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A New Kid on the Block

By Alice ⋅ May 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

On Thursday, January 7, 2010 a new weekly blog hit the cyberspace that is sure to improve your writing skills where erotica is concerned.
Seeing the need for a cohesive group of writers that could be THE Defining authors of Erotica, I put together the WriteSEX blogs. With the help of my publicist, we chose to [...]

How goes the writing?

By Alice ⋅ March 26, 2010 ⋅ One comment

The weekend is almost here! Hopefully you got lots of writing in this week. We’re having a little progress party here at CataU. This is a great chance to blog about your progress, redefine your goals and get some traffic for your blog.
How it works:
1) Blog about your writing progress.
2) Copy this code to your [...]

5 Last Minute Gifts for Writers

By Alice ⋅ December 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Have a writer on your list? Need a few last minute ideas? Head to your local bookstore or office supply store.
Get a Magazine Subscription
Buy a copy of the magazine, go online an buy a subscription, then give the copy of the magazine with a nice handwritten note telling your lucky writer about the subscription they’ll [...]

Link Round-up – September 4th, 2009

By Alice ⋅ September 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s a new month, why not start off with a new desktop background? Smashing Magazine has 50 incredible (free) options. And best of all, there will be an entirely new, inspiring set for the month of October. (www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/31/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-for-september-2009/)
Didn’t find one you like? Check out the ones from September 2008. (www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/31/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-september-2008/) Many of the wallpapers are [...]

Craziness, Dares and other assorted articles

By Alice ⋅ May 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve come across a few articles/interviews recently that I think are worth reading. First up, a closer look at Samhain Publishing from one of the authors who writes for this small press.
Ilona Andrews gives you her take on everything from working with Angela James, to the editing process to cover art.
Next up is an interview [...]

2009 Goals Blogorama

By Alice ⋅ December 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s that time of year again folks. Time to look back at the last 360-or-so days and ahead at the next 367…and it’s time to set some goals!
If you attended Susan Meier’s Goal Setting Workshop in early December then you are R-E-A-D-Y! Post away! If not, stay tuned for some helpful articles on goals or [...]

Out and About

By Alice ⋅ July 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Cindy Green and Clover Autrey are talking promotion (for shy folks) on Cindy’s blog.
A new Life of e column is up on Ecataromance.com. What’s your take on Amazon’s new restriction regarding POD publishers & their BookSurge service?
Podcasts galore! You’ve heard of podcasts, right? Little audio files you listen to on your computer or on your [...]

Christian vs. Inspirational Romance

By Alice ⋅ May 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Read through a Christian vs. Inspirational romance workshop presented by Pamela S. Thibodeaux at CataNetwork Writers loop.
Highlights include the difference between Christian romance and Inspiational romance. Who’s publishing what. Guidelines and more.

Ebook sales report

By Alice ⋅ January 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Veinglory over at the Erotic Romance Blog has some interesting numbers up on sales at Ellora’s Cave. EC reports that they sold 74,000 books in December of 2007.
There’s also an interesting graph comparing first month sales from the top ebook publishers.

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