Archive for July, 2006
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Despite attempts to the contrary by Delta, I am home. My luggage, however, is not. Since many of the free books I’m giving away are in that bag, I am extending the RWA contest one more day. Delta assures me the bag will arrive on my doorstep at some point this afternoon, [...]
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Saturday, July 29th, 2006
Thanks to hotel internet service that tends to work for about 60 seconds before freezing, posting about Thursday’s events was not a possibility. Really, nothing that exciting happened on a conference level anyway. So, let’s skip Thursday for a second and start with Friday. I like to call Friday How To Drive [...]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Went to my first signing as the person giving the autograph rather than the person seeking the autograph. Pretty cool. Unloaded all but one copy of Viva Las Bas Boys! - yay!
Met Jordan - she’s lovely. Met Walt and Alison - yes, they need a better vacation planner because visiting Atlanta in [...]
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
I take off this morning for Atlanta and the annual RWA conference. This evening is the Literacy Signing. If you’re in town, stop by and say hello…you know, so I’m not sitting there by myself for three hours. That kind of thing is never good.
My plan goes like this: stare in [...]
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
They - whoever “they” is - say book sales don’t happen in summer. That’s not right as far as I can tell. Here are some examples of the utter wrongness of that theory.
For those who love Eloisa James, here’s some book sale news that should make you happy:
FICTION: WOMEN’S/ROMANCE
THE LIST, which brings [...]
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
I get a bit crazed with the argument that goes something like this: chick lit is ruining the ability of women to write in other genres. It’s ridiculous, really. Do people say James Patterson’s success makes it impossible for men to write in any other genre or anyway that is different from [...]
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Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
Yesterday’s winners are: Pat and Sue A. Congrats! Send me an email and I’ll get the books out to both of you.
On a new subject… I was reading through the August 2006 RWR and saw a letter to the editor on the issue of defining romance. Janet W. Butler [...]
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
The winner from yesterday is - Sharon. Congrats!!! Email me and I’ll get the book out to you.
So, what did I learn from this exercise? That I’m more confused than ever, maybe?? No, that’s not true. I think the answer is that different promo attempts appeal to different people. I [...]
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
Yesterday’s winner - Karen T. Congrats!!! Email me with your address, and I’ll get the book out to you.
For those sick of questions, I’m also blogging at Access Romance’s All A-Blog today.
For those ready to answer and waiting for one more chance to win Viva Las Bad Boys!, here’s today’s question: so [...]
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Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Yesterday’s winner: Lara Rose - congrats!! Email me with your contact information.
Today’s topic: ads, covers and banners. You visit websites and see banners for authors and books. Some of these are on sites you might expect to see ads and banners like Romance Junkies, Novel Talk , All About Romance [...]
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