The Romance Industry

Cocktales.

Sometimes, internal industry shenanigans spill out to where the public can see it.  This is one of those times. Recently, an author registered and trademarked the word “cocky”. Then she contacted every author who had the word “cocky” in their book titles or subtitles or on the cover anywhere and threatened them with legal action […]

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What Makes a Book a Book?

During 2017, a discussion via my newsletter and email from various readers alerted me to the confusion over book lengths and what makes a book a book, or a novel a novel. Novels and books are not interchangeable terms, anymore, although they used to be. A “novel” is a preset wordcount range that defines a

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Angry Male Readers and SFR

I just realized that “SFR” (science fiction romance) could also stand for Self-empowered Female Readers.  Very cool. Last week, the producers of the newest Star Wars movie, Rogue One, released the first official trailer.  I saw it, loved it and can’t wait for the movie to come out (December!). Within hours of the trailer release,

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Are Your Amazon Reviews Being Deleted? Here’s Some Reasons Why (and what to do about it).

Have you noticed that some or <gulp> most of your reviews are being deleted by Amazon, lately? Yeah, it’s a big club. Some history. First, a bit of history about Amazon reviews, so you can understand why Amazon are doing what they’re doing. Amazon have always had a “review policy” that determined what was an

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Romantic Times Reader Convention 2016 – Las Vegas!

It probably seems like the completely wrong time to be talking about a convention that is happening sometime next year, but the fact is, the RT convention is only 4 months away. Are you going to RT? Are you thinking about going? If so, let me know. I’ve added a sticky post to the top

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Are Strong Women Too Strong?

Are Strong Women Too Strong? Romantic suspense and urban fantasy romance are littered with über strong female leads, who kick ass as good, if not better, than their heroes. I’ve always personally leaned towards strong heroines. The virginal, trembling heroine that many historical romances seem to specialize in have sub-zero appeal for me. I’m not

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