Actually, Ian Fleming is dead. That’s not news. He died in the 60s. For those who can’t place the name, he’s the guy who wrote the James Bond books. His estate picked a guy to write a new Bond book. His name is Sebastian Faulks. He’s considered more of [...]

With advance apologies to Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh and Linda Winstead Jones…
I know authors don’t pick their book covers. Really, I do. I’m not blaming anyone or making fun. I’m just saying I really don’t like this one. More importantly, I’m not sure how this cover for the antho [...]

To all those writing memoirs or contemplating writing memoirs:
Stop. Please write something else. At the very least, understand that it’s unlikely every single moment in your life is worthy of being memorialized in a book. Hate to say it, but your life probably isn’t that much different from the lives of the [...]

The good people at the Today Show have a poll posted. This one is in conjunction with a story about Danielle Steel. The poll asks if you read romance. Specifically, the affirmative response goes like this: “Yes, yes, yes! Bodice-rippers are my ultimate escape.” Yeah, it was written by a [...]

I blogged about urban fantasy covers yesterday. Both Meljean and Kerry commented on one of my favorite new urban fantasy covers. It’s for Red by Jordan Summers. This cover is amazing. Something about the way the red pops and the woman stands out…well, don’t take my word for it. Here [...]

I think a lot of the urban fantasy covers have the same look - a sexy, butt-kicking chick in front of an apocalyptic background. I keep waiting to get sick of these covers. It hasn’t happened yet. I still like them. Some better than others, of course.
As an example, [...]

Both MaryJanice Davidson and Christina Dodd have given me cover quotes - Thank you!! I am so grateful to both of these amazing authors. Now, the consumer side of me and the author side of me view this differently. As an author, I love it. But the book buyer in me [...]

The Wall Street Journal’s weekend edition had an article on book trailers. Now, it seems to me the WSJ is a tad late to this party. After all, haven’t book trailers been around for awhile now?
Anyway… The WSJ talked about how some of the biggies are resorting to book trailers to [...]

I read a very good review for PITCH BLACK by Susan Crandall at Dear Author. It got me thinking about romantic suspense novels and how we define them. Jane said this in the review:
I do love a good romantic suspense but I’ve often found the balance between the two to be somewhat lacking. [...]

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 [...]