Jan 13 2011
Is something in the water? We start off the new year with a rumble between PC Cast fans and Laurell K Hamilton fans over a slur against Hamilton’s fashion sense the Cast writing team integrated into their NYT #1 bestselling book, Awakened. Now we have Mills & Boon authors descending on Teach Me Tonight taking(…)
Sep 21 2010
Robin (aka Janet here at the blog) wrote a paper which was presented this past spring’s PCA conference. The core of her paper is the reason that readers have different responses to forced seduction is based on the reader's grant of consent to the act. In essence, the reader is acting as proxy for the(…)
Aug 1 2010
Dear Authors Who Belong to RWA and Read RWR: Romance Writer’s Report is the magazine you get as part of the $100 membership to RWA. Various individuals contribute to the magazine and you don’t need any particular expertise, just an idea that editors of the RWR believe will appeal to the RWA membership. In the(…)
Jun 22 2010
Stella Price and a few other authors have banded together to create a reader oriented event known as “Authors After Dark.” The event is $140, includes five meals and drinks, and takes place September 16-19 2010. In 2008, NTYBS Jacquelyn Frank, Bianca D'Arc and myself got to thinking after we went to RT about the(…)
Mar 5 2010
I had a product demonstration of GetGlue today with Ami Grecko. I had learned of GetGlue before but I really didn’t understand how it worked. After all, do I really need another social networking service? At the end of the thirty minutes, I was convinced that this wasn’t just another social networking service and I(…)
Feb 2 2010
see more Lolcats and funny pictures Straight off the top of your head, do you think that authors have any ethical or moral responsibilities beyond the book? I'm guessing that the vast majority of you answered this question the same way I did for a long time, with a fully articulated, deeply resounding NO. As(…)
Nov 5 2009
Oct 28 2009
From the comments on the thread regarding the copyrights of readers, it appears that some authors believe that they aren’t getting a sufficient forum on Dear Author to air their frustrations and concerns about piracy. The pressing need to talk about piracy whenever the subject of ebooks comes up appears to overwhelm any other thoughts(…)
Oct 15 2009
Rosario is one of the oldest (not in age but in internet years) bloggers in romance. She was one of my first blog stops ever. She took a few years off from blogging because she was attending graduate school but now she’s back, churning out a quality review almost every day. If you haven’t put(…)
Sep 22 2009
The good news is that I didn’t have to have a root canal. Instead my tooth is cracked and needs a cap. The bad news is that if the temporary crown doesn’t alleviate my problems, I’ll have to have that root canal. In other publishing news, Ballantine has bought Jenny Sanford’s memoir. As much as(…)
Aug 3 2009
Aug 2 2009
RIAA (and hence the music industry) believes that your digital product should not play into perpetuity but rather you, the consumer, should be required to repurchase a digital product from time to time. Steven Metalitz, an attorney representing the RIAA and MPAA, during the DMCA exemption hearings asserted the argument that digital is ephemeral. “We(…)
May 29 2009
Earlier this week, we posted an author online don’t list and to be balanced, Maili suggested we do a reader/reviewer online don’t list. Brilliant idea, I said. *** Taste is subjective. When someone criticizes or slates one of your favorite books, they aren’t criticizing you or your taste, they are making their opinion heard. Don’t ever(…)
May 26 2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures At RWA, I along with SmartBitch Sarah, Ann Aguirre, Barb Ferrer, and Carrie Lofty (ABC Girls) will be giving a seminar regarding online promotions. I’ve been paying attention to online promotion around the internet so I can say something worthwhile at the panel. I’ve been online, perusing the online(…)
Feb 10 2009
more animals I’ve come to view the author / reader relationship as a dance of sorts, an epic journey with two partners who depend upon each other for success. The reader places her trust in the author that the experience of reading the book will be a positive one. This is true whether the book(…)
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