Yes, We Sell Advertising
And we have since the early days of the site. It costs a lot of money to run AAR. First, there are the physical costs to get – and keep – AAR online. We’re hosted by…
The Summer Storm of Aught Nine
Once again this week, just as it has multiple times every year since the Internets began, Romancelandia has erupted into flames. Out of the smoke and fire has emerged more than once from various quarters an…
RWA Conference Coverage: What’s Your Pleasure?
RWA Nationals are coming up July 15 – 18 and this year both Lynn Spencer and I will be attending. In previous years, AAR has offered extensive coverage – usually after the conference is over. But…
Message Board Changes (And a Little Traffic Talk, Too)
Big changes are about to come to AAR’s message boards. But with any luck, you’ll barely even notice them. Here’s the deal: AAR’s message boards have previously been hosted on a separate server – not on…
When Middle of the Road Is Not an Insult
The dreaded MOR is exactly what xina called AAR in a post on this blog last week. I’ll admit that I knee-jerked to that designation because my head was suddenly filled with visions of Barry Manilow,…
When “Nice” Girls Attack
Janet of Dear Author offers an excellent rebuttal to Michelle Buonfiglio’s jaw dropping remarks at the Princeton Romance Conference last Friday. I take exception to one point, however: I would argue that Ms. Buonfiglio was referring…
RWA D.C.: An Insider’s Guide to the City
Since RWA will be coming to my neighborhood in July of this year, I thought this local resident’s perspective might help a few of you in making plans for this summer. Hotels: The conference is being…
All in a Days' Work
When I read Rike’s piece on places in romance, it made me think of another item that matters a lot to me in a romance – or indeed, in most things I read. I don’t expect…
An Authorial Snit
Though it’s nothing to be proud of, the “can’t look away from a train wreck” mentality is deeply engrained in most of us poor humans. And, sadly, the Brockmann Dead of Night kerfuffle has devolved into…
When It’s Time to Step Away
At an ad agency where I once worked, the guys in the mailroom had a cartoon posted in pride of place where most of us saw it every single day. It depicted a group of brain…