Apr 16 2007
Dr. Sarah S. G. Frantz, assistant professor of English & Foreign Languages at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, and Dr. Eric Selinger, Associate Professor of English and a former Humanities Center fellow of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, have teamed up to edit a collection called The Mind of Love: New Approaches to Popular [...]
Apr 13 2007
New York Times Bestselling Novelist Allison Brennan made her first sale in 2004 and quickly became one of the genres top selling romantic suspense writers. Since then she has gone on to publish 5 additional romantic suspense books and is contracted by Ballantine to write six more. Fear No Evil was released in March and [...]
Apr 9 2007
Nicola Cornick has penned 18 Regency historicals plus a June 2007 release, Lord Of Scandal, from Harlequin’s HQN imprint. Her 2006 release, Lord Greville’s Captive, is an RNA finalist. It may be that Ms. Cornick’s geographical placement, England, gives her a leg up when writing about her own country’s historical underpinnings. However, location isn’t her [...]
Apr 6 2007
Today is the start of an exciting new series called “My First Sale.” Every Friday morning until we run out of letters, we’ll post an author’s first sale story. If you’ve got one, email it to Jane. *** Nora Roberts needs no introduction but I’ll provide one anyway. There are more than 295 million copies [...]
Apr 2 2007
During the last couple of months, I read several books written by authors who live outside the U.S. I know from our contests that there are many international readers but I didn't quite grasp the breadth of the international author. Authorial success and continued contracts rely primarily upon sucess within the U.S. The NYTimes, USA [...]
Mar 26 2007
Keri Arthur’s road to success was solidified with her appearance on the NYT Bestseller List last month. Her first sale, Dancing with the Devil, to a small print publisher, ImaJinn Books, in 2001. In an interview with RW of Australia in 2002, Arthur admitted that finding a publisher for her work was tough because the [...]
Mar 19 2007
Samhain Publishing exploded onto the romance and erotic fiction market in November 2005. In little less that a year and a half, it had multiple books selling 5,000 copies or more rendering it eligible for RWA recognition. Samhain received that just last week, in March 2007. Angela James is its Executive Editor and long time [...]
Mar 12 2007
During the last couple of months, I read several books written by authors who live outside the U.S. I know from our contests that there are many international readers but I didn't quite grasp the breadth of the international author. But authorial success and continued contracts rely primarily upon sucess within the U.S. The NYTimes, [...]
Mar 9 2007
This is a special report from Karen W who is one of the primary organizers of a fan run conference called Celebrate Romance. When Karen shared this with me, I thought that everyone would be interested in the thoughts of the attendees and authors about the state of romance. *** I just got back from [...]
Mar 5 2007
During the last couple of months, I read several books written by authors who live outside the U.S. I know from our contests that there are many international readers but I didn’t quite grasp the breadth of the international author. But authorial success and continued contracts rely primarily upon sucess within the U.S. The NYTimes, [...]
Feb 26 2007
Liate Stehlik was named the Senior Vice President and Publisher of Avon in October of 2005. Prior to her move to Avon, Ms. Stehlik was a Vice President, Associate Publisher at Pocket. Avon has been a mainstay in the romantic fiction genre for decades. I have treasured keepers from the 80s that were published by [...]
Feb 12 2007
Medallion Press began in late 2003 when Helen Rosburg, a romance writer and investor, decided to start her own house to publish and market fiction that the big six weren’t. Medallion Press, in its short life, has major distribution deals with bookstores like Borders and Books-A-Million. When I purchased Hope Tarr’s book, my Waldebooks ordered [...]
Feb 8 2007
See the question mark on the sidebar? It’s because the March book club selection is up in the air. We only have a few days left to nominate a book. So go nominate. We don’t care if you are nominating your own book. A book you hate and hope to see torn to shreds. A [...]
Feb 5 2007
Melanie Murray is an editor with Hachette Book Group (formerly Warner Books). Under the Warner imprint, readers have been treated to such gems from authors Julie Ann Long and Elizabeth Hoyt. Historicals that remind us readers why we love historicals in the first place. There is an interesting story behind the Raven Prince sales. This [...]
Jan 29 2007
Leah Hultenschmidt is an editor with a unique perspective. She majored in Journalism and English; did internships at newspapers; was an editorial assistant at Dorchester and was Dorchester’s Director of Public Relations. In 2002, she was named in the Who’s Who of Professional Management. Two years ago, Ms. Hultenschmidt took over the editing at Dorchester. [...]
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