Nov 17 2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures I was reading Rosario’s blog the other day and she was blogging about how much she enjoyed Linnea Sinclair’s Down Home Zombie Blues. As I was reading Rosario’s review, I was thisclose to buying the book but the fact is that Linnea Sinclair’s books just don’t work for me.(…)
Oct 19 2009
No first sale today. Instead we have two essays. Later by an author on why she writes but right now, a very very special Why I Read. **** I learned to read when I was 4, just as my 4-year-old best friend Danny became sick (he was dying of leukemia) and I was starting to(…)
Sep 26 2009
In today’s First Page, Laura Kinsale brought up a question in the comments regarding unfamiliar terms in a story. I have a question, as a writer, about one of the comments. This isn’t a loaded question, or any sort of commentary on this excerpt itself, it’s input for me. DS said I had to look(…)
Sep 15 2009
A short piece in Publisher’s Weekly notes that July booksales fell 0.5% and down 2.5% for the year. The good thing for bookstores is that the new Dan Brown book is out. Increased foot traffic in stores will hopefully lead to an increase in book sales over all. M.J. Rose jump started a twitter(…)
Aug 26 2009
Aug 25 2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures Janet: Reading through the comments on the Dear Author Golden Era poll, they seem to reflect the split in the voting between the 1990s and the 2000s. Those who chose the 1990s seem more like Historical Romance readers, while a number of those favoring the current decade have pointed(…)
Aug 20 2009
Aug 17 2009
At the Popular Romance Studies: International Conference, organised by the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR), there was a brief discussion to explore this question: Are older under-represented in the romance genre? If so, why? Good questions. The average age of heroine in U.S. romance novels is between 24-26 (and possibly younger in historical romance). And(…)
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(…)
Mar 2 2009
Last winter, I posted that I would love to hear from readers, writers, bloggers about why they read, write and blog. Keishon, avid book reader, is one of our favorite bloggers here at Dear Author. Three of us here are participating in her monthly TBR challenge. Keishon is the reader who introduced me to Julia(…)
Feb 24 2009
Last winter, I posted that I would love to hear from readers, writers, bloggers about why they read, write and blog. Bev Stephans was one of the first to come forth and share her story with our community about why she reads. *** I don’t have a blog and I don’t write books, but I(…)
Dec 30 2008
Today’s guest opinion is brought to you by Jessica from Racy Romance Reviews. Jessica started blogging in 2008 and has provided some great reviews as well as thoughtful commentary. She first came to my attention by Janine linking to one of Jessica’s posts. (Word of Mouth, isn’t it grand?). Jessica started reading romances in 2007(…)
Dec 2 2008
more animals A continuation of our Romance Apologia posts*. . . Part One, in which the author argues for the rights of women to read whatever the hell we want One of the things that gets my back up is patent dismissals of whole genres of writing: literary fiction is pretentious and boring; Romance is(…)
Sep 28 2008
In no particular order, the following is a list that I would like to see all epublishers/etailers implement. Eternal Bookshelf. An eternal bookshelf means that every purchase you have bought can be downloaded at any time. Most of the larger etailers have this feature but not all. Mass Downloads. Along with the eternal bookshelf should(…)
Jul 22 2008
more cat pictures 1. Label the books in a series either on the spine or on the front or both (preferably the spine if that is the only place). I.e., Kresley Cole’s Hunger Like No Other is Book 2 in the Immortals After Dark Series so it should have #2 on the spine or on(…)
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