Author Hangouts
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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.
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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
- 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
