Archive for December, 2007

Merry Christmas to All, and to All, Some Good Reads!

Monday, December 24th, 2007 Posted in Freebies, Get This, Lists, Reading, Shameless Self-Promotion, Yay, iPimp | No Comments »

Everybody loves presents. Here's a list of presents from authors to readers--free reads!Update: December 26, 2007 through January 1, 2008: Free Harlequin eBooks! You can download one book a day.Paperback ... Read more..

Wow.

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 Posted in Bandwagon, Not a Review, Reading, Yay | 7 Comments »

Wow, Part 1: Demon NightI just finished the ARC of MelJean Brook's Demon Night that I won from Dear Author. I'm still gathering my thoughts on it--there's a lot of ... Read more..

Fiddler and Her Proofs

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Can't talk. Writing, Like a Thief in the Night, Published Work, Things I think About When I Obviously Need to Be Asleep, Works in Progress, Writing | 4 Comments »

I should be all aglow with happiness--the final version of Like a Thief in the Night is turned in, and the excerpt is up on the Samhain site. Instead, all ... Read more..

Does the Romance Genre Need a Make Over?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Romance Genre (General) | 5 Comments »

Another great post over at Dear Author wherein Jane wonders if a makeover would get the Romance genre a little respect from the mainstream.Now, I hate mantitty, secret babies ... Read more..

Forget Santa Clause, I Want the Green Fairy

Sunday, December 16th, 2007 Posted in Things I think About When I Obviously Need to Be Asleep | 4 Comments »

Editor Paula Guran on the Juno Books blog did a post about absinthe. It is quite fashionable right now. Damn, but I hate to be a trend hopper. My husband ... Read more..

In Praise of Genre Fiction

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 Posted in Rants, Things I think About When I Obviously Need to Be Asleep, Writing | 5 Comments »

If you read genre fiction, you've probably heard the laundry-list of complaints about it from readers of "serious" literature: formulaic, cliche, tawdry, unoriginal, and--worst of all--popular. Genre Haters seem to ... Read more..

Pay it Forward Giveaway

Thursday, December 6th, 2007 Posted in Contest, Freebies, Get This, Yay, iPimp | 6 Comments »

A while back, Nice Mommy and Evil Editor Angie had a fun contest. She said she would send something to the first three people to reply to her post. ... Read more..

We Have A Winner

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Posted in Contest, Ember, Ember eBook Auction, Yay | 4 Comments »

Many, many thanks to the bidder who won the Ember auction with a bid of $35. She asked to remain anonymous, so I'm not printing her name, but I ... Read more..

The Mysterious F.L.E.: In Praise of the Final Line Editor

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 Posted in Like a Thief in the Night, Published Work, Writing | 3 Comments »

You already know how fascinated I am by the whole editing process. Perhaps if I am published several more times, I will become jaded enough to complain about it, ... Read more..