Romance Authors and Social Media

After finishing a good book, do you find yourself wanting to learn a little bit about the author? Do you want to know what other books the author has written? Are you reading a series and want to know the titles in sequence? Well, most authors are really into social media and have their own blogs, facebook accounts, and twitter accounts. Some of the author’s blogs are wonderfully entertaining, funny, and loaded with personal information. Some authors even have give-aways, usually books, or bags – even dinner with the author. They also list where they will be personally appearing. They let you into their personal lives, even sharing pictures of their families or vacations they have taken. Do you wonder what authors are reading? They’ll tell you – even promoting and recommending other authors’ books. Romance authors really enjoy their readers and are willing to share just about anything with them. Romance authors are also a very tight knit group. Even though they live all over the country, they form very close friendships among themselves. For example, author Kristan Higgins’ husband traveled out West to attend a ceremony for fallen firefighters (he is a firefighter here in Connecticut) and he actually stayed with author Robyn Carr’s family.

Romance authors give us insight to how they came about writing their novels. Sometimes, they put a call out for readers to suggest names for upcoming characters. Authors read every comment a reader makes and sometimes write novels based on what their readers are looking for. If you have a favorite author, it’s easy to just google their name and see what their website has to offer. Below are two of my favorite Romance authors websites. I try to read them once a week because they almost always give me a good laugh.

Jill Shalvis – Her site is very informative and her blog and facebook page are hysterical! She shares a lot about her daily life and she posts lots of pictures, including what some of the heroes of her books might look like. She has been reprimanded a few times by facebook for posting ‘too hot to handle’ photos! The library has a great assortment of her books here.

Kristan Higgins – Her site is also very informative. She and Jill Shalvis have similar writing styles in books and their blogs/facebook are quite similar. They are also very good friends even though Kristan lives here in Connecticut and Jill on the West Coast in a small town in the Sierra Mountains. The library also has a great assortment of her books here.