Can we talk about black women in stock photos?
Trigger warning for racism.
I’ve talked before about how I make covers for my books.
http://courtneymilan.tumblr.com/post/73371595545/where-do-your-covers-come-from-the-images-models…
Jackie Barbosa’s “Can’t Take the Heat”
Last night, I read Jackie Barbosa’s novella, called Can’t Take the Heat.
This is a beautifully written, emotional, sexy…
A little something for Jackie Barbosa
Author Jackie Barbosa recently lost her teenage son in a terrible car accident. No parent should ever have to live through this, and…
Traditional versus self publishing: official death match 2014
On twitter the other day, Smart Bitch Sarah remarked that it’s sad that the discussion about ways to publish has turned into an…
Some thoughts on author earnings
I’ve written several parts of blogposts on this multiple times. This blogpost started its life as a comment on this post on Dear…
A note on historical romance sales in print
Jeannie Lin writes really awesome historical romances. These historical romances are also set in China. I want to commend her publisher…
Know what your rights are worth
Note: Here there be mathematics.
There’s a calculation I’ve been breaking out dozens of times in the last month or so–in…
RT giveaways!
I dropped by the RT convention in Kansas City this last weekend to see some friends, get an award, and talk to people–and I had a…
Digital Strategy in Historical Romance
If you think that a publisher’s main job is distribution, and that distribution is a button press on the internet, you’re…
For Golden Heart Finalists
The Golden Network has asked me to give a talk on self-publishing to their members at RWA nationals. I’m trying to make that talk…