Susan Lodge – Romance Lives Forever

RLF Gems

December on Romance Lives Forever saw eleven author
interviews, six character interviews, five book releases, and seven articles,
for twenty-nine posts in a thirty-one day month. Here are the top five posts (judging
by page hits). There were ties at fifth place. Two articles, four author
interviews, and a special, group book release are in the top posts.

1. 2012 Booklover’s Guide for Romance Lives Forever

2. Remembering Christmas (included a free download) –
Kayelle Allen

3. Suspense: Green Eyed Doll – Jerrie Alexander

4. New Year’s Eve Club Author Interview – Diana Saenger

5. Four SciFi Romance Writers Throw Down – AM Griffin, Christine d’Abo, Cynthia
Sax, Ria Candro

5. Character Interview: The Auction – Lyn Austin

Special Mention this month for a unique post: Where Inspiration
Comes From, by Vicki Batman.

https://rlfblog.com/where-inspiration-comes-fro/

Other participants this month in alphabetical order by first
name are:

Ann Montclair, Flame Arden,
Jackie Leigh Allen, Jennifer Thomas, Jill Limber, Jillian Leigh, Lia Davis, LM
Brown, Lyla Bardan, Shelly
Holt, Shirley Ann Wilder, Stacy Juba, Stan Hampton, Susan MacNicol, Tamara
Hoffa, Teresa Carpenter, Terry Irene Blaine, Tina Donahue, Victoria Blisse, Wendy
Soliman, Willa Blair

2012 Best of the Best

Top five bloggers:

Elysa Hendricks – author
Jason Aaron Baca – model and author
interview
Paul Bright – filmmaker
Jerrie Alexander – author
Susan Lodge – author

Top five author interviews

1. Diana Saenger

2. Delaney Diamond

3. Lyn Austin

4. Denyse’ Bridger

5. Shirley Ann Wilder

Top five character interviews (3 way tie at 5th place)

1. Susan Lodge – Hetty Avebury

2. Charlie Cochrane – Ben Edwards

3. Stephanie Burkhart – Lady Keira

4. Kristina Knight – A Texas
Girl

5. Xavier Axelson – Anson from Earthly Concerns

5. Jackie Leigh Allen – New Year’s Eve Club

5. Sharon Hamilton – SEAL Kyle Lansdowne

Top five book releases

1. Amy McCorkle / Kate Lynd – No Ordinary Love

2. Kendall McKenna – Waves Break My Fall

3. Gemma K Murray
– Keeper of the Golden Dragon’s Heart

4. AM Griffin,
Christine d’Abo, Cynthia Sax, Ria Candro – Four SciFi Romance Writers Throw
Down

5. Tina Donahue – Come Fill Me

Romance Lives Forever Button

Authors who guest with us are promoted on Facebook, via
Triberr to over 549k potential readers, are featured front page in the daily Romance Lives Forever Paper.li ezine,
and the blog has its own hashtag (#rlfblog) on Twitter. This year, we created the Booklover’s Guide to Romance
Lives Forever with links to guest authors’ books and social media. It’s
available on the site now, and is 110 pages of information. The FAQ page provides updated downloads of optional interview questions, and a guide to the
blog. You can grab a button to promote your visit.

My thanks to all who took part this year. You made Romance
Lives Forever a great place to discover new books and new authors.

October on Romance Lives Forever saw eleven author
interviews, ten character interviews, and two articles.

This month marks the first full month during which we used the author’s Twitter handle as part of our post titles. The impact of hits mentioning the author on Twitter help show them how valuable a visit on this site can be. Does it help bring people to the blog? Consider this: 18 of the 24 bloggers this month placed in the top 33% of overall hits on the blog.

Here are the top five posts for the month of October
(judging by page hits).

1. Susan Lodge — Character Interview with Hetty Avebury

2. Charlie Cochrane — Character Interview with Ben Edwards

3. Ally Shields — Author Interview “Awakening the Fire”

4. AR Norris — Author Interview “All Female Planet?”

5. Stephanie Burkhart — Character Interview with Lady Keira

Other participants this month in alphabetical order by first
name are: Adriana Kraft, Andrew Grey, Barbara
Bradley, Brenna Zinn, Casey Sheridan, Cynnara Tregarth, Dominique Eastwick, Elle
Druskin, Holley Trent, Jennifer Stevenson, Kate Hill, Kendall McKenna, Keta
Diablo, Kristina Knight, Rhea Rhodan, Sharon Kleve, Terry Spear, Tmonique
Stephens