Historical and Contemporary Romance Author
Ever since the Judy Mays incident, I’ve been thinking a lot about teenagers and romance novels. Like many authors of more “graphic” romances, my website’s front page includes a disclaimer that my books are meant for people over 18 years of age and suggests those under that age ought to skedaddle. But do I really believe that? Do I really…
Today, Gail Carriger, author of the Soulless series (books I have enjoyed, by the way), wrote a post urging her readers to buy her upcoming book in print rather than digital format. I’m not going to address the substance of her post in any significant way. A lot of the things she says about the publishing industry are true. Even…
I just got my first Amazon review for THE REIVER where the purchaser felt that 99 cents was too much to spend for such a short story. I do feel a little bad about her experience, because it seems she relied on the file size to indicate how long the book was, and apparently the last version I uploaded has…
When I released THE REIVER as a digital short back in January, I had no idea what to expect in terms of sales, but I didn’t really have particularly high hopes. I’m nowhere near a household name, nothing I’ve ever published with any publisher has ever sold more than perhaps a thousand copies in digital format (and the print version…
Twitter went aflutter this morning (and also broke, although that may not be related) over the news that Ed Victor, a UK-based agent, has opened a separate publishing house to release its clients books in digital and POD. For now, it looks like the plan is only to publisher reverted backlist titles, although Victor is allowing for the possibility of…
As the title implies, this is a post full of little bits of news you might not have heard if you either don’t follow me on Twitter (which is where all the GOOD stuff happens anymore) and a preview of sorts. Last Day of “Free” Today is your last day to get a copy of The Reiver for free at…
By now, if you have been paying any attention whatsoever to the Internet, you will have learned that Ellora’s Cave author Judy Mays has been “outed” by local news outlet WNEP as a high school English teacher. Apparently, a few parents in the community are not happy to discover that she writes “those kind” of books and are bringing a…
I stayed up in my room this morning instead of attending workshops here at RT11 to write my novella, but instead, I’m writing this blog post because as I’ve been watching the happenings at this week’s conference and overhearing conversations, I’m seeing a phenomenon that’s giving me increasing cause for concern. To wit, it seems a lot of agents are…
At 6:00 PDT, Grace Under Fire hit the top 100 in Erotica on Amazon. I am truly amazed, ecstatic, and humbled. If you bought a copy through any retailer, thank you very much. If you haven’t bought a copy yet but plan to…well, what are you waiting for ;). Again, thank you. It’s readers who make a writer’s day. And…