Category: Romance Novels

Romance Novels

The Making of a Book Video

This summer my hero Wes Griffin from TEXAS TWO-STEP took second place in ARe’s Summer’s Hottest Hero Contest. My prize was a book trailer video made for me by Circle of Seven. Since I’d always made my own videos for my books before, I was interested to see the process and the results of working with a professional company. I chose my newest full length novel release for the video–HOOKED. Here’s how things went… The owner of All Romance eBooks (ARe) introduced me by email to a rep from Circle of Seven (COS). From there I was contacted by about 3 other COS people who led me through the information gathering and forms required for the video production. I basically provided them with the blurb, the book cover JPG and a synopsis. Once the script writer contacted me, I also provided her with a bit more, mainly my personal feelings that video text should be kept to a minimum because I don’t think viewers want to read too much, and I gave her info about the other titles in the series so she got a feel for it, and also the tone of Hooked. I also gave her the text […]

Red Hot and Blue Series, Romance Novels

You Asked for It, You Got It: Red, Hot & Blue Questions Answered

You might not know this but I can see the search engine terms entered that lead people to my site. Some are pretty amusing (AKA today’s search for “well hung cowboys”, some are bizarre (last week’s search for “covered parking structures”), some make me angry (I won’t list those here) and some are valid questions that I’ll be happy to answer such as the search for “do Trey and Carly ever go back in Cat Johnson’s books”. Yes, they do! Below I tackle your burning questions regarding the Red, Hot & Blue series (originally released by Linden Bay Romance) currently rereleasing through Samhain Publishing. In addition to the questions answered below, there are more on the page for JARED and on the page for the SERIES READING ORDER. Q: Do we see Trey and Carly (TREY RHB #1) again in future books in the series? A: YES! They both appear again in JACK (RHB #2) and Trey is seen in JIMMY (RHB #3). When I get around to reworking the currently out of print stories for the Commander, Bull and Matt, all the guys will appear again. Q: Will the stories in the Red, Hot and Blue series ever be in […]

Romance Novels, writing romance

The ABCs of an Erotic Romance Writer

Ever wonder what all the acronyms and terms mean that we romance authors throw around? Here is a quick primer in the ABCs of Erotic Romance. ARC– Advanced Review Copy (sometimes Advanced Reader Copy). It’s a copy of the book given prior to release usually to book reviewers. HEA– Happily Ever After. Think fairy tales. It’s required by many of today’s romance publishers HFN– Happy For Now. The hero and heroine don’t have to declare their undying love and get married, but there is a promise that they are at least happy…for now. M/M – Male/Male gay-themed romance (or F/F would represent 2 women) M/F/M – a heterosexual threesome where the Male/Female/Male characters all have sex together however there is no direct same-sex sexual interaction between the men. M/M/F– a threesome where the Male/Male/Female character all have sex together during which the men also interact sexually with each other. GBLT – a genre in romance incorporating Gay/Bisexual/Lesbian/Transexual themes. BDSM – a genre in romance with Bondage and Discipline/Dominance and Submission/Sadism and Masochism elements. D/s or D/S  D usually stands for the dominant partner (or Dom/ dom) in the BDSM.  S (or s) usually stands for the submissive partner in BDSM Galley – […]