Feb 22 2012
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 [...]
Feb 21 2012
Yesterday we had a guest post from Lucy Gilmore, the editor of the Harlequin Presents line from Mills & Boon about how connected series, like The Notorious Wolfes, gets created. Caitlin Crews shared with us the Bible that the authors are given to create the series. Today each author shares a bit about their story [...]
Feb 20 2012
I emailed Sarah Morgan and asked if she would take us into the world of connected series books. Mills & Boon published a terrific, eight book connected series called the Notorious Wolfes (US) or Bad Blood (UK). Heroically, she came through with insight from the Harlequin Presents editor and all of the eight authors. It’s [...]
Jan 4 2012
Updated: The winners are 1) 3beans; 2) Patti; 3) Jane A; 4) Clementine; 5) Maya S.; 6) Mia; 7) peggy h; 8) Willa; 9) Loosheesh; 10) Camilla Please fill out form at the bottom. Cecilia Grant’s A Lady Awakened is one of the absolute best debut romances I have come across in all my years [...]
Dec 21 2011
Update: Here are the winners of one of the re-released Gaffney titles: 1) Karenmc 2) Vidhya 3) Asia M 4) Evangeline Holland 5) Danielle D 6) Brenda C 7) EmilyW 8) Kathryn 9) TaraR 10) Frekki Please scroll to the bottom to fill out the form. Thanks. Jennie and I are the original Patricia Gaffney fangirls. Back in 1997, I read my [...]
Dec 14 2011
The courageous true story of Jerri Nielsen Fitzgerald, the doctor who had to operate on and treat herself for breast cancer while serving at a research facility at the South Pole, stuck with me for years after I first heard it. It’s why Julie Rowe’s debut IceBound, set in that same extreme environment, caught my [...]
Oct 26 2011
I didn’t think I’d be doing this interview. A few chapters into The Taker, I knew it wasn’t exactly romance, and doubted it was right for Dear Author. But the story of Puritan-born Lanore McIlvrae and the gift she’s cursed with kept calling me back, and months after the last page, I was still thinking [...]
Sep 21 2011
To start, in the better-late-than-never department, the Intro Interview has winners from the RITA Best First Book series: MaryK #21: the historical bundle—A Tailor-Made Bride, When Harry Met Molly, and Pieces of Sky (which won the RITA!) Jane Halsall #68: Marcella Burnard’s Enemy Within Kaya H #44: the YA bundle, with I Now Pronounce You [...]
Aug 14 2011
Updated. The follower winners will be receiving a digital code to use as a giftcard. 1) Rhianna 2) MaryK 3) Renda 4) willaful 5) MarieC 6) VALERIE VALICENTO 7) Meagan 8) Lisa J 9) Laura Florand 10) LuchaLori According to the romance wiki, Loveswept debuted in 1983 and published 917 titles. Some of the biggest [...]
Aug 1 2011
From Jennifer Ashley, author I’m thrilled to announce the August 2 release of The Many Sins of Lord Cameron, the third book in the Mackenzies series, which began with The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (reviewed here). Not only am I excited to see a new book hit the shelves, I’m also happy that Berkley [...]
Jul 10 2011
Prefatory Matter: Maya Banks sat on a panel at RWA regarding digital publishing. She came because others requested her to speak and Maya agreed to be frank about her numbers. No one asked any questions. On Twitter, Maya suggested that she would still be willing to field questions and I said I would host it. [...]
Jul 8 2011
Tara Parsons is the Senior Editor of HQN. HQN publishes contemporary, suspense, paranormal, and historical romances. They will publish 87 titles in 2012. The big news is that current Spice authors are being moved into Harlequin’s other single title programs. Harlequin’s flagship romance brand, HQN, will absorb the existing Spice novels that meet the HQN [...]
Jul 7 2011
Carrie Feron is the Editorial Director at Avon. Avon publishes approximately eight original print romances and four digital-first titles each month . Morrow Trade is a companion line that publishes a mix of women’s fiction and romance. Avon Impulse is the digital first arm of Avon. The same team that works on Avon books, including [...]
Jul 5 2011
I asked to interview someone at Amazon Montlake and was invited to send in questions. These are the answers I received. Some answers are vague corporate answers but others were more substantive. How many releases does Amazon Montlake plan to publish in a month and how frequently? I.e., will it follow a traditional publishing schedule [...]
Jul 2 2011
Cindy Hwang is the executive editor of Berkley/Jove. She is pretty well known to the DA crowd because she pens the quarterly giveaways for Berkley/Jove here. She also edits Christine Feehan, Nalini Singh, and Meljean Brook to name a few. One of her authors, Karen White, writes southern women’s fiction with a romance thread. When [...]
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