Now there’s a large claim for you. I had a five minute spot at the local book fair on Sunday, and I chose that as my topic, and my blog post today repeats the main points I made. Romantic fiction is feminist almost by definition Romantic fiction is that genre of fiction where one of […]
Dr and Mrs Wren are delighted to welcome the wassailing party to this progressive Regency dinner. We have something of a houseful at the moment. Many of the young students that Dr Wren tutors have stayed over in Oxford for our Christmas party, those of our children who live close enough have come home for to […]
One recurring trope in romance fiction is the relative or friend who puts a spoke in the wheel of the budding relationship. Sometimes, the person means well and sometimes they’re just plain mean. I’ve been thinking about my own novels and shorter fiction, and each one has at least one representative of the class: Daniel […]
Tomorrow will be one year to the day since my first blog post on this site. I had written half of the first draft of Farewell to Kindness, had just been to my first Romance Writers of New Zealand conference, and had tentatively told friends, family, and colleagues that I planned to be published soon. Tomorrow […]
This post is part of the series on marketing in the bazillion-book marketplace that Mari Christie and I are co-posting (her Marketing Mondays and my Tuesday Talks, thanks to the spinning earth). Have you been to any Facebook parties? In the past six weeks, I’ve hosted two, and guested at another two—and I have more coming […]
Mari Christie and I are writing a series on marketing in the bazillion book marketplace, and this is part 3 of the chapter on creating a marketing plan. Most of the first post was about knowing your reader. You need to know who you want to sell to, what they want to buy, and how […]
I’m feeling peaceful but empty. The first draft of A Baron for Becky is done, all but the epilogue. And the epilogue is planned in my head, but waiting for me to have a couple of hours of uninterrupted time. Still lots to do: editing, some rewriting, a bit of fact checking. Then proofreading, formatting, […]
Someone I know is publishing a collection of first kisses. I love the idea, so here are a few of mine! Farewell to Kindness “I think your brandy may be ready to drink.” Anne started to lift it to her mouth. “No. Wait,” Rede said. “Swirl, sniff, and then sip. Here, let me show you.” […]
I have a pagination problem in my CreateSpace files, so CreateSpace tells me, and it won’t let me download a pdf proof until I fix it. Tonight. I’ll do it tonight when I get home. Meanwhile, I thought you might like to see the covers of the two stories I wrote as prizes for those who won […]
One of my friends pointed out to me this morning that Farewell to Kindness and Candle’s Christmas Chair are both up on a free ebooks site. As we explored further, we found some peculiar things. First, every book we looked at had been downloaded 600 and something times, and had 40 something reviews. Second, this included books […]