The Romance Shelves:  Looking to the New Year

By Cathy Maxwell January—the “at last, I can read” month.  The holidays have passed, the regular routine returns, and there is time to indulge.  January is a “gap” month for me. The world gets crazy for a Romance writer in February.  However, for the thirty-one days of January, life is held at bay. So, before … Continue reading The Romance Shelves:  Looking to the New Year

Guest Blog Post: Austin Writers are HOT, HOT, HOT!

The Romance Bookshelves—Austin Writers are HOT, HOT, HOT! By Cathy Maxwell Last month, Romance Writers of America, a professional organization of ten thousand writers, gathered in Orlando to hand out their prestigious RITA awards for the best in romance fiction.  One of the winners named was Austin’s own Cheryl Etchison for Best First Book with … Continue reading Guest Blog Post: Austin Writers are HOT, HOT, HOT!

The Romance Bookshelves—A Get Together and Look Who is on the A List

By Cathy Maxwell Several years ago, Sarah MacLean (yes, that Sarah MacLean, the one whose new book The Day of the Duchess will hit the shelves June 27th (you can find an excerpt here), wanted to start an online book club that celebrated all she loved about Romance. She called it the Old-School Romance Book … Continue reading The Romance Bookshelves—A Get Together and Look Who is on the A List