April, 2013

Need a little support….and advice on how to sabotage someone’s diet :)

Part of my plan to return to work is to handle my health issues on the side, but with a little fun :) A few of my author friends (L.D. Davis & Lisa M. Harley) want to lose weight, get healthy, raise money for some great charities and screw each other over for fun :) My charities are The Ronald McDonald House and The Make A Wish Foundation. I'm hoping raise an obscene amount of money for these great causes and I could really use your help and support. Below you'll find our release for this challenge that starts on May… Read More

What’s going on in the crazy world of R.L. Mathewson

Black HeartThings have been pretty hectic lately, but I wanted to give you a few updates while I had the chance. Let's see, first things first. As some of you know I took a medical leave a few months ago to take care of some of medical issues that were causing me problems and to focus on my family. Well, I got some things taken care of like a few dental problems thanks to an awesome dentist, but the other stuff like my ruptured disc is taking forever to fix because… Read More

Updated information

Today has been crazy. This morning I took a chance and decided to share something negative that has been going on in the self-publishing world for the past couple of months. It's a practice that is creating a lot of problems for readers, bloggers and authors. Since that post I have received a lot of feedback which I used to edit my suggestions to tell whether or not a review is fake.  A lot of people made some very good points which I tried to stress. A lot of my suggestions can help spot fake reviews, but as a lot… Read More

The good, the bad and the ugly about Self-Publishing

When I first started writing back in 2009 I never even heard of self-publishing. I was all set and terrified to take my chances with  a traditional publishing house, leaving my fate to someone that I had never met who would decide whether or not my books were "In" at the moment. By the time that I was ready to start making inquiries into getting published I got scared, really scared. I found a hundred and one reasons not to even try so I didn't. Instead I put my finished manuscript aside and started… Read More

Indie Romance Convention: Reader’s Choice Awards

The Indie Romance Convention is allowing readers to cast votes for favorite Indie authors and books and Checkmate has been placed in the Best Indie Contemporary Romance category and I've been honored with a best Indie Author nomination. It's a great honor and I'm utterly shocked and psyched about this. If you have a chance, I'd really appreciate it if you could cast your vote. It would mean a great deal to me… Read More