Back from RT, and still recovering! What a blast! But going through my remaining swag, I see here that I have one black Love Your Inner Demon t-shirt left! It’s unisex medium, which are pretty comfy — I’m not thin, but I can (and do) wear a small without having to hold my breath. So…gosh, […]

Thanks to Bekke (goddess of DreamForge Media), my website has been completely overhauled! Come check it out — especially the new HELL FAQ! To celebrate — and to promote my latest story, A HELL OF A TIME, which is part of the just-about-out-now ETERNAL LOVER anthology (Kensington Publishing Corp), I’m going to give away FIVE […]

From what I hear, the jury is still out about book trailers. “Why make a trailer?” people have asked me. Here are my answers:
1. Because it’s fun. At least, it is for me. I like finding the right music, selecting the images, writing the script. I get a kick out of it — and it […]

A question for you: have you ever received a promotional item from an author that made you want to either visit the author’s website or purchase the author’s book? If so, what was the item? What was compelling about the item, or the message, that made you follow through? What about the opposite: have you […]

No, really — let’s talk about sex. In novels, that is. Sure, thanks to certain literary awards, we know who writes bad sex. But what about the good sex in fiction? As far as I know, there’s no such award (humph). I think there should be.
So I’m calling for nominations: Who do you think writes […]

It’s Halloween, as my two Precious Little Tax Deductions have been reminding me all month day, and tonight we’ll be trick or treating and eating waaaaaay too much candy. Huzzah!
Very, very short post, because I have to go glue on my devil horns and fill the candy bowl. First: housekeeping. It’s HELL WEEK at my […]

One of the questions I’m asked frequently is “Does an author need an agent?” My short answer: “Absolutely.”
Granted, when you’re writing romance, there’s a stronger possibility of not requiring an agent before scoring a sale to a publisher. Even so, a good agent is an author’s best friend, for a number of reasons:
1. A good […]