NBC Boots A Winner –
Again!
How
often does a No. 1 show get cancelled, twice no less? It seems The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, though
the highest rated show in its time slot or when compared to any other late
night shows like Letterman, Conan, Colbert, Daily
Show, or Kimmel, was knocked for a loss not by a competitor but by itself.
It is inserting Jimmy Fallon to take over the top seat come February. The issue
is money. It gets Jimmy at a cheaper rate. Further, the thinking is that Fallon
will do better to get younger viewers, even though Leno was solid in that area.
The only good thing about this is the
show will return to New York City, where it originated, before Johnny Carson
took it out west, where it remained for decades.
After
dumping Leno for Conan and then reversing itself, will it call upon Leno to
replace Fallon in late 2014? Stay tuned.
CELL-EBRATION IN ORDER
The 40th
anniversary of the first cellular phone call is this week. Motorola was the big
winner at the time, coming to market with the first cell phone - -a 2.5 pound
brick. But as years went by, Motorola has lost the race to hold onto market share.
Everyone wants an iphone these days. The same thing happened with computers.
IBM launched the first computer, but now other brands are far ahead of them.
Maybe there is a lesson here - -first to market doesn’t always mean you will
always be on top.
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Jimmy Fallon to take over the top seat come February. The issue
is money. It gets Jimmy at a cheaper rate. Further, the thinking is that Fallon
will do better to get younger viewers, even though Leno was solid in that area.
The only good thing about this is the
show will return to New York City, where it originated, before Johnny Carson
took it out west, where it remained for decades.
After
dumping Leno for Conan and then reversing itself, will it call upon Leno to
replace Fallon in late 2014? Stay tuned.
Interview With Romance Author Sharon Clare
- What is your newest book
about? Love of Her Lives is a paranormal romance, with a bit of
whimsy, humor, sensuality and suspense. Calum and Beth are soul mates who
have lived many lives together, lusting, loving and dying for each other.
While their lives are often turbulent, their eternal bond is secure—or so
Calum thinks—until Beth decides to live a life on her own. Left behind in
the Upper World, he sees a wrongful imprisonment in her future, so he
bargains with Finn, a trickster to return to Earth, rescue Beth and
reclaim her heart. Unfamiliar with the twenty-first century, he must
determine who plots against Beth while playing Finn’s sensual game, a game
designed to awaken her repressed passion and keep them on the run
together. Beth has no recollection of their lives together and didn’t ask
this sexually-charged stranger to come to her aid. When she takes a risk
to help an abused woman, she is horrified to find her house ransacked and
her life threatened. With a secret to keep, she takes the greatest risk of
all—trusting Calum. Her unfathomable attraction to the man is as much a
mystery as the man himself. Her life soon depends upon re-evaluating
everything she thought normal as her risk-taking behavior pushes Calum to
behave like a controlling buffoon. Their eternal bond is only saved if
Beth can then rescue the man who spanned worlds to rescue her.
- What inspired you to write
it? I was inspired to write the novel by an interest in past lives and
a vision of a warrior. Without sounding too odd, one day I saw a warrior
in my mind’s eye. Poof, there he was. Curiosity led me to research his
costume to learn he was a 1st century Roman warrior. Around this time, a
friend suggested I try past life regression. I thought what the heck and
did the session for fun. Oh, the story ideas! I now had Calum, the fervent
warrior in Love of Her Lives.
- What are the
rewards/challenges to the writing process? Most people don’t realize
it takes on average 8 years for a writer to get published. Everyone asked
when that book of mine is being published. We write, we learn, we hone, we
learn more, we rewrite—for years. We must be the only group of people
actively seeking rejection. Writing is not for the thin of skin. On the upside, I can’t begin to describe
how it felt to sign the Crimson Romance contract, almost as wonderful a
feeling as hearing a reader say they fell in love with my hero Calum and
couldn’t put the book down. How incredible is that! The writing community
is supportive, generous and stimulating. Romance writers are some of most
vivacious professionals I’ve ever known. It is incredibly rewarding to
discuss your craft with like-minded people. To have a reader fall in love
with your characters, to give them smiles and feel-good moments, to
entertain and provoke a thought or two, those moments are treasures.
- Any advice for a struggling
writer? Perseverance pays. Keep writing, read up on writing craft,
take classes, join a critique group, absorb and apply everything you can,
and you will get there. Add as much conflict as you can into your story,
internal and external. I would also say, don’t polish your sentences until
the very last stage of editing. Otherwise, they are too hard to cut. Define your goals. Are you
in this to entertain a few friends, win awards or to sell enough books to
quit the day job?
- Where do you see book
publishing heading? I’m so new at this, I have little experience. I
understand we are on the cusp of change like there’s never been. I’m
thrilled Love of Her Lives is published as an electronic book. I believe
I’ll reach more readers this way with the popularity of e-books increasing
substantially. A POD option could follow which is great for print-only
diehards. With self-publishing as an option, writers have more power than
they’ve ever had. I know very successful writers who are doing both. At a
recent workshop, an author disclosed she made 6 figures in one month after
self-publishing a backlist title for which she’d bought the rights back,
money she never could have made with her present publisher. The buzz I
hear is that it’s a good time to be an author, so I’m excited to build my
writing career.
Find
out more about Sharon Clare and Love of Her Lives, go to: sharonclare.com
Brian Feinblum’s views,
opinions, and ideas expressed in this blog are his alone and not that of his
employer, the nation’s largest book promoter. You can follow him on Twitter
@theprexpert and email him at brianfeinblum@gmail.com. He feels more important when discussed in the
third-person. This blog is copyrighted material by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2013
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