Interviews

Interview (and Giveaway!) with Colleen Gleason, Author of Roaring Midnight (The Gardella Vampire Chronicles)

Interview (and Giveaway!) with Colleen Gleason, Author of Roaring Midnight (The Gardella Vampire Chronicles)

Today is the release date for Colleen Gleason’s next installation in her paranormal romance series: The Gardella Vampire Chronicles. While I’ve been complaining for a while that I think vampires series are a bit played out, this series features fabulous vampire slayers a la Buffy Summers, AND this trilogy is set in the 1920′s, a(…)

DA3 Interview & Giveaway: Audiobook Narrator Karen White’s Romance Picks

DA3 Interview & Giveaway: Audiobook Narrator Karen White’s Romance Picks

Samuel Johnson observed, “A writer only begins a book. The reader finishes it.” With an audiobook, a voice is added to that mix, one that can profoundly affect the reader’s experience of the story. Audiobook narration is an art and craft that’s long fascinated me, and June Is Audiobook Month, so I’m very excited to(…)

Author Interview at Brenda Novak Auction

Author Interview at Brenda Novak Auction

Brenda Novak and her team have raised an inspiring amount of money for diabetes research over the past few years.  Just a few days remain for this year’s auction, so I wanted to remind authors that Dear Author has an item up for bid, one of the DA3 Interviews I do here occasionally. Check out(…)

Debut Print Book & Giveaway: Game On by Tracy Solheim

Debut Print Book & Giveaway: Game On by Tracy Solheim

I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday(…)

Designing the look of a genre, by accident: Sarah Hansen of Okay Creations

Designing the look of a genre, by accident: Sarah Hansen of Okay Creations

If you look at the top selling New Adult books on the market, you may be surprised to learn that they are almost all created by the same cover designer, one Sarah from Okay Creations.  Sarah is so identifiable and that there is a goodreads list designated just for her.  Her client list reads like(…)

DA3 Interview & Giveaway: The MacGuffin

DA3 Interview & Giveaway: The MacGuffin

Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock popularized the term “MacGuffin,” using it as shorthand for whatever object put the characters (and the story) in motion. For Hitchcock, the MacGuffin mattered mainly because the characters cared about it enough to go after it–whether the audience precisely understood it was a secondary concern. Today’s novels all feature a story centered(…)

Debut Print Book: A Most Scandalous Proposal by Ashlyn Macnamara

Debut Print Book: A Most Scandalous Proposal by Ashlyn Macnamara

I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday(…)

Debut Print Book: What Happens in Scotland by Jennifer McQuiston

Debut Print Book: What Happens in Scotland by Jennifer McQuiston

I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday(…)

Debut Print Book: MARRIAGE WITH BENEFITS by Kat Cantrell

Debut Print Book: MARRIAGE WITH BENEFITS by Kat Cantrell

I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday(…)

Debut Print Book: Reservations for Two by Jennifer Lohmann

Debut Print Book: Reservations for Two by Jennifer Lohmann

I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday(…)

The DA3 Interview & Giveaway: Poe-Inspired

The DA3 Interview & Giveaway: Poe-Inspired

In honor of  Edgar Allan Poe’s 204th approaching birthday (January 19th), a trio of novels that pay him homage: Poe’s wistful, haunting “Annabel Lee” provides between-the-lines clues in Jill Winters’ romantic mystery Kingdom by the Sea as Nicole Sheffield realizes the Cape Cod house she’s inherited holds a secret that puts her in danger. Bethany(…)

Debut Print Book: Waltz with a Stranger by Pamela Sherwood

Debut Print Book: Waltz with a Stranger by Pamela Sherwood

I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday(…)

Debut Print Book: LESSON IN ROMANCE by Harmony Evans

Debut Print Book: LESSON IN ROMANCE by Harmony Evans

I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday(…)

An interview with Kate Cuthbert from Escape Publishing, Harlequin Australia’s Digital First Imprint

Escape Publishing is the digital first imprint from Harlequin Australia.  They are current touring the romance blogosphere.  Escape currently has five books available for purchase and are open for submissions. Escape Publishing offered me the opportunity to ask a few questions, which I did.  The following are Ms. Cuthbert’s answers. 1) What will Escape Publishing(…)

The DA3 Interview & Giveaway: Lois Lanes

The DA3 Interview & Giveaway: Lois Lanes

Maybe not exactly Lois Lane, but each book in today’s DA³ Interview features a heroine who works at a newspaper. Here, in order by chronological setting, are the books:                           In Seducing Mr. Knightly, Maya Rodale concludes the Regency-set Writing Girls series with Annabelle, the shy(…)