If you’ve visited here before you know that I am very grateful to Lori Foster. Years back she ran this contest off her blog - the Lori Foster Brava Novella Contest - where people submitted a few pages of wanabee Brava novellas, Lori picked the ones she liked and her Kensington editor (now my [...]

I got an invitation to guest blog over at It’s Not Chick Porn and being a fan of the site, I accepted. I’m talking about the WOW Factor in books. Go check it out.
And there’s a giveaway….

Dr. Zom and I continue to spar about book burning. He appears to be pro so long as the cause is just. Since everyone always believes their cause is just and since book burning equals censorship to me, I’m squarely on the con side. You can see the comments in yesterday’s post. [...]

I’m all for protests but this is asinine. Tom Wayne, a used bookstore owner, is protesting the public’s decline in reading by…burning books. Here’s the article. The beginning goes like this:
Tom Wayne amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero’s Books. [...]

In an oversight of epic proportions, I somehow missed the anniversary of THE CALL. It was such a huge day. Can’t believe I let the anniversary of the big day pass without a mention. Bad author.
A bit of history…THE CALL came on May 6th. I remember feeling shocked, awed [...]

While watching the season finale of Lost last evening I realized why I love books - no commercials. During the last hour, there were points with only four-minute breaks between commercials. Come on now. That’s insane. I’m all for Hollywood making money and charging obscene amounts for advertising time. But, [...]

I’m somewhat stunned by the number of promo options out there for authors. Stunned as in overwhelmed and confused. We have book trailers, websites, MySpace, Bebo, advertisements, guest blogging, booksignings and a whole host of other possibilities. Some of these make little sense to me in the grand scheme of selling books. [...]

I’m at the Brava Authors Blog today. Chatting a bit while I engage in sloth.

You probably didn’t notice, but I stepped away for a few days. A fall off a step ladder while painting caused a short delay. A fall from a few feet off the ground resulted in a great deal of soreness, whining and a tube of Icy Hot. I’m fine now but must [...]

While I don’t have many details on the book I just turned in, I do have the official back cover copy for my March ‘08 single title. No title or cover yet. They’re coming. Until then, you can see what a nice job the Kensington folks did with the copy:
IT’S NOT YOU, [...]