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This Thursday, July 31st at 9pm Eastern Time, the Roundtable welcomes New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Roxie Rivera. Roxie has written all kinds of steamy romances, from her Russian Protector series to her Fighting Connollys series, with a little erotica thrown in. She was a part of the mega successful SEALs Of Summer boxed set.
She will join us to talk about how to become successful in the romance genre, tips to build a strong mailing list, how to get exposure on other stores like B&N, Kobo, and Apple, and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
Check out her books HERE
First 🙂 Not late today!
Second 🙂
While you’re waiting for the show to start, feel free to not check out the blog post for this week, because I didn’t write one.
Slacker. 😉
ColinFBarnes Yeah! Hi new friend 🙂
Howdy! How’s it going?
ColinFBarnes What can I say? I’m a lazy dude.
Can’t wait to see Roxie on the show! woo hoo!
ColinFBarnes Excellent, and you? Still digesting yummy chinese and waiting for my favorite show to start….
G’morning. Is it weird that I’m incredibly excited my Ella Fitzgerald CD arrived? My playlist just got interesting…
Jealous of the food. I had some dry toast earlier. It wasn’t very yummy. Looking forward to the show/after party though.
Demelza Carlton Not weird! Good morning :0)
I thought I was late but apparently no. Better go heat up the leftover pizza. I was left home alone last night and ordered pizza delivered then ate it while in the bath and watching anime!
michelleread Demelza Carlton only weird is that it’s CD. People still buy those? 😛
BrennaAubrey I know right! Bow chicka bow bow!
BatmanErica michelleread Demelza Carlton Erica!
Just embedding the video. five minutes max.
kevinmichael3 You don’t write those! Aren’t they mostly interviews?
michelleread Demelza Carlton Michelle!
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo BrennaAubrey hey sexy lady! glad to see you here 😉
ColinFBarnes Excited to see if I’m startled into peeing my pants again. Also, you know what fixes dry toast? Anything at all….
BatmanErica michelleread Demelza Carlton Yes. I keep a digital backup of everything on CD and hard disc because my husband insists – he’s old-fashioned that way
BrennaAubrey Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo meow meow! I got my word count and slaughtered my inbox, bigtime. I’m ready to party.
Here’s the weekly reminder to check out http://www.genrehobo.com
kevinmichael3 Yes, yes. “Crushing dreams since July 2014”
Okay champs – refresh and you shall see the video link.
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo kevinmichael3 What’d you find that I’m doing wrong this time, Mimi?
now more fan friendly placed below the post and just above this chat window.
I think you’ll be pee free tonight. At least from me. Alas, my cupboards are bare and I’m all out of butter so dry toast is about it. Unless I raid the cat food.
Carl Sinclair Carl! Howdy.
Evening all
PatrickStemp Hi Patrick :)!
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo BrennaAubrey I’m jealous! I’m totally unproductive over here :p
michelleread PatrickStemp Hey there!
five, four, three, two, one…refresh
Listening to the birthday episode right now while I wait. Cracking up!
kevinmichael3 *pokes the screen* I guess I’ll see it in 5-10 minutes, when it reaches Aus….
Hellloooo from the future. TGIF
BrennaAubrey : ) You’re welcome for me being so awesome.
Shay Barratt What’s up Barratt?
Demelza Carlton michelleread he does know that CD degrades, right?
Hello everyone big daddy is here and we’re live!
Roxie!!! BE WARE OF CARL. He is evil.
Carl Sinclair Shay Barratt Too much work Carl, too much work
OMG Kevin has a light!
BrennaAubrey I’m wearing my villains shirt from lootcrate. Joker & Loki mashup. Evil is coming!
Carl Sinclair BrennaAubrey :p~~~~
Carl Sinclair Fun fact: Carl does not say howdy back to Michelle.
Carl Sinclair BrennaAubrey It’s an omen!
TuckerAuthor it also says he’s Carl…
BatmanErica Demelza Carlton michelleread So does everything, I’m sure.
BatmanErica TuckerAuthor On the internet, everyone is Carl. That’s how famous Carl is. He’s also very very pretty.
TuckerAuthor He must have escaped Dave’s basement! 🙂
michelleread Carl Sinclair Howdy lady ma’am!
Carl Sinclair michelleread Too late.
BrennaAubrey Carl Sinclair Those movies were named after me.
Holy crap I can chromecast this to my TV.
Demelza Carlton michelleread not as fast as CD can. Tape though…they still have computer stuff on tape as it can hold a heap more and stuff…yeah, sorry geeking…
Carl Sinclair BatmanErica TuckerAuthor The SP equivalent of Ryan Gosling
PatrickStemp Of course. Google FTW
Shay Barratt Carl Sinclair BatmanErica TuckerAuthor Gosling + Channing Tatum times 1000
michelleread Carl Sinclair I just saw it silly pants. How you doin?
Test
I think chat might be back?
Super cool – just had to restart my computer several times.
Carl Sinclair I refreshed my browser. You’re welcome! I fixed it!!
Oh thank goodness it wasn’t me!
Carl Sinclair Yes it is.
Welcome back SPRTers!
ok I’m asking my question here then!
Roxie, how do you introduce your future heroes/heroines into your books so that readers will look forward to their stories?
I think I broke the chat. I dropped my laptop… sorry everyone.
Roxie is an inspiration – and an awesome writer 🙂
colinbarnes79 Dangit man.
michelleread colinbarnes79 I know… I’m a tragedy at times.
