As sad and horrible as this may sound, I expect authors to behave badly. I know that at least two or three times a month I’ll read something that will have me shaking me head in disbelief. But the occasional time comes around when an author says something so outrageous, so annoying that I find [...]
After reading a book where the heroine slaps the hero across the face on two separate occasions — the second time so hard his lip cracks and bleeds — I found myself getting very very angry. The hero hadn’t cheated on her (that’s not an excuse for violence). He hadn’t physically assaulted her. He did [...]
The past few days a few bloggers have been blogging about a so called group of YA authors who have been nicknamed as being part of a YA Mafia club, because of their recent actions online/blog posts about how authors/bloggers should behave. Now this YA Mafia Club has been picked up and has basically become [...]
Over the last few months on twitter I noticed a few authors lamenting about their fight to remove e-books which were illegally being sold by sellers on an ebay-like site called iOffer. Now this is not a unique case since ebay and a few other sites have had similar instances of this going on. But [...]
Lou recently wrote a blog post about a bait and switch on a book that she thought was a YA romance which was marketed and looked like one. However, it ended unhappily with the heroine dying in the last few pages which is the biggest No No in romance. Breaking that convention for most readers [...]
see more Lolcats and funny pictures Disclosure: This picture was chosen because it has the right mad face. And it’s cute. These days I’m having so much trouble finding the enthusiasm to pick up my ereader and read. At first, I thought it was another reading funk, but after contemplating, I’ve realised I’m just so [...]
Much to my surprise, I clicked on the Borders UK website this morning, and saw a category for ebooks. My response: ‘Oooo, finally! This is good. More selection perhaps for us UK buyers.’ *Scrolls down for the romance section, and clicks* *head desk* ‘Noooooooo! Why Borders, why? Why do you do a Waterstones, and not [...]
When Has showed me the link, my immediate thought was: Your ass is gonna get sued! Russet Noon- the tribute sequel to Breaking Dawn! My immediate thought now: Yup, you’re still gonna get your ass sued! Has – Update: It looks like Lady Sybillia has either got a strongly worded cease and decease letter from [...]
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