I heard all the brouhaha about Robert Gottlieb’s “mansplaining” the romance genre. On September 26, 2017 Gottlieb outlined his true thoughts on the genre in an article published by the New York Times, “A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels.” Gottlieb wasted no time in firing off his assessment of some of the most popular…
7 Ways To Improve Your Story’s Sex Life It’s the best of times. It’s the worst of times. It’s not a tale of two cities, but the tale of the erotica genre and how certain best-selling books brought it to the forefront, while at the same time, spurring outlets like Amazon to ban books, slapping…
House Tales (Books 1-4) In ONE Collection! I’ve been toying with this for quite a while, and finally took the plunge: I’ve placed books 1-4 of the House Tales under one roof. There is now a companion book to Pleasure House. Just to note, Pleasure House will always be sold separately. This companion book, House Tales,…
Spider by Michael Dalton I don’t normally review books. I’ll only do it in rare circumstances, usually when I want to share an author I really like, one I took the chance on reading when I have a TBR list that’s a mile high. I was intrigued by the title and the description of this…
Yes, you will. There’s no doubt about it. You’ll have the usual and nothing but the usual, forever and ever, amen. Most of you may not know this, but in my retail store I try to carry unusual items, unique and not the run-of-the-mill merchandise that other stores carry. I mean, I want to be…
Throwback writing. People have their throwbacks to everything, reminiscing over bygone days. Days when everything seemed simpler, more innocent. Some like to present throwbacks to fashion, hairstyles, music. What I haven’t seen much of is authors presenting the first story they ever wrote. Do you as readers ever wonder about that? Most authors say their…