Expanding on a comment from yesterday’s blog…Jeanne said: “It’s a shame authors have to try and write something that truly isn’t their desire to write.” Jeanne hit on a pet peeve of mine. What she says is what a great many authors feel: write to the market trend or you won’t [...]

First…congrats to Jennifer K. who won the random contest this week. Email me and let me know which book you want and your contact information.
Second…I survived last evening’s speaker panel. Actually, I had a very nice time. The lovely ladies of MRW were very welcoming and funny. These women should write [...]

Actually, she sits there respectfully and answers questions when asked. Yeah, that’s the plan when I take my seat at the Erotic Romance Panel at the Maryland Romance Writers’ meeting this evening. They invited, so I will be there.
I’m not a member of MRW, but I owe MRW a great [...]

You can find me a few other places today. Booksquare and I did a joint review of Stephanie Bond’s Body Movers over at Paperback Reader (PBR). Bond is one of those authors I read and will keep reading because she’s clever and funny and writes very well. She always entertains. I [...]

Not that.
I’m talking about mass market paperbacks (the “normal” size books that cost about $6.99), trade paperbacks (the bigger books that cost more like $14.00 - like mine, for instance) and hardcovers (no definition needed…I hope), as well as single title versus novella formats. Two comments got me thinking about my buying preferences yesterday. [...]

Normally cover quotes don’t get my attention. Normally. But, when the quotes are highlighted in a full-page color ad in RT, and those quoted are Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner, Tess Gerritsen and Michael Connelly…well, I listen. Rather, I go searching for information about the book an author.
The book in question is The [...]

Saw this book deal in PW:
Mary Higgins Clark’s first children’s book GHOST SHIP: A Cape Cod Story, illustrated by Wendell Minor, about a friendship between two boys, one visiting his grandmother on summer vacation in Cape Cod and another a cabin boy for a sea captain with stories to tell of his adventures on the [...]

Romantic Times - the real name of the magazine being Romantic Times Book Reviews - has changed its format. I blogged about this previously but the change was an “in the future” thing then. It’s a “just happened” thing now.
Have to say I was on the Pro team for RT’s clearer ratings system. [...]

First things first: the winner of the remaining RWA giveaway books is…Joanne V. from her comment on the Something New blog entry. Congrats! Email me with your information.
Confused by what, you ask? Review opinions. While paging through Romantic Times (RT) last night I saw that the new ratings system is [...]

You may not have known I left again but, well, I did. Actually, we did. The hubby and I went to San Diego for a few days - it was business-related, I swear. Enjoyed the beautiful weather, intruded on Wendy and Tod’s vacation (even sat between them on the beach) and…got burnt [...]