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RT Booklovers Convention Recap

Romance readers, industry representatives, and authors of all ages and subgenres recently gathered in Kansas City for the 30th annual Romantic Times Booklovers Convention. As a first time attendee, I went in with a mind (and eyes) wide open. The Ruby Sisters who attended agree that meeting readers (and visiting with each other) was the [...]

Risk and Reward

When I first started writing and I would daydream about my future career as a genius author, that first publishing contract seemed like a golden ticket. From that point on it would all be smooth sailing and a steady downhill roll to wealth and glory. In that lovely fantasy, all the hard decisions would be [...]

(Re)Launching a Book – Thoughts on Promo Post-Release

My latest release, The Marquess Who Loved Me, came out in mid-February with rather subdued fanfare. It was a Nook First pick for Valentine’s Day, but beyond that and a quick email to my newsletter mailing list, I did nothing noteworthy to promote it. I’ll spare you the sordid details, but suffice it to say that [...]

Guest Cover Artist: KeithDrawsCoverArt

Normally when I get a new book cover, I’m so excited by the awesomeness that I end up “revealing” it on Facebook by saying “Hey! Look!” Not exactly the big splash I’d want. These days the formal “cover reveal” has become an important part of the pre-release promotion process. So much that most blog tour [...]

RSS Welcomes GH Finalist Ella Sheridan…and her sister

Today I have the joy of welcoming a guest blogger from the Lucky 13s–the Golden Heart Finalists of 2013. Ella Sheridan is a finalist in the Paranormal category with her manuscript UNBROKEN – she’s also my twin sister. We thought we’d do something a little different, and just talk about the joys and struggles of [...]

In Defense of Tightwads

I’m a Tightwad.  You will not catch me in line for a Starbucks coffee, although a couple of times on vacation I did splurge on a dollar McDonald’s coffee when I’d been driving a lot of miles. And on that vacation, I stayed in cheap hotels that usually had a coffee maker and fridge and [...]

Guest Author: Abigail Sharpe

I am so happy to be hosting my friend and fellow Unsinkable and Forever Romance author, Abigail Sharpe today. Her debut novel, Who Wants to Marry a Cowboy?  is out this week.  And since I have a real weakness for cowboys I can’t wait to read it. Abigail is blogging today about a subject I struggle [...]

Guest Author: Jennifer McGowan

What I learned along the red brick road… Follow the yellow brick road! Follow the yellow brick road! Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road! Perhaps among the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood most of all, the lore of the yellow brick road resonates very deeply. This is the ideal path, the road Dorothy must [...]

New Business Models for Authors

Those of you who have read my blogs may have noticed (by the fact that I can’t seem to stop mentioning it) that I’m a huge Veronica Mars fan.  For those of you who never saw the show (Go watch it!  What are you waiting for?), it centered around a teen PI who was smart [...]

Meet 2013 Golden Heart Finalist AE Jones

Today we’re welcoming the third of our guest bloggers from the Lucky 13s–the Golden Heart Finalists of 2013.  AE Jones is a finalist in the Paranormal category with her manuscript MIND SWEEPER. Here’s a blurb: Born with the ability to erase memories, Kyle McKinley is summoned to cover up a supernatural smack down between a [...]

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  • Anne Marie Becker: I hope you find that reason – we’ll have fun! ;)
  • Gwyn: Oh, wow! Sounds like a blast. Can’t wait until I have a reason to go!
  • Anne Marie Becker: It really helped to have people I knew there…I might have hid out like a hermit otherwise. ;)
  • Anne Marie Becker: Such a good point, Rita, about not being able to do it all. Give yourself a break (or five). ;)
  • Anne Marie Becker: Oh, I’m so glad you found the post helpful, Melanie. I felt SO unprepared not knowing what...

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