Category: Blog
A book trailer question
Hello my blogworld friends. I decided to have a book trailer for one of my backlist books, How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-boyfriend (With the hope that eventually I’ll have trailers made for all of them.) and since…If you missed the call on writing romance
You can still hear it by going to this link: http://authorsadvisory.blogspot.com/2011/07/20-janette-rallison-romance-romance.html Please ignore all those instances when I sound like I’m drunk. Really, there is no better way to make yourself tounge-tied than to know you are being recorded and…The book thieves book reviews–and a conference call
I’ve heard from more than one teacher that books frequently go missing from their classroom libraries. Personally, I think it’s a compliment. (This is because I’m not paying for the books.) Kids liked the novels so much that they resorted…Why Disney villains should be nervous at the Grand Canyon.
Have you ever noticed that an inordinate amount of Disney villains meet their doom by falling from high places? The wicked queen from Snow White was the first, but by no means the last. Gaston from Beauty and the Beast,…The next manuscript status
I finally finished my next manuscript, Hunters and Hunted. I think this is the only book that has taken me over a year to write. It was my default manuscript—meaning, I wrote on it during those rare times when I…A fairy good school visit
I did a lot of book events last year. I spoke at three conferences, a book festival, and the ALAN convention in Orlando. I had a blast at all of it, but there is just something extra fun about doing…More Doll Wrecks
Since it’s Fathers Day, I could do something on power tools, but no, I’m going to do a blog on children (They make fathers, after all) well, more specifically fake children. Also known as dolls. Those of you who know…Finding the perfect fantasy name
Dave Farland, fantasy author extraordinaire, says that authors should never just choose their fantasy names randomly. They need to have resonance. Therefore, to come up with a good fantasy name for your character/place/animal group/whatever-the-heck-you’re-naming you need to have a process.…Random things I’ve learned while researching Hunters and Hunted
The cool thing about writing is that I’m always learning something new–whether I want to or not. This is because my characters have much more interesting lives than I do. They travel around, have talents, hobbies, stuff like that. I’m…More Book Trailer Music
It’s time to make a book trailer for the next book in the queue. I’ve spent two days listening to over a hundred and fifty different sound tracks and have learned one very important thing. When you listen non stop…Vote for the Worst Song Pick-up Lines: The Enrique Award
At my last writing critique group, we were sitting around talking about bad song lyrics. My friend, Melinda, told me that Enrique Iglesias’s song I want to Love You Tonight actually was called I want to–insert the crassest term you…Book launch photos and fairy visitors
It always cracks me up to see pictures of myself while I’m presenting. I’m sure these facial expressions made sense at the time, but looking at them after the fact, you have to wonder what I was saying.Here I am…Stay In The Loop
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