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Continue reading →: A Sunday with 3 Amazing Authors! (and me!)- UPDATED with video link!
This Sunday, March 17th on Zoom, I’ll be moderating a panel of three amazing authors; Kelly Link, Beverly Jenkins, and Sandra Kitt. Inspired by the romance author character of Maryanne Gorch in Kelly’s new novel The Book of Love (which is not a romance, to be clear!), we’ll be talking…
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Continue reading →: Now you can find me on YouTube!
When I started doing videos on Instagram a while back, several folks mentioned that they don’t use that platform for a number of legit reasons. It’s taken me a while to get to it, but I finally have a presence on YouTube as well! I’m starting by copying over a…
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Continue reading →: Steve Sandalis- The Topaz Man!
Media reports to the contrary, the 1990s featured romance cover models other than a certain long-haired Italian. One of the most interesting ones to me is Steve Sandalis, aka Topaz Man. In May 1993, Penguin USA (as it was known at the time) announced the upcoming launch of Topaz, an…
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Continue reading →: Thinking About 1994- Reels Version
A couple of months ago, I did a quick Instagram reel about Black romance in 1994. The idea was to show the contrast between Black romances published in the first half of the year (none!) and the second half after the beginning of the Black Summer of Love. As I…