]