Few things are as satisfying as Kumquat Canal, the new contemporary romance series by megalith! With 141 votes, Kumquat Canal is the clear (ha) winner, and really, who can resist a pitch like this? Kumquat Canal Ex-SEAL Mai-ti Wang uses his childhood ninja training to track the stunningly attractive, intriguingly elusive spy known as Majik Hu-ha. Congratulations, megalith! Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom to claim your winnings, and enjoy the fame and fortune that comes … Continue reading Contemporary Title Generator: The Winner!→
by SB Sarah · Sep 24, 2010 at 6:31 pm ·
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Oh, the challenges of setting a schedule for yourself and then facing technological fuckwittery! But now that the poll software and I are getting along, LET THERE BE VOTING. Below, the finalists I selected (wait, you wanted a poll of over 200 entries? No? DIDN’T THINK SO.) for your voting pleasure in the Contemporary Series Name Generator contest. Voting will close Sunday, so click and enjoy. The entries are below the poll. Entry 1 For … Continue reading The Contemporary Series Title Generator: The Voting!→
by SB Sarah · Sep 18, 2010 at 7:46 pm ·
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Oh, my gosh, the entries in the Romance Novel Product Line are giving me Abs of Steel from the laughter workout. Holy smoke. First, Short Librarian emailed me her image file, so enjoy this Honorable Mention entry for a moment while I organize the winners: Honorable Mention: In addition to Man Candles, the honorable mentions for products inspired by Romance Novels go to: Laura Xixi and Julie H for “Wanton Strumpet: Body Mist” – protect … Continue reading Romance Novel Product Line: The Winner!→
So many people have written to me asking about the Dreamspinner ad running in our ad column. Some are dying to talk about it, some are asking me to create a thread just to discuss it, and some are absolutely turned off. What, a man with his pants down wearing some mistletoe around another area that may in fact be well hung is worth talking about? You bet your sweet bippy. So with the generosity … Continue reading Caption That Cover: Holiday Edition→
BoB’s Hanukkah contest – wherein BooksonBoard is giving away a Cybook Opus, a book light, and a $25 gift certificate to BooksonBoard to whomever wrote the best book pitch that featured a character named Bob, a Jewish holiday, and a reference to BooksonBoard. By an overwhelming number of votes, and with the laughing confirmation of Kana at BooksonBoard, we announce that The Playgirl Shikseh’s Virgin Dreidel Boy, by Kathlyn, is the winner – Happy Hanukkah … Continue reading Bob’s Hanukkah: The Winner!→
What do you get when you take a math professor who is curious about romance, the crahkalicious Black Dagger Brotherhood, and the internet? Why, DocTurtle’s Black Dagger Brotherhood Madlibs of course. Thanks to DocTurtle, we have so much fun, we might end up crashing the UNC Ashville server. Oh, it’s just a beautiful thing. Enjoy! Of course I did one! Wrath opened the door to the sound of ska. Tohr and Rhage were listening to … Continue reading DocTurtle + MadLibs= WIN→
From very alert reader Cora comes this bit of HILARITY. This month’s Mills & Boon Newsletter highlights some of their recommended titles, including Kathleen O’Reilly’s Sex, Straight Up, which is being released by M&B as Intoxicating! That’s all well and drunken fun but… what’s this? Looks like The Virgin Secretary’s Impossible Boss got a whole new workplace problem. OMG VIRGIN LESBIAN CATEGORY ROMANCE. WHY didn’t I think of THAT?!
Question: are fill-in-the-blank javascripts the most funnest thing ever? Y/Y? Y! Thank you to the HOLY CRAP THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE of you who had fun with the Smart Bitch Romantic Suspense Blurbs Gone Wild! I’ll have to hang out with Mr. Java and his script to make more fun, huh? Woo! And now, a special message from Roxanne St. Claire: Two hours? Just gone. Two hours laughing my ass off at those mad libs, … Continue reading Romantic Suspense Blurbs Gone Wild: Teh Winnahs!→
Since I poked a little fun at vaguely religious pseudonyms, and since Roxanne St. Claire isn’t a pseudonym, I thought, let’s have another ARC giveaway, shall we? Yes, we shall! Your task: more fun with romantic suspense! Using your power of Word Knowlege, use the form below to generate a title and its tagline. As always, copy and paste your brilliant results into the comments. Two winners will be chosen to receive an advanced reader … Continue reading Romantic Suspense and Roxanne St. Claire: ARC Giveaway!→
Behold, we have a special message from Sherry Thomas, whose new website is sleek and sexy like things that are sleek and sexy: It so happens that I have set Not Quite A Husband—coincidentally—in a spot that is very much in the news: the Swat Valley, which in 1897 broke out in a fierce rebellion against the British, inspired by the exhortations of a certain Mad Fakir and is now, history repeating itself, a Taliban … Continue reading Not Quite a Husband: A Giveaway!→
So poor Jane Austen is now afflicted with zombies, aliens, predators, and all manner of terrible things – and here I thought Mr. Collins was pretty damn awful. Do you get the feeling that poor Jane is getting an undue amount of paranormal attention? What about the other masterpieces of romance fiction? What about MORE paranormal or just plain extra more better oddity added to an already-paranormal romance? I have two words: Hellooooo Hollywood! Use … Continue reading Romance: Now With More Zombies!→
