Year: 2007

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    Numbers game …

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    Karma Girl has been out almost two weeks now, and I’ve been trying to figure out how well it’s doing. Mostly by checking my online Amazon and Barnes & Noble rankings every day. Yes, I am that obsessive. 😎

    I also got some good news from my editor. Karma Girl was #22 on the B&N trade romance list last week and #36 on the BookScan list.

    At least, I think this is good news. I have no idea what those numbers actually mean. Copies sold? Shipped? Returned? Put in a big pile and burned to ash?

    Actually, I have no idea what any of the best-seller numbers mean. Why is Publishers Weekly different from the New York Times list? Why are both of those different from USA Today? And those lists don’t count actual copies sold, right? They look at books shipped … or something.

    If anyone knows of an article that explains the numbers game, please pass it on. Inquiring minds want to know how well the book is doing …

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    Finished Playing with Fire by Gena Showalter this weekend.

    I got this book because it’s about superheroes (sort of). The book focuses on Belle Jamison, a woman who drinks a secret formula in her mocha latte and is suddenly able to control the four elements — and finds out that there’s a whole world of people out there with special abilities. Like the sexy Rome Masters, a government agent who’s ordered to bring Belle in — no matter what.

    Showalter wrote the book in first person, which I enjoyed (since I write in first person myself). Bella had a funny voice, and I really liked Tanner, one of the secondary characters who’s an empath.

    I didn’t care too much for Rome. Then again, I usually want to slap the ultra alpha males in most books. But one thing really bothered me – when Rome reveals to Belle late in the book that he intended to turn her over to his agency, even though he swore up and down for the last hundred pages not to.

    Belle is pissed at first, but then, she just forgives him. Just like that. Poof! That’s it. I forgive you. Let’s move on. Personally, I would have fricassed his ass, or frozen his limbs one at a time and then shattered. But hey, that’s just me. 😈

    But overall, thumbs up. 

    What about you? What have you read lately? Inquiring minds want to know …

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    And even more book signings …

    So, here’s where I’ll be at this Saturday, May 12, for my latest, greatest book signings:

    Fron 12:30-2:30 p.m., I’ll be at B Dalton Booksellers in the Bristol Mall in Bristol, Va.

    From 4-6 p.m., I’ll be at Books-A-Million in Johnson City, Tenn.

    Also, on Monday, May 14, I’ll be guest blogging over at Milday Insanity.

    Hope to see you there! 😎

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    And one more photo …

    entertaining-the-masses-5-5-07.jpgAnd here’s another shot of me at Mountain Empire Comics on Saturday.

    You know, I really need to figure out how to just post a picture and cutlines. Anybody out there know how to do that? Inquiring minds want to know …