Posted in Books on July 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This week Samhain offers, for the first time, five books!
Tree Sprite Brenda Bryce. Novella. Fantasy Romance. Red Hot. First of the Wizard Kin series.
Lord Night Jessie Verino. Novella. Sff romance. Red Hot.
Something Old, Something New Maggie Casper. Novella. Historical Western Romance. Red Hot.
Taking the Cake Kate Davies. Novella. Contemporary Romance. Red Hot.
The Price of Discovery [...]
Posted in Books on July 28, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Kinsale fans might enjoy a discussion of her classic, Flowers From the Storm. Lucy Blue starts here:
Her recreation of the historical period is flawlessly detailed; her plotline is entirely original and plays true from beginning to end; and her characters are layered, fully-fleshed, and utterly believable.
But the romance didn’t work for her.
Many [...]
Posted in Writing on July 28, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Robin guest reviews at Smart Bitches here. It’s a thoughtful review and this caught my interest:
I love strong and independent women in Romance, but professionally passionate women aren’t necessarily personally wanting and emotionally deprived (it’s often quite the opposite, in fact, at least in real life), and I wish we could move away from this [...]
Posted in Books on July 26, 2006 | 3 Comments »
A while back Raine Weaver’s ebook Let’s Pretend generated a lot of interest in the blogosphere. Well for those who prefer print books, Raine is giving away three autographed copies of Let’s Pretend.
Posted in Industry on July 25, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Okay, speaking of promo, Angie has a great post on its importance. Among other things, she suggests you have a picture of your cover on your sidebar. So voila, there it is and you can click through to get to Samhain.
At Samhain, I can, to a certain extent, tell when I see the sales, who’s [...]
Posted in Industry on July 24, 2006 | 6 Comments »
I feel too weary to do extensive linkage about reaction to Butler’s letter in RWR. See Kate Rothwell here for more info. But in the comments of the Smart Bitches reaction, Vicky suggests we buy gay and/or poly romances.
Well, if such romances don’t float your boat, fine and good. But for those interested, there are [...]
Posted in Books on July 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This week, four releases from Samhain:
The Lives and Loves of April Johnson Eve Vaughn. Novel. Chick-lit.
Spitfire Arianna Hart. Novel. Romantic suspense.
A Knight of Passion Ingela F. Hyatt. Novel. Historical Romance. Red hot.
Settling the Score Elisa Adams. Category. Contemporary Romance.
I believe Eve Vaughn’s novel is the first Chick-lit I’ve seen at Samhain. And I’ll be buying [...]
Posted in Books on July 22, 2006 | 8 Comments »
At Teach Me Tonight, Laura asks about the appeal of Harlequin Presents and thinks Moira Manion shouldn’t be quite so worried about women reading the line. I’ve never actually read Presents, though I’ve meant to for, well, years, because they are the most popular line at Harlequin. I guess I should assume my desire to [...]
Posted in Books, Industry, Writing on July 21, 2006 | 7 Comments »
At Deep Genre, Sherwood Smith discusses Mary Sue, with references to Lymond for Dunnett fans.
That’s how Dunnett makes Lymond seem more of a hero than a Mary Sue–she puts him through hell before the end. That hell is what makes the story work so well, and makes one forget the fact that he starts [...]
Posted in Industry on July 18, 2006 | 4 Comments »
There have been a number of interesting posts of late. Most recently, Sylvia Day at Romancing the Blog asks about Too Much of a Good Thing. She also asks somewhat alarmingly, though not entirely seriously, whether:
Is it possible that one day we’ll go to the bookstore and find the romance section filled with books [...]
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