Jan 31 2009
We hosted our first Q&A with an author during a liveblog. The author was Kresley Cole and the subject was Kiss of a Demon King (amongst other things). Kresley’s husband and editor, The Swede, also came and shared his experience. You can buy Kiss of a Demon King currently in three different ebook formats: Sony, [...]
Jan 31 2009
Dear Ms. Hart: Congratulations on getting nominated for the 2008 RNA Romance Prize Shortlist. It’s a good thing that the RNA doesn’t judge on titles because despite the cringe inducing title, this is a touching, heartfelt book. Perdita James is the Operations Manager of Bell Browning Engineering and she and the rest of the management [...]
Jan 31 2009
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. *** Something drove her scrambling for consciousness like a drowning man clawing towards the surface of the ocean. Gasping, floundering [...]
Jan 30 2009
UPDATED LINKS: Rather than make a new post, I’m adding a few links to the existing one: Greek opposition leader, George Papandreou, argues for a Kindle for every reader. (Sony, get yourself to Greece Stat!). Thanks Xandra G. UK’s RNA announces its shortlist which includes India Grey, a favorite of Meljean Brook, and Fiona Harper, [...]
Jan 30 2009
Dear Ms. Finch, I love a good American set historical romance. And I’m glad to see that Westerns are coming back into fashion. The brawny Texas Rangers, open skies, roughing it under a canopy of stars, coyotes singing in the distance, rattlesnakes rattling, flash floods and tornadoes …’er maybe not all of that but I’ve [...]
Jan 30 2009
Wow, what can I say? This is the first time that Dear Author has hosted royalty on the site. I mean, we’ve read books about Princes (usually angry bitter ones that are healed by the love of a woman who pretends to be brazen but is really a virgin who gives up her job so [...]
Jan 29 2009
Oh boy, where to start? Statement: Not a contemp fan- But Dahl has won me. It wasn’t the plot It wasn’t Ben or Molly Or the hot sexxors The story? Saucy. The voice? Fun, frisky & light. I am your fangirl. Blushing Sheriff Ben Naughty kittenish Molly Turns life upside down Molly’s secret? Porn. [...]
Jan 29 2009
Dear Ms. Higgins: For longtime readers of Kristan Higgans (which I suppose is only a few years), Too Good to Be True represents an interesting flip on the plot of Fools Rush In which appears to be your debut book with Harlequin. Fools Rush In is the story of a girl who falls in love [...]
Jan 29 2009
Harlequin’s 60th Birthday is here and they are giving away 16 free books in digital format and DRM free. Their goal is to get a book into the hands of every woman in US and Canada but in order to do that, they are going to need help from readers to spread the word. I [...]
Jan 29 2009
Harlequin is 60 years old this year and to celebrate, Harlequin plans to get a copy of one of its books in the hands of every woman in the US and Canada. In the past 60 years, Harlequin has 5.8 billion books sold 2,700 authors 34,000 titles 640 bestseller placements 1 Publisher To do this, [...]
Jan 29 2009
Dear Ms. Uviller, It was the back blurb of this book that caught my attention. The mob thinks the heroine is with the FBI. The FBI thinks she’s with the mob. And she’s dating an exterminator? After reading that I just knew I had to try this one. Zephyr Zuckerman has a vivid imagination, four [...]
Jan 28 2009
Orbit’s new creative director, Lauren Panepinto, blogged about the production of the cover for Jennifer Rardin’s “Bite” books. It’s a pretty fascinating behind the scenes look as it shows the model with the leather and the crossbow. Speaking of Orbit, it sounds like Hachette and everyone is making up so you should be able to [...]
Jan 28 2009
Dear Ms. Sorenson: I have read your category novels and thus I was excited to make the transition to full length mass market novels. This book had very real characters and very steamy love scenes. I found the suspense to take kind of a back seat to the deception/romance story and that, at times, [...]
Jan 28 2009
According to Lois McMaster Bujold’s Myspace page , Borders has decided not to stock Horizons in the store. It will be available online only. This is really sad because I think that Bujold is an author that really deserves a broader audience. This will obviously not help. It’s hard to say what is the decision behind this. [...]
Jan 28 2009
Note: There might be details in the review that some might view as spoiler-ish. Just an FYI. Dear Ms Pattillo, A copy of your latest book, “Jane Austen Ruined My Life,” was included in one of the recent arc packages Jane sent to me. Since I’ve enjoyed several of your previous stories, I made sure [...]
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