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Beyond the Book

August 25, 2016

Aint Love Grand

KaetrinBeyond the Book / Conventions / EssaysAdelaide / Romance Writers of Australia / RuBY Awards10 Comments

I attended the Romance Writers of Australia conference in Adelaide, South Australia (my home town) over the weekend. While I only attended on Saturday and Sunday, the conference officially opened on Friday with a full day workshop for authors presented by screenwriter Michael Hauge. This year marked the 25th anniversary ... more >

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May 22, 2012

Beyond the Book Post and Giveway: MIDNIGHT RESCUE: The Editorial Process

JaneBeyond the Book / Contests/Giveawaysgiveaway / romantic-suspense31 Comments

At the beginning of the year, we featured a few posts by publishing “insiders”.  Elle Kennedy and her editor, Jesse Feldman, contacted me to see if I would be interested in posting about how Elle’s new Killer Instincts romantic suspense series was acquired.  I thought readers would like to follow ... more >

March 7, 2012

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James Primer (and Books Like 50 Shades)

JaneBeyond the BookE. L. James / Fifty Shades / Recommended Reads / Twilight Saga46 Comments

Introduction Fifty Shades of Grey is a self published work by a British author using the pseudonym, E. L. James.  It was originally published along with the two sequels, Fifty Shades of Darker and Fifty Shades of Freed, in its entirety, as Master of the Universe on ff.net, a site ... more >

Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man
May 16, 2011

Behind the Book: Why Write with a Friend?

JaneBeyond the Book10 Comments

Celeste Bradley and Susan Donovan locked themselves in a hotel room to write  Courtesan’s Guide to Getting Your Man on sale May 24, 2011.   They wrote this post to tell you why. **** Writing is a lonely job. You spend your days inside your own head. Your workplace is a ... more >

May 2, 2011

Beyond the Book: Thea Harrison and Where She Gets Her Ideas

JaneBeyond the BookThea Harrison13 Comments

The following is a guest blog post by new author Thea Harrison. She’s actually not new. She wrote Harlequin Presents books over ten years ago and then took a break from publishing. I’m pretty excited about this new series. You can find out more about Ms. Harrison at her blog, ... more >

Lecia Cornwall’s Secrets of a Proper Countess
March 28, 2011

Beyond the Book: Tessa Woodward on the acquisition and publication of Lecia Cornwall’s Secrets of a Proper Countess

JaneBeyond the BookAvon / Historical Romances15 Comments

Dear Dear Author Readers, Normally, I’d tell you to pay no attention to the (wo)man behind the curtain, but today I’m letting you in, lifting the veil, spilling all of my secrets — my editorial ones, that is. I’m going to take you through the editorial process from soup to ... more >

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