So we have another storm brewing in romancelandia. A. J. Llewellyn writes m/m romance. Until very recently, she claimed to BE a gay man, even going so far as to hire a man to go to her book signings for her. Now that someone’s outed her, she’s claiming to be a transgender who identifies as [...]
Well, after dithering around way too long, late Fri night I uploaded my first short story, Galactic Bride, to Smashwords. I was going to wait ’til it made it through the Smashwords “Premium Review” but it’s Sun night and that’s still not done so screw it, I went ahead and uploaded it to Amazon and [...]
Today I actually finished the first rough draft of a story. This may be a sign the world will end tomorrow. I know I’m not done, done. But damn this feels good. A lifelong battle with Writer’s Block just might finally be broken. I’m going to call it “Galactic Bride” – a steamy SF Romance. [...]
Damn, it’s been way too long since I last posted. I got some bad news. Some other RWA writers were doing the paperwork to get a new RWA special interest chapter established – an Indie Writer chapter. I was on the list of members who were VERY interested in joining. But I got an email [...]
Youtube Video – English Teacher Harassed For Being Erotica Author I remember my mother telling me that when she was a child, Grandma & Grandpa would go to the next town over if they wanted to see a movie. Because he was a Southern Baptist preacher and somehow movies were too racy??? (This is the [...]
On the All About Romance blog on Fri, http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6169 NYT Bestselling Romance Author Connie Brockway announced that she is going to self-publish her next two novels in ebook format. And as of now, there have been over 160 comments. Most positive but naturally not all. What I find interesting is that several of the people [...]
As a reader, I freely admit that I have some preferences that can be irrational. It is after all mostly a matter of taste. But in the interest of saving time and dollars, all of us do develop some “rules” about the books we choose to buy/read. A few of mine: Only buy fiction in [...]
Damn it to hell, has it really been almost two months since I’ve posted?? Sigh. Must do better…. Well, the big news in publishing recently is that Borders is apparently delaying their payments to the big publishers. Death spiral. Meanwhile over on his blog (http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/), Joe Konrath writes that his self-published ebook income is averaging [...]
Well we all should have seen this coming. As I first learned from today’s Smart Bitches post – (http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/dorchester-author-angie-fox-self-publishes-next-demon-slayer-book/) Angie Fox, a NYT best-selling author has decided to self-publish the next novel in her popular demon slayer series rather than sticking with her publisher, Dorchester, which has been having financial problems. It will be available [...]
I signed up for NaNoWriMo. I would say I’ve now officially lost my mind but what the hell, my family would tell you that happened years ago. It’s not so much that I want to write like a maniac (well maybe I do). I just want the writing to be more fun and less angst. [...]