http://dearauthor.com/test A Testing Site for Dear Author Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:41:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Candace Sams continues her notoriety tour by making the Guardian blog. "When Authors Attack" is the headline. Sams has since deleted her posts, but we do have screenshots for posterity sake. If you haven't had your fill of Amazon review craziness, check out the review thread ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/12/22/tuesday-midday-links-blogger-bundles-up-for-presale-giveaway/ Dear Andy Lau and Alan Mak, [[test post]] The film opens with Hon Sam (Eric Tsang), an ambitious Triad (Chinese criminal organisation) leader, addressing a line of young male teenagers outside a Buddhist temple where they have just paid respects to their fallen comrades: “Five years ago, we started a business in ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/11/26/film-review-infernal-affairs-2002/ Can't figure out the lakdj;fa asdfkkadlf asdfasdfasdfjalskf asdfjas;kldfja;lsdfj asdfjas;ldfj;aslfja;sl a;sjf;lskjf;lskdj http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/11/26/post-4/ Okay. So before I begin reviewing the anthology NEVER AFTER I have two warnings. #1: YE OLDE SPOILERS AHOY. Seriously. I am incapable of talking about stories without…talking about stories. #2: This will be disjointed as hell. There are plenty of reviewers who are capable of smooth, cohesive, intelligent reviews. ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/11/25/post-2-2/ Dear Mr. Crutcher, I picked up your book DEADLINE because my middle teenage daughter has a problem sitting still for long enough to read her required books for English, and when she does read them, she needs help absorbing them. She started your book, handed it to me and demanded ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/05/06/guest-review-deadline-by-chris-crutcher/ 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 ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/05/06/why-i-read/ Last winter, I posted that I would love to hear from readers, writers, bloggers about why they read, write and blog. Gail Dayton, author of the new book, New Blood, offers up this personal account. *** I love to read. No, I looooove to read. And I read fast. I ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/05/06/why-i-love-to-read-and-write/ see more Lolcats and funny pictures (I could not have written this post without the help of Maili aka McVane and her near encyclopedic knowledge of the history of internet community on romance) One thing that does not get enough acknowledgment is how past communities on the internet have blazed new trials ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/05/06/past-is-prologue/ "Nora Roberts does it again! First in a Quartet, VISIONS IN WHITE tells a emotional story about 4 friends that begin their own Wedding Planning business only to find a love of their own! Read Mac's story & find out about her unexpected trip down the aisle. All fiction readers will ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/05/06/reader-review-visions-in-white-by-nora-roberts/ A week ago I pounded out an article that I was going to offer up as my guest blog post for the Love of Reading Book Fair. It was all about how tension between print reviewers and bloggers is unnecessary because blogging fills the niches that print reviewers don't ... http://dearauthor.com/test/2009/05/06/kresley-coles-supernatural-boys/