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writing romance

2011 in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. I may be a bit of a nerd, and it is my website so I do have an extra interest in it, but I found the results in the full report fascinating so I decided to share. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 89,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see it. Click here to see the complete report.

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 – […]

Cowboys, writing romance

HOT COMPETITION IN THE HOTTEST HERO CONTEST!

Round #3 ends Wed., July 20, 11:59 PM CT We’re in round #3 and my roping rodeo cowboy hero Wes has been running neck and neck against his competition this round in All Romance eBooks’ Summer’s Hottest Hero Contest. It’s 5 rounds of head to head battles between the reader nominated heroes in events such as best first kiss and best dinner invite/menu. Voting for this round ends Wednesday. Voters can vote once in each bracket matchup in each round, and 1 voter in every round will be randomly selected and get $25 in eBookBucks! Please note you have to be logged into your ARe account to see the match-ups and to vote.