The romance genre often gets a bad rap–usually by men, but also by pretty much everyone in traditional publishing, and a large group of industry professionals who look down their noses at the “women’s genre”. Which is sometimes hard to take, because I’m sure that many of the people disparaging romance have never read a […]
Romance and Feminism…This could change how you think of the genre! Read More »
This morning, Cancer Curated, my memoir, was released on all retailers, everywhere. ________ Cancer is also a mental game… Because I am an author, when I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2022, I unintentionally lived through my treatment, the ups and (some of) the downs, in a very public way. Then something strange happened.
CANCER CURATED is now out everywhere. Read More »
Reading Goals for 2024 Fun Ways to Whittle Your TBR Pile (Or Add to It) It’s just gone the middle of January, which means that if you’re a perfectionist, like me, started a year-long project now will make your skin crawl. But that’s actually a really good reason to start now. Projects and plans aren’t
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The Internet as we know it was created by scientists at CERN in Switzerland, and at first, it was used only by academics and scientists. It was opened to the public in 1992, and I joined in 1994, to find out what this Internet thing was all about. I joined a number of writing groups,
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If you’ve ever not left a review for a book you’ve loved (or hated!) because, well, who cares what you think?–then you should have a read through Kristen Lamb’s post “Book Reviews: Why They Matter SO Much“. It’s a really good overview of why reviews matter for both authors and readers. Even if you never
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Christmas Day might be done and gone, but if you love the season, or if you have a new ereader that needs filling, I have two Christmas romance titles that you might want to consider picking up before the Christmas tree is pulled down. Home for the Holidays This is the first anthology I’ve edited,
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Cameron Cooper is one of the writers on Stories Rule Press, and has a deal happening for the next week that I thought I would share with you. Cam writes mostly non-romance space opera. The first book of Cam’s flagship Imperial Hammer space opera series, Hammer and Crucible, came fourth in Hugh Howey’s Self-Published Science
Free Space Opera from Cameron Cooper, if you’re interested! Read More »
Launching a new paranormal series on the Solstice is purely coincidental, but it’s lovely timing, all the same. A few weeks ago, I told you about the poll I ran among readers in my Facebook group, that told me you would all be interested in a series that featured older women. And further research led
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This is Part Six of a series: Libraries are yet another place where you can acquire stories. I get a lot of email from readers who are on fixed incomes, or living off very low incomes, who would buy my books if they could afford them. I always direct them to check with their local
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I’m just so in love with the cover for the first book in my new Paranormal Women’s Fiction novel, Crossroads Magic. We’re two weeks away from the release of Crossroads Magic on Stories Rule Press. As usual, that means today, you can read the entire first chapter right here. Chapter One The only thing I
I’m so excited! First chapter of the new PWF novel! Read More »