Head over to ChickLitGurrl: high on LATTES & WRITING where I talk with a writer who’s definitely in love with love and showcases it within the pages of her works: romance author Phyllis Bourne!

“By New Years Day” in The Holiday Inn

About “By New Year’s Day”

Fed up with their demanding adult children driving his exhausted wife into the ground, Devon Masters whisks her off for a romantic New Year’s weekend.

Eva is furious with her husband for dragging her a thousand miles away from their Miami home. Holidays should be spent surrounded by family.

The couple’s grudges have stacked up over the past year, and their marriage is crumbling under the strain. But as temperatures drop, the Masters’ passion heats up melting both their resentments and the sheets. Will a sexy weekend at the Holiday Inn be enough to revive their marriage before the clock strikes midnight?

When asked, “How important is social media (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.) in the marketing, promoting of your works,” Phyllis replied, “I have no idea. I don’t think any author does. We just try everything and hope something works. There are no guarantees in this business. However, I’ve been a romance reader for over twenty-five years. I gobble up books like chocolate. As a newspaper reporter, I even took a romance novel along to cover a riot (to read when things got slow). So I am my own target market. As an author, I’d love to believe social media is a magic bullet and a barrage of notes on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace will send everyone running to the bookstore to grab my latest. Readerwise, I know better. I’ve never bought a book because of something I’ve read on social media. I’m influenced by reviews, back cover copy and the first few pages. Also, the more popular the social media outlet, the more people are on it trying to sell things. It comes to a point when it’s just a lot of noise.“

Come by ChickLitGurrl: high on LATTES & WRITING to learn more about Phyllis’ journey to publication and to read a GREAT excerpt of her story “By New Year’s Day” from the anthology The Holiday Inn!

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