The RITA® and Golden Heart nominations have been announced! Congratulations to the nominated authors and editors! Ready to rustle up some reader reviews? Last year, I set up a public spreadsheet of all the RITA® nominees, and we reviewed every single one by the time the RITA® winners were announced in July .I would love to do it again – and I hope you're up for reading and reviewing a book! Now that the nominees … Continue reading 2012 Rita Reader Challenge
Courtney Milan's “Unraveled,” better known as Smite's Story, is on sale now. Unveiled and Unclaimed were both book club selections, and so many readers were clamoring for Smite's story – I had to make sure you knew it was available. Otherwise someone might have smote me. [ AMZ | BN ] Also on sale now for $1.99: Teresa Medeiros' Yours Until Dawn. [Kindle | BN & nook] … Via many people: Daniel Abraham's Private Letter from … Continue reading Links to Sales and Hilariousness
This year at RWA Nationals I did something a little different. I scheduled lunches and meetings with only one or two people, because one thing I find exhausting about RWA is that I have 1/10th of a conversation with about 300 people for five days, and at the end my brain hurts and I can’t remember anything. So while I didn’t run around and do the interview equivalent of high-fiving 500+ people, I did have … Continue reading RWA: The Big Wrap Up
All over the place, many of us are making final preparations to head over to RWA’s national convention in Orlando. Given my to-do list today, I figured it was about time we started drinking ourselves into a stupor with common tasks that prepare you for RWA National. And if you’ve never been, have a look at the fun – I hope you can join in next year. Manicure: 2 sips Pedicure: 2 sips Both at … Continue reading The RWA Prep Drinking Game
Tomorrow, if ye be in Brooklyn or parts nearby, avast, for I will be part of a splendiferous panel on romance at one of the best independent bookstores in North America, WORD Brooklyn. Along with New York Times bestselling authors Sara McLean, Lauren Willig, Hope Tarr and I will be doing one of those fun panel discussions all about romance, why it’s awesome, and what all you might like to read. I hear rumors of … Continue reading Events & Introductory Help, Please?
First: I was over at Salon Magazine over the weekend with a summer reading list of contemporary, historical, and paranormal recommendations for hot vacation relaxation: Your Guiltiest Summer Reading Pleasures: While the perfect tan requires careful sunscreen, enjoying a romance requires only two things: a belief that everyone deserves a happily-ever-after, and the ability to ignore anyone who sniffs at your choice of reading material. A good romance novel is like the perfect day at … Continue reading Romance on the Web
The wisdom and power of the Bitchery spreads throughout the land! Librarians write in to ask for help: meet Sheila: I am a librarian and was referred to your blog by another librarian. I have a patron looking for a book she once read, and I am coming up empty; but I refuse to let her down! Here is what she remembers: Peasant girl dancing in ruined castle; dancing alone, but feels a presence; later … Continue reading HaBO: Librarian Needs Help
Extra Friday videos this week are not funny, so be warned. Prescription drug abuse among children: big fucking problem. Huge. And many, many people don’t know it’s happening within their families. When I was a kid, this PSA from Long Island ran during the summer (or maybe because I was in Jersey I saw it during the summer). When I was a teenager, I remember giggling at it, thinking, “Wait, if you take the … Continue reading Additional Friday Videos Are Not So Funny This Week
I’ve been thinking a lot about the role romance novels play for its readers and authors ever since reading Teresa Medeiros’ inspiring and heart-wrenching post about why she writes romance novels. If you’ve been buried underneath some sort of Internet rock and haven’t read it yet, go have a look-see. That piece does more to allay doubts about the power of popular fiction to make a substantial, beautiful difference in people’s lives than anything I’ve … Continue reading On the role romance novels play
ETA: one more- from Wired Magazine’s Geek Dad! Top Ten Geeky Things You Don’t Know About Romance Writers, written by Corrina Lawson, reveals the inner geek of many writers at RWA: 6. They Take Their Kids on Research Trips to the Spy Museum. New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day had her two children with her in D.C. Her ten-year-old son was so thrilled with the International Spy Museum that he not only told me … Continue reading Links on Romance: Proud and Prejudiced
Michelle Buonfiglio of the online radio broadcast Romance Buy the Book is featuring a two-part interview with a right studly individual, Nathan Kamp, romance cover model. Part one went up May 9; part two appears next week. Mr. Kamp and his ‘licious pecs have been featured on many a fine cover, including the Hot Spell Anthology and Teresa Medeiros’ new novel, The Vampire Who Loved Me. Seems Mr. Kamp is somewhat bashful about his cover … Continue reading Check it out
