Jun 4 2009
Poll
May 27 2009
Do You Use Twitter?
[poll id="171"] Maili (@McVane) had a great comment yesterday regarding the promotional benefits for authors on Twitter. I love Twitter for all the reasons I don’t love blogs. You get a real sense a person’s individuality and personality because of the spontaneous (as @PortaDaCosta said) and organic nature of Twitter (as Maili termed it). I’ll(…)May 25 2009
Electronic Business Cards
[poll id="170"] I’ve been thinking about getting new cards for Dear Author. When I go to conferences, people are always asking for my business card and the ones I have, I don’t really love. I read this article about how business cards suck and everyone is spending outrageous amounts of money in attempting to get(…)May 19 2009
Are You a Grammar Goddess?
[poll id="169"] Here’s what’s on Google’s home page on May 16, 2009: Over 28,000 children drew doodles for our homepage. Vote for the one that will appear here! Anyone who has read this blog has already figured out that we could use a few grammar lessons. I like to think I know my grammar but(…)May 14 2009
The Love Triangle
[poll id="168"] I have a hard time with love triangles. If done right, some poor nice guy or girl is totally getting the shaft at the end. If done wrong, some initially poor nice guy or girl is demonized by the end to justify that person being cut out of the happy ending. (Like Hardy(…)
May 12 2009
Is Stripping a Form of Female Empowerment
[poll id="167"] An article at Huffington Post made me think about the issue of female empowerment and the sex trade. I go back and forth over whether stripping, The Bunny Ranch, and so forth is really a sign of progress in the paternalistic state or whether because we live in a paternalistic state that any(…)May 11 2009
Video blogs
[poll id="166"] I’m curious to know what readers think of video blogs. Personally I think that a blog needs to have written content and that video can be complimentary to the written content. What do you think? Would you watch/subscribe to a video only blog? Send to KindleMay 6 2009
Do you cry easily?
[poll id="165"] In an email conversation this morning, two of my friends admitted to being easy weepers. It takes a lot to get me going. Where do you fall? Any books that have made you cry lately? (Barbara Samuel’s A Place to Call Home made me cry). Send to KindleApr 29 2009
Author Self Promotion
[poll id="164"] I’m working on an article of author online promotional dos/donts. This issue came to my attention by a reader who participates on the Amazon Discussion boards. The reader has been noticing an increase in author participation on the boards. The problem is that authors aren’t adding insight into the discussions but see the(…)Apr 17 2009
The must have response of a romance hero and bodice ripping
To honor the release of the International Consortium of Heroes’ book (also known as Beyond Heaving Bosoms: the Smart Bitches Guide to Romance), we bring you this poll made up by Jaili. [poll id="163"] Send to Kindle
Apr 15 2009
How does Edward know Bella is his soul mate?
I was looking at my referral links last night and I saw a google search result that landed at Dear Author. The search term was “How does Edward know Bella is his soul mate?” That’s a very good question and I posed it to the twitterati last night. The poll contains some of the of(…)
Apr 10 2009
Should Dear Author Readership have a name?
It occurred to me that perhaps DA readership needs a name. A few people suggested a community name. D-literates was probably my favorite. [poll id="160"] Send to Kindle
Mar 16 2009
Publisher Imprint Poll
[poll id="159"] Some of the comments to the giveaway for Berkley and ACE/ROC made me wonder how loyal we are to certain imprints. I remember when I first started reading, I would always look for the little kangeroo because Pocket published Julie Garwood, Judith McNaught, Jayne Ann Krentz, Jude Deveraux and the like. Penguin(…)Mar 12 2009
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