Sep 15 2008
We are starting a new series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author. Val Kovalin who [...]
Sep 14 2008
I have to confess I was totally shocked by Dear Author’s latest poll results. According to our small sampling, almost 3/4 of the Dear Author readers have no idea what a feed reader is. I figured that it was worth a Sunday post to talk about what a feed reader is and how blog readers [...]
Sep 13 2008
Dear Ms. Beverley, First off, this book not only has many of the same characters as WINTER FIRE, it is a direct sequel. For readers who haven’t read that one or don’t know the world of the Mallorens, then they can probably muddle along as you do a good job of giving a quick synopsis [...]
Sep 13 2008
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. *** Jody was not surprised the evening her husband failed to come home from work. Nor was she surprised the [...]
Sep 12 2008
One Night with His Virgin Mistress by Sara Craven. 19 year old heroine bedsits a flat while trying to write a historical adventure romance (reads like a classic bodice ripper btw). Hero is a quazillionaire who foregoes his fortune to work as a troubleshooting engineer. The two end up living together because she was conned [...]
Sep 12 2008
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Robin Owens writes paranormal romances for Berkley. Her book 7th Celta’s Heartmate book, Heart Fate, is in stores now. *** I sold in January 2001. In November of 2000, I’d [...]
Sep 11 2008
Oprah is offering for free download, until 7 p.m. PST Friday, September 12, 2008, , The Truth About Cheating by M. Gary Neuman. It ” explores why men stray and what you can do to prevent it.” I thought science had proven why men strayed and short of removing the second gene allele 334 and [...]
Sep 11 2008
Dear Ms Kitt, Years ago I read one of your interracial romances, enjoyed it, and had always meant to try some more of your work. Well,…the best laid plans and all. So here I am at last reading another one of your books. I used to live in the Germantown subdivision and remember the heat [...]
Sep 11 2008
I’m both irritated and fascinated by the recent Kindle exclusives. Lyons Press has biographies of both Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama but are making them available only to Kindle readers. This irritates me because I don’t have a Kindle but am still an avid ebook reader and see little hassle for Lyons Press making the [...]
Sep 11 2008
Right to Write is an organization which helped to defend Roger Rapoport, one of the Defendants in the suit brought by JK Rowling to prevent the publication of the Harry Potter Lexicon The Right to Write Fund will also establish an educational repository and serve as a clearinghouse focused on fair use and other First [...]
Sep 11 2008
Lauren Conrad, socialite and reality TV star of The Hills, has signed a three book deal with HarperCollins. The trilogy will be about a reality TV star. Hmm. Self referential much? I don’t doubt that these books will be wildly successful. At least Conrad has a wealth of experience upon which to draw. The real [...]
Sep 11 2008
Dear Ms. Alexander: One thing that continually frustrates me in romance is the idea that readers will only find one type of male heroic. To wit, that only the alpha male, stern and unyielding, can make the loins aquiver and her heart to pitter pat. This is why the Duke is such a popular role [...]
Sep 10 2008
Dear Mr. Richardson, Jane usually gets most of the arcs and reading copies of the books sent to us by publishers. Then she emails us and we put in our dibs for certain books and she mails them out. The post office must know Jane well by now based on the number of times she [...]
Sep 10 2008
Dear Ms. Amara, There’s a continuing discussion among fantasy circles about non-Western settings and non-Caucasian characters in fantasy. Or more to the point, the lack thereof. I confess I count myself among their number. I realize many people take it as a given that a fantasy setting should be faux medieval Europe but these days, [...]
Sep 9 2008
Dear Ms. Mallery: When I was a kid, my brothers got the Boys’ Life magazine and on the back of the magazine, next to the Sea Monkeys advertisement (Oh, how I wanted that!) was the ubiquitous Charles Atlas 97 pound weakling ad. It was a cartoon that showed some guy getting sand kicked in his [...]
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