"Don't judge a book by its cover!" Yet we're all doing it, all the time. Which is why authors need to invest in their covers.
Sorry, We Judge Books by Their Covers All the Time
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Sorry, We Judge Books by Their Covers All the Time
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What Is a “Low-Angst” Book, Really?
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I’ve seen quite a few books marketed as “low-angst” lately. And don’t get me wrong—a fluffy story can be something quite enjoyable. But … the label makes me a little anxious. Legends and Lattes is an example of low-stakes fiction. Why? Because any time I’ve read a “low-angst” book, the label masks something a little more nefarious. What Is Angst, Anyway? Angst is a loan word from German. It was...
Half-Year Update 2026
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It's July, which means we're halfway through 2026. What do I have in store for you?
Are Readers Confusing Cliche Writing for AI?
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A little while ago, there was a story making the rounds. This one had started on Reddit, perhaps part of the “AITA” type posts. The poster was seeking advice, specifically of the legal variety, because they had been threatened with a lawsuit.Why was an author looking to sue a seemingly random reader? Well, it seemed this person had accused them of using AI in their writing. So the Story Goes …...
Why Some People Still Don’t Accept Achillean Romances
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We've been using m/m romance to describe fiction featuring a relationship between two men for ages now. Why can't we move past it and adopt a better term?
Is All Mpreg Omegaverse?
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File this under "you have got to be kidding me": someone who really should know better implied all non-shifter mpreg is omegaverse.
The Straights Can Pry Omegaverse from My Cold, Dead Hands
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Recently, a social media site tried to entice me to buy a cishet OV romance novel. It was ... unhinged, to say the least.
The Coyote’s Veterinarian Omega Preview
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The following is a preview for The Coyote’s Veterinarian Omega, the first book in the COYOTE CREEK series, available July 28, 2026! One Wyatt Bang! I gritted my teeth and gripped the steering wheel as the car bottomed out over another enormous rut. The gravel road had clearly washed out in some wicked rainstorm recently, leaving nothing but potholes for my rusting Kia to rattle over. If...
Update: Cautionary Tales of Reader/Author Conventions Imploding
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(Letícia Alvares / Pexels.com) Well, I’m back from hiatus, and it seems a fair bit has happened in the time I was away. One of the things I’ve been watching develop over the last year or so has been the implosion of some of these reader/author conventions. That’s exactly as I predicted last spring. Look, I don’t like being right about people getting screwed over. Maybe I’ve just been around...
AI, Anthropic, and What the Settlement Means for Authors
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This news is nearly a year old , but it’s a precedent-setting case, worth going over again, especially as the legal framework around genAI continues to evolve. Our robot overlords got sued. (Kindel Media / Pexels.com) The case of several large publishers against Anthropic was one of the first to make its way through the courts. The judge delivered the ruling in June 2025. The Anthropic settlement...
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