Nov 1 2011
Sarah Wendell and I had a lively debate via email on the topic of inclusion or getting it right. The Mahajara’s Mistress by Susan Stephens recently reviewed at Smart Bitches features a heroine who has an eye patch due to the loss of an eye and is scarred in her face. She dresses like a [...]
Jul 15 2010
The second part of the Reader Roundtables was content. (I really could talk about covers forever but we had to move on). Readers said that they were tired of paranormals and to expand on that, they may not be so much tired of paranormals but rather they want something fresh. One reader commented she wanted [...]
Dec 14 2009
First up is the news that Random House wants to claim ebook rights for all books that are under contract. Random House took this stance in the early 2000s against Rosetta Books and sued Rosetta twice. Rosetta won both cases but the legal battle essentially froze Rosetta’s business. In order to forestall future suits, Rosetta [...]
Feb 18 2009
I often hear about authors’ critique groups. Some authors hire beta readers. Some rely on random readers and some have a trusted circle. Ian McEwan falls into the latter group. His first readers are poet Craig Raine, historian Timothy Garton Ash and philosopher Galen Strawson. Ian McEwan, it turns out, has a triumvirate of friends [...]
Jan 5 2009
We’ve changed the look and now we’re thinking of what we can do to make Dear Author fresh and new for 2009. I loved getting the guest opinions during the month of December and am thinking about making that a regular feature for Tuesday’s Op Ed day. I’ve had other people ask why the [...]
Aug 16 2008
Welcome to First Page Saturday. 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. Published authors may do so under their own name or anonymously. Readers, though, the way that I look at it is this: Would the [...]
Jul 26 2008
Welcome to First Page aka Query Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page (or query) read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. Published authors may do so under their own name or anonymously. Readers, though, the way that I look at it [...]
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