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All Covers Matter

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This is a repost. To see the original with the beautiful covers of other authors represented, please click here.  Also please read the message about Queer in Color, coming November 5th! When you think about book covers, it should represent what happens in the book. If it’s a mystery, it might be dark with big letters or some kind of complex scene. Fantasy, perhaps illuminations, bright lights that appear to be magic. In romance, most of the time you have people. Whether it be one or multiple torsos, that usually implies romance. Now, that isn’t always the case. Many romances have no people on them, which is fine too. Regardless … Read more

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Writing Book Series

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Greetings all. Occasionally I’ll allow the head, Sharita to speak. Here’s one of those times. Let’s talk about book series, shall we? Thanks to everyone for joining me. Today, I’m talking about book series and why they’re a double edged sword. Why you say? Well, for the reader they’re great! You create a world with multiple characters, focusing on them, what they do, and in romance, how they interact with one another to fall in love. I’ve heard it all. Readers love series because they want to feel like they know the characters personally as well as their stories. And they have to be long! YES, the longer the better. … Read more

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BOOK BLAST: Sexy to Go Gay Romance Anthology

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Author: Eva Lefoy, Avery Duran, Leigh Ellwood, Dale Lowry, Shiloh Saddler, A.E. Wasp, Jodi Payne, Sam Thorne, Asta Idonea Book: Sexy to Go Gay Romance Page/Word Count: 286 pages, 71K words Categories: Contemporary Romance, Gay Romance Release Date: Publisher: Sexy to Go Cover: Ella Dominguez Buy Links:   Blurb: Sexy to Go Gay Romance features nine scorching hot MM romances to make your blood sing. Whether finding love at a Jewish singles dance or while crossing the River Styx, these men remind us that love is always worth fighting for, no matter what the cost. Meet a handyman who’s an ace with his tools, a king who kindles the passion … Read more

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BOOK BLAST: Change of Heart by Liv Rancourt

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Author: Liv Rancourt Book: Change of Heart Series: An Hours of the Night Story (standalone) Page/Word Count: 70 pages, 20K words Categories: Historical Romance, Lesbian Romance, Transgender & Transexual Romance Cover: LeTeisha Newton Buy Links: Blurb: Preacher always said New Orleans was a den of sin, so of course Clarabelle had to see for herself… A body reaps what they sow, and Clarabelle’s planted the seeds of trouble. The year is 1933, and not much else is growing in the Oklahoma dirt. Clarabelle’s gone and fallen in love with her best friend, so she figures it’s time to go out and see the world. If she’s lucky, she’ll find the … Read more

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Defining the boundaries of “Romance”

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I posted on Love Bytes Reviews about questions that came up as Scott was designing this site… “One of the things I’ve been doing this past month is helping get the Queeromance Ink book-link site up and running. And in the process, I stumbled across an old question. When is a book really “Romance” and when isn’t it? And while Queeromance Ink has inclusiveness and wide access as a primary goal, it still arose in some discussions of how the site would function, and in reader questions. Defining romance came up in two ways. One was in deciding which books actually belong on a site labeled “Queer Romance?” We want … Read more