Riding With The Top Down (Free subscription) | yesterday
Please welcome Stephanie to the passenger seat today! (Well, we wouldn't let her drive and chat now, would we?) Thanks so much to Michele for the invite to guest blog – I’m honored because wow , the amount of talent in that header is pretty amazing. I’m in great company. Well, let’s see, tomorrow’s Thanksgiving for me – and it’s book release week for me as...
Selah March (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
As has been noted pretty much everywhere on the publishing blogosphere, Harlequin has caved in the face of general censure and sanctions from the RWA, SFWA and MWA. Author and all-around nifty guy John Scalzi has one of the best takes on the issues at hand, including a fantastically snarky read on Harlequin’s “poor, poor pitiful [...]
Politico (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
More than 1,000 people queue up outside a Borders.
Chaos Theory (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I went through a reading slump recently that was kind of driving me crazy. Really, it started in Halifax. I optimistically packed several books in my suitcase and then George and I ended up at a Chapters bookstore (oh Chapters, how I missed you) so I bought myself a copy of Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult. What a crazy person I was. There was no time for reading! Not really, anyway. I did manage to...
The Lipstick Chronicles (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
NaNoNoNoNoNoMo By Harley This month William—yes, our William, or that William, or that *!@# William, as I now think of him—talked me into NaNoWriMo. It sounds like a new flavor of Haagen-Dasz, doesn’t it? Or an active volcano? Don’t I...
Maw Books Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The New York Times Bestseller List November 15, 2009 Hardcover Fiction FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham. Stories set in rural Mississippi. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons. KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a colleague’s daughter; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan [...]
Happily Forever After (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
After weeks of contemplation and trying to figure out how to manage my time, I have come to the conclusion that I'm going to close my blog. Before I started blogging, I knew MAYBE one or two romance readers--and it was always Nora Roberts or Daniel Steel :/ As for me, I was a Lisa Kleypas fan through and through. McKenna, Matthew Swift, Derek Craven and Logan Scott...sigh... But I never heard anyone...
read_warbler (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
For once I seem to have finished a challenge ahead of time. The Support your local library challenge which is being hosted by J Kaye has been running all year and finishes on the 31st. December. I signed up to read 25 library books and have now, happily, read that number. I'm pretty pleased with my achievement - I thought I could do it but knew it was more library books than I normally read in one...
Two Voices (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Yep. Today I feel like Nora Roberts. Why, you ask? Not because I am a multi-published best-selling author who has earned the title of Reigning Queen of Romance. Nope. [I wish] Not because there are millions of copies of my books in prints. Nope. [I also wish] I feel like Nora Roberts because right now, I don't want to stop writing. I read once, a long time ago, that Ms. Roberts wrote every day. She...
Buzz, Balls & Hype (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
An article about Burberry and branding. Smart company. We need to really think about branding in publishing. Not in the old way - its not about a publisher tweeting - you can't create brand excitement by just existing. You need...
Romance Reading Mom (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I finished Bed of Roses yesterday morning (after Mass and before working Bingo). I'll start by saying I liked this book. Do you hear the "but"? But I have some issues, which probably stem from working for a church. I'll apologize for sounding prissy now :) Do any of the "Vows" clients get married in a church, not necessarily Catholic, but maybe Lutheran or Episcopal or Methodist,...
Romance Reading Mom (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
I've started 3 different books in the last 3 days and can't seem to settle on what I want to read. It's the middle of Saturday afternoon, and I'm bored, I decided to make a list of odd thoughts ... My son has 3 birthday parties in 8 days this month. At what age do the kids' birthday parties stop? This summer we finally broke down and bought the child a Nintendo DS. Guess who plays it almost as much...
Risky Regencies (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Gah. I had a good topic (not a great one, but a good one) for today, but thanks to the combination of the World Series, early mornings, touring middle schools for the ten year-old, back spasms, etc., I am in no mood. None at all. Except a bad one. BUT I am writing a synopsis, this one hopefully with actual plot and stuff, and I've been reading some great stuff, including the first in Jim Butcher 's...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Nora Roberts continues her Bride series this month!
The Kill Zone (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
By Joe Moore Yesterday, my blog mate, Kathryn Lilley , discussed market research and why consumers choose one product over another. To continue Kathryn’s theme, I propose the question: Why are people motivated to purchase one book over another? Is it the author? How about the cover art? The cover blurbs from other writers? The title? The synopsis on the back or inside liner? All of the above...
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