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REVIEW: The Huntsmen 2: Backtrack by Amber Green

By Jayne • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Green,
Holy batshit, Batman, here we go again. It’s back to the alternate reality world you’ve created with the Hunstmen - hot men who roam in twin brother pairs looking for a good woman who likes it like that. Trying to keep sane via the emotional energy they can unleash from her following [...]



REVIEW: Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon

By Jane • May 21st, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mr. Lanyon:
I don’t ordinarily look for gay fiction but in at the urging of Teddy Pig I picked up the Adrien English Mysteries which is a two novella* collection featuring the titular character, Adrien English, a gay bookstore owner and mystery writer with a bad heart, whose situation forces him into sleuthing.
These stories are [...]



REVIEW: The Huntsmen 2: Bareback by Amber Green

By Jayne • Mar 7th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Green,
I read and enjoyed the first novel in this Hunstmen world last year. And despite being for the most part paranormaled out, when you mentioned that there would be sequels to come, I was excited. Here’s a world that is radically different from most paranormals out there and one which was fairly [...]



RWA Offered to Bid on Triskelion Assets

By Jane • Oct 30th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

RWA offered to serve as a Trustee and bid on the Triskelion Assets on behalf of the authors. The authors were requested to send $100 per contract to RWA and RWA would bid in the bankruptcy proceedings on their behalf, returning all of the unspent money to the authors. There appear to [...]



Loose ID Bids on Triskelion Assets in Bankruptcy

By Jane • Oct 15th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Letters of Opinion, Misc

Loose ID Bids on Contractual Assets
Last week, the week of October 8, 2007, Loose ID made a bid for the contractual assets of Triskelion Publishing. This is a brilliant public relations move by Loose ID as e authors on various message boards are already treating this as a gift. The press release by [...]



Ebook to Print: Does it matter to you?

By Jane • May 19th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Interviews, Misc

Jaid Black, owner of Ellora’s Cave, mentioned in her previous interview that she thought the NY move into e-publishing would have difficulties because authors want to see themselves in print. In the Triskelion drama of the past week, one thing was clear and that was Triskelion appeared to over extend itself in attempting to [...]



REVIEW: The Average Girl’s Guide to Getting Laid by Annie Dean

By Jane • Apr 20th, 2007 • Category: C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Dean:
I thought the premise of your story was quite fun. An average girl decides to pen a self help book on how to pick up guys, provocatively titled “The Average Girl’s Guide to Getting Laid.” In the process, she gains self confidence and a man to die for. Overall, the [...]



Loose ID Receives RWA Recognition

By Jane • Mar 2nd, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Loose Id has receieved RWA Publisher Recognition which means that one of its titles sold 5,000 copies in a single year. I can’t begin to guess which Loose Id title(s) that may be, but Huzzah for Loose Id. Their Gecko is better than your Gecko.
Via Michele [...]



REVIEW: Blood Moon by Deanna Lee

By Jane • Oct 3rd, 2006 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Lee:
This is the second installment in the Kyra Moray series. In Still Waters, we were introduced female detective Kyra Moray set in a slightly futuristic New Orleans. In the midst of solving a serial killing crime, Kyra meets her love interest Alex Waters. The problems I had in the first [...]



REVIEW: Dangerous Cravings by Evangeline Anderson

By Jane • Aug 24th, 2006 • Category: B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Anderson,
This was my first book by you and I bought you because I read some of your comments on Bam’s website and because Bam gave you a positive review for The Assignment. I bought that one too, but started with this book. You may not know this but I like police [...]