Sophie Vershbow is a freelance journalist who writes a lot about books, reading, and the publishing industry. You might have seen her article about celebrity book ghost writers and about DNFing without guilt. We talk about her experience with social media strategy for authors and publishers, and with writing about publishing. We also discuss how much book publicity has changed, so stay tuned for extremely good advice for managing social media for book publicity. Then, … Continue reading 642. Books Journalism and Social Media with Sophie Vershbow →
Ok, so technically this is housekeeping about the Liking plugin, but calling it a Housekeeping of Likes is giving me a big grin, and I could use a big grin after fighting with plugins! The short version is: the comment-liking plugin we’d been using stopped working, and usually that means something else is interfering. But because we keep dealing with pesky DDOS attempts, fixing it mostly meant it would break again. And I know how … Continue reading A Housekeeping of Likes →
This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Ask Us Anything! →
by SB Sarah · Nov 20, 2024 at 2:00 am · Comments Off on Holiday Gift Guide: Useful and Cozy Gifts
It’s gifting season, and it’s time for our holiday gift guides. I love putting these together because it’s like shopping for all of you and myself, too! This week, cozy things, heated things, useful things! Want to see? Just click that image or click right here, and come shop with us! And if you’d like to browse some more, we have a complete Stuff We Like archive, including past Gift Guides and other posts of … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide: Useful and Cozy Gifts →
It’s time for the Ads & Features from the November 2015 issue of Romantic Times magazine! Our cover story is…the 10th anniversary of Samhain publishing. We’ve got articles on series bibles and rugby romance – and a lot of ads when YA covers were all White girls in Giant Dresses. Come back in time with us – we had a lot of fun chatting about this issue, even though it was a bit of a … Continue reading 641. RT Rewind: November 2015 Ads & Features →
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the glorious ads and features for the November 2015 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Claire A. and Amy S. for this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind. If you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: November 2015 Ads & Features →
This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Let’s Discuss This Cover Makeover: Immortals After Dark →
I believe that reading books and collecting books are two separate yet equally worthy hobbies, just like buying yarn and knitting. Due to social media, and people’s desire to share their love of books (read or unread) there have been several subscription services lately that offer beautiful editions of popular books. I subscribe to Illumicrate, and I really enjoy it. There is a UK and US version of Illumicrate, and also two subscription options. The … Continue reading Illumicrate Book Subscription →
Lucy Jane Wood’s debut book, Rewitched, is out, and we connected to talk all things cozy, witchcraft, all the different 90s witches in pop culture, and the big feelings around turning an age with a zero on the end. Ultimately, this is a book about a person who wants to keep her own power – a theme I could certainly celebrate! Lucy Jane is also a TikToker and YouTuber with a sizeable following, so we … Continue reading 640. Cozy Witchcraft with Lucy Jane Wood →
Well. This sucks. Currently I’m sitting with two sets of feelings. I’m already so tired, and scared, and discouraged. And tired. We just did this. I have semi-accurate predictions of how this is going to go, and none of it is good. And on the other hand, I know how resilient and compassionate and loving people can be. How loving and compassionate and resilient you are, and me, and all of us. I can grieve and worry … Continue reading We Will Find Our Daily HEAs →
