Dear Ms. Phinney, After some thought, I believe the reason I like these Steeple Hill suspense books is that there isn’t much gratuitous violence. Yes, bad things happen but it isn’t mapped out in GPS detail to make me queasy as I read. And most of the emphasis of the ... more >
Good news, neighbors to the North, Penguin will be selling books in Canada at US price points starting in 2008. A couple of weeks ago, there was an article about Canadians becoming increasingly unhappy with the price disparity on books, with the Canadian retail price being significantly higher than the ... more >
During the last couple of months, I read several books written by authors who live outside the U.S. I know from our contests that there are many international readers but I didn't quite grasp the breadth of the international author. Authorial success and continued contracts rely primarily upon sucess within ... more >
Dear Ms. Spencer: Haven is your debut work and I have been excited to read it since I first heard of it back when we ran our first ebook contest. I didn’t know what to expect and did not read the excerpts purposely. I like to be surprised when I ... more >
Ladies, I loved your second book, “What I Really Want to Do is Direct” and knew I had to go back and read your first, “Speechless.” It’s worth every trade paperback penny. I hope you two have something else in the works because if not, I’m afraid I’ll go into ... more >