Shannon: Why are you being such a :censor:?
Olivia: You didn’t tell me before I had sex with the guy that he was dead!
Shannon: I didn’t know he was dead then. And he’s not really dead now. Just undead.
Olivia: I liked it better when he was un-undead.
Shannon: Whatever. […]

Lee Goldberg mentions one of Alison’s previous posts in which she discloses her earnings for one of her Blaze novels.
I think Alison’s generosity with this information is awesome! Writing is one of those wonderfully rare careers one delves into with no true idea of what the paycheck will be, and sharing this kind of […]

My column, “The Hooking Author’s Secret Bank Account,” is up at RTB this morning. Not until this morning did I realize how ‘corner of Vine and Sunset’ that sounded. Hooks. Secret Babies, and virgins and such.
J.C. Wilder is keeping an RT journal! The imagined visual of EC authors dropping […]

To mourn being a Left Behind for the RT convention, I’ll take a look ahead to being a Left Behind for the RWA convention. After torturing myself with the recently-arrived schedule for Nationals, here are the workshops I’ll most miss not getting to attend:
It’s Not Just Sex—An Insider’s Look at Erotic Romance—Jaci Burton, Cricket […]

First one—minor, kind of—I bought a book that normally wouldn’t have blipped on my reading radar but for the hot buzz (especially because of the historical setting): Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase. THEN I get it home, and it’s part of a freaking series, and is it the first one? No. […]

Update: If you stare at this long enough, the rest of the world just ceases to exist. Maybe I can hypnotize myself into editing this outdoor lovescene which occurs during an electrical storm, and make my muse stop trying to zap my hero in the with a lightning bolt.

After much debate, argument, and a first draft with a bushel of “rule” inconsistencies, I have no choice but to kill my hero.
He’s not very happy about being dead. Or being undead, rather. He much preferred being the un-undead. But being technically alive, but not really, was too much […]

I rarely talk about the books I’m reading. I read once that it’s bad juju to review if you write, and I pretty much agree with that.
But I can’t not talk about The Orchid Hunter by Sandra K Moore, from Silhouette Bombshell.
I was attracted to this book for several reasons, not the least […]

A new industry blog, Authorsredroomblog, has an interesting post today about reviews, promotion, and whether or not those pricey RT ads are worth the cost.
I wouldn’t know, but if you do, you should go tell them so then I can go back and read the comments and I’ll know, too. :grin:

Maili’s fault! :grin:
Directions:
1. Take first five novels from your bookshelf.
2. Book 1 — first sentence
3. Book 2 — last sentence on page 50
4. Book 3 — second sentence on page 100
5. Book 4 — next to the last sentence on page 150
6. Book 5 — final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences […]