Lori Devoti, paranormal romance and urban fantasy author

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Hardbacks vs. eBooks, why you buy, do you buy

Feb 1, 2010 1:37pm

Once again the Internet has exploded. I’m starting to think I should chart the explosions. I’m sure there is some kind of pattern… Anyway, as I’m sure you know Amazon and publisher Macmillan went head to head over the weekend. People on both sides (people not actually connected except loosely to...

Happy Birthday, Clark Gable

Feb 1, 2010 3:00am

You made Rhett come to life! For more on Clark Gable, visit ClarkGable.com...

For Book Titles That Sell, Make it High Concept

Jan 29, 2010 5:35pm

There was a time when I would have argued titles don’t sell books. I would have been wrong. Now there is good reason behind my previous thinking. More often than not I don’t remember the actual title to the last book I read. I remember characters or plot or author,...

Four Romance Authors Interviewed in Wisconsin Women Magazine, including me…

Jan 28, 2010 2:25pm

Wisconsin Women Magazine interviewed me, Ann Voss Peterson, Kathy Steffen, and Meagan Hatfield–all friends–for their February issue. :) Read the article here....

New at Book View Cafe

Jan 28, 2010 6:46am

Book View Cafe Welcomes Sherwood Smith On Thursday, January 28, Sherwood Smith will be joining the Book View Café team. Smith began her publishing career in 1986, writing mostly for young adults and children. To date she’s published over thirty books. The latest was Treason’s Shore, last of the four-book Inda...

Writing a book? This better be personal!

Jan 27, 2010 10:21am

A friend of mine, Intrigue author Ann Voss Peterson, has a mantra concerning books and the main characters’ goals and motivations. It needs to be personal and it needs to be important, very important at least to the character—to the world is even better. (but that doesn’t work for every...

How do you know you are reading a romance?

Jan 25, 2010 7:00am

This may seem like a strange question, but it is one I encounter a lot. Maybe not in the actual question form, but from people who think they know the answer and oh so obviously don’t. In fact, even writers who say they write romance don’t always know what makes...

Behind the scenes look at creating a romance novel cover….

Jan 18, 2010 2:40pm

Fun video of a cover shoot!...

Free vampire short story!

Jan 18, 2010 9:47am

So, I’m behind, but I finally got my vampire romance short story, Lost, formated and uploaded here on my site. And now you can download it for free. I hope you enjoy it!...

Getting organized

Jan 9, 2010 9:01am

It’s that time of year where I try and get things set for the next year. Today in my pursuit of a better life in writing, I’m heading to SWAP. It’s a great place with lots of dinged up tacky looking old office furniture. Maybe it’s because of the leftovers...