Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

There’s another AuthorTalk video up. HelenKay Dimon is the victim subject of the newest one.

Dear Ms Estep,

I was never a comic book fan and it’s been a long time since I read one but I recognized a few givens of the standard American superhero comic book. We’ve got your big city, alter egos, intrepid newspaper reporter, heroes, villains and brightly colored spandex for everybody.

Carmen Cole steps into the dual role of reporter and possible love interest. I wasn’t so sure of her reasoning for spending so much time unmasking superheroes wherever she could. Sure her fiance turns out to be one and she discovers this 1) on their wedding day when 2) she catches him shagging a] his nemesis who is b] her best friend but since superheroes are almost duty bound to spend their time saving the average citizen who needs help and/or thwarting the villains, why is the general public so happy that she exposes them and makes their lives more difficult? The excuse that cities want the superheroes to help pay for the damage they cause while battling villains doesn’t make much sense when compared to the fact that they’re saving the city from villains and crime. Do the people of Bigtown …

I’ve heard horror stories, but I didn’t realize that signing up with AOL was a life sentence.

In the spirit of the holidays, I bring this video clip. As background, Ned’s dad took the whole family to see this movie when it first came out. Ned was just a pup then. Dad-Ned thought that it was a holiday movie filled with good cheer. It was a bad mistake.