Sometimes it really does take a village. . . Yesterday I told you a bit of the “science” behind covers, as well as the part authors play or don’t play in the conception and finalization. Today, a bit about the cover of When We Were Sisters and what an author, art department, editorial, marketing and various other…

Pssst. . . Publishers and authors don’t always agree on book covers. You’re not surprised, are you? As a reader you may even have strong feelings about a book cover in your collection. Maybe you have a preference for an icon cover (an object that relates to the book, like a pearl necklace or a Japanese lantern.) A…

If you didn’t open my October newsletter, or you haven’t yet subscribed,  let me tell you about Emilie’s Krewe of Review. At the Novelist’s Inc. conference last month I learned so many exciting ideas. One came from a workshop about review teams. “Street” teams have been around for years. A street team is a group of…

Last Tuesday I asked you if you would take a moment to let me know which of the three series I’ve done in the recent past you would most like to see continued. Quite honestly I expected just a few responses. You’re busy. I understand. You can’t always follow my blog or stop by my website. But…

During my thirty year writing career my novels have leaped from bookstore shelf to bookstore shelf. And yes! Wow. It’s been thirty years this month since my first novels arrived at your local bookstore. Both were romances. My first book was a “sweet” romance, and while I am epubbing some of my early romances now, you won’t find Brendan’s…

I’m having so much fun working on my latest book. In fact I’m having so much fun writing actual chapters that I decided not to stop the flow this week to create another blog post. Luckily for me, my publisher did a short interview that they’ve just put up on line and along the way asked some…

If you follow this blog you’ll remember more than one post where I talked about the many things over which authors have no control. One sentence summarizes much of this: “We write the books, but quite frankly, if we sign a contract with a publisher there are many parts of the process over which we have…