Pantsers FTW!
AmityLassiter booo!
Methinks Rachel Aaron should be an upcoming guest 😛
colinbarnes79 dammit Barnes
Anyone else with questions
BatmanErica She should actually. I really like her fiction too. She had an epic first line her first Monpress book.
I’m curious, because I’m romance ignorant, if you’ve had any trouble with your books getting classified as erotica and what distinguishes the “hot romance” from erotica.
IR IR IR what is IR. p.s. I know, but other peeps might not.
p.s. just kidding, I don’t know.
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo I’m assuming InterRacial, but I’m not 100% sure 🙂
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo Interracial Romance :p
p.s. good job on the hosting so far! I hope something horrible doesn’t happen in about a minute. I hope that kevin does not conjure a golem.
BrennaAubrey Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo Not “Internet Romance” heehee
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo poop golem?
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo how did I go with asking it as if was casually on my mind and not on this site?
Carl Sinclair Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo Can’t talk now… taking a pregnancy test. Your voice has a lot of fertility.
Sorry, might have missed this while I was refreshing after Colin broke the comments, but how does Roxie manage the “production” process of her publishing schedule – ie working with cover design / editing / formatting etc and keeping it all flowing smoothly so her publication schedule remains steady.
Not a question – but I just got back and realized: Zoe is gorgeous! Love the new hair 🙂
Interesting, thank you!
Shay Barratt She did cover most of this. Is there something specific you wanted to know?
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo Carl Sinclair Sorry about that. It’s just how I roll.
Carl Sinclair Shay Barratt No all good Carl. I’ll replay the recording later 😉
At what point did you make Ivan permafree (i.e. when you released book 3 or 4 or…?)
LOVE SAMHAIN–and not just because they’re the publisher of my flagship series…W00T! Also love that Roxie writes the stories she wants to read–and isn’t afraid of the grit.
Does Roxie do all the vendor-specific links through Scrivener in individual compiles? That sounds like a hella lotta work! o.O
Who has more questions, I want to hear my voice some more.
Did I miss something? I thought BookBub didn’t do box sets. This is on my list of things to do…..
michelleread They do solo author box sets. Not multi author.
Carl Sinclair michelleread Ahh!!! Excellent. I know you had suggested it, and then had a brain fart when she said it out loud.
Top Marks to Zoe – awesome questions and keeping the interview rolling nicely! (no offence boys)
Shay Barratt I agree. This has been pretty informative 🙂
Shay Barratt I was thinking that too
When she says “I did a 99 cent sale” like it’s no big deal (70,000 in a week is a big deal though, for real)….what does she mean?
Shay Barratt We aren’t just good looking, we’re smart. We designed it this way : )
Have you considered doing any co-writing project ? >:-D
Carl Sinclair So say ‘hi’ to all the mums in the audience. Or to everyone’s mums–that’s what we keep you around for. 🙂
What would Roxie recommend to a new author getting into the genre: how should they approach the marketing and finding an audience when starting from scratch?
CateMorgan Carl Sinclair I’ll get there! : )
sorry!
LOL!!!!!
BrennaAubrey That’s what you get Aubrey!
As an addition to this question: are there any notable forums or groups Roxie would recommend a new romance author to frequent?
colinbarnes79 I’m gonna go ahead and suggest Romance Divas, Colin
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Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo she’s kidding there are no such thing as amazon reps… promise.
BrennaAubrey colinbarnes79 Noted 🙂
Carl Sinclair Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo If you have to ask, you don’t deserve one!
GO Divas!
ZoeYorkWrites My viking romance cover debut.
Does RD owe you for the plug? I can talk to K…
ElianneAdams Woooo!
Carl Sinclair ZoeYorkWrites shouldn’t it be spelled “piece”?
ZoeYorkWrites Buahahahahahaha!
Woo Hoo! Romance Divas for the win.
You talked about changing your covers. What kind of cover do you think is selling books right now?
Here it is.
Love my Divas!
Carl Sinclair AWESOME!!!
Carl Sinclair nice duck lips
daynahart We can do a deal.
michelleread how was dinner?
Carl Sinclair Watch out, ladies!
I’m going to write a book called “Bearding” and have Carl on the cover for it
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo Carl Sinclair My gaze makes you pregnant. Do not look directly at me. In fairness, I don’t like people to make eye contact with me generally because of my fame.
Will she paint her face with historically inaccurate woad and don equally historically inaccurate kilt? Cuz I’d tune in for that.
Rockstars are moving up #myprediction
Zoe was fab. Hope she comes back.
colinbarnes79 Oh my gosh – she should be on every week!
Zoe — you did great! And Lo, you’re awesome.
michelleread colinbarnes79 I agree.
want an afterparty? tell me here.
Awesome show!
kevinmichael3 Count me in.
kevinmichael3 Me please
kevinmichael3 yes please 🙂
kevinmichael3 invite meh pls
kevinmichael3 yes please
kevinmichael3 sure. Just put me in the second group. Got to put the toddler to bed.
kevinmichael3 add michelleread too please 🙂
BatmanErica kevinmichael3 michelleread Love you too 🙂
colinbarnes79 kevinmichael3 try now Colin.
For the record Kevin is a nice human being.
BrennaAubrey Looking forward to it.
The Afterparty Team Tonight:
Brenna, Colin Barnes, Demelza, Kevin, Michelle, Mimi, Roxie, Zoe and the King in the North, Me.
iTunes feed & mp3 download audio options are now available for this episode.
another great interview!