At an ad agency where I once worked, the guys in the mailroom had a cartoon posted in pride of place where most of us saw it every single day. It depicted a group of brain surgeons surrounding a patient with blood gushing out of his head. The caption read: “Well, at least it’s not…
It’s been one year since I officially became a reviewer for AAR. I worked on my A and F reviews for a long time (the requirement when applying to be a reviewer), but never had the nerve to complete and submit them. Finally, I submitted them in early January of 2008, and within a few…
Last week we showcased our favorite contemporary picks; this week, it’s the historicals (and our two lucky winners…in other words, books that received more than one vote).
When Blythe, Rachel, Lynn and I took over AAR, we decided to take a fresh look at virtually everything at the site. One of those areas was advertising. Since the inception of advertising at AAR, the site has offered authors only what was termed Restricted campaigns – in other words, ads for specific books weren’t…
Our annual staff poll for best romance is now in its eighth year, and it’s a tradition we’re continuing at a slightly different location: Our news and commentary blog. Sadist that I am, I always enjoy watching my colleagues squirm as they narrow their favorites down to one. Over the years, we’ve had times of…
When I was a kid, I apparently had a remarkably sheltered upbringing compared to my peers. One day in second grade, my friends were all atwitter over a certain entry on the bathroom wall. I don’t remember the entire thing, but I do remember seeing one word there that I had never seen before in…
The excitement of another holiday season has come and gone and, for most of us, the world outside is not too inviting weather-wise. But we have a solution to cure those winter blues. We are happy and excited, to announce that a long-standing AAR tradition continues. Today is the start of AAR’s Annual Readers Poll…
It’s the start of a brand new reading year for everyone visiting All About Romance – and the official first year of the “new” AAR. After more than a decade online, Blythe Barnhill, Rachel Potter, Lynn Spencer, and I officially took over as the new publishers of All About Romance in November. Since that time,…
As many of you have already noticed, we added a contact form to AAR a couple of years ago. I’ve been handling the contact form, along with Cheryl Sneed, ever since it began, and it’s been an enjoyable way for us to stay in touch with readers as well as something of a help desk…
Imagine there was a Santa of Romance. He’ll need more time for preparation than Santa Claus, so his gifts probably won’t be in this year’s stockings. But you might stumble across them on a review site in May, on a bookstore’s shelves in August, or perhaps on a friend’s blog in November. Imagine he and…
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