I feel like I read a LOT in July. Some for work, some for play. Fortunately, most of it was good stuff! Visions, by Kelley Armstrong (out 8/19, urban fantasy) Riding the Wave, by Lorelie Brown (contemporary romance) Mean Streak, by Sandra Brown (out 8/19, romantic suspense) Have Mercy, by Shelley Ann Clark (erotic romance,… Read More Better Off Read: the July Book Round-Up
June’s over already? What? I don’t believe you. But here’s here’s what I read during the month that stood out: Wicked Temptation, by Zoë Archer (historical romance) What a Duke Dares, by Anna Campbell (out 8/26, historical romance) Looking for Trouble, by Victoria Dahl (out 7/29, contemporary romance) A Promise By Daylight, by Alison DeLaine… Read More Book What the Cat Dragged In: June Reads
I started reading The Uncanny X-Men in the 1990s, swiftly graduating from yoinking my brother’s weekly comic book haul to filling up my own boxes. My first major “X-Men event” was the Extinction Agenda storyline in 1990 and then I followed that into the blue team’s X-Men title and, of course, the 1992 animated series. Why am… Read More Charming Rogue: Why Channing Tatum as Gambit Misses the Mark
April and May were such crazy months that I combined my “hot reads” list, for the sake of my sanity. (Such as it is.) The Copper King, by Vivian Arend (erotic paranormal romance, e-novella) The Broken, by Shelley Coriell (romantic suspense) Lost, by Laura K. Curtis (romantic suspense, e-book) Bootie and the Beast, by Falguni… Read More Book of the Draw: April and May Reads
Writing a sexual assault into your canon? Take a look at this handy-dandy checklist first: When is it Okay to Use Rape as a Plot Device? Never. And, yet, it persists. So many television shows, both daytime and primetime, revert to rape as a “deep” or “edgy” stunt to move a story forward, reveal a… Read More Game of No: Why Rape is Not the Answer to Your Story Question
March put me back on track in terms of reading early and often, and a bigger haul means a bigger selection of gems. Flying, by Megan Hart (out 4/29, erotic romance) Three Weeks With Lady X, by Eloisa James (out 3/25, historical romance) House of Glass, by Sophie Littlefield (out 2/25, mainstream/thriller) The Lumberfox, by… Read More Get the Book Outta Here: March Reads
I have been on the Internet for 18 years, used everything from IRC to AOL chatrooms to EGroups to Twitter, and probably made every rookie mistake you can think of in that time. Thus, I figured I would impart some of my hard-won wisdom about engaging on social media. This primarily applies to Twitter, because… Read More Quit Being a Twit: a Social Media Tip Sheet
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