Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary » DA BWAHA http://dearauthor.com/wordpress Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Romance novel reviews, interviews, and discussion By Smart Bitch Sarah and Jane from Dear Author This is a podcast devoted to the romance genre, the people behind it and the people reading it Sarah Wendell and Jane Litte sbj.podcast@gmail.com Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary no Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary jane@dearauthor.com jane@dearauthor.com (Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary) 2008-2009 Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/wp-photos/dbsa-podcast.jpg http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/category/features/da-bwaha/ DA BWAHA Is Now Accepting Nominations http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F01%2F12%2Fda-bwaha-is-now-accepting-nominations%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA+Is+Now+Accepting+Nominations http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F01%2F12%2Fda-bwaha-is-now-accepting-nominations%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA+Is+Now+Accepting+Nominations#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:08:27 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/01/12/da-bwaha-is-now-accepting-nominations/ dabwaha-sm-09Remember the DA BWAHA, our March Madness tourney of books? It’s back, and we need your help for the slate of books. The categories are as follows:

  • YA
  • Paranormal
  • Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
  • Historical
  • Erotic Romance
  • GLBT
  • Category
  • Contemporary

    • The books nominated must be published in 2008, regardless of epublication or print publication. Reprints, whether it is reprint of a print book or a print release of an ebook, are not eligible. Self published books are not eligible. Please tell us what books should make the slate of 64 by emailing us at dabwaha@gmail.com. We already have some ideas of what books will land a coveted spot, but we want to hear from you.

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F01%2F12%2Fda-bwaha-is-now-accepting-nominations%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA+Is+Now+Accepting+Nominations/feed/ 6 DA BWAHA Tourney Graphics http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F08%2Fda-bwaha-tourney-graphics%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA+Tourney+Graphics http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F08%2Fda-bwaha-tourney-graphics%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA+Tourney+Graphics#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:08:16 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=4265 The disbursal of prize booty may take a bit longer, but graphics? We got yer graphics right here!

For Colleen Gleason, who won the tournament for her book The Rest Falls Away, a fancy shnazzy graphic proclaming you teh winnah:



image

For Laura D, whose pointacular bracket allowed her to gain the people’s ovation and fame forever, we have:

image

For Joyce D, whose equally pointactular bracket in the 2nd Chance Tourney has allowed her a sizeable portion of that ovation and fame referenced above, we have:

image

AND!!! I got my own Duchess Title:

image image

I never thought I would ever EVER get a Duchess title because I totally suck at the Friday quizzes. I’m speechless.

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F08%2Fda-bwaha-tourney-graphics%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA+Tourney+Graphics/feed/ 0 Final Four: Erotica/Erotic Romance v. Contemporary http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F06%2Ffinal-four-eroticaerotic-romance-v-contemporary%2F&seed_title=Final+Four%3A++Erotica%2FErotic+Romance+v.+Contemporary http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F06%2Ffinal-four-eroticaerotic-romance-v-contemporary%2F&seed_title=Final+Four%3A++Erotica%2FErotic+Romance+v.+Contemporary#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:00:04 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=4228 Results of the Paranormal v. Historical (Round 1 of the Final Four)

DA Results:

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

SB Results:

The winner is Nora Robert’s High Noon which won by a total of 136 votes. At the SB site, Robert’s book won by 83 votes and here at DA, it won by 53 votes.

The Championship Round is now in progress. We’ll begin the post mortem on Tuesday. I know you guys are so excited you are about to pee your pants.

Click on the links to our sponsors to let them know that you actually are paying attention to the contest. It’s for a good cause (not really, but the words “good cause” usually gets people to do things that they wouldn’t ordinarily do).

image

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F06%2Ffinal-four-eroticaerotic-romance-v-contemporary%2F&seed_title=Final+Four%3A++Erotica%2FErotic+Romance+v.+Contemporary/feed/ 3 DA BWAHA: Championship Round http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F06%2Fda-bwaha-championship-round%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA%3A++Championship+Round http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F06%2Fda-bwaha-championship-round%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA%3A++Championship+Round#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:00:53 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=4234 Final Round – it’s championship time! Vote here, and over at Smart Bitches in the championship round of the 2008 DA BWAHA. One book is proclaimed our Book of the Year, and the post-mortem hand-wringing and trash-talking can begin. The 2008 showdown: Colleen Gleason’s The Rest Falls Away versus Nora Roberts’ High Noon.

Click early, click often, and click in both places, as we’ll be totaling up the votes and announcing the winners come Tuesday morning.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F06%2Fda-bwaha-championship-round%2F&seed_title=DA+BWAHA%3A++Championship+Round/feed/ 6 Final Four: Paranormal v. Historical http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F05%2Ffinal-four-paranormal-v-historical%2F&seed_title=Final+Four%3A++Paranormal+v.+Historical http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F05%2Ffinal-four-paranormal-v-historical%2F&seed_title=Final+Four%3A++Paranormal+v.+Historical#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:15:52 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=4227 Results of the Paranormal v. Historical (Round 1 of the Final Four)

DA Results:

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

SB Results:

The winner is Colleen Gleason’s The Rest Falls Away which won by a total of 37 votes. At the SB site, Colleen’s book garnered 38 more votes than Elizabeth Hoyt’s The Serpent Prince. At DA, The Serpent Prince received one more vote than The Rest Falls Away. Don’t forget to vote in the second of the Final Four polls: Erotica/Erotic Romance v. Contemporary both here and at Smart Bitches.

