Author Hangouts

Authors and readers interact in lots of ways on the internet. Here are some of the groups, forums, bulletin boards, blogs and podcasts offered.

Author Groups

These are listservs or e-mail/online groups

• Author Michelle M Pillow's Newsletter Group
• Author Mandy M Roth's Newsletter Group
• Happy Hour W/the M&M’s Reader Group
• Romance Writing Tips - a group listserv
• Author Jennifer Crusie Fans - group listserv

Forums

These are like on-line bulletin boards that have been organized into a "forum" sometimes combining several different ways of communicating.

• Access Romance - website with blogs, newsletters, etc.
• Author Jennifer Crusie forum
• Cata Network Readers Lounge - network of related websites, message board, reviews, awards
• Historical Romance Club - site with reviews, bulletin board, author sponsors
• Romance Divas - An award winning romance writer's Web site. Book reviews, resources, forums, blog, & more.
• Phaze Starlight Lounge
• Erotic Romance Writers Forum - forum (online bulletin board)

My Space

• Annalee Blysse on Myspace
• Jaycee Clark on Myspace
• Michelle M Pillow on Myspace
• Mandy M Roth on Myspace
• Jackie Coupe
• Gena Showalter's myspace

Author Blogs

• Alessia Brio's Blog
• Mandy M Roth's Blog
• Michelle M Pillow's Blog
• NCP Author's Blog
• Jackie Coupe
• UK Historical Romance - blog by a group of historical romance authors
• Gena Showalter's Blog
• Blogging With Lucy Monroe
• argh ink - Jenny Crusie's blog
• Marjorie Liu Blog

Multiple Author Blogs

• Dishing With The Divas - Barbara Freethy, Candice Hern, Allison Brennan, Carol Grace, Bella Andre, Karin Tabke, Jami Alden, Kate Moore, Monica McCarty, Brenda Novak
• The Lipstick Chronicles - Harley Jane Kozak, Nancy Martin, Sarah Strohmeyer, [[Elaine Viets], Michele Martinez
• Literary Chicks - Lani Diane Rich, Michelle Cunnah, Whitney Gaskell, Alesia Holliday, Beth Kendrick, Eileen Rendahl
• Riding With The Top Down - Kathleen Eagle, Betina Krahn, Michele Hauf, Helen Brenna, Lois Greiman, Cindy Gerard, Debra Dixon, Susan Kay Law, Christie Ridgway
• Romancing The Blog - blog of authors, readers, reviewers, and industry professionals
• Running With Quills - Susan Andersen, Stella Cameron, Elizabeth Lowell, Jayne Ann Krentz, Lori Foster, Elizabeth Guest
• Squawk Radio blog with Christina Dodd, Eloisa James, Theresa Medeiros, Elizabeth Bevarly, Connie Brockway
• Word Wenches blog - Jo Beverley, Edith Layton, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice, Loretta Chase, Sarah Gabriel, and Susan Holloway Scott
• The Writing Playground - Kira Bazzel, Danniele Worsham, Kimberly Lang, and Alexandra Frost, Marilyn Puett with occasional posts by Linda Howard, Beverly Barton, and Linda Winstead Jones

Podcasts

• Podcast by Lani Diane Rich and Samantha Graves

Free Online Stories

• Happy Hour W/the M&M’s by Authors Michelle M Pillow and Mandy M Roth