Comments on: MY First Sale by LA Banks http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/ Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:50:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Crystal http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-159108 Crystal Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:17:19 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-159108 For an aspiring author like myself, this was truly an inspiring story! God bless you, Ms. Banks! Thanks so much for telling your story. I won't give up now. For an aspiring author like myself, this was truly an inspiring story!
God bless you, Ms. Banks! Thanks so much for telling your story. I won’t give up now.

]]> By: Maya http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157405 Maya Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:47:37 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157405 'writing as therapy' - I hear you. Sometimes I feel exactly the same, even though I haven't had even close to the gutwrenchingness of your experience. Your daughter is very fortunate in the mental strength of her mom. ‘writing as therapy’ – I hear you. Sometimes I feel exactly the same, even though I haven’t had even close to the gutwrenchingness of your experience. Your daughter is very fortunate in the mental strength of her mom.

]]> By: tyler shrofe http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157385 tyler shrofe Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:45:13 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157385 im 16 i first read the minion a year ago and i finished "The Darkness the othe day so im waiting for the new one and the newest one about werewolves im 16 i first read the minion a year ago and i finished “The Darkness the othe day so im waiting for the new one and the newest one about werewolves

]]> By: ジェーン(Jān) http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157382 ジェーン(Jān) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:45:34 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157382 Ms Banks, I'm glad your daughter came through that OK. What a horrible thing for a child to deal with. And a parent. Your story is an encouraging one though. Thanks for sharing it. (By the way, nice pic! Are authors allowed to look like movie stars? Talented *and* gorgeous? No fair!) Ms Banks, I’m glad your daughter came through that OK. What a horrible thing for a child to deal with. And a parent.

Your story is an encouraging one though. Thanks for sharing it.

(By the way, nice pic! Are authors allowed to look like movie stars? Talented *and* gorgeous? No fair!)

]]> By: Angela James http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157374 Angela James Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:59:34 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157374 I met Ms. Banks a few years ago at the RT convention in St. Louis, at the booksigning. I was schlepping around a 6 month old baby, was a little exhausted and overwhelmed by the whole scope of the booksigning, but of the blur, one of the things that stands out vividly for me even three years later, is stopping by her table. She was an author I'd never heard of before, but her books caught my eye. The reason I remember her is because she was positively giddy and excited to be there, and her love for her books seriously radiated from her. In a crowded room of several hundred authors, she was handselling her books, chatting up fans with genuine enthusiasm and generally doing everything I think an author who's passionate about their work should do. I didn't realize she was starting a new series but I'll be picking up a copy of Bad Blood! I met Ms. Banks a few years ago at the RT convention in St. Louis, at the booksigning. I was schlepping around a 6 month old baby, was a little exhausted and overwhelmed by the whole scope of the booksigning, but of the blur, one of the things that stands out vividly for me even three years later, is stopping by her table. She was an author I’d never heard of before, but her books caught my eye. The reason I remember her is because she was positively giddy and excited to be there, and her love for her books seriously radiated from her. In a crowded room of several hundred authors, she was handselling her books, chatting up fans with genuine enthusiasm and generally doing everything I think an author who’s passionate about their work should do.

I didn’t realize she was starting a new series but I’ll be picking up a copy of Bad Blood!

]]> By: L.A. Banks on Dear Author « Urban Fantasy Land http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157371 L.A. Banks on Dear Author « Urban Fantasy Land Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:44:30 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157371 [...] L.A. Banks on Dear Author L.A. Banks talks about her first sale over at Dear Author. [...] [...] L.A. Banks on Dear Author L.A. Banks talks about her first sale over at Dear Author. [...]

]]> By: Walt http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157365 Walt Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:18:50 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157365 Leslie's fans are rabid. She has to keep a tight reign on her author copies, because the spoilers in each are sought after as doggedly as clues to the next LOST episode. EVERYTHING is scrutinized. When the cover art for a recent Vampire Huntress book was released and the artistic depiction of the heroine on the cover didn't include a ring, people went _nuts_ -- months before the release of the book. Now _that's_ a fan base. Leslie’s fans are rabid. She has to keep a tight reign on her author copies, because the spoilers in each are sought after as doggedly as clues to the next LOST episode. EVERYTHING is scrutinized. When the cover art for a recent Vampire Huntress book was released and the artistic depiction of the heroine on the cover didn’t include a ring, people went _nuts_ — months before the release of the book. Now _that’s_ a fan base.

]]> By: Jennifer McKenzie http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157350 Jennifer McKenzie Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:22:58 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157350 What an awesome story!!! What an awesome story!!!

]]> By: Jia http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/04/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157341 Jia Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:45:03 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/my-first-sale-by-la-banks/#comment-157341 Great story! I'm really late to the Vampire Huntress series too. I just picked up the first book a couple weeks ago, but I am greatly looking forward to the Crimson Moon novels. Great story! I’m really late to the Vampire Huntress series too. I just picked up the first book a couple weeks ago, but I am greatly looking forward to the Crimson Moon novels.

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