Oct 31 2009
Dear Ms. Campbell: I read your controversial debut and while I appreciated the chances you took, it didn’t inspire me to read your other books. When Captive of Sin arrived on my doorstep, I thought I would give the book a chance. Sir Gideon Trevithick finds a woman cowering in the stable where his horse is [...]
Oct 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. *** Fate had painted a bull’s-eye on my back. The ironic thing, I didn’t believe in fate or karma before [...]
Oct 30 2009
As there are many ways to get romance wrong, there are exponentially more ways to get BDSM romance wrong. BDSM is tricky. If you’re writing it because it’s hot, but you’ve got no experience with it, you’re almost bound to get it wrong. Almost, but not always, I hasten to add. Examples of successful BDSM [...]
Oct 30 2009
Shaun of the Dead (2004) Genre: Romantic zombie comedy Grade: Effing hilarious When I looked ahead on the October calendar and saw that this last Friday would be the day before Halloween, I realized I needed some kind of horror film or monster film or, well you get the picture, to tie in with it. [...]
Oct 29 2009
Dear Ms. Andre: I admit that the one and only book I read by you was one about football and I had a fairly negative reaction to it given that so little of the football aspect was portrayed with accuracy. I was hoping that this would be different. While Hot as Sin is readable, it [...]
Oct 29 2009
Amazon filed for and was recently granted a patent to change words in a book in order to track down the source of pirating. John Scalzi called this a stupid idea because it violates his creative control over the work. I think Amazon has the right idea. A change to the html css stylesheet, for [...]
Oct 29 2009
Dear Ms. Justiss, You’ve been writing Regency set stories for years now so by now, I’m sure you’re more than familiar with all the conventions, the standard plots, the trope characters, all the things we’re used to seeing in this historical category. Well, I am too so when I come across something different, I’m liable [...]
Oct 28 2009
Dear Ms. Enoch: After finishing the previous trilogy which I believe to contain some of the best work of your career, I was delighted when The Care and Taming of the Rogue arrived on my doorstep, ridiculous title notwithstanding. With the adventurer hero, I thought we might be getting something unique again. While prose in The [...]
Oct 28 2009
From the comments on the thread regarding the copyrights of readers, it appears that some authors believe that they aren’t getting a sufficient forum on Dear Author to air their frustrations and concerns about piracy. The pressing need to talk about piracy whenever the subject of ebooks comes up appears to overwhelm any other thoughts [...]
Oct 28 2009
There was a person who mentioned that the idea of a book or a phone or a laptop in the bathroom is pretty disgusting to them. I confess, in a manner of TMI perhaps, that I read in the bathroom. Do you?
Oct 28 2009
Okay people, listen up. This is the last book in the series and the whole thing is a spoiler for the first three books. You have been warned. Dear Ms Hoyt, Capturing my attention for an entire series before I’ve even read the first book is something. Me remembering that a new book in a [...]
Oct 27 2009
Notes: It is impossible for me to write this review without giving spoilers for the series so if you just want to enter the contest, skip to the comments and tell me your favorite soul mate story. We are giving away five copies of this book (and by we, I mean Dorchester and Dear Author). [...]
Oct 27 2009
Cultural Appropriation in Romance Earlier in this year of 2009, there was a Great Cultural Appropriation Debate, dubbed racefail09, that centred mainly around the SF/F genres. If you clicked on that link, it leads to a set of many, many, many links about race, racism, cultural appropriation and white privilege. (If you’ve never heard of [...]
Oct 26 2009
Dear Ms. Lyons: This is a witch/witch hunter paranormal and while witch stories are not proliferous within the paranormal sub genre, the underlying tropes are familiar. Wing Slayer hunters, men chosen by the Wing Slayer to protect witches, must find their soul mirror or succumb to the rogue state where they live to slaughter witches. [...]
Oct 26 2009
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that we will be giving away this awesome Vera Bradley quilted bag complete with the entire backlist SIGNED by Ms. Laurens herself (that’s almost 30 titles) in celebration of Stephanie Laurens’ latest release, Untamed Bride which is in stores now. This giveaway will start next Monday, November [...]
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