Damn Good Romance IV – Emotional Intensity
This post is part of a series. Part 1: Damn Good Romances Part II: Romantic Tension Part III: Romantic Conflict Part IV: Emotional Intensity ______________ Emotional Intensity When I first started writing romance novels, I was still living in Australia. Everyone writing romance back then seemed to be reading Harlequin Romance and Harlequin Presents books. [...]
Print editions at Barnes & Noble.com
I’ve signed a new deal that will allow my books to be carried in retail bookstores (yeah!) and with on-line retailers like Barnes & Noble.com, not just Amazon. This means that if you have a favourite little independant brick & mortar bookstore or even a big store down at your [...]
Damn Good Romances III – Romantic Conflict
This post is part of a series. Part 1: Damn Good Romances Part II: Romantic Tension Part III: Romantic Conflict Part IV: Emotional Intensity ______________ Romantic Conflict Romantic Conflict is perhaps one of the most misunderstood functions of a romance novel. It gets misused by writers and critics. But when it is used well…wow! Then [...]
About The Industry – All Romance eBooks Trend Analysis for 2011
Every year, All Romance eBooks produces a Trend Analysis that they distribute to all their publishers. The report is naturally focused upon All Romance eBooks and their position within the industry, but once you sift through that bias, it contains some very interesting information. I thought I’d share some of the highlights. Some buyer highlights [...]
Damn Good Romances – Part II: Romantic Tension
This post is part of a series. Part 1: Damn Good Romances Part II: Romantic Tension Part III: Romantic Conflict Part IV: Emotional Intensity ______________ Romantic Tension Romantic Tension is one of those invisible elements in a romance novel. New writers are often told they need romantic conflict, characters, a plot, and sometimes they’re even [...]
The Reading Life – A New Trend in eReaders?
I’ve been feeling sort-of guilty for a few years now because I started reading electronically over ten years ago, first on my Palm Pilot, then on my cellphone. Then, when dedicated e-readers emerged, I finally thought I’d better put my money where my profession lived, and buy one of the damned things. I didn’t actually [...]
Damn Good Romances – Part 1
This post is part of a series. Part 1: Damn Good Romances Part II: Romantic Tension Part III: Romantic Conflict Part IV: Emotional Intensity ______________ Mark and I were arguing…sorry, “discussing” what makes a good romance, the other day. We’re deeply hooked by the TV series NCIS, and working our way through Season 7 at [...]
New Articles Posted.
I’ve added more articles to the Articles for Readers page and the Stuff About My Books page. Is Honesty Among Thieves Really Possible? Flatiron Buildings…They’re Just Pretty, In The End Callouses For Thousands of Years Avoiding Detection One Meeting At A Time Secret Love…Is It Really Possible? Claddagh Rings And Older Symbols Slave [...]
About The Industry – Be The Monkey
Actually, if you know what choosing to be the monkey really means, you’d recoil. But it’s a diverting title for a book that is really a long conversation between two big names in publishing. One, Barry Eisler, is a New York Times Bestselling writer who has turned his back on the legacy publishing model and [...]
Get Organized – Transitioning to Paperless Reading
Once you’ve made the leap and you’re reading e-books exclusively — and it doesn’t take long to reach a point where you simply don’t like reading paper anymore — it’s at this point in time you can start systematically moving yourself to 100% paperless. There are lots of advantages to making the transition: 1. You’ll [...]
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