It's Cover Snark, but Just one Book
When Candy started drafting the “Choose Your Own Man-Titty” section, she wrote this hilarious section about vampires, and how consent is sexy, even when you’re a vampire. She posted the whole of it, which didn’t make it into the book, over in the “Book: Extras” section. Enjoy!
Update MOAR THEORIES! Some douchebag on Livejournal is taking credit for the brouhaha, but I’m incredibly skeptical over his claims, because it sounds a little bit too pat and because not only “fag books” were affected (among other things—my bullshit alarm went WOOP WOOP WOOP when I read that post); somebody else tried the exploit and it doesn’t seem to work in the way the douchebag claims. And now, via Lilith Saintcrow, the Seattle Post … Continue reading Amazonfail update, now with delicious speculative theories
If you’re looking for comments and they’re not loading, it’s because of the record traffic being hurled at the Smart Bitch Server housed at esosoft.com. Our site is balanced across a couple of servers at this point, and so the comments are one of the things loading slowly. So some of them are off line – what can I say? Our science is tight, our comment threads are huge and our commenters are verbose. Stay … Continue reading Comments and Loadtimes: Why I’m a Pain in Esosoft’s Ass
Tuesday 7 April, I flew up to Toronto to hunt for the sheikh billionaire tycoon surgeon duke cowboy, who I’m told is named Don. Don Mills. Alas, even though I searched through several different floors of Harlequin Headquarters, Don hid from me, and I didn’t capture him on film. I did, however, have a ripping good time wandering all over the offices of HQN HQ. Yup, I’ve arrived at the right place. Free books! As … Continue reading Hunting for Don Mills: Sarah Tours Harlequin
Dampening my snickering glee at being ranked among Movements and Periods is the news that Amazon seems to be stripping the sales figures and accompanying rankings from GLBTQ books, erotica, and romance novels, particularly those with what they term “adult content.” In short: someone in Amazon has utter shit for brains. Authors such as Jaci Burton, Maya Banks, Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler have reported that since being stripped of their sales rankings, their titles … Continue reading Amazon Rank
Behold, there is great rejoicing, as Beyond Heaving Bosoms is now #1 in “Movements and Periods” on Amazon.com, edging out both J. R. Ward and Charles Dickens. I didn’t think we’d move up from our solid and heavy position as #2, and #2 is certainly a respectable position. Many a baseball player, for example, likes it in the 2 hole. Many a batter finds the #2 position comfortable and tends to linger there awhile. But … Continue reading We are #1! In Movements! and Periods!
Candy and I are about to embark on a Hella Big Blog Tour, but before that starts, I was asked to do an interview by someone who actually knows me and who has his own niche blog. While we talk hot pink, romance and heuristic discussions of man-titty over here, Sean talks about Pittsburgh sports (we’re both from Pixburg), free burritos, and Kevin Pittsnogle. So when Sean asked if he could interview me, I figured, … Continue reading Sean’s Ramblings Interivews SB Sarah
Thanks to the Awesome Rob from RT, there is nine whole minutes, or, about 90% of my reading from this Monday’s Lady Jane’s Salon. It is nine minutes, which is a lot, but if you’re looking for a video preview of what I sound like after 2 glasses of wine and a cigar, or what the book contains, have a looksee. Enjoy! Lady Jane’s Salon was, as usual, a slapping good time. Ron Hogan and … Continue reading Saturday Videos Shatter Sexual Myths
The extra content is online, even though All Things Considered isn’t scheduled to air for another half hour. Have a look! There’s Mavis, an illustration by Joanne Renaud, who represents our vision of the “stereotypical romance reader.” Check out the book for the truth about Mavis’ smarty smartness. There’s also an excerpt from the introduction to the book, the Old Skool vs. New Skool Romance Flowchart, and an audio clip of Candy and I recommending … Continue reading Smart Bitches on All Things Considered: Now With More Stuff!
Heads up! Our interview with NPR’s All Things Considered will air tomorrow, Saturday 11 April. Local airtimes vary but you can find your local NPR station and check their schedule as to when it’ll air. The interview was over 30 minutes long but I know we’re being edited down to about five or six minutes. I hope the good parts air but who knows? I do know that the sound technician with me in Connecticut … Continue reading Smart Bitches and Heaving Bosoms on NPR
We’d had a few romance-positive articles in the news the last few weeks, including a New York Times article quoting Jane from Dear Author, but it appears the streak is over now that this article by a condescending LA Times reporter has been picked up by the AP so the derision can be shared across the land. How appropriate that last night we at my giant table of loudness asked as part of the seder, … Continue reading Manishtana: The Streak is Over
