by Christina George | Oct 11, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
Without a doubt the majority of the (shall I dare say?!) fan mail I get has something to do with the male characters in my novels. Some people are Team Mac. They can’t help but be drawn to him. They’ve met or even dated that exceedingly charming, yet imperfect man...
by Christina George | Sep 7, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
If you’ve turned on the news, checked out at a grocery store, or been on Facebook this week you’ve probably at least caught a glimpse of the recently cast leads for the movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. And if you lingered for more than a glimpse...
by Christina George | Aug 16, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
I have a lot of friends who run their own book publicity and marketing firms, and as much as I bitch and moan sometimes about working for ‘the man’ at a large publisher, with all the red tape and corrupt standards, I don’t envy the dog and pony show...
by Christina George | Aug 3, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Yet another reason to blame the world problems in Bezos, he just bought a newspaper. I can hear it now: “Oh, God, there goes print!” Well maybe, or perhaps now the Washington Post can breath a sigh of relief because here’s the...
by Christina George | Jun 6, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
I returned from Book Expo to a lot of work and a lot of follow-up emails. A friend of mine who is a freelance publicist sent me this email. I laughed so hard I nearly fell off my chair. I asked her for her permission to post it, told her it could be therapy to other...
by Christina George | Apr 29, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
Many of you remember the fairly recent scandal around paid reviews, right? If not here’s an article the New York Times did. In short, the whole publishing world was up in arms, no one knew what was true and what wasn’t, books were supposedly becoming best sellers...