Feb 18 2009
Dear Ms. Jones and Ms. Bennett, Like my fellow Dear Author bloggers, Jane and Janine, I’m participating in Keishon’s 2009 TBR Challenge. Unfortunately, I seem unable to follow directions and completely failed to meet this month’s theme. Again. That sound you hear in the distance is probably Jane laughing at me. Again. In my defense,(…)
Feb 17 2009
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I think I’ve mentioned before that anthologies usually make me twitch. I know I’m usually looking at a few great stories, some good ones, a few ‘meh’ ones and a couple that make me shudder. Depending on how many are in the collection. It’s rare that I read an entire anthology.(…)
Feb 11 2009
Dear Ms. Marriott, Your book came at exactly the right time. I’m a little burned out on paranormals and have been looking for a change, so your young adult fantasy was much appreciated. I just wish I could be more enthusiastic about it because it contains many elements I generally like in this genre. Zira(…)
Jan 5 2009
Dear Ms. Goodman, I first heard of your novel last year while reading a fantasy blog about a book released in Australia called The Pearls of Wisdom. Being intrigued by the premise, I looked for information about a North American release but turned up nothing. Then a couple months ago, I received my monthly package(…)
Dec 15 2008
Dear Ms. Sargara, I suspect longtime fantasy readers are more familiar with the epic fantasy novels you write under the Michelle West name. But because those tend to fall in the doorstopper length category, we often have to wait a few years in between releases. That’s one of the reasons why I like the Kaylin(…)
Dec 13 2008
Dear Ms. Michaels: I think I bought this book because I wanted to read a science fiction space opera fantasy romance thingy or I may have bought it because someone recommended you, as an author, to me. One of the two. I’m thinking it was the latter because as I re-read the blurb at Fictionwise,(…)
Dec 11 2008
Dear Ms. Cashore, As usual, I’m late to the party. I meant to review your debut YA fantasy when it first came out but for various reasons, I fell behind. That said, one reason it took me a bit longer than expected is because I had a difficult time getting into the book. I’m ultimately(…)
Dec 2 2008
Dear Ms. Winstead Jones: First off, the cover on this book is a bit deceiving. The setting of the book is a fantasy historical world set in a made up kingdom (I always think of this kind of setting as middle earth but have also considered it to be medieval but does medieval imply some(…)
Nov 11 2008
Dear Ms. Shinn, I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never read any of your novels before. Given how long I’ve been a fantasy reader, I don’t know how I managed to accomplish that. I hope my blogging partners here at Dear Author won’t hold it against me since several of them love your books. Better late(…)
Nov 3 2008
We are starting a new series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author. Val Kovalin who(…)
Oct 9 2008
Dear Ms. Lackey, When I was a young teenager, I devoured your Valdemar novels. They were my favorite books and I was a very loyal reader. I eventually outgrew them, as it sometimes happens, but I still look back on them fondly. You write a special brand of animal companion fantasy about ostracized, misunderstood teens(…)
Sep 10 2008
Dear Ms. Amara, There’s a continuing discussion among fantasy circles about non-Western settings and non-Caucasian characters in fantasy. Or more to the point, the lack thereof. I confess I count myself among their number. I realize many people take it as a given that a fantasy setting should be faux medieval Europe but these days,(…)
Jul 15 2008
Dear Readers, Since this review covers my responses to nine short stories and two novellas, I’ve decided that for the sake of clarity, it would be simper to address this letter to you rather than to eleven authors. Tangle XY is an anthology featuring a variety of same-sex love stories. All the romances here have(…)
Jul 7 2008
Warning: may include spoilers Dear Ms Novik, After finishing “Empire of Ivory,” I wondered where you’d take me in the follow up book. Answer: through the wringer. “Victory of Eagles” sees Temeraire and his captain Will Laurence having to face the results of their actions – seen as treasonous by most of the military –(…)
Jul 2 2008
We had such a nice response to Anne Sowards’ post about the books she was editing in 2008 that I thought I would seek out some additional editors that we might not ordinarily think about. Betsy Mitchell is Vice President, Editor-in-Chief of Del Rey Books, a division of Random House publishing. Ms. Mitchell had the(…)
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