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April 24, 2009

RT Recap Day 2: Thursday

JaneFeaturesRomantic-Times5 Comments

Thursday morning, Sarah and I held our blogging panel.   We actually thought the panel started at 2:30 but we saw Heather Osborn, editor from Tor, in the hallway and she mentioned that she would see us soon at the panel which started at 11:30!   Sarah and I owe Heather a ... more >

April 23, 2009

RT Day 1 Recap

JaneBook ReviewsRomantic-Times18 Comments

I registered for Romantic Times convention on Wednesday morning and received a goody bag full of bookmarks, cover flats, coupons, and books. Sylvia Day and Shayla Black were the sponsors of the bag. Probably the coolest part of the registration packet, for me, was a print out that was included ... more >

May 6, 2008

The Oversexualization of Romance

JaneLetters of OpinionElloras-Cave / Literary Criticism / pornography / Romantic-Times214 Comments

Romantic Times convention took place a couple of weeks ago. Since the convention, a few people spoke up about their experiences which included a negative reaction to the antics of the Ellora’s Cavemen. SB Sarah said that the Cavemen acted like cavemen and were overly grabby. JC Wilder reported a ... more >

March 10, 2008

Urban Fantasy Appeal Increasing Steadily

JanePublishing NewsOrbit / Romantic-Times / Urban-Fantasy11 Comments

Orbit Books, the SFF branch of Warner Books, posted last week that Urban Fantasy is growing in popularity and the evidence is the number of books showing up on the bestseller lists. According to Orbit, in 2004, only 1 Urban Fantasy was on the Fantasy Bestseller list and in 2007, ... more >

February 18, 2008

RT Clarification of Its Non Position on Free Ebooks

JaneEbooksfree-book / Maya-Banks / Romantic-Times14 Comments

moar humorous pics The news recently has been all about free ebooks lately, mostly stirred by Oprah’s Valentine’s Day gift of Suze Orman’s bestselling book, Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny. More than 1 million copies of the books were downloaded. The news reports have been ... more >

January 30, 2008

Bertrice Small, Roberta Gellis, and Jennifer Blake to Host Plagiarism and Historicals Seminar at RT

JanePublishing NewsCassie Edwards / plagiarism / Romantic-Times10 Comments

In one of the most positive things to come out of Savage Gate, heavyweight authors Bertrice Small, Roberta Gellis and Jennifer Blake will be teaching a new seminar at the 2008 Romantic Times about writing a historical without plagiarism. While the change has not yet appeared on the RT BookLovers ... more >

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