tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post7703664790421824940..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Linnea Sinclair, aiming to misbehaveLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-53317142059475529752009-03-10T16:33:00.000-04:002009-03-10T16:33:00.000-04:00And the winners of the tote bag and mug are....Nan...And the winners of the tote bag and mug are....<BR/><BR/>Nancy for the tote bag<BR/>Vicki for the mug<BR/><BR/>Congratulations!<BR/><BR/>Please send your contact information to www.DonnaMacMeans.com and I'll make sure it's passed along to Linnea. Thanks everyone for the great suggestions.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-26936692941199739072009-03-09T19:55:00.000-04:002009-03-09T19:55:00.000-04:00A contest where people had to do something creativ...A contest where people had to do something creative in regards to your book, like a craft or a screen cap or something like that would be a really fun promotional thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00539286824195140523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-89220709843350068042009-03-04T20:24:00.000-05:002009-03-04T20:24:00.000-05:00::Linnea settles back in the command sling of her ...::Linnea settles back in the command sling of her starship, gin and tonic (two limes, please) in hand...::<BR/><BR/>Donna, be SURE to come to the Intergalactic Bar & Grille party at RT this April. We'll make SURE you glow. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Nancy, I loved Elizabeth Moon's VATTA series. I also love Tanya Huff's VALOR series and recommend that as more of the SF end of space opera than the romance end, although there is a romance in the later books. I also recommend Julie Czerneda's TRADE PACT series which is really a lot of romance for SF. <BR/><BR/>For MORE romance, do try Susan Grant's MOONSTRUCK. I also love Robin Owen's HEART books as they're a combo fantasy/magic/SF AND THEY HAVE CATS!!!! <BR/><BR/>I have a list on my website in LINKS of a lot more recommendations. Go play.<BR/><BR/>Those of you who've not tried SFR--and I realize that reading time and money are limited--please at least give us a peek. I have excerpts on my site as do most authors. I have review snippets. We might surprise you.<BR/><BR/>I'll also give away TWO BOOKS (Donna's going...what? what? She didn't tell me she was going to do this!!!!) in addition to the mug and tote bag.<BR/><BR/>1) FINDERS KEEPERS<BR/>2) HOPE'S FOLLY<BR/><BR/>FINDERS will go to someone who's NOT READ SFR but is willing to try.<BR/><BR/>FOLLY will go to someone who's read GABRIEL'S and SHADES but hasn't bought FOLLY yet. So chime in ,log in, tell us why Linnea should pack up a book priority and send it to you (and make Donna crazy with this offer---bwah-hah-hah-hah!) Oh, anyone willing to read in PDF electronic format? HOLLER OUT. Those I'll send immediately. (It's the pack and postage shhhhhhtuff that delays me.) <BR/><BR/>Confused? Good. ::Linnea holds out bottle of Rangpur Tanqueray:: Come join me poolside at the Home for the Perpetually Confuzzled. <BR/><BR/>~LinneaLinnea Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633057411107208569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-90866578033681410322009-03-04T20:17:00.000-05:002009-03-04T20:17:00.000-05:00Karin - Distribution to the local groceries is one...Karin - Distribution to the local groceries is one of many things that the author has absolutely no control over. What gets me, is that whoever decides such things never considers the author's hometown. I hear that my books show up at grocery stores across the nation, yet they never are at my local store. I figure when they do I'll know I've arrived. (grin)Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-53222645746694678332009-03-04T19:51:00.000-05:002009-03-04T19:51:00.000-05:00Hi Linnea! Great post, Donna. Sorry I'm late getti...Hi Linnea! Great post, Donna. <BR/><BR/>Sorry I'm late getting in on the fun. I had a busy day filled with appts and guest blogging.<BR/><BR/>Linnea, your series sound great. I'm not a big sci-fi/futuristic reader but every now and then I will pick one up. I think I'll have to add yours to the list.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your books!Christie Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188201459186901767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34405302593276453422009-03-04T19:42:00.000-05:002009-03-04T19:42:00.000-05:00Wow, you all have such great ideas. I'm eating th...Wow, you all have such great ideas. I'm eating this thread up and taking notes. Keep 'em coming. :-)<BR/>I have to say though, what I think would up sales would be to have them be available at your local grocery store and I guess that's just a distribution issue. I don't know enough about how that stuff works to venture how to fix it.<BR/><BR/>Karin Shah<BR/>STARJACKED<BR/>Available now!<BR/>Samhain PublishingKarin Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205923577562764129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-27453133277743150092009-03-04T19:37:00.000-05:002009-03-04T19:37:00.000-05:00Hey Linnea, enjoyed your post. I'm in the middle o...Hey Linnea, enjoyed your post. I'm in the middle of chapter 8 of Hope's Folly and loving it.