That Night: A Novel by Alice McDermott. $ 3.99 AMZN | Apple From the Jacket Copy: A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award It is high summer, the early 1960s. Sheryl and Rick, two Long Island… more

Dear Ms. Porter: I have a hard time rating this book. There are some lovely turns of phrase and the story is different than I expected which made for a pleasant surprise. “The dart boards still dotted one wall as did… more

At our recent m/m roundtable, Sunita and I had a bit of a discussion in the comments about the Out for You and Gay for You tropes in m/m romance. That discussion and various others around the internetz got me… more

Publishers’ Acquisition Activity Picks Up – An interesting piece from Publishers Weekly that lists the acquisitions and mergers publishers have taken between January and June 2014. According to the article, the last time this much publishing activity took place was… more

As promised, this month’s Device Giveaway is an iPad Mini. Last year we did this once a month and I’m bringing it back for the last half of 2014. You should be able to enter once a day so keep… more

And now to announce the winners of our Franklin Mill giveaway. Unfortunately Billie and Collette, your email boxes rejected me. Email me so we can get this squared away. a Rafflecopter giveaway For the Susanna Kearsley giveaway, our winner is… more

Omens: A Cainsville Novel by Kelley Armstrong. $ 2.99 From the Jacket Copy: #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong introduces a chilling new world Kelley Armstrong has been a dominant presence on the New York Times bestseller lists… more

Dear Ms. Krinard: I love a good sword and sorcery book. I love San Francisco. And,  as someone named after her Norwegian great-grandmother, I have a particular fondness for Nordic mythology. So Mist, your contemporary fantasy story of a Valkyrie misplaced… more

Dear Willa Okati, When I first saw the sequel was out, I was pretty excited because I had very fond memories of the first book in the series, And Call Me in the Morning.  For various reasons I explained in… more

With Kindle Unlimited, Amazon Makes Bid for Amazon Prime Customers – Well, it’s a few days into Kindle Unlimited, and the world still seems to be more or less intact. Slate has an interesting perspective on the service, which is… more

Fifteen seconds and counting. astronauts report they feel good. T-minus nine seconds. Ignition sequence starts. I wasn’t even born when President Kennedy announced his grand dream for NASA to land men on the moon and return them safely home by… more

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: Mercenary Kate Daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal kind. But her latest prey, a pack of undead warriors, presents her greatest challenge. Just Human by Kerry Heaven…. more

There were a lot of comments about security in last week’s post, so I thought this week I would talk about computer security issues. I’ll hit just a few subjects, since this is a big and complicated one. And, of… more

Welcome to First Page Sunday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. You can submit your own… more

Dear Lia Silver: I knew I was going to like this book when the hero tries to guess the heroine’s shifting ability based on her scent which is green, of cut grass and new leaves. “Tree shifter” he asks her…. more