Authors Archives : All About Romance

Transitioning to YA/Teen: It’s Harder Than It Looks

By AAR Admin|2017-06-23T08:31:09-04:00May 31st, 2012|Categories: Authors, Jean AAR, Reading, Romance, Romance reading|Tags: Authors, teen, YA|

Infinity The other day I was doing my semi-regular rounds on the Internet, checking author Web sites, seeing what they’re up to. Well, color me surprised when I saw that an author – whose books I used to love but who has fallen waaaaay off my radar after a string of duds – is publishing a Young Adult/Teen book.

After my eyebrows shot up, they went down again pretty quickly, and upon reflection I couldn’t say I was exactly surprised. Many authors try new directions for various reasons, but oftentimes when they change genres, they change names for a complete disassociation with their former lives. So Anne Stuart becomes Kristina Douglas (historical to paranormal), Lisa Marie Rice turns into Elizabeth Jennings (erotic to suspense), Candice Proctor writes as C. S. Harris (historical to mystery), and Patricia Cabot is now more commonly known to the world as Meg Cabot (historical to […]

Romance Author Booksignings: January and Beyond

By AAR Admin|2017-05-24T17:30:34-04:00January 24th, 2012|Categories: Authors, Book Signing News, LinnieGayl AAR|Tags: Authors, booksignings, romance authors|

Wow! It seems like forever since I’ve been to a booksigning. Fortunately, I have a couple coming up in the next few months to make up for the dearth of events the past few months. Over the next few months look for me to report on events with Lauren Willig and Julie Hyzy who are both coming to my home town.

I have managed to find a number of events around the country that AAR readers may be interested in. But, as always, I could use your help. Do you know of any authors who are coming to your home town? If so, please let us know about it. If you know of any events that we missed between now and mid-February, please post them in the comments section. If you know of any events occurring after mid-February, please send them to us at aarbooksign AT gmail.com and we’ll add them to our mid-February post.

Disclaimer: I found these signings […]

Author Interviews: Who’d You Like to Hear From?

By AAR Admin|2017-06-23T08:31:17-04:00January 13th, 2012|Categories: Authors, Interviews|Tags: Authors, Interviews|

I’m busy planning ahead in this month of January. (Yes, actually planning. Not flying by the seat of my pants or anything.) I’d like to deliver some of the interviews you’re looking for this year.

In the past, we’ve focused on established authors and would like to stay primarily in that vein. Newbies or debut author interviews are extremely rare. I’ve been rebuffed only once in all the years I’ve been doing interviews for AAR – Kresley Cole had her assistant turn me down and I won’t ask again – so most everyone will respond favorably to an AAR interview request. The sky is (almost) the limit.

We’ve got an interview with Lisa Kleypas coming shortly, but that’s all I’ve got formally scheduled for the year. So, here’s my question: Who would you like to see interviewed at AAR?

– Sandy AAR

Romance Author Booksignings: March and Beyond

By AAR Admin|2017-06-23T08:31:33-04:00March 23rd, 2011|Categories: Book Signing News, LinnieGayl AAR|Tags: Authors, booksignings, romance authors|

Have you been to any booksignings recently? I went to a fun one last month for two new-to-me mystery authors, Sharon Fiffer and Vicki Delany. The event was held at my local mystery book store, and the place was absolutely packed. It’s a rather small store, and every spot of floor space was filled with a folding chair, and there was a person sitting in each chair. I arrived a bit late, but a nice man gave me his chair, and joined the rest of the people standing in the back of the room. It was obvious that while I hadn’t read these authors, a lot of other people had.

Each of the authors did a brief introduction, and then the bookstore owner did a fantastic job keeping the discussion going, by asking a lot of questions. One of my favorite questions she asked of each author was: “What books would your character read?” Since I hadn’t read the […]

Romance Author Book Signings: January and Beyond

By AAR Admin|2017-05-24T17:28:14-04:00December 14th, 2010|Categories: Authors, Book Signing News, LinnieGayl AAR|Tags: Authors, book signings|

I’ve been doing this feature now for several months, and am looking for suggestions from you to help make the lists I prepare more comprehensive. Each month, I go through a series of steps to create as complete a list of book signings as possible. As a first step, I visit the Web sites of all of the authors listed in the latest Romances on Sale at AAR. This generally generates a number of listings for book signing events by romance authors.

