Oh, looky, yet another vanity publisher cuts and runs toward bankruptcy, rather than 1) changing its ways or 2) paying its authors. Australia’s JoJo Publishing was recently profiled in a television program detailing the company’s duplicitous practices. Here’s an article about their attempts at strategic liquidation. And here is the AbsoluteWrite.com thread about them (read…
Read More Case study: JoJo Publishing (Australia)I’m on both services, even though I’m inactive on Triberr and I barely use Twitter. (When I’m near a computer I’m generally writing or doing art, not activities I can easily do with social media windows distracting me.) I don’t use Triberr because when I started it was buggy as hell and hard to use,…
Read More Triberr and retweeting (bad ranty language)…submitting an erotic romance short story to a new publisher, on a lark, and having it contracted as an expanded 12,000-word novella three days later. And having the characters suddenly wake up and start *talking* to me about actual plot elements beyond the bedroom. …realizing that a ten-year-old painting has the perfect theme to fit…
Read More Happiness is…It’s not too late! Stop by Bitten By Romance to visit with Edward Hoornaert on our last stop for the Tour of the (science fiction romance) Universe. He’s also on Amazon. Why should you do this? Because romance has come a long way from the really awkward, laughable days of the 1980s ‘New Romance’,…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 25Evanne Lorraine joins up with Bitten By Romance, on the last week of the science fiction romance Tour of the Universe.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 24K.C. Klein’s Amazon bio says it better than I can: ‘KC Klein is the author of Dark Future, a sexy futuristic time-travel. She became serious about writing three years ago and was as surprised as anyone when her stories took a turn toward dark and snarky…’ Follow the button above to see what KC writes…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 23Well, my turn has finally rolled around in Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe. I actually had to go check my notes for what I wrote about…oh, yeah, heh heh. The Sonta. I hope you enjoy the article. If you want to know more, follow the Author’s Notes on the left side of this blog.…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 22Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe features science fiction romance authors introducing readers to some of their favorite sexy, epic, futuristic settings. Stop by today to meet Aurora Springer and see what she’s serving up.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 21After all my talk about researching publishers, there’s one detail I’ve forgotten to add to my ‘Filigree’s Rule’ cautions: at some point, we have to pick a publisher, get together a submission, and hit ‘send’ or drop a box in the post. Otherwise, we’re hobby writers, which is not a bad thing. But it generally doesn’t…
Read More Taking the plungeSee the button above? Follow it to connect with Shelley Munro at Bitten By Romance’s fabulous Tour of the Universe. Shelley joins a bunch of other crazy people showing off their science fiction romance settings. (Because sometimes contemporary just doesn’t do it, and you can actually have too much of fantasy dragons, elves, vampires, etc.…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 20Greta van der Rol holds court today over on Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe. Stop by to see her solid science fiction development of her alien race, the Ptorix. (Read. Comment. There might be prizes in it for you.)
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 19Welcome back! If you follow the button above, you’ll land at the Bitten By Romance site and the third week of our Tour of the (science fiction romance) Universe. Veronica Scott is today’s guest. Stop by to read more about the deceptive beauty of a jungle planet…and enter a giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 18Shona Husk gives us the guest post this Saturday at Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe. Follow the button above to stop by, read, comment, and learn. You might win prizes later. You’ll certainly come away with new ideas about science fiction romance. As before, we are skipping Sunday. We’ll be back on…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 17Taking a break from the Tour for a quick rant, brought to you by too damn many news items. ‘Offensensitivity‘ is the punchline of a brilliant Bloom County cartoon from back in 1982. It could also be the chilling tagline for a recent host of social actions, from both right and left sides of the…
Read More Offensensitivity, part whatever (adult language)Over on the Bitten By Romance site today, we are featuring A.R. DeClerk for the next stop in our celebration of science fiction romance, its unusual settings, and rich backstories. If you’re bored by contemporary romance, cardboard billionaires, and predictable places, try a little science fiction sizzle! Oh, and we will be drawing prizes from…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 16Come see the wonders of science fiction romance (and its cool settings) at Bitten By Romance today. Hit the fancy button above, to join Jenna Bennett for her take on what makes out-of-this-world romance tick.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 15S.E. Smith takes over the Bitten By Romance site today, for a new entry in our science fiction romance Tour of the Universe! Day 14 means we’re getting near the midpoint of the tour. That also means you still have plenty of chances to visit the site, comment on previous entries, read new ones, and…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 14Day 13 of the Tour of the Universe! If you like science fiction romance, hit the button above to visit the Bitten By Romance site, and Corrina Lawson’s entry for today.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 13Pauline Baird Jones introduces us to future New Orleans, over at Bitten By Romance, on our latest stop in the science fiction romance Tour of the Universe.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 12If it’s Saturday, that means Jody Wallace has taken over Bitten By Romance! Stop by to see what she’s contributing to the Tour of the Universe. Read. Comment. We won’t bite (much). Housekeeping note: as we did last week, we’ll take a break on Sunday. But entry #12 will be up bright and early Monday…
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