Archive for August, 2008

Happy Birthday to…

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

…fabulous author and awesome friend Alison Kent!!!!

My Saturday

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

It is a profoundly gleeful day in my house. It is a perfect storm of HelenKay happiness over here. See, I love college football, am a political junkie and am fascinated by true crime. And how, you ask, are these things related? Well, today is the first day of college football. [...]

Early Christmas

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The new Romantic Times came out this week. It’s the October issue. And, yes, TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT is not reviewed in it as it should be. A kind reader already emailed me to warn me. I actually knew earlier this week. It’s was a mix-up that [...]

Bring. It. On.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

In the Little Slice Of Awesome Department… RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW is this week’s book club choice for DearReader.com and the Books-a-Million BAMM Book Club. Join the forum and get in on the discussion.
In the Smackdown Department… The new Author Talk video is out. This one highlights Jackie’s Kessler’s upcoming book, HOTTER [...]

It’s Tuesday…

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

I had one of those “woe is me” mornings. You know the ones. You wake up, start thinking that something isn’t going well and then you begin doubting. You spin until all of your thoughts are negative. Then I read the blog of romance fan and frequent commenter Angie-la. It [...]

What Not To Do At A Wedding

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Proof that love makes you lose your freaking mind:
According the the Chicago Sun-Times, a bride and groom were tasered and arrested during their wedding reception. Yeah, you read that right. It’s a familiar story: bride gets drunk, police are called, couple spends wedding night in jail. Who hasn’t been [...]

What Is…

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

…unusual about this book cover:

Answer: The author’s name isn’t on the cover. The author is Aury Wallington. There’s an “About The Author” page at the end and her name shows up on an inside page, just not on the cover.
This is a tie-in novel to the tv show Heroes. Obvious, I [...]

Nothing Much Happening

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Today is one of those days where I don’t have a thing to say. Strange, I know. Anyone who knows me knows I like to chat. But I feel a bit rundown. No idea why. I’m not sick. Got plenty of sleep. And, really, it’s not as if [...]

Fake Book Autographing

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

In the I Hope This Is A Joke category…
Some publisher has an ad at Craigslist looking for individuals to ghost sign newly released books. Yep, I said ghost sign. Uh, really? Is signing that hard?
For those of us who sell 10-12 books at a booksigning on a good [...]

Guest Blogging

Monday, August 18th, 2008

I’m blogging at Access Romance today. Stop by and say hello.