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Author Talk Interview: Nora Roberts

By Jane • Aug 15th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

Hilarious, as always (Note to self: no food/drink while watching authortalk videos). See Nora perform some of the skills she picked up researching Tribute, her July release.
Authortalk.tv



My First Sale by Gena Showalter

By Jane • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Interviews, Misc

Gena Showalter is not just another pretty face. She is the author of thirteen books, has made the New York Times Bestseller list a number of times, along with the USA Today bestselling list with another eleven more books in the hopper. Her range includes paranormal, contemporary, urban fantasy and young adult novels. [...]



Gena Showalter Rocks This Week’s Deals: Publishing Deals for June 4th – June 10th

By Jane • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

This week is headlined by Harlequin superstar Gena Showalter, and nine million vampire books.
I’m intrigued (mostly by the pricetag and the fact that this is the headline for the new line) This is big money, but they don’t specify how many more books are contracted. Still, Harlequin loves Showalter. Perhaps Gena should write some vampire [...]



REVIEW: The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

By Jia • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Showalter,
Even though the prequel and first book of your Lords of the Underworld series failed to impress me, I wasn’t ready to give up on such a great premise. I hoped one of the later installments would work better for me. With this second book in the series, I have to [...]



AuthorTalk: Jill Monroe and Gena Showalter Interview CJ Lyons

By Jane • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Interviews, Misc



REVIEW: The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter

By Jia • May 5th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Showalter,
Your Lords of the Underworld series first caught my eye when I came across the cover art posted on a blog. They are very striking to say the least and certainly did their job if my reaction was any indication: find out what these books were about. As [...]



Interview with An Author (or Two) and Some Thoughts on Book Trailers

By Jane • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Interviews, Misc, Reviews

In the true spirit of viral marketing, I received my first AuthorTalk link in my inbox from a friend. I’m not sure how she found it but I think it was from another person’s blog. And now I am doing my part in spreading the word.
I think the entire point of book trailers [...]



Because We All Need a Good Laugh

By Jane • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Interviews, Misc

My favorite part is the 4:19 mark. I laughed so hard that Ned came over to see what was going on. Kresley is giving us some books to give away next week or so. Stay tuned. Update: Here is the link for all the videos.
Updated to add: I’m [...]



REVIEW: The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter

By Jia • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Showalter,
Although your previous works haven’t worked as well for me as I’d hoped, I was intrigued when I heard about your new series, The Lords of the Underworld. Pandora’s box? Hell? A horde of ravenous demons? Not only did the premise feature some of my favorite story elements, it sounded fresh and original, [...]



Rewritten books: Redux need warnings (Updated)

By Jane • Aug 3rd, 2006 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

Update:Susan Grant posted at AAR in response to a query about the sameness of Mysteria and BBeB. Her response was
That’s a big change! I added character development, plot, and #####, something I couldn’t hardly do in the short, episode format for BBB which really amounted to just teasers.
Now we are paying for teasers? [...]