Category: Romance Novels

Romance Novels, Wallpaper

Hot Cowboy Naughty Cowgirl August Calendar Wallpaper

During the dog days of summer temperatures rise and naughty cowgirls start to dream about hot cowboys and maybe even a roll in the hay. Enjoy this month’s desktop wallpaper, downloadable in a few different sizes to fit standard screen or widescreen computers and also available with and without the calendar page. Feel free to share with a friend! AUGUST 2013 CALENDAR COWBOY WALLPAPER Standard Screen 800 x 600 Standard Screen 1024 x 768 Widescreen 800 x 500 Widescreen 1024 x 640 COWBOY WALLPAPER (NO CALENDAR) Standard Screen 800 x 600 Widescreen 1024 x 768 Widescreen 800 x 500 Widescreen 1024 x 640

Romance Novels

Good, Bad or Indifferent – is being hated better than forgettable?

Let me tell you a story… A few years ago, about three I’d estimate, I read an article about an author self-publishing very erotic stories. They estimated she’d hit $1 million in sales that year. Remember, this was pre- 50 Shades of Grey, so those numbers were impressive. I downloaded one of her stories from Amazon and had to admit, it was really, really dirty, even by my standards, and it was selling like hotcakes. So I took a story I had lying around, a threesome that had been rejected by 2 publishers because the heroine was unsympathetic. I took Educating Ansley and I dirtied it up. Added all the sex scenes I’d been afraid to add at first writing. I even took the constructive rejection feedback to heart and gave Ansley a backstory to explain her behavior and character. Then I threw it up on Amazon and Barnes and Noble and didn’t say a word. I was a little afraid to since I wasn’t sure how it would be received by my regular readers. Without promo it almost immediately began selling over 200 copies a day at BN alone, matched closely by the Amazon sales. That’s when I started […]

Life, Romance Novels

July 19th Week In Review – Books and Bologna

YES, JOSEPH’S FRIED BOLOGNA IS REAL! Yesterday a reader in Oklahoma reported being stopped in a store and questioned where she got the Joseph’s Fine Foods shirt she was wearing. The women said to her, “Do you know that’s mentioned in a romance novel?” My reader said, “You don’t say? And I’m sure the author Cat Johnson and the owners of Joseph’s will be very happy you recognized the name.” Which is when the reader exclaimed, “It’s real? We thought it was a fictional restaurant.” After a good laugh, my reader explained it was very real, and just down the road. She gave them directions, told them to try the bologna sandwich and if they were lucky, there might be some cool swag there too. The women explained they were from Enid, OK and were here in the Stillwater/Drumright area for the night. They had just read my ONE NIGHT WITH A COWBOY, and loved it, and had every intention of hitting up Joseph’s today before they leave for home. How freaking cool is that?!? The power of the promo ‘ho is strange. And this truth is stranger than fiction moment wins as my OMG Moment of the Week. On […]