Non-fiction books Buzz Your Book By M.J. Rose and Douglas Clegg If you are a published author you know that not even the biggest NY publishing houses do enough advertising and promotion for the majority of their titles. Buzz your Book will help you with tips and ideas to get your own brainstorm going about how to get the Buzz going on your book. Buy the e-book   How to Publish and Promote Online By M.J. Rose and Angela Adair-Hoy Should you publish an e-book, a conventional print book, a Print On Demand book, a CD-ROM, or all of the above? What do you need to know to create an…

Favorite sites Readerville - An online hangout for book lovers. Warning: the Forum is addictive. Publisher's Marketplace - Where the who's who of publishing get their info and home of Publisher's Lunch: the must read daily communique from the wise and witty Michael Cader. Bookreporter - One of the best online book sites, with over 5000 book reviews. BookCrossing - Set a book you love free and see where it winds up. Mobylives - An irreverent and unbiased look at the world of letters. MalteseWorld - Because what's a girl without her dog? BookMuse - A great resource for reading groups, with excellent suggestions and commentaries. DearReader A break from…

Meet me at Readerville! Some of my favorite hangouts: Buzzstorming OK, the book's sold, what do I do now? Writerville: A coffee break   Upcoming Appearances Friday, June 23, 2006 @ 1:04 AM New Appearances (We're currently updating the website and this section isn't functioning correctly - some old appearances can't be deleted, some can, hence the 2004 posts) Summer - 2006 Thriller Fest in Phoenix AZ from June 28-July 2 on various panels. Backspace Conference in NY NY on Sat July 22 Monday, July 26, 2004 @ 12:01 AM Virtual Book Tour Thanks to Kevin Smokler's hard work, I am doing a Virtual Book Tour next week on July…

Praise for Flesh Tones "M.J. Rose effortlessly lures the reader into the downward spiral of obsessive desire. That Flesh Tones also turns out so beautifully resolved is both frankly surprising and deeply satisfying."-- Laura Van Wormer "Intensely erotic and compelling, Flesh Tones explores the disturbing realm that lies between love and obsession."-- Tess Gerritsen, author of the Surgeon "Flesh Tones is smart, sexy, and so rivetingly suspenseful that I just had to keep turning the pages."-- Katharine Weber, author of The Music Lesson "Once again M.J. Rose kept me up reading all night! Flesh Tones is erotic and intelligent -- exploring obsession, passion and desire."-- Carol Fitzgerald, Bookreporter "Like Jane…

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." --Franz Kafka   GENERAL INTERESTS There's a cliché that authors love cats? Do you? Nope, never have I loved a cat. But I do love dogs -- especially dogs under ten pounds that can sit on my chair with me when I type and then take me on long long walks in the park. What kind of…

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A modern day x-rated Cyrano de Bergerac about a woman who writes erotic love letters for other people. "If seduction is an art, then Rose is one of the masters..." -Boookreporter.com "Rose generally excels at stripping away the outer shells of her characters and showing the workings of their minds and hearts, and that's certainly the case here. Powerfully sensual, this story also explores the intellectual and emotional consequences of not just passion but also intimacy." -Romantic Times BookClub Magazine (four stars) "While LYING IN BED is an erotic novel, readers will find that it transcends the contemporary 'formula' erotic novel and draws upon the rich tradition of Anais Nin…