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Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. She's currently loving contemporary authors like Sarah Mayberry and Kristan Higgins but her first love will always be the historical. Some of her old time favorites are Amanda Quick and Johanna Lindsey and some of the new favorites are Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne and Claudia Dain. Email this author | All posts by Jane

38 comments to “The Big News”

1. 1	by Sarah Frantz July 30th, 2008 at 5:51 pm Good lord! Congratulations! Can’t wait to watch it!

2. 2	by orannia July 30th, 2008 at 5:54 pm WOW! Congratulations! I’m not sure if it screens here, but if so I will definitely be watching! orannia

3. 3	by Janine July 30th, 2008 at 6:09 pm Yes! :)

4. 4	by Meljean July 30th, 2008 at 6:32 pm w00t! That is awesomeness^infinity

5. 5	by concerned lurker July 30th, 2008 at 7:26 pm Holy crap! Guess I’m gonna be late for work on Friday!

6. 6	by Danielle July 30th, 2008 at 8:03 pm Way to go — Congratulations….so I don’t forget I’m going to TIVO the Today show.

7. 7	by Keishon July 30th, 2008 at 8:11 pm Oh, cool. I get to see it when I normally would have missed it.

8. 8	by Leah July 30th, 2008 at 8:53 pm Sooooooo excited! Congratulations! You’ll have to tell us what it was like!!!!!!

9. 9	by tricia July 30th, 2008 at 8:53 pm Gah! I’m in Canada. I hope someone throws it on YouTube.

10. 10	by Bonnie L. July 30th, 2008 at 9:06 pm Will it be on the Pacific edition? I have it recording, but I’m hoping to see you all!

11. 11	by Evangeline July 30th, 2008 at 10:02 pm Congratulations! I hope someone YouTube’s this.

12. 12	by SonomaLass July 30th, 2008 at 11:57 pm I will TRY to catch it here on the left coast, before the day-before-the-wedding really gets going, but if I can’t, I will hope for it on the NBC site or YouTube. Great to know that the Today show has such great taste in guests!

13. 13	by Kaitlin July 31st, 2008 at 1:03 am I’ll have to tape it & watch! How exciting! :)

14. 14	by Karen Scott July 31st, 2008 at 1:30 am Chalk another one up for the Mean Girls! That’s some awesome news right there!

15. 15	by Corrine July 31st, 2008 at 5:26 am That’s great! Good thing I have TiVO.

16. 16	by Heather July 31st, 2008 at 6:31 am That is tremendous news! Congratulations!

17. 17	by Mrs Giggles July 31st, 2008 at 7:22 am Hey, don’t leave us non-Americans out in the cold! What’s the interview about? Did you manage to spot any hunky celebrities on your way there? Was the interview conducted in the studio or were you interviewed and taped at home? Details, details…

18. 18	by Anon76 July 31st, 2008 at 10:06 am A heads up to everyone. I live in Ohio (EST) and just checked what time the Today Show starts out here. 7:00 AM. So you might want to set your recorders for 7 rather than 8, just in case. Can’t wait to see this!

19. 19	by Sonya July 31st, 2008 at 10:14 am Squeeee! How exciting!! Can’t wait to see this… :-)

20. 20	by Patty L. July 31st, 2008 at 10:27 am That is so cool. I have to work and am in the dark ages and don’t have TIVo but if you get a link for You Tube or if Today.com has it on their site, let me know I would definitely be interested.

21. 21	by Aemelia July 31st, 2008 at 10:28 am WOOO-HOOO- I’m off work Friday, so I get to see it!

22. 22	by kristenmary July 31st, 2008 at 11:53 am This just the bee’s knees. Wow.

23. 23	by JLFerg July 31st, 2008 at 12:45 pm Usually, the Today show puts up video from their show on their web site, but I am not sure if it is the entire show or just selected snippets. I know that the first full hour is available when you click “Netcast: Watch Show.”

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    by Seressia July 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pm Awesome news! Mrs. G., they were interviewed as part of the Today Show’s coverage of RWA’s national convention, so it was probably in the media room at the hotel or their SF affiliate. I like how they picked a diverse roster of folks to interview. I can’t wait to watch it!

25. 25	by MCHalliday July 31st, 2008 at 1:35 pm Big news? HUGELY INCREDIBLE NEWS! Congrats!!!

26. 26	by Jill A July 31st, 2008 at 2:52 pm Congratulations, that is amazing! I don’t watch the Today Show, but I know how huge it is! And being on the roster with Nora Roberts and Beverly Jenkins is just awesome!

27. 27	by Marcella White Campbell » On TV! July 31st, 2008 at 8:02 pm [...] with Kassia Kroszer of Booksquare, Jane from Dear Author, and Sarah from SB!  See Smart Bitches,  Dear Author, and the RWA site for more [...]

28. 28	by Leeann Burke July 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pm Congratulations! Fabulous news. I’ll have to watch it. My roommate here in San Francisco called her husband asking him to tape the segment in case we don’t get it here. Congratulations again Jane!

29. 29	by Michelle August 1st, 2008 at 9:00 am Did anyone see this? I didn’t remember to turn on Today until 8:30 or so, and I saw a stupid cooking segment and Cheryl Crow singing. Was it a good piece???

30. 30	by Keishon August 1st, 2008 at 9:03 am Michelle, I think we tuned in at the same time. I am not a fan of the Today Show so I don’t think I’ll be sticking around. If someone else saw it, just tell us about it, please. Thanks.

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    by Robin Bayne August 1st, 2008 at 9:34 am I saw most of it, but was disappointed. They showed more scenes from “Sex and the City” (which isn’t even technically romance) than they did scenes from the conference. Nora had a nice spot. A few others made comments about George Clooney but I missed why. The worst part was the subtitle on the screen “Sex between the covers” which will just continue the “female porn” reputation. Oh, there was a quote from someone from “trashybooks.com” and she seemed to be having a great time. At least they did say that the writers are marketing execs and other high powered careers as well as SAHM’s.

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    by Michelle August 1st, 2008 at 9:41 am The answer to why they spoke about George Clooney may be in a post on the smart bitches trashy books blog in the RWA Random Pieces of the Day (7/31) post. It does sound like there were some preconceived notions the produces wanted to confirm in the piece and they looked for or even staged certain moments.

33. 33	by JLFerg August 1st, 2008 at 10:26 am The video is up on the Today Show website. Hopefully, the link works. If not, just go to the Today Show video site and choose “Romance Novel Sales Boom”. ETA: The video is about 3 minutes long. Jill

34. 34	by JLFerg August 1st, 2008 at 10:33 am The video is up on the Today Show website. Hopefully, the link works. If not, just go to the Today Show video site and choose “Romance Novel Sales Boom”. Jill

35. 35	by KeriM August 2nd, 2008 at 8:59 pm I watched it and saw Sarah from SB, but I never saw Jane , did I miss a piece of the segment 3 times. Did it get cut out????

36. 36	by Jayne August 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 am Our Jane is in the background listening with rapt attention as Jenkins reads from one of her books. She’s wearing a black and white dress.

37. 37	by KeriM August 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 am Ohh ok, thanks Jayne…darn I wish the whole segment could have been longer.

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    by SonomaLass August 3rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm Stupid editing, stupid preconceptions. Less of the TV/movie angle and more of the books/authors/readers would have been much more interesting. I loved SB Sarah’s description of the filming, though. And I’m still giggling that they listed the Smart Bitches web site as “trashybooks.com”!