B Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsancient-Rome / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Recommended Reads / St.-Martins-Press9 Comments
Gaius Vinius Clodianus is a reluctant Praetorian Guard, with a disastrous marriage history and post-traumatic stress – but he is a hero. Flavia Lucilla has given the imperial ladies a ridiculous hairstyle and makes toupees for the increasingly paranoid emperor – and she is good at her job. A devastating ... more >
Publishing Newscollaborations / fan-fiction / St.-Martins-Press / Young-Adult17 Comments
In light of fan fiction, collaboration, and just plain fascinating stuff comes the story of a Redditor turned screenplay writer. Wired recounts the transformation of James Erwin from Redditor commenter who began to envision a story about a group of military folks in Afghanistan being time warped back to the ... more >
Publishing Newsdigital lending / digital rights management / intellectual property / self-published / St.-Martins-Press78 Comments
News There are a series of charts being passed around showing the sad gender divide between female and male journalists and female and male writers and what is being covered in the mainstream press. The gender divide isn’t really improving year over year. Random House is one of the two ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary / IRS / murder-investigation / St.-Martins-Press / Texas5 Comments
Dear Ms. Kelly, I think most US citizens would agree with me that getting a visit from someone in professional attire who says, “We just need to speak with you a moment. We’re from the IRS.” is not a favorite way to start the day. Or end it. Discovering that ... more >
Publishing NewsAgony/Ecstasy / lawsuits / plagiarism / self-published / SourceBooks / St.-Martins-Press43 Comments
Anita Clenney has filed her answer (PDF) to the Sourcebooks complaint. In it, she asserts four points: 1) Inclusion of 8 pages of advertisements without permission and/or payment constitutes a material breach. Clenney argues that the industry standard is a) defined by the actions of two or more of the big ... more >
C ReviewsChristine Warren / Fairy / opposites / Paranormal / Romance / St.-Martins-Press2 Comments
Dear Ms. Warren: Robin used the word affability to describe Jill Shalvis’ writing and for me, I would apply the same descriptor to your books. They are generally affable with likeable characters and likeable settings, however, they’ve often felt truncated to me and this one more so than previous ones ... more >