On the good news front, Viva Las Bad Boys! won the CAPA Award For Best Anthology of 2006 from The Romance Studio. Wahoo!!! Thanks to Jennifer Yates for the head’s up. And…fellow Brava author Sylvia Day won for Best Historical Erotic Romance for The Stranger I Married. Lori Foster [...]

I know it’s heresy for a romance author to suggest that Valentine’s Day is a little dumb as a concept but, well, it is. Love isn’t limited to one day. I could go on and on but won’t since rambling always gets me in trouble.
Out of curiosity (and an inability to sleep), I did [...]

Brenda Novak is a bestselling author and very nice lady. Somehow she finds the time to run an online auction to benefit juvenile diabetes research. Last year I bought a few goodies. There were other items I bid on and lost…booo!
Whether you’re a reader, published author or unpublished writer, there [...]

Every now and then I hear romance readers grumble about their favorite authors writing series books. I don’t mean Harlequin/Silhouette category romance novels. I mean books in a series. Think J.R.Ward’s Lover series - though not many folks complain about J.R. Ward’s books.
The general complaint goes like this: I [...]

Over the weekend Maureen Dowd had an article in the New York Times about the evils of chick lit. You know the drill. For those who do not possess the NYT secret decoder ring - don’t worry. You’re not missing much. There is nothing new or original here from Dowd. [...]

I jumped over to Mrs. Giggles yesterday. She’s always good for…well, a giggle. Seems she read a book and didn’t really care for it. Actually, that might not be strong enough since she gave it a 01. Yes, that’s on a scale of 1 to 100.
Whenever Mrs. Giggles gives [...]

The Brava Authors are having a Valentine’s Day Contest. Click on the link to check it out.
Also, the Brava Authors are chatting over at Joyfully Reviewed today. We’re everywhere!! I will be one of them - at least for some portion of the day. Don’t worry, there will be others. [...]

You’ve all heard the strange story about the female married astronaut and mother of three who developed a crush on a fellow male astronaut. The lady was so struck by love and jealousy, that she threw on a diaper, drove for hours and allegedly tried to kill, kidnap, maim or at least annoy another [...]

I’m having what can only be described as an identity crisis. Having just moved to a new state, I’ve introduced myself to new neighbors, the people who come to my house to fix stuff, the mailman and others about a thousand times now. Inevitably people ask what I do for a living. [...]

I continue to be a tad confused by the James Patterson multi-person writing thing. According to USA Today, Patterson is set to introduce another co-author this week with the release of Step On A Crack. This is Patterson’s fifth co-author. When asked why he operates this way, he responded:
“They can’t keep [...]