For miscellaneous stuff that goes on at Dear Author.
Jun 11 2012
Modern Love by edited by Daniel Jones I’m a long-time fan of the New York Time’s Modern Love column. I recently picked up this book which is a collection of some of the best posts from the past fifteen years. Some of them will break your heart–the now famous ones by Ann Hood are almost too(…)
Jun 10 2012
Introduction Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey ( A | BN | K | S ) features parents who are efficiency experts. They study tasks and reduce the number of steps to complete the tasks. To me, that is one of the coolest things ever. Many people ask me(…)
Jun 7 2012
Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh This series is becoming a bit like the J.R. Ward Black Dagger Brotherhood series for me: I continue to read the books even though they irritate me quite a bit. I will say that the BDB books are at least 50% more ridiculous, but that’s more a reflection of(…)
Jun 6 2012
It’s Day 4 actually as my clock says it is 12:16 am. Remember yesterday when I closed saying that I was going to a power reader breakfast at Random House at 7 am and how I didn’t know what a “power reader” was? Then Ros said in the comments that a power reader was one(…)
Jun 5 2012
Bowker and eReading Data Day two began with a panel conducted by Bowker on data regarding domestic and international ebook readers. Bowker does quarterly surveys and annual surveys. The data they covered was from the end of 2011. Their panel began with 1500 members and was culled to about 800 individuals. The consumers were those(…)
Jun 5 2012
Introduction It is 11:15 pm as I write this post so forgive my incoherence and forgetfulness. However, I feel that should I delay in putting permanence to my thoughts there will be very little I will remember by the end of the week, as one event rushes on the heels of the next. Today was(…)
May 31 2012
Tonight at 8:30 PM ET, I will be participating in a chat with Beatriz Williams and other readers regarding the book “Overseas”. This was organized by Elyssa Papa and Beatriz Williams is giving away a “Kate and Julian” themed gift basket, with the contents hand-selected by the author to a random participant in the chat. (…)
May 27 2012
Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The book has to be released(…)
May 27 2012
Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post away. Send to Kindle
May 22 2012
Updated with the winners: Author: Danielle W Comment: permalink I am so ready for this to be released already! I need to read about the chocoholics :) Author: AnnaPiranha Website: http://www.dyedinthewoolbluestocking.blogspot.com Comment: permalink Oh! Pick me! Of course, if you don’t I’ll just download it anyhow. Author: JL Comment: permalink I would love to win a copy of this! Such a great(…)
May 22 2012
At the beginning of the year, we featured a few posts by publishing “insiders”. Elle Kennedy and her editor, Jesse Feldman, contacted me to see if I would be interested in posting about how Elle’s new Killer Instincts romantic suspense series was acquired. I thought readers would like to follow a book from acquisition to(…)
May 19 2012
My life at Dear Author started in December a couple years back. I had begun reading it and Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. I had discovered a love of romance novels and wanted more and more information about them and their readers – even though, at the time, I had almost no access to said romance(…)
May 16 2012
Update with winners: Author: Sirius Comment: permalink I actually love well done time travel a lot, would love to win this one :) Author: Ruth (CO) Comment: permalink I am not a fan of time travel so interested in finding out what made this one different. Author: azteclady Website: http://www.HerHandsMyHands.etsy.com Comment: permalink Considering how miserable(…)
May 15 2012
I started writing for Dear Author because I wanted to share my absolute fangirl love for Anah Crow’s brilliant SM romance, Uneven. Jane kindly published a Guest Review and then generously invited me to join the DA reviewers. I’ve been reviewing for DA ever since (3 years and 8 months). Reading for and writing the(…)
May 11 2012
Wow, has it been a long time since I last put one of these lists together! And I think I promised to be better about it in my previous post too. Obviously I need to learn not to jinx myself. The Scholomance by R. Lee Smith. Since lots of people were talking about Smith, I(…)
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