Wet Wednesday # 45

Wet Wednesday # 45 - Halloweenie 
1. have you ever had sex “in costume”? did you like it? what made it better or worse?
Yes. But the costume eventually came off. It was good, something different. It would have been better if he were more into role playing.
2. not including unwanted personal violence, what is the SCARIEST […]

Writing Prompt

Writer’s Digest Writing Prompt -
I’m Sorry, Manuscript
Most of us set a New Year’s resolution that this was going to be the year we finished our manuscript. But once again, we neglected it. Write an apology letter to your manuscript explaining what happened and how you plan to make it up to the manuscript by December […]

Another Writing Update

My writing progress for the past few months -

My Last First Kiss - Still wrestling with draft # 1.
Novella Trilogy/Anthology - Still being plotted and planned.
Take Me as I Am - Completed - Accepted by Phaze and with my editor there.
Love the Second Time Around - Done but in the revision stage.
Going […]

Who can’t relate?

Who hasn’t felt like this while driving? It always makes me question - when did blinkers become optional on cars/trucks/SUVs.

Phaze Reader Survey

Due to the overwhelming and very insightful responses, the reader survey by Phaze is now closed.
Thanks to all who partcipated in the survey.

Racism in Romance Discussion

Seressia Glass is hosting a discussion on Racism in the Romance Genre.
A comment-laden post on Dear Author that started as a dissertation on opinion vs. actual defamation quickly became a discussion on race, veered closely to defamation on someone else’s blog (no, I’m not going to link to the blog, but saying that an author […]

I couldn’t resist

This is dedicated to a friend - they know who they are.

Nora Roberts Book of the Year at NY’s Quill awards

Best-selling author Nora Roberts won book of the year on Monday at the third annual Quill Awards, which were created to bring glamour and red carpet extravagance to the world of publishing.
“Romance rocks,” Roberts told the crowd after accepting her award, which was voted online by the public, for a romance/thriller novel “Angels Fall” published […]

Phaze Reader Survey - Your 2c wanted

My publisher, Phaze needs your help.
Phaze would like to know how to serve you, the reader, better. So they have made up a survey.
And here’s the great part. Besides helping Phaze out, if you go and fill out the survey, you’ll be able to pick a free e-book *any e-book* from the catalog.
Phaze Reader Survey

From the Desk of Terry McMillan

The three of you, along with the other publishing houses who have been kind enough to add “special” urban/ghetto imprints are all about to see a major shift in your ongoing and relentless publication of exploitative, destructive, racist, egregious, sexist, base, tacky, poorly-written, unedited, degrading books. Like a number of Black bookstores who are starting […]