<BR/><BR/>LisaLisa Iriartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746425619147737744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-5326502373578169702009-03-04T18:22:00.000-05:002009-03-04T18:22:00.000-05:00Hi, Linnea--I think I must've had Command Perform...Hi, Linnea--I think I must've had Command Performance in mind. I'd heard there was an earlier book and didn't realize it was covered in Games of Command.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for putting my mind at rest. :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-21936161052628457172009-03-04T17:59:00.000-05:002009-03-04T17:59:00.000-05:00Suz - I've seen Linnea with a light sabre. The g...Suz - I've seen Linnea with a light sabre. The girl means business.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I've seen her with light balls, sabers, antennae...too bad I wasn't placed closer to her table at RT last year when the lights went out. I'm guessing her area glowed with enough light that her signing was unaffected (grins)Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-40892990652533075332009-03-04T17:55:00.000-05:002009-03-04T17:55:00.000-05:00Hey Pat - Thank you for the kind words on my debu...Hey Pat - Thank you for the kind words on my debut. Just a reminder that the sequel comes out this April. We'll be partying in the lair again (very big grin - like we need another excuse to pary)Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-69457666617372092712009-03-04T17:14:00.000-05:002009-03-04T17:14:00.000-05:00Cassondra whispered: **As to the idea...I think yo...Cassondra whispered: **As to the idea...I think you should go get the domain you've used in this article--or something like it--"A Great Fun Book With a Hot Hero and Lots of Action." <BR/><BR/>Make it a website.**<BR/><BR/>LOLOL! You're a hoot. Actually, Susan Grant, Robin D Owens and I have been batting around some similar ideas. It's just been hard to get together with those great gals to cement something (plus iron out costs).<BR/><BR/>Then she said:**you're only gonna get the readers who look online to find authors and books. And I think a lot of readers still don't. <BR/><BR/>--snip--go into their local Barnes & Noble and say, "This book," as they hold up your latest, which they've plucked from the sci-fi shelves, "it's a romance. I'm not sure why you had it shelved in sci-fi, but I know at least seven people who've come here looking for it, thought you didn't have it, and ordered it from Amazon."**<BR/><BR/>Yep, a lot of readers don't do blogs or Yahoo Groups. That's why I do cons and mail out bookmarks to reader groups, libraries, stores and such. It's also why I do ads in mags.<BR/><BR/>As for telling B&N, uh, they don't care. Honest, it won't matter beans to them. You're fighting "corporate" here, not individual stores. Even the store managers who know me can't change policy.<BR/><BR/>Nancy asked: **I imagine you get this question a lot, but is there a chance Sass and Branden's prequel will be reissued anytime soon?<BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Right now I don't have any other Branden/Sass books on tap. I'm not sure what you mean by prequel--Command Performance? GAMES OF COMMAND is essentially that book plus more at the end.<BR/><BR/>P226 offered: **But, being geeks, well, their chances of meeting a hot, well trained, futuristic weapons expert are kind of slim. **<BR/><BR/>ROFLMAO!!!<BR/><BR/>Donna proposed: **It would be neat if Bantam would run dual covers - one sci-fi, one romance and see how that goes. **<BR/><BR/>Yep, expensive and unlikely at this point.<BR/><BR/>Pat warbled: **if your pub could suggest putting the books in both romance and sci-fi slots (not suggesting double the volume, just split exposure) and see which gels fastest. **<BR/><BR/>Nope, you're up against corporate again. They won't do that. It also has to do with each genre/section having a buyer in corporate. There's a romance buyer. A cook book buyer. A YA buyer. An SFF buyer. Buyers have budgets and projects. So you have to be fish or fowl, great tasting or less filling. Chain corporate buyers aren't go to "share" you.<BR/><BR/>Cassondra queried: *What does it say on the book's spine? Romance? Or SciFi**<BR/><BR/>ROMANCE. Though the original version of FINDERS KEEPERS, GABRIEL'S GHOST and AN ACCIDENTAL GODDESS said science fiction. You can see the original SF covers on my site. Now all the spines say romance, even my backlist, which all have the new "branding" covers (again--on my site). <BR/><BR/>Do check out my cat, Daq, on the old cover of GAMES! He's on my site as well. ;-)<BR/><BR/>~LinneaLinnea Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633057411107208569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-78158294201465401162009-03-04T17:02:00.000-05:002009-03-04T17:02:00.000-05:00I have all of Linnea's futuristics. The spine...I have all of Linnea's futuristics. The spines say "Romance"<BR/><BR/>THE SWORD & THE PEN <BR/>Coming May "09Elysahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149532952197876886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-42319705669878329062009-03-04T15:51:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:51:00.000-05:00What does it say on the book's spine? Romance? O...What does it say on the book's spine? Romance? Or SciFi?Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-70729534392380560532009-03-04T15:39:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:39:00.000-05:00Donna, dear, I meant to tell you how much I enjoye...Donna, dear, I meant to tell you how much I enjoyed your debut book! I'm such a slacker sometimes, but I bought it as soon as it hit B&N (I'm a junkie.)<BR/><BR/>Linnea, I've been thinking about your promo dilemma (while defrosting the deep freeze) and wonder if your pub could suggest putting the books in both romance and sci-fi slots (not suggesting double the volume, just split exposure) and see which gels fastest. I know space is an issue, but going into B&N (a rare trip just for the ambiance), I had to ask where they shelved you. The gal seemed amazed I would look in the romance section. DUH!<BR/><BR/>Just a thought. <BR/><BR/>{{{Hugs}}} to both of you!!!!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717723698946651091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-57562072204807241382009-03-04T15:17:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:17:00.000-05:00p226 said:Not only that, but full-sized cutouts or...<I> p226 said:Not only that, but full-sized cutouts or even costumed models at comic-con or one of the big gamer cons. You'll have to beat drooling geeks flush with disposable income away from your table/booth with a stick. Better yet, a light saber if you have one handy.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm thinking you have an inner marketing guru, p226. This is a great idea!!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-68837273892009830372009-03-04T15:15:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:15:00.000-05:00Linnea said: Now, that could also be a Suzanne Bro...<I>Linnea said: Now, that could also be a Suzanne Brockmann military romance book, but setting it in a different world from our own also lets me inject issues and such we don't have here. Such as what Sully (the sexy enemy) really is... And the political and cultural machinations that create more conflict.</I><BR/><BR/>I love this idea of taking a tried and true concept like Brockmann's military romances and giving them a twist in time and place and orientation!!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-75394324910626122122009-03-04T15:07:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:07:00.000-05:00Donna said:P226 - So if I'm hearing you right, you...Donna said:<BR/><I>P226 - So if I'm hearing you right, you're suggesting Linnea include a fold-out heavily-armed cover model in tight futuristic clothes in the middle of her novel?</I><BR/><BR/>ABSOLUTELY.<BR/><BR/>Not only that, but full-sized cutouts or even costumed models at comic-con or one of the big gamer cons. You'll have to beat drooling geeks flush with disposable income away from your table/booth with a stick. Better yet, a light saber if you have one handy. <BR/><BR/>If you want to know where to market this stuff, tune your TV to G4. There's your market.<BR/><BR/>Cassondra said:<BR/><I>You are the most un-geeky geek I know.</I><BR/><BR/>Not to argue with what I'm pretty sure is a compliment, but my resume says otherwise.p226https://www.blogger.com/profile/05502193525250005347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-54131009002388696642009-03-04T15:03:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:03:00.000-05:00P226 - So if I'm hearing you right, you're suggest...P226 - So if I'm hearing you right, you're suggesting Linnea include a fold-out heavily-armed cover model in tight futuristic clothes in the middle of her novel?<BR/>LOL<BR/><BR/>It would be neat if Bantam would run dual covers - one sci-fi, one romance and see how that goes. They do it for magazines. Then again, the expense of dual covers would make that idea a bit of a fantasy, wouldn't it (sigh).Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-46855966948213600382009-03-04T14:48:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:48:00.000-05:00226 said:And in case you're unaware, I use "geek" ...226 said:<BR/><BR/><I>And in case you're unaware, I use "geek" as a term of endearment, being one myself. As our world becomes more and more technical, we're going to rule it.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>You are the most un-geeky geek I know. <BR/><BR/>I'm just sayin.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-54035198302824819072009-03-04T14:39:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:39:00.000-05:00It's my guess that this is a potentially huge mark...It's my guess that this is a potentially huge market. See, all the geeks? They want the women in the romance books. Bad. But, being geeks, well, their chances of meeting a hot, well trained, futuristic weapons expert are kind of slim. Their chances of hooking UP with Seven of Nine are even MORE slim. But that doesn't mean the poster isn't on their wall or the image isn't their computer's desktop background.