Dianne Sylvan

Monday Midday Links: Cobblestone Press Making the Wrong Kind of News

Monday Midday Links: Cobblestone Press Making the Wrong Kind of News

A Miami Herald article finally states the obvious when it comes to readers and books. Readers are looking to buy books at the cheapest prices possible and if digital books are pushing the prices down, then readers will flock to the digital books. “The whole book culture is changing, and in some ways, I think(…)

REVIEW: Shadowflame by Dianne Sylvan

REVIEW: Shadowflame by Dianne Sylvan

Dear Ms. Sylvan: I recommended your first book, “Queen of Shadows”, to the DA readership but now I regret it. The core readership here is romance and I thought QofS had a great romantic subplot in the overall urban fantasy setting. In fact, it easily could have been marketed and sold as a paranormal romance.(…)

REVIEW: Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan

REVIEW: Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan

Dear Ms. Slyvan: I would have never read this book if Angela James hadn’t recommended it to me.   It is published by ACE and while I love some ACE authors like Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews, I associate the line with more straight up urban fantasy, fantasy and science fiction than any kind of romance.(…)