Click on the links to our sponsors to let them know that you actually are paying attention to the contest. It’s for a good cause (not really, but the words “good cause” usually gets people to do things that they wouldn’t ordinarily do).

image

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F05%2Ffinal-four-paranormal-v-historical%2F&seed_title=Final+Four%3A++Paranormal+v.+Historical/feed/ 9 On the Road to the Final Four http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F02%2Fda-bwaha-update-the-final-four%2F&seed_title=On+the+Road+to+the+Final+Four http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F02%2Fda-bwaha-update-the-final-four%2F&seed_title=On+the+Road+to+the+Final+Four#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:00:09 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=4203 Vote!If you haven’t noticed, DA and SBTB were merged in hostile friendly takeover which took the form of a book against book tournament. We slated 64 books in 8 categories which netted 8 winners. (imagine that 8 winners in 8 categories, we are like math geniuses or geni or whatever).

The current leader is Cecilia T. You can see the whole slate of brackets here. We held a second chance pool and the current leader is Marci S. The entire slate of the 2nd chance brackets are here.

The Elite Eight was winnowed down to the Final Four with only one number one seeding surviving: High Noon by Nora Roberts. On Saturday, April 5, SB and DA will feature the Final Four battle between dark house and thirteen seed, The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason against the Historical favorite, number 3 seed, The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

On the other side of the bracket is a death match battle between Fairyville by Emma Holly (also a 13 seed) and the prohibitive favorite, High Noon by Nora Roberts.

image

Since we’ve made it to the Final Four, we have some prizes to award! To the authors whose books achieved Final Four status, we have graphics – woo hoo! And hot pink bad ass ostrich feather quill pens. Please right-click and save the graphic, and paste that bad boy all over your websites. Hey, put it on your next book cover. Nothing says “take me seriously” like a tournament named “DA BWAHA” drenched in
flaming hot pink, right?

I will be contacting you to ask for shipping info for your flaming pink feather of power, but if you’d like to before I get to you, feel free. Congratulations!

Vote early. Vote often. Click on the links to our sponsors to let them know that you actually are paying attention to the contest. It’s for a good cause (not really, but the words “good cause” usually gets people to do things that they wouldn’t ordinarily do).

image

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F04%2F02%2Fda-bwaha-update-the-final-four%2F&seed_title=On+the+Road+to+the+Final+Four/feed/ 6 Elite Eight: Erotica/Erotic Romance v. GLBT http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F29%2Felite-eight-eroticaerotic-romance-v-glbt%2F&seed_title=Elite+Eight%3A+Erotica%2FErotic+Romance+v.+GLBT http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F29%2Felite-eight-eroticaerotic-romance-v-glbt%2F&seed_title=Elite+Eight%3A+Erotica%2FErotic+Romance+v.+GLBT#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:05:38 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/03/29/elite-eight-eroticaerotic-romance-v-glbt/ dabwaha-v.jpg

Poll is closed. Results are as follows. See the updated standings at the Official DA BWAHA site.

The Elite Eight books are:

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F29%2Felite-eight-eroticaerotic-romance-v-glbt%2F&seed_title=Elite+Eight%3A+Erotica%2FErotic+Romance+v.+GLBT/feed/ 2 Elite Eight: Novel with Romantic Elements v. Historical http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Felite-eight-novel-with-romantic-elements-v-historical%2F&seed_title=Elite+Eight%3A+Novel+with+Romantic+Elements+v.+Historical http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Felite-eight-novel-with-romantic-elements-v-historical%2F&seed_title=Elite+Eight%3A+Novel+with+Romantic+Elements+v.+Historical#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:00:48 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/03/28/elite-eight-novel-with-romantic-elements-v-historical/ dabwaha-v.jpg

Poll is closed. Results are as follows. See the updated standings at the Official DA BWAHA site.

The Elite Eight books are:

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Felite-eight-novel-with-romantic-elements-v-historical%2F&seed_title=Elite+Eight%3A+Novel+with+Romantic+Elements+v.+Historical/feed/ 1 Round Three: The Sweet Sixteen of DA BWAHA http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fround-three-the-sweet-sixteen-of-da-bwaha-4%2F&seed_title=Round+Three%3A+The+Sweet+Sixteen+of+DA+BWAHA http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fround-three-the-sweet-sixteen-of-da-bwaha-4%2F&seed_title=Round+Three%3A+The+Sweet+Sixteen+of+DA+BWAHA#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:00:36 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/03/28/round-three-the-sweet-sixteen-of-da-bwaha-4/ dabwaha-v.jpg

Poll is closed. Results are as follows. See the updated standings at the Official DA BWAHA site.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Special thanks to our sponsors:

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fround-three-the-sweet-sixteen-of-da-bwaha-4%2F&seed_title=Round+Three%3A+The+Sweet+Sixteen+of+DA+BWAHA/feed/ 8 Round Three: The Sweet Sixteen of DA BWAHA http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fround-three-the-sweet-sixteen-of-da-bwaha-3%2F&seed_title=Round+Three%3A+The+Sweet+Sixteen+of+DA+BWAHA http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fround-three-the-sweet-sixteen-of-da-bwaha-3%2F&seed_title=Round+Three%3A+The+Sweet+Sixteen+of+DA+BWAHA#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:00:06 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/03/28/round-three-the-sweet-sixteen-of-da-bwaha-3/ On Thursday 27 March: Novel with Romantic Elements & Historical go head to head again in the Elite Eight.

Then on Friday 28 March: GLBT and Erotic Romance/Erotica.

There are some big match ups here at Smart Bitches and at here. So vote and reload a few thousand times. I’m right there with you.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Related Posts:

Dear Author earns a small referral fee if you use these links to buy Harlequin books. Click only if you are interested. (Thank you to those who have been clicking and buying!).

Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

]]> http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fround-three-the-sweet-sixteen-of-da-bwaha-3%2F&seed_title=Round+Three%3A+The+Sweet+Sixteen+of+DA+BWAHA/feed/ 1