BTS – Book & Trailer Showcase – A new website that features book trailers and a lot of other information about authors and their books is celebrating its Grand Opening on Thursday December 15, 2011. They are giving away a LOT of prizes during the grand opening so make sure you check it out! Here’s [...]
Aspiring Authors, Take Heart: Debbie Macomber Inspired Short Romance Fiction Writing Contest: Winning Entry will be published as part of Avon’s “Family Affair” paperback and e-book in July 2012! NEW YORK, NY, August 9, 2011 – To celebrate the 2012 mass market publication of Family Affair, a novella by #1 New York Times bestselling author [...]
Late last night I recieved an email from a group I’m in that said my donation to Brenda Novak’s auction for Diabetes research was getting attention. So I go to the site and was surprised to see that the bidding is already at $400. This is fantastic! For those who don’t know what I’ve donated [...]
Don’t forget that Brenda Novak’s auction for Diabetes starts tomorrow. I’m donating a huge package this year so check it out here.
I’m happy to finally be able to announce that I’m participating as a mentor in the Missouri Romance Writers of America. I’ll be working with one of their members to help them in any way I can when it comes to the publishing industry. I’m really excited to be part of this program. You can [...]
The world of publishing has always been a tough industry. It’s hard for authors to break in and to continue to excel by writing amazing books that readers love. Right now the industry is going through major changes due to the growth of technology and the downturn of the economy. In these turbulent times, even [...]
Ransom Stevens analyzes the economics of the publishing industry in the age of Internet and ebooks. Some experts believe this could be the new publishing model for the book business. What do you think? Check out the article here: http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/book-futures
There is a very cool new feature that All Romance eBooks has implemented. You can now leave full text reviews on their website. Simply log in to your on-line library, access a review link and enter a review of your books. It’s that easy! Pass the word!
I just saw on Leah Hultenschmidt’s blog that Dorchester Publishing is now accepting general submissions via email. Read the post here.
Did you know you can buy Night Visions and Talgorian Prophecy from:
All Romance eBooks now available through Lexcycle Stanza for download directly onto your iPhone and iPod Touch! Palm Harbor, Florida (PRWEB) November 17, 2008 – All Romance eBooks, an on-line bookstore that specializes in the sale of romance eBooks, announced today that they now offer books for direct download onto iPhone and iPod Touch through [...]
Hey everybody! This Haunted Blog Carnival is still running, and you have a great chance to win something from the stash of over $6000.00 in prizes! New items were JUST added. Even if you have been by, come again because there are more contributors you can add entries for. While many others have ended their [...]
Welcome to the Bitten by Books Haunted Bloggy Carnival Spooktacular event! The carnival starts at 8:00 am Central time October 27th ALL WEEK and ends on November 2nd at 11:59 pm Pacific time. Comments will be enabled at that time so you won’t be able to post until then. The winners will be contacted and [...]
Valentine’s Day – The Holiday Of Love by Melissa Alvarez How did Valentine’s Day begin? Valentine’s Day… ah… a time to spend with the ones you love. We celebrate Valentine’s Day by giving flowers, chocolates or other gifts to each other in the spirit of showing our love for one another. But how did this [...]
St. Patrick’s Day Ireland and Romance Fiction by Melissa Alvarez There is something about Ireland that draws writers of romance to use the country as settings in their books. And there are a lot of romance readers out there who love books set in Ireland. Being of Irish descent I couldn’t let St. Paddy’s Day [...]
Showing versus Telling Bringing Your Writing To Life by Melissa Alvarez Show don’t tell – that’s easy to say but what exactly does it mean? When you show your reader the characters and action in your novel, they are drawn into another world and will keep turning the pages until THE END. If you tell [...]
Romantic Suspense Riveted To The Edge Of Your Seat by Melissa Alvarez If you are an author who writes romantic suspense then you probably love reading the genre. You’ve gotten a feel of the mix of romance, suspense, and intrigue that mesh together throughout the novel. But what comes first? The romance or the suspense? [...]
Reader To Reader What Do You Like In A Romance Fiction Novel? by Melissa Alvarez I sat down to write this article and had a hard time thinking of a subject. What did I want to discuss today? About a zillion things went through my mind and I couldn’t decide. Don’t you just hate it [...]
The Query Letter An Editor’s First Impression Sample Query Letter by Melissa Alvarez Ah, the dreaded query letter. But, tell me why is it so dreaded? Maybe it’s because you have put body and soul (and probably a few sleepless nights) into your manuscript and are now ready to put your baby in front of [...]
Popularity of Romance Fiction What draws readers to this genre? by Melissa Alvarez Romance Fiction novels make up over fifty percent of all books sold. Over 50 million women in the United States alone read Romance Fiction. Granted most of the readers of Romance Fiction are women but lots of men read romance fiction too. [...]
Manuscript Writing and Revisions Four Steps To A Great Manuscript by Melissa Alvarez Step 1: Write the book Sit down and write. When writing your first draft you want to get as much of your manuscript down from beginning to end. Run with your thoughts, your scenes, and your characters. There will be time [...]
Literary Agents What Do They Do? Do You Really Need One? by Melissa Alvarez You’ve finished your manuscript and are ready to submit your romance fiction novel to a publisher. Do you need a literary agent or should you submit the work to a publisher on your own? The first question you should answer is [...]
