From Carrie Lofty via Joelle Charbonneau comes this long but funny feature of author Bob Shea at the Texas Book Festival. As Carrie said, stick it out to the end because it’s giggle-worthy. Link! Have a weekend that’s full of DINOSAUR WINS! read more »
Song of Seduction is a fiercely turbulent and emotional story set in Austria in the early 1800s - in winter. It’s cold and passionate at the same time, with the greatest passion portrayed not by the characters but by the music they make. Mathilda Heidel is a hidden prodigy: she can play the violin by ear, mimicking perfectly and improvising instantly any piece she hears, despite a very little amount of instruction. But she’s buried her gifts for years in response to a notorious and painful childhood and a very pedestrian marriage that ended in her husband’s sudden death. When… read more »
Today I gave my panel on online marketing and as usual I learned a ton from the audience so that the next time I give this talk it will be 230% better. First, I learned last night in the librarian meet and greet how much librarians rely on author web sites and how valuable they find book lists that link series and related books together. It seems there is a romance reader type they see very often who will come in and want to try a new author who has a few books published already, and they want to read… read more »
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