Xandra | February 26, 2010
This week I submitted the sequel to Jolly Rogered.
I’ve been submitting manuscripts since 1998. Granted, I write slow, and many of my submissions have been to traditional publishing (and via snailmail, to boot), so it’s not as if glaciers move much slower than the process. Every time I do this, I get a little thrill [...]
Xandra | February 19, 2010
A very wise, multi-pubbed chapter member once stood up in front of our local RWA chapter and said, in a quiet voice, “Promo will eat you alive.”
It almost went unheard amidst the exciting chatter about what it was like to get “the call,” work with an editor, decide whether to hire a publicist, and to [...]
Xandra | February 16, 2010
I was overjoyed to receive the news that Jolly Rogered received a 4.5-star, Top Pick review from Vallerianna over at Night Owl Romance! It made me squee to see that someone else loved Nigel as much as I do.
It’s easy for a writer to become obsessed about finding reviews–it can really kill your [...]
Xandra | February 12, 2010
In the past seven days, we’ve had about eight inches of snow dumped on us. No, we’re not nearly as bad as the eastern seaboard and their “Snowmageddon” (or is it “Snowpocalypse”?), but we’ve had our share. And I’ve done my share in shoveling it, molding it, sliding around on it, and driving in it. [...]
Xandra | February 5, 2010
One of the driving forces that made me want to write Jolly Rogered was one of the heroes, Nigel Fortescue. Where Roger whispered his story into my ear, and politely waited until I was ready to write, when Nigel finally decided to dish dirt, he did not want to wait for a good time. He [...]
Xandra | February 2, 2010
I’ve blogged before about Harlequin’s decision to include a vanity arm in order to monetize the slush pile. Suffice it to say that any situation where you pay for the privilege of only getting half the money from the sale of something you’ve created and paid all the money to create is only even remotely [...]