Next, I check out both booktour.com and authorstrack.com, but they are proving to be less useful over time. I rarely end up with more than one or two listings from both of those sites combined.

I’m also building a list of independent bookstores that seem to regularly feature signings by romance authors. At this point I have about 40 different bookstores bookmarked, from as diverse locations as Seattle to Omaha to New Orleans to Naperville.

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Author Book Signings: October Edition

By AAR Admin|2017-06-23T08:31:44-04:00October 20th, 2010|Categories: Authors, Book Signing News, LinnieGayl AAR|Tags: Authors, book signings, romance authors|

Have you been to any book signings recently? This past month I went to a book signing for two authors at a local mystery bookstore. This time there weren’t any cupcakes or beverages (sigh), but it was a really fun event. One of the authors was a first-time published mystery author from a nearby city, while the other had been previously published.

This signing was rather informal. On the upper floor of the bookstore they had a number of chairs placed in front of a small table. The two authors were sitting at the table, each with a pile of their books in front of them. I was the first to arrive, and the bookstore owner invited me to sit in one of the front chairs. The minute I sat down, both authors started talking to me, and we ended up chatting for about 15 minutes. After more people arrived, each author talked for around 15 minutes about their […]

Correcting Author Mistakes

By Lynn Spencer|2017-06-23T08:31:49-04:00July 8th, 2010|Categories: Authors, Katie AAR, Reading|Tags: Authors, Polls|

A few days ago I was trolling the interwebs looking for any tidbits about Rachel Gibson’s next book. (Yes, I know her last book only came out 2 months ago, but I’m impatient. Sue me.) So anyway, I visited her blog and happened upon a post where she defends herself, in general terms, against reader criticism of so-called mistakes she’s made in her hockey romances. Apparently she’s received a number of reader letters/emails regarding the subject.

Now, throughout the years I’ve read comments by readers in two camps: those who love her books because she gets the sport “right,” and those who’ve sworn off her books because she gets it “wrong.” I myself am in neither camp because although I love reading hockey romances, I haven’t the first clue about the sport itself. But her article got me wondering about how often readers write to an author to correct a real or perceived mistake.

Personally, I can recall […]

We’re Buzzing About Books Around Here

By AAR Admin|2017-06-23T08:32:02-04:00January 8th, 2010|Categories: All About Romance, Books with Buzz, Reading|Tags: Authors, Books with Buzz|

clip-art-library-books We’re Buzzing about the books that you’re buzzing about. Since the launch of our Books with Buzz feature in 2009 we’ve featured Lisa Kleypas, Colleen Gleason, Mary Balogh, Charlaine Harris, Elizabeth Hoyt, Leslie Parrish, Meredith Duran, Sherry Thomas, and, of course, Laura Kinsale.

And there’s more buzzing to look forward to on Monday. What book and author will be in the spotlight? You’ll have to check back to find out.

But, in the meantime, we’d love to know what books you’d like to see featured here in the months ahead. So, suggestions? Wishes? We’d love to hear them.

– Sandy AAR

Happy New Year!

By Lynn Spencer|2017-06-23T08:32:02-04:00January 4th, 2010|Categories: Book news, Lynn AAR, Publishing|Tags: Authors, Eagerly Awaiting, New year 2010|

new-years-baby2 Happy 2010! It’s hard to believe we’re this far into the 21st century already. Last year – heck, the last decade – gave us some wonderful books, and from what I’ve seen of books this year so far, it promises to be a good reading year. I’ve read a good 2010 release or two so far (more on that tomorrow), and there’s still a lot to look forward to.

As with every year, there will be plenty of debut authors. I always try to pick debut books from our list of books for review here because every year I end up discovering an author or two whose voice I really enjoy. This past year, I enjoyed debuts from Tessa Dare, Kris Kennedy, Carla Capshaw and Lavinia Kent, among others, and I am excited to see what treasures are in store for this […]