I am over at the Brava Authors blog today. But, be forewarned. Today’s topic isn’t happy. See, a romance writing friend’s husband is very sick. The news is sad and, as Jordan points out, makes you remember what’s important.
So, as you celebrate the holidays, please send some good thoughts [...]

Today is the hubby’s birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! We’re going to go do something fun in San Diego…we just don’t know what that something is yet. I’m sure we’ll figure it out before we get in the car.
While I am out celebrating, I thought you might enjoy this article (saw it on Tess [...]

Yeah, more lists… This time, I’m setting out romance novel themes and ideas that rarely work for me. The goal in 2007 is to find a book I like in each of these categories. Actually, it’s not a goal. I have other goals. But, these could happen.
1. Former [...]

In keeping with the seasons of lists…
While I have a Must Buy List of books a mile long and a TBR pile that functions more as a wall than anything else, there are a few books I easily can ignore:
1. Any romance with a NASCAR theme or, frankly, NASCAR anything. No [...]

For those unclear about Oprah’s power, here is a blurb from Publishers Lunch:

The biggest deal from yesterday was Crown’s purchase of Kitty Kelley’s book about Oprah, a long-in-the-making deal that saw the bestselling author turned down by many houses unwilling to publish a book about Winfrey. When we asked Kelley’s most recent publisher Doubleday in [...]

While it’s always a dangerous thing to make a list, especially when that list is a list of topics/things I can’t imagine ever including in one of my books, I’m going to do it anyway. It’s the end of the year. Time for risks.
The HelenKay-Has-Banned-From-Her-Laptop list includes:
1. Vampires. Actually, I can [...]

While I’m not clear on how exactly this study worked, I do know that Central Connecticut State University claims it has an answer. The question: which are America’s most literate cities. The study, appropriately called America’s Most Literate Cities, 2006, ranks the cities and compares each city’s rank this year to last [...]

I had heard rumors. Read a brief tidbit in RT. Now it’s official… Julie Garwood is returning to historical Scotland. Here is the book sale announcement:
FICTION: WOMEN’S/ROMANCE
NYT bestselling author Julie Garwood’s three more novels, beginning with an historical novel set in Scotland, again to Linda Marrow at Ballantine, by Andrea Cirillo [...]

Forbes was nice enough to gather the information and let us know which authors are out there making NBA money. Actually, some of these folks would have to take a deduction in income to play in the NBA.
First, some basic information - none of which should be a big surprise:
[Dan] Brown, who made $88 [...]

While going through two weeks of mail, I stumbled across Entertainment Weekly’s review of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Mistral’s Kiss. Reviewer gave it a C+. I haven’t read the book so I can’t comment on the grade. Despite that, the final part of the review did make me chuckle:
“…everyone will enjoy the [...]