<BR/><BR/>You want to market sci-fi romance? Go to the cons. Comic Con. Gamer cons. Target the young, geek-ish, crowds. Gamers and computer programmers. <BR/><BR/>And most importantly. MALES.<BR/><BR/>I see this as a possibility to drag a lot of males into the romance genre. The geek allure in sci-fi is too strong for them to resist.<BR/><BR/>The challenge of course, will be keeping them from scanning, OCR-ing, and pirating your work. Geeks tend to do that stuff.<BR/><BR/>And in case you're unaware, I use "geek" as a term of endearment, being one myself. As our world becomes more and more technical, we're going to rule it.<BR/><BR/>I'm just sayin'.p226https://www.blogger.com/profile/05502193525250005347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-353688239782315282009-03-04T14:29:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:29:00.000-05:00Welcome to the Lair, Linnea! BIG THANX to Donna fo...Welcome to the Lair, Linnea! <BR/><BR/>BIG THANX to Donna for hosting you!<BR/><BR/>Afraid I'm too much of a newbie to know much about promotion, but I am learning! I too was pretty stunned at how much of it the author needs to do. ACK! When DO you have time to write?!?! And how do you know which things are most effective? I'll admit I'm at a loss. :-( <BR/><BR/>Congrats on the GR AGAIN, Limecello! Let him take over some of your grunt work so that you can catch a few winks of sleep for a change. After all, he should be nice and stuffed full of Tim Tams from his visit to Helen.<BR/><BR/>AC<BR/>crawling back to the cave with an emergency canteen of appletinis.Loucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-68439629463917987702009-03-04T13:58:00.000-05:002009-03-04T13:58:00.000-05:00Hello, Linnea, nice to have you visiting in the La...Hello, Linnea, nice to have you visiting in the Lair today. Not<BR/>being a writer, I don't know how<BR/>much I could contribute toward this<BR/>promotional project.The suggestions<BR/>made so far seem to be very good!<BR/>Especially attending the sci-fi<BR/>conventions and doing the blog-tours.<BR/>"Good Luck" with this project!<BR/><BR/>Pat CochranPat Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997396930842831460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-41666893960486121812009-03-04T13:40:00.000-05:002009-03-04T13:40:00.000-05:00Hey, Limecello, it's a while since he visited, isn...Hey, Limecello, it's a while since he visited, isn't it? Congratulations! <BR/><BR/>Linnea, welcome to the lair. Donna, thanks for inviting Ms Sinclair and her provocative opinions to entertain us! Congratulations on all your success! The new book sounds fab! <BR/><BR/>Linnea, we actually have our own science fiction hero here. His name is the Golden Rooster and he's very good at fighting aliens!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-78780071373914683492009-03-04T13:04:00.000-05:002009-03-04T13:04:00.000-05:00Linnea, cons are expensive, no doubt about it. An...Linnea, cons are expensive, no doubt about it. And that's an astounding promo budget. I hope you'll start seeing some returns soon.<BR/><BR/>Your books remind me of the best of Star Trek with romance added in. And female captains who don't have to wear their hair in chignons to be authoritative (what was it about the Trek people and Janeway's hairstyle?). Any woman working in corporate America could've told them about that, anyway.<BR/><BR/>I just finished Elizabeth Moon's Vatta series, and I think your books and hers are similar in their military SF aspects. Yours just have more prominent romance and are standalones.<BR/><BR/>I imagine you get this question a lot, but is there a chance Sass and Branden's prequel will be reissued anytime soon?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-11683824916231055952009-03-04T12:57:00.000-05:002009-03-04T12:57:00.000-05:00The thing is--with my suggestion--and all these ot...The thing is--with my suggestion--and all these others that I'm seeing about blogs and stuff--you're only gonna get the readers who look online to find authors and books. And I think a lot of readers still don't. I know you're after the rabid romance reader who strolls into the bookstore with a basket and goes up and down the romance aisles, and ONLY the romance aisles, cuz that's the only place he/she'll be guaranteed a happy ending in his/her books.<BR/><BR/>You COULD launch a street-team campaign across the country--get your fans to go into their local Barnes & Noble and say, "This book," as they hold up your latest, which they've plucked from the sci-fi shelves, "it's a romance. I'm not sure why you had it shelved in sci-fi, but I know at least seven people who've come here looking for it, thought you didn't have it, and ordered it from Amazon."<BR/><BR/>That'll get their attention.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215682018033681470noreply@blogger.com