Archive for the 'About Authors' Category

Betting On Books

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Some people bet on sports. Apparently some bet on literature. USA Today says:
A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature — leading the award jury to suspect a leak.
Yes, I know the point of the story is that someone leaked [...]

New Book Trailer

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Fabulous author Diana Holquist created a book trailer video for my upcoming release, HOT AS HELL. I love it because it’s clever and different. Here it is:

Now it’s your turn. Go buy Diana’s newest release, HUNGRY FOR MORE, and pre-order HOT AS HELL.
I’m willing to beg…

While You Were Here…

Monday, October 6th, 2008

I’ve been quiet because I’ve actually been in Seattle/Bainbridge Island since last Thursday. For the first few nights we stayed in the guesthouse of NYT bestselling author Susan Wiggs on Bainbridge Island, one of the most stunning places in the U.S. We later ventured over to Seattle and stayed there while taking in [...]

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

In order to provide you with a completely distorted view of what authors earn, here’s a link from Forbes. I’m thinking these numbers are educated guesses. Publishers Lunch agrees with me on that and repackages the facts from Forbes this way:
Forbes has updated their annual guesses on the earnings of the most successful [...]

To Buy Or Not To Buy

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

I have been toying with buying the book WHILE THEY SLEPT . It’s one of those “true stories about a shocking crime” delivered in a literary way…or so I’ve read.
This isn’t the first book by Harrison to grab my attention. A few years ago I stumbled across one of her memoirs, [...]

More Brotherhood

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Got this in the mail:

It’s like a textbook for the Brotherhood series. Not sure where to start reading it. Do I skip to the never-before-seen short story? Look up things I want to know? Not sure.

A Different Reference

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

I read reference books but rarely read writing “how to” books. The this is how you must write stuff paralyzes me. The reference books I read deal more with specific subject matters. For example, if I were writing about a trainwreck I’d read a true account of a trainwreck and books about [...]

Too Cool

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Just got the very good news that TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT is going back for a second printing…and it hasn’t even officially released yet! Wahoo!!
What does this mean for you? Well, see, this can only be interpreted to mean the anthology is awesome, selling like mad and that you should go [...]

Cover Boys

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

This is the cover for Jayne Ann Krentz’s upcoming book, RUNNING HOT:

Maybe it’s the guy. Dunno. But for some reason this strikes me as a very different kind of Krentz cover.

Old Favorite

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Sasha mentioned re-reading Karen Robards’ ONE SUMMER. This is one of my all-time favorite romances. Hero Johnny Harris is a felon out on parole and, well, let’s just say this book totally worked for me. Thought I’d go ahead and highlight it here in case anyone missed it.
He was pure, unadulterated [...]