Rose Lerner's Blog, page 38

Announcements, and some links

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I am so, so grateful for all of you, you don't even know.
I have a small announcement to make that I know some of you will find disappointing. The release date for my e-book, A Lily Among Thorns, has been moved to March 2011. I don't know [...]

New contest!

I just put up a new contest on the website! I'm giving away a signed copy of Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin.
This is a hot item, you guys! The story won the 2009 Golden Heart, and when I was sitting next to Jeannie at the Emerald City Writers' Conference Book Fair last month, [...]

Unrealistic expectations

Today I was chatting with a woman I know, and she pulled out that old chestnut about romance novels giving women unrealistic expectations in their relationships. It kind of came out of left field, and I was too taken aback to be very convincing in the ensuing discussion. But of course NOW the [...]

You know I can tie anything back to Star Trek

Hi all! So…that wrist injury turned out to be a bit worse than I thought, and I've been working on a new book proposal, and what with one thing and another I've been AWOL from this here blog for a while, haven't I? Pretty soon I'll do an update post with links and [...]

New short story!

An exclusive short story set in the In for a Penny world has just been posted to my website! I may have stupidly put a mild spoiler for the book in the title, so I'm not going to tell you what it is (look, I know I could have changed it, but I like [...:]

Guest post from Susanna Fraser: Team Wellington vs. Team Napoleon

Susanna Fraser is a new author of historical romance learning the publishing world while juggling a day job and a family. Her first novel, The Sergeant's Lady, was released August 23rd from Carina Press. She's my critique partner, and I can tell you firsthand that her book is fantastic. Plus, look at this [...:]

Updates on various things

Hey all, I seem to have injured one of my wrists a bit so I'm trying to cut back on my computer usage for the next few weeks. This means I won't be posting to my blog as often or replying to e-mail or comments as promptly as usual, and I'll probably be absent [...:]

New contest, Favorite Thing EVER, and a rant

This month I am giving away a signed copy of Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair! Check it out! I love that book a LOT, and the series just keeps getting better.

I just started his new book Shades of Gray, too.
I also made my second post over at Favorite Thing [...:]

YA appreciation, part 2/2

And now, some YA I love so much I still have it on my shelves (or in the case of the last one, "bought the day it came out, fairly recently, and is NOT on my shelf as I have loaned it to a co-worker, but WHATEVER IT COUNTS"):
1. The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth [...:]

YA appreciation, part 1/2

One of my favorite book blogs, the Book Smugglers, are having YA (young adult lit) appreciation month right now, and they have set aside today for other bloggers to talk about YA.
I love YA books. I loved them when I was younger than the target audience, I loved them all through middle school and [...:]