The Writers Who Read interview series continues this week with Jessica Goodfellow. Welcome, Jessica! Who are you? I’m a poet living in Japan who misses being enveloped in the English language. Books and podcasts are what I use to ease that longing. I’m the mother of two bilingual bicultural teenagers, wife to a super-busy yet … [Read more…]
The first Writers Who Read interview of 2016 begins with author Kaira Rouda. Welcome, Kaira! Who are you? Hi! I’m Kaira Rouda, and I write sexy modern romance and women’s fiction novels sparkling with humor and heart. New to the romance world, I’ve been a published author since 2009. My family and I live in … [Read more…]
Similar to how I analyzed my reading for 2014 last year at this time, I thought I’d examine this week what, who, how, and how much I read this calendar year. (Those who are chart-phobic may want to gently avert their eyes now.) This past year, I attempted to read 58 books. This is lower than … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with historical romance author Ashlyn Macnamara. Welcome, Ashlyn! Who are you? I’m USA Today bestselling author Ashlyn Macnamara. I write Regency romance with a dash of wit and a hint of wicked. My current release is a novella in a Christmas anthology called All I Want for … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with romance author Annette Bower. Welcome Annette–and read to the end of this post to find out how you can comment here for a chance to win a copy of TASTE ME, TEMPT ME: 8 TALES OF SWEET & SPICY ROMANCE. Who are you? Annette Bower here, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with historical romance author Elizabeth Cole. Who are you? I’m Elizabeth Cole. I write kissing books—mostly set in the past. They are also very sexy and witty, and have smart, scientifically-minded ladies who are way ahead of their time. So if you despise pithy dialogue or steamy … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with contemporary romance author Betsy Talbot. Who are you? I’m the author of The Late Bloomers Series and my heroines are all women in their prime. I love exploring what life looks like on the other side of forty—mainly because that is precisely the time my life … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with fantasy author Karina Sumner-Smith. Who are you? I’m Karina Sumner-Smith. I’m a Canadian fantasy writer and author of the Towers Trilogy (Radiant, Defiant, and the upcoming conclusion, Towers Fall). The series is set in a far-future, post-apocalyptic city where magic is used as currency and ghosts … [Read more…]
I’m over at the romance site Lady Smut today talking about gothic romance and writing CRAZY, SEXY, GHOULISH as a goth rom-com. Check it out! I’m happy to announce I’ll also be regularly posting on Lady Smut the first Friday of each month on romance, gender, sexuality, and pop culture. I’m so happy to be … [Read more…]
I’m well on my way to reaching my goal of whittling down the ebooks I’ve purchased from 20 to 15 by New Year’s–if by “well on my way,” I mean I’ve read three and bought, oh, about nine more. For something that gives me as much joy, relaxation, and sanity as reading, I’ve written here … [Read more…]