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writing romance

Why We Love Men in Boots

There is no doubt in my mind that romance readers love cowboys. The proof is in the numbers, and the sales of my three cowboy books (Rough Stock, Unridden and Bucked) have surpassed all of my personal records to date. But what I’d like to know is WHY? I’ve written sexy computer geeks, firemen, and soldiers but the cowboys always do best with readers. Can you put your finger on exactly why stories about cowboys make your heart rate speed? If you can, I want to know. I kind of have to know, actually, because I’m sitting on a few panels this Fall at the Authors After Dark romance reader convention in Secaucus, NJ in September and at Albacon in Albany, NJ in October. As an “expert” (and I use that term lightly) in this area, I will be imparting to other authors and readers WHY men in boots do it for you, my readers. So leave your comments here, if you’d be so kind, about why you love reading the western/cowboy romance genre. And as an added incentive, for those commenters who want one, if you email me your snail mail address to cat@catjohnson.net I will mail you back […]

writing romance

The best tools on the net you’re probably not using…and they’re FREE

Necessity is truly the mother of invention and the kick in the butt procrastinators such as myself need. It was through desperation that I began using two tools that every person should be aware of. MESH.COM My PC was having issues so I’d moved exclusively to working on my MAC. I usually try to make a habit of emailing my work in progress to myself regularly so that I have a back up copy stored on Hotmail’s servers. Not the perfect system at all, particularly when I go days without remembering to do it. That is how when the MAC started acting up and I couldn’t even log into it to get the latest version of my WiP out, I started to look for a better solution and found Mesh.com What is it? I am totally not equipped to explain it well so I suggest you go check out the site yourself, but here is how I see it, and use it. I opened a free Live Mesh account and from there I have 3 (soon to be 4) options. I can store files (Word docs, excel, JPGs, MP3s, anything) on their servers and log in to access them from […]

Romance eBooks

NEWS- MBaM is Moving AND Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor

MARCH 22nd UPDATE- MY BOOKSTORE AND MORE is back in action. One unforeseen result of the site migration is the link for my author page has changed but the book detail page links seem to be forwarding to the new site. So here is the new link for my MBaM page… MY BOOKSTORE AND MORE My Bookstore and More.com, one of the many eretailers that carry my eBooks, is moving to a new and improved site. What does that mean to you? Well, like all moves, it will take time and be a bit of a pain for all those involved, but it will be worth it in the end. So while the servers are migrated and the info checked, MBaM will be down, probably until mid next week. But never fear! If you have a hankering for one of my cowboys or a craving for a little Greek (Greek Gods, that is) head on over to one of the many other eRetailers that carry my eBooks including but not limited to… All Romance eBooks Books on Board Fictionwise Amazon On another note, for those of you who read BUCKED (Studs in Spurs, Book 2) and voyeurs that we all […]