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* '''[http://thelipstickchronicles.typepad.com/the_lipstick_chronicles/ The Lipstick Chronicles]''' - blog of mostly mystery authors: [[Harley Jane Kozak]], [[Nancy Martin]], [[Sarah Strohmeyer]], [[Elaine Viets]], [[Michele Martinez]]
 
* '''[http://thelipstickchronicles.typepad.com/the_lipstick_chronicles/ The Lipstick Chronicles]''' - blog of mostly mystery authors: [[Harley Jane Kozak]], [[Nancy Martin]], [[Sarah Strohmeyer]], [[Elaine Viets]], [[Michele Martinez]]
 
*'''[http://www.literarychicks.com/ Literary Chicks]''' - [[Lani Diane Rich]], [[Michelle Cunnah]], [[Whitney Gaskell]], [[Alesia Holliday]], [[Beth Kendrick]], [[Eileen Rendahl]]
 
*'''[http://www.literarychicks.com/ Literary Chicks]''' - [[Lani Diane Rich]], [[Michelle Cunnah]], [[Whitney Gaskell]], [[Alesia Holliday]], [[Beth Kendrick]], [[Eileen Rendahl]]
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* '''[http://www.passionsmuses.com/ Passion's Muses]''' - blog of erotic romance authors: [[Rowan West]], [[Dawn Halliday]], [[Marianne LaCroix]], [[Catherine Berlin]]
 
*'''[http://www.plotmonkeys.com/ Plot Monkeys]''' - authors [[Carly Phillips]], [[Leslie Kelly]], [[Julie Leto]], [[Janelle Denison]]  
 
*'''[http://www.plotmonkeys.com/ Plot Monkeys]''' - authors [[Carly Phillips]], [[Leslie Kelly]], [[Julie Leto]], [[Janelle Denison]]  
 
*'''[http://ridingwiththetopdown.blogspot.com/ Riding With The Top Down]''' - [[Kathleen Eagle]], [[Betina Krahn]], [[Michele Hauf]], [[Helen Brenna]], [[Lois Greiman]], [[Cindy Gerard]], [[Debra Dixon]], [[Susan Kay Law]], [[Christie Ridgway]]
 
*'''[http://ridingwiththetopdown.blogspot.com/ Riding With The Top Down]''' - [[Kathleen Eagle]], [[Betina Krahn]], [[Michele Hauf]], [[Helen Brenna]], [[Lois Greiman]], [[Cindy Gerard]], [[Debra Dixon]], [[Susan Kay Law]], [[Christie Ridgway]]
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*'''[http://www.runningwithquills.com/ Running With Quills]''' - [[Susan Andersen]], [[Stella Cameron]], [[Elizabeth Lowell]], [[Jayne Ann Krentz]], [[Lori Foster]], [[Elizabeth Guest]]
 
*'''[http://www.runningwithquills.com/ Running With Quills]''' - [[Susan Andersen]], [[Stella Cameron]], [[Elizabeth Lowell]], [[Jayne Ann Krentz]], [[Lori Foster]], [[Elizabeth Guest]]
 
*'''[http://jauntyquills.com/ Sisterhood of the Jaunty Quills]''' - blog by eight authors: [[Cindy Kirk]], [[Margo Maguire]], [[Shirley Karr]], [[Kimberly Logan]], [[Robyn DeHart]], [[Shana Galen]], [[Anne Mallory]], [[Jenna Petersen]]
 
*'''[http://jauntyquills.com/ Sisterhood of the Jaunty Quills]''' - blog by eight authors: [[Cindy Kirk]], [[Margo Maguire]], [[Shirley Karr]], [[Kimberly Logan]], [[Robyn DeHart]], [[Shana Galen]], [[Anne Mallory]], [[Jenna Petersen]]
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* '''[http://www.sizzlingsexy.com/ Sizzling Sexy]''' - blog of erotic romance authors: [[Eileen Ann Brennan]], [[Anya Howard]], [[Marianne LaCroix]], [[Shara Azod]], [[Tierney Linn]]
 
* '''[http://www.squawkradio.com/ Squawk Radio blog]''' with [[Christina Dodd]], [[Eloisa James]], [[Teresa Medeiros]], [[Elizabeth Bevarly]], [[Connie Brockway]] - '''discontinued''' as of May 2007
 
* '''[http://www.squawkradio.com/ Squawk Radio blog]''' with [[Christina Dodd]], [[Eloisa James]], [[Teresa Medeiros]], [[Elizabeth Bevarly]], [[Connie Brockway]] - '''discontinued''' as of May 2007
 
*'''[http://www.storybroads.com/ Story Broads]''' - authors [[Lynn Kerstan]], [[Suzanne Forster]], [[Judith Arnold]], [[Tara Taylor Quinn]], [[Anne Stuart]], [[Maggie Shayne]], [[Patricia Potter]]
 
