The Beaumonts on the NOOK

I've noticed, at Barnes and Noble, that several people have commented in WILD JUSTICE reviews that they'd love to download WILD LADY and WILD FIRE but couldn't find them.

The good news is that WILD LADY is now live for the Nook and WILD FIRE should be there very soon.

NEW VOICES went live today - you can register here and upload your entry. Or read what the early birds have posted and leave comments, too. And here's the lovely Flo Nicholl introducing four of the NV mentors.



It's been agony keeping the secret that I'll be working with one of the twenty writers who get through the first round, but the list went up today. I'm so thrilled and excited!





 

THE COVER

What is it about a cover that draws the eye, tempts the reader?

For most of my writing life I've had no control over titles or cover art and I usually see it at the same time as the first readers, those who are members of Mills and Boon or Harlequin Reader Service bookclubs.

Sometimes it's a delight, sometimes I never want to see it again but hearing other authors complaining about their covers I know this is about the author's own perception of the book. The way they see the characters in their head. The reader isn't hampered by this and usually the artwork does the job, which is to sell the book.

Recently, however, I republished three books - where the rights had reverted to me - as eBooks and, for the first time in my life, I had the heady experience of choosing my own cover. 

And guess what? Maybe I can do a better job than the guys who have to put covers on more than a hundred book a month (can you imagine how difficult it must be to come up with something different every time?) because this cover has attracted more attention, raised more comments, and a lot more of the phwoar factor than the other sixty covers put together.

And if you want to take him home and keep him, he's free right now on Kindle UK, Nook, and Smashwords