Career
In 2014 controversy erupted when she started an Indiegogo campaign to try to raise money for her authors. Although the campaign was canceled after three days. As a result of "personal misfortunes", she had stopped paying royalties to the authors publishing books with Norilana Books, and hoped to raise enough money to pay what she owed them through the crowdfunding campaign.
This generated discussion and criticism questioning to which extent small businesses should use Indiegogo or other similar crowdfunding sites to pay off business debt, and also resulted in criticism against her handling of the matter.
A similar fundraiser was carried out successfully in 2008 for the same reasons, which resulted in donations of $19.000 to cover the debt she owed her authors, as well as to support herself. "Home Improvement in Magic Land," popular culture essay appearing in the BenBella Books SmartPop Series anthology Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters and the Power of Three based on the television show Charmed, edited by Jennifer Crusie, November 2005.
"Publicity and Self-Promotion Nouveau: Doing lieutenant With Class," article on publicity and self-promotion for writers, appearing in Speculations Issue Forty-Six, edited by Susan Fry, April 2002.
