Promotion (aka: Stuff I’m bad at)
First, let me state that I suck at promotion. Really. The whole concept of pushing myself and my books on people gives me the willies. But I was always bad at that. When I worked at Borders, if someone asked me for recommendations I had them, but if they didn’t ask, I wasn’t going to hand sell. Frankly, I think if you are uncomfortable doing something, then you shouldn’t do it. So my list of stuff may not be your list of stuff and you should not take my recommendations as the end all be all. In that vein, this is what I do.   I blog. Here and on my own faux website

Christmas Scavenger Hunt!
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hello all. This being Thankgiving day, it feels like a great time to announce a special surpri

Coming Soon: The Prescription Playboy
Cover for The Prescription Playboy Using every weapon in her PR arsenal, Hunny battles her way through focus groups, the paparazzi, and old flames to rescue the reformed playboy who rescues her heart. And so I introduce to you The Prescription Playboy my December 21 Lyrical Press release. Here have a tease: Exce

Why I went straight to a publisher instead of through an agent.
With One Ring, it was really an unconsidered decision. I saw the call for submissions, volunteered myself, and sent it in. Keep in mind that One Ring was: a novella, a sweet romcom and written by an unknown. Those three strikes alone would have made it hard to place from the get go and an agent wouldn’t have wanted to touch it. Agents are in business to make money and the money to be made off One Ring just wasn’t there. I think the only question I asked was: Really? You want it? Not very professional, huh? The contract they sent me is the one I

Picking a Publisher: Why I did what I did.
When you’re writing you fall under the spell of ‘Gee I hope some publisher will pick up my book.’ It’s very easy to fall into the trap of giving the publishers all the power and wasting a lot of time. There are a lot of publishers out there and you need to do your research. I do not – DO NOT – advise anyone to go with any publisher lightly or blindly. Ideally, you want to find a publisher you can build a relationship with. Don’t go with the biggest just because they are the biggest and don’t go to the smallest just because you don’t think you can get into the biggest. You wouldn’t buy a pair of jeans without mak