Jul 24 2009
The following is a speech that Laura Bradford gave at the Passionate Ink cocktail party at RWA National Conference 2009. Laura is the owner of Bradford Literary Agencywho represents authors such as Ann Aguirre, Beth Kery, Jess Granger (whose book I am reading right now), Lauren Dane, Megan Hart, to name just a few. The(…)
Jul 21 2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures It seems romance has evolved to the point where we either get positive press by way of showing off the Ph.D’s writing romance or we get smarmy coverage about how romance authors are all smelling of yeast but still bringing home the bacon. A better article on the RWA(…)
Jul 19 2009
This is my third RWA National event. The first year, I was all agog. Last year, I took in more events. This year, I actually did some Dear Author business. To the business first, then. I met with Bob and Kana from BooksonBoard. I’m not sure what the discount will be, but starting next(…)
Jul 16 2009
We started out the day with the Rogue Digital Seminar. Everyone was so awesome. BooksonBoard.com gave away hundreds of dollars worth of free books via gift certificate. Sony funded a sexy red Sony Reader as a door prize. Red Sage Publishing, Quartet Press, Samhain and Smart Bitches LLC all contributed to help fund the room(…)
Jul 14 2009
I’m already in DC with my family, but tomorrow (Wednesday) marks the first day of the RWA conference. The only thing that takes place tomorrow is the Literacy Signing. Thursday the conference meetings will start including our Rogue Digital Conference. RWA coverage will be sporadic, sometimes fast and furious and sometimes slow. We place the(…)
Apr 30 2009
POPULAR ROMANCE STUDIES An International Conference August 13-14, 2009 Brisbane, Australia Sponsored by The International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) University of Queensland Queensland University of Technology Romance Writers of America For decades, scholars have studied popular romance, whether in romance novels, films, comics, or other media. They have studied its sexual(…)
Mar 27 2009
The website for “Love as the Practice of Freedom? Romance Fiction and American Culture” is finally live! This conference is on April 23-24, at Princeton University, and FREE! to the public. There are some pretty illustrious names presenting at the conference. Rather than repeat them all here (Eloisa James, Jenny Crusie, Beverly Jenkins, SB Sarah,(…)
Jul 30 2008
Sarah from SB, Kassia K from Booksquare, Marcella White Campbell, aspiring romance author, and I were interviewed by The Today Show. The show will air on Friday 8:00 EST. Also interviewed were Nora Roberts and Beverly Jenkins. That’s all my fingers can type right now. Send to Kindle
Jul 30 2008
Got up early this am for real work stuff and then left to have some breakfast. Saw early birds Alyssa Day and Caridad Ferret who graciously invited me to joins them. We had buffet if you wanted to know. I had fruit and three pieces of bacon. I figure it all balances out. Day and(…)
Jul 29 2008
The bathrooms at the DFW are disgusting. I felt like needed to shower after exiting. And of course my flight is delayed for no apparent reason other than the mechanic ran off with the log book. So I am running an hour late. At least. I wouldn’t really mind but that I am rooming with(…)
Jul 29 2008
Read 1 chapter of Bitten to Death. Am slightly confused but am enjoying Jaz’s bloodthirsty behavior (not literally since she is not the vamp). But then felt queasy and decided to watch the season premiere of Dexter. Watched half. Still feeling queasy. Tried yo eat somr trail mix and drink half my $1.99 pint of(…)
Jul 29 2008
1 quart bag of toiletries per traveler? Just 1. Gah. How supremely frustrating. I’m determined to carry on and not check. I hate airline travel. Why ate we the only industrialized nation without high speed rail? Send to Kindle
Jul 27 2008
Bloggers aren’t the only ones recounting their adventures in San Francisco. Authors do it (and have done it before bloggers even began attending). Jude keeps track of everyone at Blogging Nationals where you can find the most up to date information about RWA San Francisco such as Louisa Edwards pre-conference horror story of the hotel(…)
Jun 19 2008
Last year I kind of did a live blog from RWA using Twitter. This inserted hundreds of 2 sentence blog entries onto DA. It annoyed some people. So in preparation for this year, I’d like to hear what readers would want in terms of liveblogging the event. I didn’t go to many seminars last year,(…)
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