Last week’s first sale featured Pam Rosenthal. Pam donated a copy of her book to be given away to a random winner. That random commenter is: Liz Fichera. Would you please send me an email: jane at dearauthor.com. For those who might be interested in Pam’s First Sale story, you ... more >
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Pam Rosenthal writes lush historicals and her RITA nominated title, The Slightest Provocation, is being reissued in mass market this month. *** It wasn't difficult ... more >
Janine was our third “Ja(y)ne” here at Dear Author. She provides beautifully written, well articulated reviews. She has varied tastes and puts an emphasis on well written prose. Janine is a slow, but careful reader: DELICIOUS by Sherry Thomas*, Grade A CRY WOLF by Patricia Briggs, Grade A
This week we'll post the "best of 2008" list for each reviewer. Feel free to use this as a commenting launch pad but also as a way for you to measure your taste against the reviewer's taste. Jennie F is one of our "new-ish" reviewers. She reviews sporadically and has ecletic taste. Her list includes a variety of fiction books, not all of which are romance:
Janine: Since Pam Rosenthal’s previous book, The Slightest Provocation, provided us with some discussion fodder, we thought her newest, The Edge of Impropriety, might be fertile ground for a conversational review. Here is a description of the book, followed by Jennie’s thoughts and my own: The Edge of Impropriety begins ... more >
September and October were bare for recommended reads from the crew here at Dear Author so hopefully you saved up your money for this month because we’ve got 7 8! recommendations. Demon Bound by Meljean Brook. This will not be my favorite Brook book, but her writing is consistently strong ... more >