Brenda Novak’s 2008 Online Auction to Benefit Diabetes Research is almost over. Have you checked it out yet? There are some amazing items listed. Brenda also just added some raffles items.
As a reminder of some fabulous opportunities…
There are two groups of Brava books up for auction. The authors donated [...]

My upcoming release, HARD AS NAILS, received a few fabulous reviews this week. Some aren’t up on their sites yet since the book doesn’t officially release until June 24th, but here’s one I can tell you about. This is part of a 4 Star review from Romantic Times:
In this one-author anthology each [...]

Dear folks in charge of Amazon (the bookstore not the geographic region):
We’ve had a long and prosperous relationship. While I don’t buy tools, shampoo and many of the other things you sell, I do buy books and DVDs from you. Check my account history. You’ll see. It is because of this [...]

Look what I got over the weekend:

Oh, yeah…

I was thinking back to the authors I read when I first started reading romance. I was one of those folks who found an author and glommed on, reading everything the author ever wrote. Still do that, actually. Now that I write for a living, I can see that I learned certain [...]

I’m blogging at Poe’s Deadly Daughters today. The topic is romantic suspense and how that differs from romance in general. Come over and say hi. And there’s a giveaway…
Special thanks to Darlene Ryan for inviting me to play on her blog.

There are rumors flying around about Borders getting bought out. Borders issued this statement yesterday in response:
Borders Group today reported that the company is in the midst of the strategic alternatives process and has not engaged in substantive discussions regarding any specific transaction to date. The company does not intend to make any further [...]

I’m finally home. Had weather delays getting there and mechanical difficulties getting back, but I’m at my house (at last!) and very happy about that fact. And I have some winners to announce…
-Liza is the winner of Mercy Street by Mariah Stewart
-limecello is the winner of The Brass Bed by Jennifer Stevenson
-I also [...]

I head home today. New York City has been great. Spent a few hours with my editor (fabulous!), had drinks with my agent (very reassuring and great advice), partied with Bebe Neuwirth (Lilith from Cheers and Frasier) and Michael Feintein (I’m not kidding), visted with friends and ate too much.
I’ll fill [...]

I don’t remember where I first saw Jennifer Stevenson’s covers. Somewhere… Well, now I have one of her books. The Brass Bed arrived at my house the other day. Since I already had a copy, I now have two copies. I haven’t read the book yet, but I was struck [...]