Bitchin' Blog Posts
: Interviews
April 30, 2012 | Monday | 24 Comments
At Romantic Times, I sat next to Jodi Thomas on the contemporary romance panel I wrote about earlier, and because I'm horrible, I got all up in her business about her position as Writer in Residence at West Texas A&M University. A romance author as a writer in residence? That's awesome! Thomas is only the second writer to fill the post. Prior to Thomas, the writer in residence was Loula Grace Erdman, who wrote novels about the settlement of the Texas Panhandle. I thought the idea of a romance author serving as writer in residence was very cool, so I…
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January 23, 2012 | Monday | 431 Comments
Lisa Kleypas' Rainshadow Road comes out in February, and her publisher has offered 10 finished copies to give away. Whoo! And not only do we have books to give away, but Lisa Kleypas was kind enough to answer several inane questions from me via email. Hooray - bonus interview! Rainshadow Road has magical realism while Friday Harbor did not. Why add it to this novel? Did you plan to go this way all along with the series? Well, when I first visited Friday Harbor with Greg and the kids a couple of years ago, I really felt a sense of "otherness" or magic…
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December 21, 2011 | Wednesday | 16 Comments
The editor I kidnapped is still in my basement, though I've moved a wine cellar and some fruitcake down there so my sequestered editor has plenty to eat. And she's consented to answer more questions for you, in the fourth edition of "Ask the Editor." Taylor L. asked: What tips a book from the maybe pile to the yes pile as far as acquisitions go? How much more scrutiny do you give a first time author than an author you’ve worked with for a while? Ask the Editor: Voice, honestly. And how much more scrutiny? I hope I’m being…
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May 23, 2011 | Monday | 14 Comments
Two interview events, one now and one coming soon! First, as I mentioned last week, this evening at 6:30pm, I’m interviewing Gena Showalter at the Apple store in Soho, New York City (103 Prince Street). The interview will be about 40 minutes with time for Q&A, and will be taped for a podcast to be released later. Also: Tuesday, 24 May at 10:30am in the Sourcebooks Booth, #4356, I will be signing advance reader copies of Everything I Know About Love, I Learned From Romance Novels. After that, I’ll be haunting the romance publisher booths. One year at BEA I…
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May 24, 2010 | Monday | 36 Comments
When Jane Litte and I hosted a session on “Save the Contemporary” at RT this year, in the middle of a discussion, we discovered that in the audience was contemporary romance author Susan Donovan. I think my literal response was, “Oh, cool!” So when she got in touch with me later, I suggested an interview, because I was curious what she thought of the contemporary market, and romance in general. You visited our Save the Contemporary panel and we were very excited to meet you - thank you for coming. What do you love most about contemporary romance, reading and…
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