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 ______________ 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 you’ve got a romance [...]
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 1
This post is part of a series. Part 1: Damn Good Romances Part II: Romantic Tension Part III: Romantic Conflict ______________ 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 the moment. Two of [...]
BLOOD KNOT Nominated Paranormal Romance Of The Year (CAPA Awards)
Mark was the one that pointed the nomination out to me, which is staggering, under the circumstances. He noticed one of his contacts on Facebook talk about missing out on a CAPA nomination this year. He remembered that the CAPAs are a big deal in the romance world, and flipped over to The Romance Studio’s [...]
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 [...]
A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland – Part V
A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Contributing To Word-of-Mouth This is Part 5 (and the last) of a series: Part 1:Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Rely On Best Seller Lists To Buy Romances
Of course you’re looking for the best romances out there. You don’t want to read crap, afterall. But there’s some very good reasons why using best-seller lists, “top author”, “Best of,” “most popular” and other similar listings of books is the worst way of finding the best romances to read. The traffic stats on my [...]
Erotic Romance is NOT Erotica!
Lately, I’ve noticed some erotic romance authors referring to their genre as smut, or dirty, and to themselves with various similar titles — smutkateers or naughty authors, or various other titles, with the emphasis on the sexual content of their stories, and the beddable quality and sexual prowess of the heroes they write about. I [...]
A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland – Part IV
A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Assessing Books This is Part 4 of a series: Part 1:Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based upon a guest post [...]
A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland – Part III
A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Finding Books – Part 2 This is Part 3 of a series: Part 1:Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based upon [...]
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