You may have wondered why it has been so quiet around here lately. Well lawson is busy with work and so is gwen… and well me? I have been working on a project! A grand project, a romantic one, dare I say it – an advanced one. A little history if you like…
It all started out on a cold, wet January night. A meeting of the minds, two everyday people working to uncover truth, justice and the American Way!
Well not really… unless a google chat can be called a meeting of the minds and it was a day in January but hey you guys are readers and writers. Don’t you think night brings up such a better image in your mind? And I am not really sure if you can count trying to figure out ways to take over publishing to bring back the Romance Historical as uncovering Truth and all that rot.
But really this is my story and I get to tell it. I never ever said I was a writer. Oh, fine damn it, you want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! Readers, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by people with internet connection and TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. Who’s gonna do it? You?
oops sorry… see this is why I don’t watch much tv anymore…
Honestly, though that is what Jane and I had hoped for as we were chatting over a couple of days in January, in February, and March (when she got real, got tough and bought urls). We searched for the things we wanted and pretty much we found them but we wanted everything in one place.
Tidy, nifty, easy for us to use… it would be grand… there would be light and music and sound and glitter with thoughts on just how much glitter was too much… ohhhhhh shiny
Then life got in the way, work (hers), kids (hers), family (hers) [jesus I suck] tis so sad. And our grand idea that arose out of the lol’s and omg’s of chat, was put aside… sadly maybe even put to rest. It brought tears to my eyes to see the words being typed out. But alas I carried on.
And then it happened after yet again sqqquuueeeing over books I had found that were coming out in fifty years. Jane called a halt! She called for focus! I think she even had some odd thing about why don’t we read the 2000 books we just got. I know she crazy because how could we focus! when there were all these nifty books we you needed to know we you needed!
How could we quietly stand down and go on our merry way when I YOU needed to know what romance novels were coming soon (soon being you know, uh loose term). And she agree! Ok really, I think she decided to go alone with the plan just to shut me up. She is sneaky like that. By the glory of OCD she coded her fingers to the bone, along with a merry band of reader blogger volunteer, we bring youRomantic Advances.
It isn’t even the GRAND PLAN but a small piece of it. Basically it puts the books we want to want, books you want to want, along with other books you may want that we have no idea why you would want them – in one place.
And that is how Romantic Advances came to be… See simple!
Would you like to know more? For that I direct you to Jane. Dude I am just an idea man, she is the brains of the outfit. But I will tell you this, we are so going to help you build your to be read mountains.
One. Book. At. A. Time.
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Very Nifty!
Thanks for getting that together. My bank account may hate you at some point, but the website’s great.
I think this is a brilliant idea and I appreciate it already. 😛
You ladies are brilliant!
I soooo wish I could help, so someone save me please from the crazy adolescents . . . I mean those wee little dears that I teach. Ah, the. . .uh. . .drudgery of the public education system.
No worries lawson… the summer months… I see data entry in your future.
Gee.
Fun.
Can’t wait.
This so freakin’ rocks! It’s like giving a crack-ho the opportunity to score their next fix through online shopping.
Brava, ladies! And THANK YOU!!
Great idea, ladies! I love being able to see what’s coming out. Now, thump me over the head if I didn’t read everything carefully, but will you have links so we can put these books right into a shopping basket at Amazon or someplace? Or compile them into a printable list to take shopping?
Kathryn,
Right now clicking on any of the book covers will take you to Amazon. Also, “most” posts should have a “Buy From Amazon” link at the bottom after the blurb. As for the printable shopping list – we talked about it and are definitely interested in doing it, but it requires mad coding skills so it’s probably an idea that will have to wait for now…..
Sybil will correct me (I’m sure) if I misspoke.
Yep!
We want a wish list, a printable list, a million dollars, someone to code for jane, a cabanna boy for gwen, a SEAL or fire fighter for me (shhhh I am easy I would even split him with wendy, don’t ask), an old guy for lawson and a partridge in a pear treeeeeeeeeeee.
No really though we are working on it. And by we I mean Jane.
Syb, you gals did good!
Syb – I’m spreadsheet-ready, willing, and able. Am I behind on email again?
AN OLD GUY!?!?!
You whore.
Why can’t I have an Irish guy? One my age and not an old one, please.
I also left a note over at Dear Author, but I wanted to pop in here to say thanks as well…
“Romantic Advances” is a wonderful idea and resource;it clearly took a great deal of effort and time to put together, and your work is much appreciated by this reader/writer!
–MRM
I get a cabana boy! I get a cabana boy! Neener Neener Neener!
😉
Looks fabulous and look forward to using it instead of stickies!
Much success to your endeavor. It’s now nicely tucked in my visit daily bookmarks. ^__^