Comments on: Blatant Self-Promotion

By: KR

KR — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:17:52 +0000

I read your comments. I loved them as always. Now . . . in exchange for saying “you’re the best, Booksquare” might you flog my thing? Perhaps?

“Pimp,” I believe is the word we bloggers use.

You’re the best!

By: booksquare

booksquare — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 20:13:06 +0000

You know, it’s always something. I live to serve…here’s the direct link. It’s a thrilling discussion of reviews.

http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/index.php?p=74

They reran that piece on This American Life this past Friday (or at least this past Friday on KPCC — I suppose other stations air the show at different times). I liked the first line about romance authors knowing exactly what people think of them. Even though I’ve failed miserably at writing in the genre, I believe being involved with the Romance Writers of America has taught me more about writing fiction than the myriad classes I’ve taken. It’s actually interesting to be involved in an industry that is female dominated on so many levels (one exception, of course, probably being the boards of directors of the publishing conglomerates).

By: j-fly

j-fly — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 18:25:47 +0000

Well how can we read your article if we don’t know your alias given at birth? About a year ago, I heard a great expose on NPR that made me think twice about romance writers. The journalist visited some kind of pitch-fest of romance writers at a hotel and was surprised to find what a fun, witty, and very well-to-do lot of writers these women turned out to be.