Author Hangouts

Author and readers interact in lots of ways on the internet. As a resource for you, here are some of the groups, forums, bulletin boards, blogs and podcasts offered. See also Review Sites for websites that provide reviews and other book information.

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
• Kissa's Karma Korner - Author Kissa Starlings reader's and writer's Den (yahoo 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

• Blogging in Black - blog of authors Cherlyn Michaels, Gwyneth Bolton, Lena Matthews, Lynn Emery, Monica Jackson, Seressia Glass, Shelia Goss, Sylvia Hubbard, Wayne Jordan, Wendy Coakley-Thompson as well as readers, reviewers and industry professionals.
• Dishing With The Divas - Fog City Divas are authors Barbara Freethy, Candice Hern, Allison Brennan, Carol Grace, Bella Andre, Karin Tabke, Jami Alden, Kate Moore, Monica McCarty, Brenda Novak
• Great Escape Artists - authors Devin Leigh, Kendra Clark, Amelia Elias, Emma Sinclair, Karen Mandeville, Cat Marsters, and Toni Anderson
• 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
• Plot Monkeys - authors Carly Phillips, Leslie Kelly, Julie Leto, Janelle Denison
• 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, Teresa Medeiros, Elizabeth Bevarly, Connie Brockway
• Story Broads - authors Lynn Kerstan, Suzanne Forster, Judith Arnold, Tara Taylor Quinn, Anne Stuart, Maggie Shayne, Patricia Potter
• Sweeter Romantic Notions - Multi-genre, multi-author blog for authors of sweet to sensual romance (25-30 authors are listed as contributors)
• UK Historical Romance - Historical Romance UK - a group of historical authors located in the UK blog
• We Write Romance - authors Carolynn Carey, Dianne Castell, Ann Christopher, Basem Darwish, Sylvia Day, Shelley Galloway, Terescia Harvey, Erin Katz, Cathy Liggett, Lucy Monroe, Heather Reed, Jessie Verino, Kate Walker, Pat White - newsletters, reviews, forums
• Word Wenches blog - Jo Beverley, Edith Layton, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice, Loretta Chase, Sarah Gabriel, and Susan Holloway Scott
• Writer Unboxed - authors Therese Walsh and Kathleen Bolton blog and provide industry information including interviews of other authors, includes authors Marsha Moyer, Victoria Holmes, Allison Winn Scotch, Juliet Marillier, Jason Starr
• 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