MMF romance

What I’m Reading

This post was going to be about how the US Secret Service formed on June 4, waaaay back in 1778, which impressed the hell out of me.  The idea that a country that was still forming, when the British and French were still firing flintlocks and muskets at each other, military strategy was advanced enough […]

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Top Posts, Pages & Articles for May

Top Five Posts for May 1. Ease Yourself Into MMF Romances – Part I I believe this is the first time this series has shown up on the list at all.  And at #1 spot, too! 2. Ease Yourself Into MMF Romances – Part II A definite trend… 3. So Where Are The Thick Romance

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Blood Knot moving up to KDP Select Program

In the next couple of weeks, Blood Knot, my MMF erotic urban fantasy romance and most successful indie title to date, will be moving over to the KDP Select Program at Amazon. That’s good news for you: – You will be able to borrow Blood Knot if you are a Kindle owner. – And for

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Does Size Matter?

Is bigger really better?  Or is it all in how that short length is used? Five years ago, the most popular sized book being bought at Ellora’s Cave was the quickie – short stories under 10K words that sold for less than $4. They sold by the bushel. Ellora’s Cave is a lot of things,

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Friday’s Mash

Goodies I’ve found from chatting and cruising this week: Interesting Sites Marilyn Monroe: Early Unpublished Photos Meet The Author The Writer At Work – a daily comic about the writer’s life The Republic of Pemberley – everything Jane Austen The Most Successful Indie Authors – a list of self-published authors who have sold over 50,000

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Bonnie & Clyde – Sex Sells

Bonnie & Clyde were gunned down on a country road in Louisiana on this day in 1934, each of them dying from multiple armour-piercing rifle bullet wounds.  They were 23 and 25 years old respectively, and their careers as public enemies had included a series of petty thefts and needless murders of private citizens and

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Anne Boleyn – A Cautionary Tale

The Tudor period, and King Henry’s wives have been the focus of a lot of novels, movies and TV lately — some of it terrific stuff indeed.  The Tudors was compulsive viewing, not just because of the costuming, in-your-face sex and titillation and the knife-edge lives those who dared played politics led in those days.

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Alexander Really Was Great.

We tend to let the name “Alexander the Great” roll off the tongue without thought, but there is a reason he earned his name. Alexander III of Macedon died on this day in 323 BC, after building the greatest empire the world had ever seen up until then.  He was undefeated in battle his entire

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Thick vs Thin. The Ultimate Decider.

This is Part 2 of a series Part 1: So Where Are The Thick Romance Heroines? Part 2: Slender Is A Status Symbol ___ The Ultimate Decider. I’ve been thinking rather hard about thick v’s thin. There’s been images of “thick” women on Facebook that caught my attention, and I posted about them, here, and

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Pulse Pause Moments – Peter And Olivia – Fringe

I started late on Fringe.  As in, only a few weeks ago, and the show is already into Season 4.  But I’ve caught up already.  The hook bit deep, and dragged hard. The most frustrating part of that is I’m not really sure why. The show doesn’t deal with paranormal — or it says it

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