Of Ink and Quille

As an author, especially in todays industry, you do have to have some ideas for marketing yourself, your books, your very brand. Something I hear all the time is to have a backlist of books, and I do. Currently I  have thirteen books out under my name and another seven under my pen name. Some of these books are doing well, others seem to have fallen off the reader's radar. In the hope that I can generate new interest, and thus improve my connection to my readers I'm going to try something different. Too often we forget what has come before, I can tell you what titles I have, what genres, even a bit about each of my books...but if a reader doesn't know about them what good will that do? I write for the love of it. Its part of me. But, I also have to be honest when I say the royalties are also a big reason why I continue to do this. So, each week I'm going to feature my backlist - tidbits, trivia, and more to refresh these stories in my fans' minds. This week we...

The Menage Fan's Choice Awards Nomination Form - please join us and celebrate this amazing genre. Welcome to the first annual MNW Menage Romance Fan's Choice Awards. Please feel free to nominate your favorite Menage book within the following categories. Nominations are open January 5-31, 2013 * Voting will be opened February 1-28, 2013 Nominees : date of publication must be between Jan 1 up to Dec 31, 2012 *** ONE NOMINATION PER CATEGORY PER PERSON *** ~ 3 CATEGORIES FOR THE SAME BOOK PER PERSON (one entry per category still apply) ~ The right way to enter your nomination is: Author First name (*) Author Last name (*) Title (*) Series with # (if applicable) Date of publication (must be between Jan 1 to Dec 31 2012) Publisher (optional) URL buying direct link (optional) (*) MANDATORY. Incomplete answers will null your nomination Prizes to win for each category!! Rules: - Authors can nominate their fellow authors but not themselves. - Reviewers are not...

Lady Kora has lived every day of her 300 years behind the stone walls of her family's estate. Yearning for something more, now on the eve of the most important night of her life everything is about to change. Damien is a slayer - a whore to his sword, paid to take the heads of vampires. Given a task of ridding the last Ancient from a village, he's on edge. The spirits tell him something is coming - something that will have far reaching consequences beyond this night. The slayer and the vampire drawn together by the fates, their bodies burning with lust can they survive sin's bite? Kindle $0.99 Want a chance to get a sneak peak at Kora's future? Everyone who signs up for my newsletter will be entered into a draw for a copy of the advanced reading copy of Sin's Claim coming spring of 2012. Newsletter Subscription

If you could be any character, who would you be and why? HH-A A: Well, for the sake of argument, we’re going to make it a character from the Alvarez Family Murder Mystery Series. In that case, I would say Lee Alvarez. I knew I wanted to write a mystery series with a human and likable protagonist, who had a few things going for her. Not perfect, but striving. I didn't want yet another protagonist who learned nothing, who was ostracized from those she loved, who owned one crummy black skirt and life was one, long penance. Lee Alvarez loves life. She’s funny and though she makes mistakes, she learns from them. Like most of us, she grows as she goes along. After all, life is what happens while you’re making other plans. Lee’s lucky to have strong familial support to see her through it all, even though they are often a pain in her jazzercised derriere. If you mean any character from any book, that’s a lot tougher. Maybe Mame in Auntie Mame , by Patrick Dennis. She was...