*'''[http://www.storybroads.com/ Story Broads]''' - authors [[Lynn Kerstan]], [[Suzanne Forster]], [[Judith Arnold]], [[Tara Taylor Quinn]], [[Anne Stuart]], [[Maggie Shayne]], [[Patricia Potter]]
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*'''[http://wetnoodleposse.blogspot.com/ Wet Noodle Posse]''' - blog with 29 authors
 
*'''[http://wetnoodleposse.blogspot.com/ Wet Noodle Posse]''' - blog with 29 authors
 
*'''[http://www.wewriteromance.com/ 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
 
*'''[http://www.wewriteromance.com/ 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
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* '''[http://www.wildauthors.com/ Wild & Wicked Authors]''' - blog of erotic romance authors: [[Devyn Quinn]], [[Desiree Erotique]], [[Marianne LaCroix]], [[Adrienne Kama]], [[Annmarie Ortega]], [[Tyler Blacwood]]
 
* '''[http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches Word Wenches blog]''' - [[Jo Beverley]], [[Edith Layton]], [[Mary Jo Putney]], [[Patricia Rice]], [[Loretta Chase]], [[Sarah Gabriel]], and [[Susan Holloway Scott]]
 
* '''[http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches Word Wenches blog]''' - [[Jo Beverley]], [[Edith Layton]], [[Mary Jo Putney]], [[Patricia Rice]], [[Loretta Chase]], [[Sarah Gabriel]], and [[Susan Holloway Scott]]
 
* '''[http://writerunboxed.com/ 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]]
 
* '''[http://writerunboxed.com/ 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]]

Revision as of 13:20, 17 October 2007


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

Forums

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

My Space

Author Blogs

See an author's individual page here on RomanceWiki for the author's website and blog. This is a very limited list of single author blogs.

Multiple Author Blogs

Podcasts and Videocasts

Free Online Stories

Free Promo Ops for Authors

Ops by Michelle M. Pillow & Mandy M. Roth

1. Marketing with Mandy - Blogs that have to do with Marketing. All publishers/genres welcome! Contact Mandy – mandy@mandyroth.com

2. Raven Vampire Nightclub - Paranormal Guest Bloggers, can tie in your books and advertise them. All publishers/genres welcome! Details here: [1]

3. Frivolous Friday - Michelle Pillow’s Author blog – I’m open to guest blog ideas. Interesting posts, trivia or cool tidbits, historical facts, strange hobbies, myths and legends, anything! All publishers/genres welcome!


4. Pillow Talk Tuesdays – (not a guest blog spot, so much as blog news) A new segment I’m starting on my author blog. I will give a rundown of the best of romance blogland, and some additional romance news I find interesting. Bloggers and readers are encouraged to send her news the find in romance blogland, whether it’s their blog or someone elses. Basically, it’s things of general interest to romance industry, authors and readers—not individual book release announcements and stuff like that. However, authors are encouraged to send in their current contest for posting. All publishers/genres welcome! For details: [2]

5. Raven Reader Forum Authors: Raven Reader Forum is opening a backstage pass to author friends of the Raven. We’re offering authors a chance to come in and post excerpts and give away prizes. (Limit two excerpts, must offer prize) Excerpts are to be posted to the VIP Backstage Pass area of the forum. Authors, there is also a Research Sections where you can share knowledge and ask questions. Readers are welcome to join in and lend a hand. Join now and post! You can create sig pics and have fun interacting with readers. All publishers/genres welcome!

Readers: Stop on by to see what VIPs come to play and what prizes are being given away. Forum membership is free. Must be 18 years or older to join. Readers are welcome to create sig pics as well!

6. Publisher Spotlights – Marketing with Mandy blog is open to publisher spotlights. If you, and fellow authors from your publisher, would like to have your publisher featured, please email Mandy – mandy@mandyroth.com Past spotlights include Samhain Publishing, Virgin Books (Random House), Ellora’s Cave, Dorchester and New Concepts. (Repeats will be considered if new authors are willing to be interviewed) All publishers/genres welcome!

7. Raven Podcasts – Open to a few author interviews. Spots are very limited. For more details, visit -[ http://www.ravenhappyhour.com/raven_podcasts.htm] All publishers/genres welcome!

8. Raven Reader Bash Day - Join us online for the next day! Dates for these fantastic online parties are located on the group in the database. Authors wishing to sign up to be able to post excerpts, please visit the Raven Reader Group and enter your name in database. All publishers/genres welcome! Readers, please mark your calendars and be sure to join us on the loops!

9. For cheap advertising with Raven (which averages over 10,000 unique hits a month)—including podcast commercials, the popular blog features, static cover ads, please visit: [3]

Michelle M Pillow

Mandy M Roth

Other Free Promo Ops