I pointed out a book sale by Jennifer Estep back in May. Jennifer now has a website. Go visit…just click on that link I put there. It’s not the same ‘ole thing. I played with the buildings at the top for longer than I care to admit. Once I got [...]

Yesterday I made my usual jump over to Booksquare to see what interesting and intelligent thoughts she had for the day. And, well, calm and happiness ceased. The problem was not with Booksquare. It was with her link to GalleyCat which linked to a particularly short-sighted and annoying review/commentary by Colette Bancroft [...]

Washington Post Book World printed its annual Fall Preview. This is not to be confused with the annual Summer Preview, annual Spring Preview, annual Holiday Preview, annual Arbor Day Preview or any other annual Preview Book World publishes.
Look at all the romance novels highlighted…oh, wait. Moving on to the General Fiction section, there [...]

I’ve returned from Roanoke, Virginia and Valley Bookfest. Had a lovely time. Stayed in a beautiful historic hotel. Met some wonderful authors. Heard some very interesting and entertaining presentations. The folks who ran Valley Bookfest did a fantastic job. The media materials - posters, special bookmarks, ads -made me think [...]

Today I leave for Roanoke, Virginia to attend Valley Bookfest. The activities start tomorrow. If you’re in the area (or within a 5 hour drive in any direction) and are looking for something to do on Saturday, come on over to the Virginia Room of the Main Library at 11:00 a.m. and hear [...]

With the RWA conference behind us for another year, this seemed like a good time to point out this article called, How To Ruin The Writers’ Festival For Everyone . Tell me that’s not the best title of an article ever.
For future reference, there are a few actions/behaviors you can engage in while attending [...]

This time I’m talking about me…
My wonderful editor Kate Duffy offered - and I accepted - a new three-book deal. The books will be Brava single titles - ie, not novellas and not anthologies. As soon as I know the release schedule in more than just tentative terms I’ll share.
A big thanks to [...]

At this year’s RWA Conference in Atlanta I met a bunch of new and new-to-me authors. Most were smart, funny, charming, talented and all that good stuff. Then there was one of the other kind… I’m sure this lady is smart, funny, charming and talented. Unfortunately, she hid those traits behind a [...]

On this busy day, I throw this out there to all writers, readers and would-be authors…
A new book, Reading Like A Writer by Francine Prose, suggests that unpublished writers should re-read the classics. And you thought you learned everything you needed to know about these novels in 10th grade…
The Library Journal says:
Prose [...]

Last night I attended a party to celebrate the release of Viva Las Bad Boys!. I’m blogging about the evening’s events over at Access Romance. I’ll post the photos on the photo page soon. Until then, here are a few: