Dec 31 2007
Review Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon
Are you looking for a review of Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life? We’ve done some housekeeping here at Dear Author and the link can be found here.
Dec 31 2007
REVIEW: The Wicked Ways of a Duke by Laura Lee Guhrke
Dear Ms. Guhrke: Except for a quick skim of Conor's Way a year or so ago, The Wicked Ways of a Duke is the first of your books I have read. And after finishing it, I think I understand the source of your popularity: an ability to create a vivid portrait of characters who are [...]
Dec 31 2007
GUEST REVIEW: Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon
Author Julie Leto offers up a guest review of Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon. Boy’s Life was a book challenged by a parent in the Hernando County School District as “inappropriate” because of bad language. Mr. McCammon flew to the Hernando County School Board meeting to defend his book and prevailed. *** At its most [...]
Dec 31 2007
Dear Author Has a New Look
As if you couldn’t tell. We’ve some complaints about how slow the website loads so we’ve (I’ve) re-designed the blog. There will be some growing pains and not all the pages have been recoded but I hope that this provides a good compromise between the old site’s familiarity and the new site’s convenience. Please feel [...]
Dec 30 2007
Bookeen’s Cybook from Author Sandra Schwab
Author Sandra Schwab of The Lily Brand and Castle of the Wolf bought a new Cybook and wrote up a wonderful review of it. I asked for permission to republish the posts here for the Dear Author readership. The Cybook can be ordered directly from Bookeen, a French company, or through Baen’s Bar. *** So [...]
Dec 29 2007
Avon Announces 2008 Year of New Author, Seeks Unagented Queries
Maybe this has always been true, but as I was reading Romance Writers Report, the RWA monthly publication, I noticed that Avon is seeking new authors and accepts unagented queries. According to its new submission guidelines, any romance or women’s fiction author can submit a query by e-mail to avonromance@harpercollins.com. The word “QUERY” should be [...]
Dec 29 2007
REVIEW: Mauvelous by Jerri Drennen
Dear Ms. Drennen, There’s no way to sugarcoat this review. I found “Mauvelous” to be just ghastly. Sorry but that’s the word that comes to mind. This book is bad. It’s supposed to be about some agents from a security firm called Aztec. I have no idea what they do but mention was made of [...]
Dec 28 2007
REVIEW: Harlequin Present’s One Click Buy, December
One thing that Julie Bindel’s piece has done is peak my interest in Harlequin Presents books. In addition, a few weeks ago, I did a piece on category romances and how I was coming to appreciate the Blazes, Harlequin Historicals, and so forth that I have been reading. A couple people suggested authors in the [...]
Dec 28 2007
Reason 510 DRM Is Terrible: Wal-Mart Ends Video Download Service
One reason I was so disgusted when Kindle debuted with its super proprietary Mobipocket format was because of the history of companies, both big and small, to stop supporting the proprietary format of the month, leaving its consumers high and dry. Wal-mart has announced that it will end its video download service after just one [...]
Dec 28 2007
My First Sale by Patrice Michelle
According to the bio, Patrice Michelle is “a natural with a point-and-shoot camera, likes to fiddle with graphic design and, to the relief of her family, strums her guitar to an audience of one.” To those members of the online romance reading community, we know Patrice to be a straight shooter and all around nice [...]
Dec 27 2007
Samhain to Refocus on Romance
Samhain announced a week or so ago that it was closed for submissions. When it re-opens, it will be accepting only romance oriented submissions. I would dearly love to see more urban fantasy romance. The full text of the new announcement follows: *** When we re-open for submissions, we will be refocusing the company's efforts. [...]
Dec 27 2007
REVIEW: Death in the Andamans by MM Kaye
Dear Readers, “Beautiful Copper (it’s a nickname) Randal had come to the exotic Andaman Islands off the coast of India to visit her former school friend but before long she falls under the sultry spell of sun and ocean…and of handsome Nick Tarrent. But undercurrents of violence and betrayal run deep beneath the polite society [...]
Dec 26 2007
REVIEW: Shadow Music by Julie Garwood
Dear Ms. Garwood: Your return to the historical genre has been the subject of romance readers discussions for months now. I would have loved to have written “welcome back” but I can see we have some growth pains here. While some of the classic Garwood moments have returned, there were also some painful speed bumps [...]
Dec 25 2007
Harlequin Giving Away One Free Ebook a Day Until January 1, 2007
Harlequin is giving away one free ebook per day until January 1, 2007. These are full length ebooks from the most popular lines such as Harlequin Presents and Harlequin Blaze. I will confess to having gorged on Harlequin Presents this holiday season. My two favorite HP authors are currently Sara Craven and Helen Brooks (neither [...]
Dec 25 2007
REVIEW: Sorcerers and Secretaries by Amy Kim Ganter
Dear Ms. Ganter, My blogging partner Jan reviewed this series earlier and I was so impressed by the review and by the artwork she included that I posted to her review. She graciously offered to loan me the volumes of “Sorcerers and Secretaries.” I’ll be honest and say that I’d never tried any manga and [...]
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