By May. Is it too much to ask for romance in my romance novels? Lately I feel like I’ve read an awful lot of books where one of the following happens: a) The author tells us the people are attracted to, even falling in love with each other. b) The people are both so good looking, love is an assumed conclusion. c) The lust is so strong and the sex so good, clearly this is love. All three options leave me wildly unsatisfied as a reader. One of the first things that attracted me Continue Reading

By May. As a kid I loved Wonder Woman, and as an adult I’ve already shown my girls that original series as well (and they loved it too). Rainbow Brite, She-Ra, Princess Tiana, Mulan, and now Merida too. There’s a lot of awesome fictional females that rule in this house and for good reason – who wants a helpless heroine? Personally, I will take emotionally stunted, physically disabled, vulnerable, unpredictable, crazy, killer, badass, potty mouthed, super nice, or even insecure heroines but do Continue Reading

Today, Renee Rocco, owner of Lyrical Press is here to talk about what publishers want to see when visiting blogger websites. I think this is useful information if you are interested in authors and publishers contacting you with a review request. When Mandi was kind enough to open the blog to me, one of the things she told me she’d love a post on was what publishers (and authors) would love to see on review sites. I thought that was an awesome idea myself, because I do a lot of legwork for Continue Reading

By May. I am the goldilocks of book smex. Too much, and I’m annoyed. Not enough, and I feel like you’ve cheated me. So the question is – how much book sex is just right? It really depends on the book. First off, I don’t read erotic fiction, so I am not talking about that genre at all. I’m talking about romance and fiction in general. Lately I went through a phase where it felt like I was reading nothing but books without sex, or with really badly done ‘let me just skim this’ sex. Because Continue Reading

By May. The other day I was shopping for books based on some recommended “must read” authors that I’ve yet to try, and I only purchased one book from the more than 40 books that the six authors I was looking into had written. I found authors with backlists that are unavailable for kindle (and out of print/very expensive for paper copy), authors with a backlist that is priced at $10-$15 for kindle versions of older books, and authors who had no inexpensive options for any of their titles. I Continue Reading

Because this is an important topic and it affects many, Sophia and I decided to blog together today and post this on both of our blogs in hopes of reaching out to as many of our fellow bloggers as possible. What Happened Author Roni Loren was sued because of a photo she posted on her blog. (It happened to be one of those ‘mancandy/hot man’ photos that are popular on romance sites.) She recently bloggedaboutherexperience and educated many bloggers on what copyright and fair use is and how it Continue Reading

I’ve been blogging for over three years now. Which may seem like a long time to some, and probably not that long to others. Either way, I spend a lot of my day on my blog, or just online in general. I’ve learned a lot in the past three years about blogging, promoting my blog, and the type of blogger I want to be (or have become).   There is a lot we can discuss about the blogging world. Each week seems to bring about new drama, or new rules we should be following. I don’t want these Continue Reading

By May I’m looking for a few average men.   I don’t want a hero in a uniform, the ultimate alpha male, the billionaire sheik/vampire/Viking/angel either today. No, I just want a regular, ordinary, nothing special guy to read about in my romance novels.   He could be average looking, or unremarkable in his own way. Standing in a room full of people, you would not notice him except that he is very common. He blends. Perhaps he is shy, perhaps he has super secret spy Continue Reading