Historical and Contemporary Romance Author
It’s true. I’ve finished making my last pass through The Lesson Plan and have sent it off to my editor. I’m beyond thrilled. There’s just nothing like that feeling of completion when you close the manuscript for the last time and send it off to the editor. (I think it might even be better than orgasm, but don’t tell anyone…
What I Got by Sublime, copyright 1996 Early in the morning, risin’ to the street Light me up that cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet Got to find a reason, a reason things went wrong Got to find a reason why my money’s all gone I got a dalmation, and I can still get high I can play…
If you are a US resident and aren’t a self-publishing author, you probably haven’t noticed Amazon’s recent expansion of to include separate domains not only for the UK and Germany (amazon.de), but also for France (.fr) and today, Italy (.it) and Spain (.es). Now, I’m all for making digital books more readily available to people in foreign countries, and I’m…
Taking Liberties hit the shelves this morning at fine ebook retailers everywhere. I couldn’t possibly give a comprehensive list of links, but here are the ones I was able to find last night before I crashed: All Romance eBooks Amazon Barnes & Noble Harlequin Kobo Sony For a chance to win a free copy, hop over to The Season Blog…
Mayor of Simpleton by Andy Partridge, Copyright 1989 Never been near a university, Never took a paper or a learned degree, And some of your friends think that’s stupid of me, But its nothing that I care about. Well I don’t know how to tell the weight of the sun, And of mathematics, well I want none, And I may…
This week’s Music Monday comes to us courtesy of my favorite Canadian band, Barenaked Ladies. This one is off their 2006 album, Barenaked Ladies Are Me. I’ll let it speak for itself. Bull in China Shop by Ed Robertson and Steven Page, copyright 2005 I’m a kid in a candy store I’m a bull in a china shop I’m a…
The other day, several folks on Twitter (Jane Litte of Dear Author, Angela James of Carina Press, and a few others) were discussing how long ago a book has to be set before it can reasonably be considered a “historical” romance. Some said the 1920s, others the 1950s, and there may have been other responses I didn’t see. One thing…
So this is an installment in my ongoing (and sporadic) series on the reasons I’ve chosen to self-publish–and the reasons I haven’t. This one falls into the haven’t category. So, there’s a certain “I’ll self-publish and show you mean publishers (aka “The Man”) how wrong you are about me/my writing/my book!” mentality out there. I can understand the appeal of…
After I wrapped up the cover art design for Wrong Side of the Grave, Stephanie Draven mentioned on Twitter that my experiences were making her wonder if packaging shouldn’t come before writing the book. Or, put more bluntly, whether I was foolish to be spending time and money on cover art for books I haven’t written yet and could, in…
A few years ago, I briefly did a feature I called “Lyric Thursday” where I’d post the lyrics to a song that I found interesting, inspirational, or just plain fun. I got lazy and stopped doing it, but lately, I’ve been listening to music much more (mainly because I’ve been spending so much more time in the car!), and I…