Sunday, May 31, 2009

7 Books Sold Since Lasted I Posted

I've been a bad girl (you'd think that would be the lead for my other blog). I've sold 7 books in the last three weeks, and failed to tell you about the sales.

To my utter amazement, these last three weeks have been extremely busy around here (and one of them I was on vacation), so I am hoping that this is a sign of the turn around for publishing.

I sold two horror novels at the beginning of the three week cycle, another horror anthology a week ago Friday, two reprints for Ravenous Romance (see details at ravenousromance.blogspot.com) and two erotica titles last Tuesday. This is what being a literary agent should be like!

This year, BEA was subdued. Many of the publishers either declined to show in booths (Kensington, F&W, Rodale) or reduced their presence. But everyone there was there to do business, so it was the best BEA I've ever been to. I am quite sure that I made a sale or two in pitches in meetings, and the RR business I was able to do was amazing. It's truly interesting to go to BEA as both an agent and an editor.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Women in Publishing to Host Ravenousromance.com

We've been invited to give a presentation at Women in Publishing on May 12th. Holly Schmidt and I will show you how we started the company, and where we hope to take it! And everything we've learned along the way.

When: Tuesday May 12th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Where: Time, Inc. 1271 6th Ave. The entrance is on 50th street. Make sure you have ID.

Tell your publishing friends.

Please RSVP to womeninpublishing2007@gmail.com

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Physics of Vampires

I love Facebook. People who are as strange as you find you, so one of my "friends,"Rae Lori, whom I have never met, linked to this fascinating article.

http://io9.com/5241252/physicists-prove-that-vampires-could-not-exist

Did I ever mention that I love vampire novels? That I've sold at least 200 of them?

And right now, it's vampire week at ravenousromance.com, where the vampire novel of the day is 20% off. We have 5 vampire series.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Ask Me Questions About Feminist Smut NOW

http://cravemoreromance.blogspot.com/

I'm over at Crave More Romance answering questions about Happy Endings and Feminist Smut. Join me.