Interviews

My First Sale by Joelle Charbonneau

My First Sale by Joelle Charbonneau

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Joelle Charbonneau’s debut roller skating mystery book, Skating Around the Law: A Mystery, is on the shelves. (I resisted making some joke about rolling and shelves). *** I never intended(…)

My First Sale by Tiffany Clare

My First Sale by Tiffany Clare

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between.   Two words “Harem Romance”.   That is all I seem to need to say to friends to get them to pre order this book.   Who knew harem romance was such a(…)

My First Sale by Stephanie Draven

My First Sale by Stephanie Draven

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Stephanie Draven writes Silhouette Nocturnes and has historical fiction, a series of forthcoming novels from Berkley Books featuring Cleopatra's daughter under the name Stephanie Dray.   You can visit Stephanie at(…)

My First Sale by Virginia Kantra (& Giveaway)

My First Sale by Virginia Kantra (& Giveaway)

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Virginia Kantra writes paranormal romances for Berkley. Her book, Immortal Sea, is out in stores beginning on September 7, 2010. *** Our three children sprawl around the kitchen table doing-’or(…)

Dear Author Intro Interview & Giveaway:  M.K. Hobson, Author of The Native Star

Dear Author Intro Interview & Giveaway: M.K. Hobson, Author of The Native Star

M.K. Hobson calls it "bustlepunk": a nineteenth century America in which military warlocks serve in President Grant's Secret Service, zombies labor in gold mines, and spells can be mail-ordered from the magical equivalent of Sears & Roebuck.   That mass-produced magic is about to put hometown witch Emily Edwards out of business, however, and a lavender-laced(…)

My First Sale by Gail Carriger

My First Sale by Gail Carriger

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Gail Carriger is the author of the Parasol Protectorate series.  You can friend or follow Gail on Twitter, Facebook, Livejournal, or Blogspot. Or join The Parasol Protectorate Facebook Group and take(…)

My First Sale by Anne Marsh

My First Sale by Anne Marsh

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. As the following first sale story from  Anne Marsh displays, from bitter disappointment can come great things.   Anne’s current publisher is Dorchester and obviously Dorchester authors are in quite of a(…)

Interview with Meljean Brook, What the heck is steampunk? by Maili

Interview with Meljean Brook, What the heck is steampunk? by Maili

Let's suppose I'm an innocent lamb that somehow ends up at your signing table in a bookshop. After winning me over with a dorky smile, how would you summarise Here There Be the Monsters (a novella from romance anthology Burning Up) and The Iron Duke? You know that times are tough for writers when a(…)

Dear Author Intro Interview & Giveaway: The RITA Best First Book Nominees, Part 2

Dear Author Intro Interview & Giveaway: The RITA Best First Book Nominees, Part 2

Yesterday the authors nominated in RWA's Best First Book category discussed their debut books; today the interviews conclude with a look into their lives as writers.   For example, a lot of "first" books – aren't, exactly. Read on, and leave a comment for a chance to win. How you reacted to or celebrated your Rita(…)

My First Sale by Darci Hannah

My First Sale by Darci Hannah

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Author Darci Hannah is here to share about the pain and perseverance involved in making that first sale. **** Breaking into the publishing industry is difficult. Nobody has learned that(…)

My First Sale by Dee Davis

My First Sale by Dee Davis

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. When not sitting at the computer writing, award winning author Dee Davis spends her time exploring Manhattan with her husband, daughter, and Cardigan Welsh Corgi.   You can visit Dee at(…)

Dear Author Intro Interview:  Beverley Eikli, author of Lady Farquhar's Butterfly

Dear Author Intro Interview:  Beverley Eikli, author of Lady Farquhar's Butterfly

Alyson:   After reading Jayne's review of A Ruined Season, I was interested in other romances published by the same company (Hale Publishing).   Beverley's second book provided the opportunity.   The initial premise of this historical, a woman who must fight for custody of her child after being declared "unfit," seemed to have contemporary overtones, but at(…)

Interviews of M/M Historical Romance Authors

When I started my post yesterday, I had pretensions of including the views of m/m historical romance authors as well, and so I interviewed Alex Beecroft, Charlie Cochrane, Josh Lanyon, Erastes, Lee Rowan, and Kate Rothwell and Bonnie Dee (Kate writing as Summer Devon, and Bonnie write m/m historicals that I have very much enjoyed).(…)

My First Sale by Barry Eisler

My First Sale by Barry Eisler

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. See in last week’s opinion piece about difficult protagonists by Barry Eisler, I wasn’t able to post a picture of the aforementioned hated hair, but today I can.   Barry’s latest(…)

My First Sale by Nancy Thayer

My First Sale by Nancy Thayer

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between.   Today’s entry is from Nancy Thayer (http://www.nancythayer.com/).   She’s not a romance writer, per se, but her book, Beachcombers, is about love, friendship and belonging. **** I grew up in Kansas,(…)