Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
Snippets from RWA2014
July 28, 2014Blythe and I had a great time at RWA2014. We both have interviews and insights to share and we will be publishing columns over the next few weeks sharing our encounters…
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Courtney Milan: A Slow Writer’s Guide to Making a Living (RWA2014)
July 25, 2014I’ve loved attending my first ever RWA. It’s always great fun to meet new writers, talk to those I already know, and listen to everyone chat about Romancelandia.
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An Interview with and a Giveaway from author Laura Andersen
July 23, 2014I’m speaking with Laura Andersen about her Boleyn Trilogy, which was completed on 15th July with the release of the final book, The Boleyn Reckoning. (My review of the book…
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50 Shades of Readers
July 21, 2014“All sentences are not created equal,” Jenny Davidson tells us in Reading Style: A Life in Sentences. Her tale is not so much about “which books must be read than…
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Courtney Milan talks to AAR… and gives away five copies of The Suffragette Scandal!
July 18, 2014I, like many AAR readers, have been avidly awaiting Courtney Milan’s most recent book, The Suffragette Scandal, which she released this week. I asked Courtney if she’d answer some questions and she…
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Picking Review Books One Book at a Time
July 11, 2014AAR receives scores of print and digital books a month. In addition, reviewers are constantly buying or borrowing books above and beyond their AAR allotments. How do AAR reviewers choose…
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Wait. What? They did that where?
July 9, 2014We’ve all read them – those books where the sex just doesn’t make sense. Recently, I’ve stumbled across several that made me cringe.
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Speaking of Audiobooks: Downpour – an Alternative to Audible and a FIVE Credit Giveaway!
July 7, 2014When audio enthusiasts look for downloadable audiobooks, they usually think of Audible first, unaware that there is now another game in town. Downpour.com, Blackstone Audio’s online audiobook retail site, offers…
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The Hachette vs. Amazon Battle: Quality vs. Quantity
July 4, 2014In the battle between Hachette and Amazon, Hachette and those who support it have based their argument upon two simple “facts”. The first is that Amazon is too big. A…
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We’ve Four New Special Title Lists!
July 2, 2014Today we open up four more Special Title Lists for new submissions. And now that summer’s here, we thought it would be fun to focus on what for many, are…
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We’ve Got New Additions to our Special Titles List!
June 30, 2014Today we’re pleased to announce that six more of the Special Title Lists have been updated: (1) Green Romance; (2) Friendships; (3) Best Enemies; (4) Cross-Dressing & In Disguise; (5)…
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Jill Sorenson talks implants, earthquakes, and gives away five copies of Backwoods!
June 27, 2014Author Jill Sorenson is known for her heart-pounding romantic suspense. You can read AAR’s review of her latest book, Backwoods, here. I know Jill on Twitter and asked if she’d…
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