Yeah, that’s probably not a word. If it is, it shouldn’t be. Just seemed to me we need a special word for the yearly Best Of lists that start showing up about now.
The New York Times Book Review has joined the race with a list of the 100 Notable Books [...]

I know many authors are making them. I know people like them. I must admit I haven’t thought much about them and have only looked at one or two. Those seemed cool enough but, in general, this is not a promo idea that’s sparked with me. But, one came via email [...]

Certain places seem to go in and out of fashion. When I wrote VIVA LAS BAD BOYS! I hadn’t read a romance set in Las Vegas for years. A bunch of us got the same idea for the same setting at the same time. Not a surprise since, well, there are only [...]

We had what felt like 53 newspapers delivered to our house in Maryland. Actually, it was more like three - The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal (clearly for the hubby) and The New York Times (Sundays only). Over the years, I became somewhat disappointed in the Post’s reporting. And, the Sunday [...]

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, and now that NYC publishers are working on the covers for their Summer 2007 releases, it’s time to think about holiday romance (usually this means Christmas romance) novels. First, I have to admit that I’m not a huge fan. Sure, I enjoy a few Christmas tales. [...]

The Smart Bitches poke fun at romance covers quite often…and with good reason. A few years back, Jennifer McKnight-Trontz wrote a book called The Look of Love: The Art of the Romance Novel. Salon talked about it. I somehow missed it, but I now own it. Don’t you just love [...]

Since we heard the song about 4,000 while driving across the country, it seems appropriate to to honor the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the title of this entry [hint: for those unfamiliar with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they're a band and Californication is the name of an album and a single from the [...]

We are in our new home in San Diego. You’d think that would mean I’d use today’s blog to chat about all the road fun we had. Nope. I’m over at the Brava Authors Blog. These schedules are set out in advance. For some reason, I didn’t put together November [...]

The book follows a young woman as she tries to navigate the joy that is the first semester of law school. The good news is that the book isn’t about law school. Because, really, who the hell would want to read that? I still haven’t forgiven Scott Turow for One L. [...]

A few weeks ago I wandered into the local B&N. As usual, the trade paperback table at the front of the store was my first stop. I wanted to try a new author - by that I mean new to me. Looking around, I saw the regular bestselling authors and literary titles there. [...]