Soapbox
The world of book bloggers and an interview with a cowboy
While a single positive book review in traditional media, like the New York Times, can literally make a book an overnight sensation, traditional media book reviewers are disappearing faster than a ghost in daylight. However, all is not lost. Independent book bloggers are flourishing – of every type, for every reader, and for every genre….
How to become book-club friendly – engage fans, make new friends and enjoy free cocktails
We had a lot of fun writing The Cowboy and the Vampire together so it’s no surprise we have a lot of fun talking about it — plus we have oversized egos — but we also both suffer from stage fright. As a result, “podium events” like book readings are terrifying. Thank goodness for book…
How we became die-curious
Recently we bought our first coffin. No, we weren’t shopping for final accommodations to drop into side-by-side cemetery plots — fingers crossed, we’ve got a few decades left. Our first coffin is a tiny decorative number purchased online and delivered in 3 – 5 days. We bought it to hold business cards and freebie stickers…
Immediate feedback? Writing sex scenes with a partner
The Cowboy and the Vampire is a love story, written by two people in love. Tucker and Lizzie, our main characters are, despite their better judgment, also passionately and crazily hot for each other. When they aren’t arguing about his poor grammar (ain’t is not a word), debating her love of sushi (fish bait),…
The good, the bad, the ugly…and spaghetti Wednesdays
We wrote this post for YzhaBella’s Bookshelf where it was first posted on June 25, 2011… Wednesday night is trash night. It’s also spaghetti night. The two are related. We’ve been writing partners for more than a decade now, longer even than we’ve been married, and along the way — like most writers — we’ve…