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Five Newly Released YA Recommendations for Valentine’s Day

By Claire Plaster @namelessclaire

February 12, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Five Newly Released YA Recommendations for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and just because things may look a little different this year doesn’t mean the books will be any less swoon-worthy! Here are five up-and-coming YA books coming out in February to get everyone in the mood for the day celebrating all kinds of love.

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: book recommendations, books, contemporary, cute, diversity, LGBTQ, POC, representation, romance, teen romance, teens, Valentine's Day, YA, young adult

Four Haunting Halloween Reads

By Rebecca Gordon @ree_reads

October 28, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Four Haunting Halloween Reads

Halloween is not the first, nor the last, holiday to be derailed by the pandemic this year. Kids won’t plague the streets in search of sugary treats, and festivities might only involve a party of one, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to revel in a devilish spirit. Grab yourself a cup of hot cider, some fun-size candies, and a cozy blanket to settle in with these spooky reads for an evening of fun and fear.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: ace rep, Adult, book recommendation, feminism, feminist lit, feminists, fiction, gender, gender roles, ghosts, halloween, haunting, horror, lesbians, lgbtqia, monsters, necromancy, queer, Reading, romance, Short Stories, spooky, witches, YA, young adult

Marketing Romance Through the Ages

By Mary Williams

August 12, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Marketing Romance Through the Ages

One word: Fabio

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: author, bodice-rippers, books, change, decades, diversity, evolution, evolve, Fabio, growth, harlequin, history, love, Marketing, novels, Progress, publishing, Relationships, romance, romantic, technology, writers, writing, years

Designing Romance Covers: What Works?

By Dani Nicholson @danielluhh72

April 6, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Designing Romance Covers: What Works?

What’s the best way to design a book cover for a genre you aren’t familiar with? What if it goes wrong, despite your best efforts?

Filed Under: Design, Start to Finish Tagged With: Alaska, Cindy Hiday, Design, designing romance, Iditarod Nights, Ingram, Marketing, project management, romance, romance covers, scheduling

Marketing Ooligan’s First Romance Title

By Dani Nicholson @danielluhh72

March 9, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Marketing Ooligan’s First Romance Title

Iditarod Nights will be the first romance published by Ooligan. It’s wonderful to blaze a trail, but what does this mean in practice? How can you market a book with no prior contacts and little experience in the genre?

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Cindy Hiday, creativity, dogs, Iditarod Nights, iditarod race, Marketing, ooligan press, research, romance

Going All the Way: The Challenges of Editing Sex Scenes

By Olivia Rollins

September 30, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Going All the Way: The Challenges of Editing Sex Scenes

The Bad Sex in Fiction Award teaches us several things: first, many novels contain profoundly cringeworthy sex scenes; second, even great writers often flounder when they try to write about sex; and finally, there are plenty of editors who (perhaps begrudgingly, or perhaps because they too are at a loss for how to approach this subject) are letting these giggle-inducing scenes sneak through to publication. This state of affairs might lead us to wonder, Why is it so hard to write about sex? And, more importantly, what can editors do to help?

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: award, challenges, Editing, erotic, fiction, genre, Literary Review, literature, publishing, romance, sensitivity, sex, sex scenes, sexuality, tips

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