I’m blogging at the Brava Authors Blog today and talking about the idea behind the new Harlequin venture www.TellHarlequin.com. Stop by and give your thoughts.

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 [...]

…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 [...]

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 [...]

I’ve read and enjoyed Kimberly Raye’s humorous series featuring vampire matchmaker Lil Marchette. I did think the first few books suffered from bad covers. And I know she doesn’t pick the covers, so don’t write and lecture me on that fact. I get it. Believe me, I get that.
My [...]

I hear all the time about other authors who fail to deliver books on deadline. Things happen that throw us off track. I get that. Other authors just suck at meeting deadlines, for whatever reason. I spoke with an editor at RWA who insisted this lateness craze has always been an [...]

This YouTube video featuring the first sentence from the book TAN LINES by J.J. Salem made me chuckle. We can all debate the usefulness of video book trailers, but I’m thinking this one probably did sell some books.

I’m feeling a bit better today. Thought I’d chat about the RWA Conference and some interesting tidbits I picked up:
1. Historicals are on the rise. Now, as someone who never bought into the dire historical romance is dead proclamations this was not exactly shocking to me. Really, have you seen all [...]

Findings from a British survey earlier this year as reported in the Daily Mail:
Women stop reading serious literature and turn to ‘chick-lit’ after having children, research suggests.
Mothers were shown to swap novels and non- fiction for lighter reads including celebrity autobiographies by the likes of Victoria Beckham and Jordan.
Sixty per cent of mums admit they [...]

If you are the creative sort, this might be for you…
SHOMI (the Dorchester fantasy fiction line) and Stephen King - yeah, that Stephen King - are teaming up on a book trailer contest. Your job is to create a fabulous book trailer based on your favorite SHOMI book. King will pick the winner. [...]