InterviewsCourtney 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 >
Letters of OpinionCourtney Milan / POC author / self-published114 Comments
Publishing is undergoing a real seismic change. Agents are publishing, authors are banding together to form publishing houses, publishing houses are buying deals direct from the author (and thereby cutting out the agent), Amazon is changing the formulation from the Big 6 to the Big 7 and paying hefty sums ... more >
A Reviews / Book ReviewsCourtney Milan / enemies to lovers / Historical Romances / POC author / self-published34 Comments
Dear Ms. Milan: I’ve been chomping at the bit to talk about this book with other readers. I’ve felt, in the past, that your works were smart and thoughtful but sometimes lacking in emotional engagement. I particularly struggled to connect with Ned Carhart in Trial by Desire. But Unlocked packs ... more >
B Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / class-difference / Courtney Milan / Harlequin / POC author16 Comments
Dear Ms. Milan: I have heard such good things about your early Victorian-set novels that I kept meaning to read one. When the controversy over the Publisher's Weekly review erupted, I knew I would have to read Unveiled. While more confused than ever about that infamous review, I have been ... more >
EssaysCourtney Milan / genre critique / Literary Criticism82 Comments
I was planning on taking a hiatus from writing opinion pieces on Tuesdays until the first of the year. I was getting tired of writing them and I figured you all might be tired of reading them. An interesting issue arose yesterday, however, that I wanted to throw out for ... more >
Book ReviewsCourtney Milan / Deanna Raybourn / India Grey / J.L. Merrow / Jeannie Lin / Lauren Willig / Liz Fielding11 Comments
Here is our October recommends for the month. The Iron Duke is the big recommended book here at Dear Author. Robin, Janine (review), Shuzluva (review) and I all think it is a B+/A book. Others you might want to check out include (reviews will be forthcoming): Recommended by Jayne: Dark ... more >