This post is part of a series: Reviews I: Why I Don’t Do Book Reviews Reviews II: Professional Reviews Reviews III: Reader Reviews Reviews IV: Alternatives to Reviews _______ In the world of reviewing, “reader reviews” are a relatively new phenomenon…depending on how you look at it. Every time Shakespeare’s plays were performed at the […]
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Goodies I’ve found from chatting, cruising and working lately: Interesting Sites Indie Or Mainstream? Judging Quality By The Wrong Title “We once believed that reader reviews and such would sort out the slush of the self-published pile, but recent headlines have since slapped those illusions upside the head. We’ve got self-published authors paying for glowing
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This post is part of a series: Reviews I: Why I Don’t Do Book Reviews Reviews II: Professional Reviews Reviews III: Reader Reviews Reviews IV: Alternatives to Reviews _______ Last post, I painted a somewhat idyllic picture of professional reviewers as they used to be — graduates of MFA programs usually from Ivy-league institutions, who
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I don’t normally like to post another Working Notes so close to the last, but it’s been one of those months — very busy and lots happening to talk about. First up: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone visiting or living in Canada. Frankly, I can’t believe it’s October already. I just finished with January…. Secondly: All
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The Beatles released their very first single, which became their very first hit single, on this day in 1962. Fifty years ago today. They started recording the single on September 11… ______________________
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This post is part of a series: Reviews I: Why I Don’t Do Book Reviews Reviews II: Professional Reviews Reviews III: Reader Reviews Reviews IV: Alternatives to Reviews _______ Way back when publishing was stodgy and old-fashioned — and there’s room for argument that it’s still wearing bell bottoms in this era of skinny jeans
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In the continuing tour for my vampire romance series and book, Blood Stone, I’m stopping off at Reading Romances today and explaining “How to Get Back to Enjoying Reading Again.” I promise you, it is not what you think! I’m also giving away another copy of Bannockburn Binding. See you there. ____________
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It’s Just A Job – Ghost Ghosts are the last ‘species’ to be explored in this series. There are probably a dozen or more other minor species, but most of them are variations and off-shoots of the major groups already explored and discussed. Ghosts come in a range of shapes and sizes, from visible apparitions,
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Top Five Posts for September. 1. BLOOD KNOT is Free at Amazon – Next Three Days Only It’s not even a surprise to me that this is the top page for the month. I ended up giving away very close to 10,000 copies of Blood Knot, and the book hit the #1 spot on Amazon’s
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I’m at erotic romance writer Berengaria Brown’s blog for an encore guest post today, in the continuing blog tour for my vampire romance series and book, Blood Stone. Today’s topic is why I hate vampires…sometimes. I’ll also be giving away a copy of Byzantine Heartbreak, the second book in the vampire time travel series, Beloved
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