Jul 31 2006
Dear Ms. Perrin: You have a nice voice. It's very readable but the characters and plot of this story failed to do your voice justice. I am sure that you are writing within the guidelines that were put forth by HQN for its Spice line. I don't really understand what those guidelines are, as evidenced [...]
Jul 30 2006
I always think it’s interesting to read how others got interested in the ebook market. I found Jenn from Pocketables via PocketPC Thoughts. She had just reviewed a very cool tech toy called a UMPC (ultra mobile pc). I spent the day cruising her website, reading her detailed reviews and noticed that she used her [...]
Jul 29 2006
Dear Mrs. Lancaster, Thank you so much for submitting your book, An Endless Exile, for consideration in our July ebook contest. I’m always looking for a good historical novel and yours is excellent. I had heard of the name Hereward “the Wake” (Hereward the Watchful), the only Englishman to defy and defeat William the Conqueror, [...]
Jul 28 2006
By the way, I am pretty sure this is fake. Its funny nonetheless.
Jul 28 2006
Dear Mrs. Waldron, After reading your latest book last year (Independent Heart), I had to wait for the publisher to reset the type on Mozart’s Wife before it was available in paperback form. It’s not a romance book but does tell the love story of Mozart for his darling little wife and of Stanzi Marini [...]
Jul 27 2006
Dear Ms. Phillips: This book was a fairly average read until about page 145 or so when it turns into a complete wall banger for me. Probably you loyal fans will enjoy your latest installment, but I wasn’t won over. The tone, characters and plot were average and failed to engage me except in the [...]
Jul 27 2006
Dear Ms. Cook, I know that authors usually have little control over their covers but I just have to mention the cover for Undressed since it’s so far off base. Way far. If I had just seen this book in a store, I would have immediately thought “contemporary screwball comedy.” If I’d bought it thinking [...]
Jul 26 2006
Dear Mrs Reed, Several people have recommended your work and this book in particular for our monthly contests. After reading it, I can see why. As Keishon said in her review of two of your books, the writing and characterization are stronger than most Ellora’s Cave books I’ve tried. I was most pleased about the [...]
Jul 26 2006
Dear Ms. Wolf: You hate writing these romance books, don’t you? I can see your boredom throughout your entire book as you cobbled together a story stealing scenes and characters from previous books. The whole story is uninspired. Diana Sherwood is an impoverished young woman who lives with her mother, Louisa, in a cottage on [...]
Jul 25 2006
Dear Ms Pattillo, I am delighted to meet up again with Betsy, David and the good people at the Church of the Shepherd. You’ve managed the neat trick of making a series about a the personal and professional tribulations of a female senior pastor not only interesting but also funny, warm and at times deeply [...]
Jul 25 2006
Dear Ms. Britton: Here’s some advice. Put this up on your website, rally your author friends, decry the reviewer’s writing credentials (I have none), and your sales numbers will rise. That is the lemonade of out this lemon. The heroine in this story is so frustrating that I wished I could reach through the pages [...]
Jul 24 2006
Dear Ms Wax, This is the third book of yours I’ve read. Do I detect a slight shift towards women’s fiction with this one? Once again you write about a heroine at whom life throws a curveball and who has to stand on her own two feet. Amanda Sheridan’s husband of 20 years has walked [...]
Jul 24 2006
I have only been to one Literacy Signing. I lugged a suitcase full of books from my house to the signing much to the chagrin of Ned who was forced to carry it everywhere (at least when there was no porter in sight). I was excited about finally getting to meet some of my favorite [...]
Jul 23 2006
CONTEST! Phaze is releasing six stories to be published early next month as part of their Samba Heatsheet line – all stories set in South America. Phaze will offer two Dear Author readers three downloads apiece. Just post in the comments section one title that will be released in the Samba Heatsheet line. There are [...]
Jul 22 2006
Dear Ms. Feehan: I haven’t bought a book written by you in years. My neighbor bought this one and offered it to me. It’s hard to turn down free books and I thought I remembered you fondly. After reading the first 100 pages, it was brought back in stark relief why I had stopped buying [...]
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