I have said before, I don’t do reviews, am terrible at them, blah-de-blah blah blah. But Janet over at Dear Author, she writes a hell of a review, and it so happens that her review of Private Arrangements is exactly what I would have said if I weren’t such a…
03/24/2008 Update: The Like a Thief vs The Vampire Queen DA BWAHA poll is up at Dear Author. 3/23/2008 Update: Thanks to everyone who voted! After a very close contest (55% to 45%) Like a Thief in the Night advanced to the next round, where it will be up against…
Did you miss me? I’m sorry I told you to get lost three hours and forty-two minutes ago, but I wasn’t in my right mind. I had just opened my mailbox to find Private Arrangements waiting for me, and, of course, I had to read it. Now that I’ve read…
…go away. I’m reading. But come back on March 25th when I’ll give away the copy of Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas that I would have bought, if I hadn’t been so lucky as to win a copy in the Dear Author contest.
I’m talking about the authors of the Novel Synopsis Project which I found through a link on Lynn Viehl’s Paperback Writer blog. The Novel Synopsis Project links to 25 author blogs on synopsis writing–with actual synopses from books I’ve enjoyed and admired as the examples. As it happens, my current…
Lorelie (whose faboo story Tarnished Angel, with the pretty, pretty cover, is currently running on The Serial) just informed me in the comments for the previous post that Like a Thief in the Night is on the slate for DA BWAHA March Madness contest, in the Erotica category. Wow. There…
Azteclady’s post at Karen’s blog about authors who welch on contests reminded me that…I suck. I was supposed to have announced the winner of the Hard Boiled Contest at the beginning of March, and here it is practically St. Patty’s day. ::sigh:: I sincerely apologize for letting things at this…
For the moment, I’m back among the living. But I’m still going to keep this brief. Here goes: What the hell is up with authorial branding? Kate’s post about authorial taglines got me thinking about all the advice authors get to “build a brand”. And, certainly, plenty of authors do…
