Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Kaylin McFarren is a debut author and her first book, Flaherty’s Crossing, is in stores now.
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My journey to publication has been an enlightening experience, to say the least. Exactly one [...]

Ladies and gentleman, it’s DA BWAHA 2010 TIME. You can see all the books who made the slate of 64 at DABWAHA.com, and read about the prizes at the DABWAHA blog.
And now… it’s time to pick your brackets! And read a truly informative and utterly important FAQ.
How do I enter my picks?
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION [...]

Winners of the Spring 2010 Giveaway for Putnam and Riverhead books are as follows. Don’t forget to check out the previewed books. More books about the Penguin books can be seen here. All the winners have been emailed so please watch your spam folder:
Christine
Robyn B.
Mary S.
GSM
EmilyW
willaful
Margay
Ellie
Sue A.
D.L.
Kim A.
Nastassia D.
Bev Stephans
Lisa

There is no ebook post today because today is Selection Sunday for the Dear Author Bitchery Writing Award for Hella Authors or something like that. We started this tournament three years ago with Sarah from the Smart Bitches.
Later today we will announce the finalists and allow you to start filling out your brackets. [...]

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously.
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London, 1760
She was going to die!

Searing her fingers on the door, she tested it and found it locked. Heat emanated through [...]

Dear Ms. Harvey,
I know I’ve said in the past that I’m tired of vampires, and it would appear many other people would agree. In the YA genre, we’ve seen many a trend come and go over the past couple of years: faeries, werewolves, zombies, and angels. That said, I’ve yet to see one of those [...]

Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Genre: Animation
Grade: A
When I put this in my Netflix queue, I had no idea how truly revolutionary it would be. Even as I started to watch it, I didn’t know what was coming but found myself charmed, delighted and emotionally connected to the story and the storyteller. For, you see, both [...]