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December 13, 2017

Wednesday News: Women, Women, and more Women (aka the tide is turning)

JanetPublishing News#metoo / Courtney Milan / diversity / feminism / sexual harassment / sexual-assault / words of the year4 Comments

Merriam-Webster’s 2017 Words of the Year – It’s always interesting to see what words make Webster’s annual top ten list, and this year is no exception. Not surprisingly, it is politics that have driven much of the dictionary consultation this year, and the #1 word both embodies and transcends politicization: ... more >

May 7, 2014

DA3 Interview: Favorite Conference Speakers

Alison AtleeConventions / Features / Interviews19th century / Category / Cathryn Parry / Contemporary / Courtney Milan / Dani Collins / Grace Burrowes / Historical / Historical Romances / RWA8 Comments

With reader and writer “conference season” upon us, I thought I’d bring to Dear Author a few authors who also make great presenters on panels and workshops. Grace Burrowes was a wonderful discovery to me last year–I didn’t know her when I went to see a panel of headliner historical ... more >

Unraveled by Courtney Milan
December 30, 2011

REVIEW: Unraveled by Courtney Milan

JaneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsCourtney Milan / Historical Romances / POC author27 Comments

Dear Ms. Milan: Thank you for sending me “Unraveled” for review. I have enjoyed (but been somewhat critical) of your past works but your novella, “Unlocked,” was one of my best reads of 2011. Smite’s book was hotly anticipated. Part of the problem I had with “Unraveled” was the result ... more >

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October 4, 2011

Dear Author Recommends for October

JaneRecommended ReadsBeth Kephart / Courtney Milan / Jane Davitt / Jane Graves / Recommended Reads / Sarah Morgan / Susanna Kearsley / Suzanne-Enoch4 Comments

Recommended Read

It’s October. I know, I can barely believe it either. The following are our recommended reads in October. Here is a catalog of October releases. The November and December catalogs are fairly up to date although the December one doesn’t have the category releases yet. YA Girl of Fire and ... more >

Unclaimed Courtney Milan
September 26, 2011

REVIEW: Unclaimed by Courtney Milan

JaneB Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / courtesan / Courtney Milan / Deception / Harlequin / Historical Romances / non agency / POC author / virgin15 Comments

Dear Ms. Milan: Toward the end of the review it is going to sound like I didn’t like this book but that would be the wrong impression. I did like this book.  I liked it but in a lot of ways I found Mark, like his older brother Ash, to ... more >

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July 2, 2011

Interview with Courtney Milan, #6 on the NYT

JaneInterviewsCourtney Milan / self-published9 Comments

On Wednesday evenings, the New York Times Bestseller list is emailed to editors and agents. On this past Wednesday, RWA was abuzz because Courtney Milan’s self published novella “Unlocked” made it to number 6 on the NYT ebook list and number 19 on the combined print and ebook list and ... more >

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