So if you haven’t heard by now publisher Bloomsbury AGAIN put a white girl on the cover of a book starring a dark skinned woman. They’ve done it before with the excuse that “covers with black people don’t sell” (I’m sure there are many AA fiction authors that beg to differ, and Bloomsbury, what about … Continue reading
Updated with more links. If, for some reason, you haven’t heard yet romance megalith Harlequin announced this week that they are opening a self-publishing branch of their company. This is so very wrong, but don’t just believe me. Here’s a short index of who is saying what: Mystery Writer Allison Brennan Writer Beware Nora Roberts … Continue reading
So a local church has ordained an admitted, convicted child molester as a pastor in their church, with cries of “Oh well he won’t be around children.” I ranted about this earlier this week and today I came home to a comment on my blog from one of the church members. Allow me to quote: … Continue reading
There are times to promote and times not to promote. Leaving your shitty blurbs for your shitty, completely unrelated to the topic book on my reviews or worse, on my posts asking authors and editors to donate books to the Books for Troops Program is a complete and utter fail. People I love are out … Continue reading
I started reviewing in part for selfish reasons. No, not the free books, by the time those started showing up I’d already been reviewing for a while. When my story <i>BloodWalker</i> came out in Read by Dawn volume 1 I was incredibly excited. My second official sale, and it had huge distribution (six countries!). It’s … Continue reading
Dear New Concepts Publishing Authors, GET OUT NOW! -Michele Dear Ellen Ashe and the NCP Bad Apples, My heart goes out to you. You have my deepest sympathies for your current situation and my best wishes for the quick, favorable releases of your books and the resolution of this situation. Personal aside to Ellen; Thank … Continue reading
