@katiebabs The demon incubus part was a definite WTF moment!

@heidenkind Maybe I’m strange in that case. I tend to remember faces and I’m pretty sure I could come up with an accurate list of my classmates. It is annoying as there are a few I’d much rather forget!

@Pearl Hope you enjoy it better than I did!

@Janet W I was wondering what you’d think of To Desire a Devil. Sorry to hear it didn’t work for you, either.

I know authors have repeatedly denied that they’re pressured to write faster by their editors, but most romance authors these days publish at least two books per year. At the very least, I’m assuming the market and financial considerations oblige them to write quickly. I think there are very few writers who can churn out material at this pace and maintain a high standard. Some can keep things fresh by writing in a couple of different genres, but this doesn’t work for every writer.

Just thinking about a few authors who don’t adhere to a two-books-or-more per year schedule: Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Julia Quinn, Jo Goodman, Pamela Clare. SEP and Quinn are reliable NYT bestsellers. Perhaps they have more clout with publishers than other writers, or maybe they don’t have the financial pressure to write more than one book per year. Actually…isn’t SEP on more of a book-every-two-years schedule? Jo Goodman – no idea why she sticks to one book per year. Pamela Clare has been very open about being a slow, meticulous writer, plus she has a full-time job.

NOT making a comparison but I really like her first series, especially the first. I’m enjoying my first book by Tessa Dare. I’m super busy so I can’t read it quickly — perhaps that a blessing. There’s Only One Thing That Bugs Me and it’s her habit of Capitalizing Important Thoughts. Really, it happens once a chapter and it’s beginning to feel like that Yellow Corvair Magdalenb blogged about. Guess I’m roundabout saying I hope Dare doesn’t write too fast … it can kill not the muse but the reading end of the muse. I appreciate Jo Beverley for writing fairly slowly (one book a year). There’s only one Nora/JD I guess!

To Desire a Devil was a big let down for me. I still can’t get over the part where Aubyn and Beatrice are having sex and she thinks he looks like a demon incubus.