From Stephanie's Desk
July 2008
Hello!
This is the month I've been waiting for for a year--the month of the
release of the new Body Movers book, 3 Men and a
Body! Book three was so fun for me to write! In
this book, Carlotta joins Cooper on a roadtrip to Florida for a VIP
body pickup--except someone wants to make sure they don't make it
back to Atlanta with their cargo intact! If you're a Coop fan,
this book is for you!
A special guest
star in 3 Men and a Body
Popular Atlanta TV and radio host
Holly Firfer has a guest role in 3 Men and a Body!
Holly has read the Body Movers books from
the beginning and has been a kind supporter of the series. She
has interviewed me on the daily TV talk show she co-hosts, Atlanta &
Company, three times. So when I realized I had a
perfect role for Holly in book 3, she readily agreed to be written
in!
Look for Holly's big scene in 3 Men and a Body!
(I'll be on Atlanta & Company to discuss book 3 and Holly's
role in the plot on Monday, August 4, 11:00
a.m. on WXIA-TV, the Atlanta NBC affiliate.)
The story behind the
quote on the cover of
Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body
The quote on the cover of my first
Body Movers book was:
"This is the best book I've ever read!" Stephanie's mom
It started off as a joke, a mockup
cover my husband did to express some ideas we had for the cover.
But marketing liked it and it caught on.
The quote on Body Movers:
2 Bodies for the Price of 1 was:
"What a great book! I'm so
glad my wife made me read it!" Stephanie's husband
So, in keeping with getting
(unbiased) cover quotes from people who are near and dear to me, the
quote for the third book Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body,
my dear first grade teacher, Ms. Alice Sue DeHart lent me a quote:
"I knew murder was in that girl's
future!" Stephanie's first grade teacher
Thank you, Ms. DeHart!
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To my readers Down Under:
I received a nice note from Mirna,
the manager at Rendezvous, The Romance Bookstore in
Melbourne. Here's what she had to say: "We stock not
only all of your new releases, direct from the US,
but all of your available
backlist in store all the time." (I imagined her saying it
in that wonderful Aussie accent.) If you're in the area, check
it out:
Rendezvous The
Romance Bookstore
359A
Lonsdale St
Melbourne, VIC 3000
T: 03 9600 3466
www.rendezvousbooks.com
Open 7
days
And if you're in Wollongong,
drop by Ever After to chat with Lucy. They also carry
my books:
Ever After--The Romance Book Specialists
Shop
2, 262 Crown St
Wollongong NSW 2500
www.everafter.com.au
Readers
As usual, there is a new
question on the
Readers
Want2Know page.
This month, Barbra asks if I worry about the future of books! Don't forget to
enter the
July contest! And there are new
Bookmarks!
Print
your own bookmarks featuring my current and upcoming titles!
Do you prefer (or want to try) E-Books? 2 Bodies for
the Price of 1, Heat Wave, She
Did a Bad, Bad Thing, Finding Your Mojo, Just Dare Me... and Body Movers
are available in many downloadable formats!
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in electronic formats!
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books on tape, or on your iPod? She
Did a Bad, Bad Thing is my
latest book available on audio! (One of Harlequin's most
popular audio books of 2007!)
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Booksellers
The
library of over 60 merchandising articles is now in PDF files,
which means that they're formatted to print beautifully if you
read an article that you'd like to keep in your files or circulate
to your employees or customers. There's everything from
starting a romance newsletter to hosting a successful autographing.
FOUR new articles added recently, including "Launching a Reader
of the Month Program."
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Booksellers' Pages!
Writers
If
you've ever wanted to write a novel, check out the
Writers' Pages
for free advice on getting started and links to download dozens of
articles from Amazon.com based on my workshop on self-editing, and
the longtime column I've written for my local writing group
newsletter, Mind Your Own Writing Business.
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