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Confession: I’m not much of a mystery reader. I never even liked Nancy Drew. I read only one Encyclopedia Brown, I never watched Murder She Wrote, and I’d probably lose the Trivial Pursuit point if you asked me the name … Continue reading →

From Publisher’s Marketplace, June 22: Children’s/Young Adult: Jamie Michaels’s KISS MY BOOK, story of a teen writing sensation who gets caught plagiarizing her debut novel, but finds redemption and romance when she escapes to a small town, to Krista Marino … Continue reading →

I’ve been a bad blog-reader recently… so far behind on reading my usual blogroll. So, let’s see what’s out there, shall we? Julie Leto has an excerpt of her new book up. I can’t wait to read DIRTY LITTLE LIES! … Continue reading →

Well, what a day yesterday was! I’d been dying to write a particular scene all day, but I got caught up in three of the most stunningly orgasmic bits of promotional yumminess and was completely distracted all day. And here’s … Continue reading →

Last night I had dinner with Firebrand Literary Agency’s newest star, Megan Atwood! Megan is a darling woman, a big fan of Buffy (we’re such soul sisters!), and responsible for starting the FLUX YA line at Llewelyn Publishers. What did … Continue reading →

Woo Hoo!!!!! And I’ve got a lot of other wonders for you in the coming weeks, my pretties, including but not limited to the unveiling of the official Secret Society Girl website, more giveaways of advanced copies of Secret Society … Continue reading →

First I loved Malcolm Gladwell. Then I was pissed at him for his “all chick lit is the same” crapola on his blog during the Viswanathan scandal. Now I love him again, because I think I agree with him on … Continue reading →

I hear a lot about industry trends on loops and such. As I posted in my last post, folks on the PAN loop started a great discussion about trends in the historical romance marketplace based on what one editor said … Continue reading →

I just want to say, pursuant to my PAN-list complaints of last week, that there’s been an amazing conversation going on on the PAN craft list in the past few days about the historical market and the sex-earlier-in-book (yea, even … Continue reading →

Question: Have you been reading Julie Leto’s Marisela Blog? She posts Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and her posts are always a whole heap of industry savviness, craft goodness, and just plain old common sense. there have been several doozies in … Continue reading →