May 27 2012
Announcement. Beginning in 2013, Dear Author will only review books that are available in both epub and Kindle formats. Let me explain why. There are two primary reasons why all books should be available in epub and Kindle formats. The first reason is that competition is important for even (or especially) Kindle users. The second [...]
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 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 [...]
Apr 10 2012
I thought it would be fun if reminisced about our first romance read. To prime the pump, so to speak, I asked the Dear Author crew to write up a small post about their first romance reads. Share your own reading experiences in the comments. Janine (link to Janine’s posts) I was thirteen years old [...]
Apr 8 2012
We actually turned six on April 3. Jayne and I started the blog on April 3, 2006, and we had a few friends who came and read the blog. Now we have a few more friends. Seriously we have the best community of readers here at Dear Author and we want to celebrate our readership [...]
Mar 21 2012
There are a couple of ways that you can contribute to DA. We will also be developing a reader interview questionnaire. I would love some help on developing that interview sheet. (Note that these links will always be in the sidebar) Write a guest review. From time to time, we post guest reviews of books [...]
Mar 19 2012
First up we have the winners of the Molly O’Keefe ARC and the Caitlin Crews novel. We are giving these away in conjunction with a beautiful post by the two authors on Shame and the Romance Heroine. Winners have been emailed and requested to please fill out the form at the bottom. Next, we [...]
Mar 12 2012
Update: We have two slots left in April, June, July and December. All other months are sold out. We are now sold out. As announced on Friday, we will be opening a new ad slot beginning in April. The Ad space will be 200 x 200 (the size of the image above) and will cost [...]
Mar 2 2012
I’m implementing a new commenting policy at Dear Author. While we have always welcomed (and sometimes tolerated) anonymous commenters, there is an increasing tendency of a few people (mostly newbies) to engage in bad commenting behavior. Thus, in the future, if a commenter engages in sock puppeting as defined below, I will note that in [...]
Feb 22 2012
More users than ever before are accessing the internet via mobile devices and frankly our mobile set up was not cutting it. We moved to a responsive theme. The idea behind this is that no matter what size your browser is, the content is generally the same and easy to read. Try it. Resize your [...]
Dec 9 2011
We are doing an upgrade to the backend of the theme and will have some minor tweaking to do throughout the weekend. I’ve got to add the “tags” at the top of the blog post for one and fix the bullet points in the lists on the sidebar, but if you notice something let me [...]
Nov 2 2011
October was a month for reading material with fantastical elements. All three of the works I read were promising, but only one ended up satisfying me. White Cat by Holly Black My husband and I started reading this contemporary YA paranormal, which Jia reviewed favorably awhile back, after it was recommended by a friend. We [...]
Sep 17 2011
Courting the Enemy by Renee Ryan – I liked the first book in this inspie WWII series but even 1/3 of the way through this one still hadn’t got off the ground for me. When I read a book about espionage and spies during wartime, I expect some action. Perhaps I didn’t wait long enough [...]
Sep 9 2011
Space Slugs by Frances Pauli – What starts well doesn’t necessarily end well. There are tons of plot threads that are tossed in then left and the world building needs help. See posted review. Unnatural Fire by Fidelis Morgan – I picked this one up and enjoyed it though I didn’t love it like a [...]
Sep 7 2011
Paranormal: Archangel’s Blade by Nalini Singh, recommended by Jane, Shuzluva, and Janine Demon Marked by Meljean Brook, recommended by Jane Isle of Night by Veronica Wolff, recommended by Jaclyn and John. This is a YA title. (review soon) Historical: The King’s Courtesan by Judith James, recommended by Janet aka Robin Kissing Comfort by Jo Goodman, [...]
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