Oct 31 2006
Dear Ms. Nash, I keep trying your series set in Roman Britain because I love the time period. “Celtic Fire” had some problems for me and unfortunately so does “The Grail King.” Owein (the brother of the Celtic heroine in “Celtic Fire”) lives alone in the ruins of his village. He had come to live [...]
Oct 31 2006
Dear Ms. Holly: This is probably my favorite book you have written so far. It’s a fairly traditional romance set in the Far East featuring young friends who have a close friendship and then are torn apart by one child’s family. While it is marketed as a paranormal and your worldbuilding is based upon the [...]
Oct 30 2006
Dear Mrs. Kenner, I first read this book last year when it came out in trade paperback but when Jane got a MMP copy this month, she asked me to refresh my memory, do a letter and then we give it away to some lucky reader. I said sure, will do. Well, I ended up [...]
Oct 30 2006
I have heard that sales of historicals are down; that the historical is dead or dying. I attribute the death of the historical to the fact that there has been a publishing concentration in one sub genre and one location (Regency England) that the nothing in the historical market is fresh. To some degree, it [...]
Oct 29 2006
There are two competing factions in the ebook reading industry. No, not authors v. readers or readers v. publishers (that story is for tomorrow ;) ), it’s IDPF v. OpenReader. The idea is to create an ebook standard that would enable customers to buy any book from any online source and view it on any [...]
Oct 28 2006
It’s the end of Daylight Savings Time. Set your clocks back 1 hour tonight.
Oct 28 2006
James Webb is the author of several “historical novels that describe wartime horrors in Vietnam and people dealing with the aftermath of combat.” (MSNBC). His opponent, Sen. George Allen, is now urging Virginia residents to vote against Webb on the basis of his books containing explicit sex scenes. I hope he breaks out with the [...]
Oct 28 2006
Dear Readers, For those interested in trying Dinah Dean who don’t want to pay a fortune for her Russian set Regency books, this is one that was reissued in the US and which is easier (and cheaper) to find. It’s a sweet, more old fashioned type of book (it was written in 1982) and is [...]
Oct 27 2006
Oct 27 2006
Google is offering a number of public domain scary stories to get you in the right mood for Halloween. Via Teleblog.
Oct 27 2006
Dear Ms. More, “Allegiance” caught my eye as I’m always looking for a good western and it’s harder and harder to find them in print anymore. Unfortunately, I don’t think you’ll like to read my opinion of it. Amy Baker and her brother Jeb are headed downriver to New Orleans on a Mississippi River boat. [...]
Oct 26 2006
Said tongue in cheek. Keishon reports his presence on Top Idol and Gizmodo features him helping out the Best Buy Geek Squad.
Oct 26 2006
Dear Ms. Brockway: I have loved you in the past and while I have dreaded favorite historical authors move to contemporary, I figured if anyone could do it, it would be you. After all, people complain that your historical voice was too modern. A contemporary would fit you like a glove. Unfortunately, I think your [...]
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