During the past few weeks, I have come across several instances about labeling and marketing books via Goodreads and blog posts about their perceived and targeted audiences. I recently raised this issue myself about a YA book which had erotic content. I was very uncomfortable with that, and it looks like it has been confirmed […]
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Deanna Raybourn’s newest novel, The Dark Enquiry is the 5th installment in the adventures of Lady Julia Grey and Nicholas Brisbane and is on the shelves of your local bookstore now! Today, Deanna is here to talk to us writing romance in both the historical and mystery genres. Pros/Cons of Writing a Romance in a
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Urban Fantasy Night Veil by Yasmine Galenorn – July 5th Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the Dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Quietly amassing their strength for centuries, the Vampiric Fae-led by the merciless Myst, Queen of the Indigo
The other day, whilst browsing, I came across a new line of YA books by Noble Romance Publishing. I was quite surprised by this because they mostly do erotic romances, although the YA market is growing exponentially and that is probably the reason why they have jumped on the bandwagon. However looking closer at their
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
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Greetings, Boy am I glad to be back! I would like to thank my fellow Bookpushers for their support and understanding over this past year as well as those of you I was able to sporadically interact with. I apologize for my absence from the blogging world but my real life job sent me on
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