Publishing NewsAmerican history / applications / bookstores / censorship / Clean Reader / Race / RITA / RWA / vampires12 Comments
Inktera Pulls Its Bookstore From Clean Reader, Effectively Killing an App Which Had More Protesters Than Users – So I haven’t really been following the Clean Reader controversy closely, so I’m just now catching up. It looks like the app isn’t going to be around much longer, given the fact ... more >
Contests/Giveaways / InterviewsContemporary / Erotic-Romance / inspirational / RITA / RWA34 Comments
Welcome to this year’s interview with the finalists in the Best First Book category of the RWA Rita Awards. Changes in the contest scoring this year mean that (among other things) all five novels are double finalists: Elizabeth Byler Younts’ Promise to Return and Carla Laureano’s Five Days in Skye in ... more >
Features / InterviewsBerkley Books / Darynda Jones / Delacorte Press / mystery / Paranormal / RITA / Time-Travel / Young-Adult8 Comments
Romance Writers of America honors authors through the RITAs, awarded each year in a number of categories, including Best First Book. Once again, I’m pleased to host those nominees here at Dear Author. Each of the three installments in this series will feature a different sub-genre. The books you’ll see ... more >
Publishing NewsBook Awards / RITA18 Comments
2011 RITA Finalists for Best First Book Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard (Berkley; Leis Pederson, editor) Firestorm by Kelly Ann Riley (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense; Tina James, editor) I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan (Scholastic; Cheryl Klein, editor) The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin Teen; ... more >
Contests/Giveaways / Interviewsconferences / Debut-book / Paranormal / RITA / Science-Fiction-Romance / Young-Adult77 Comments
This week Romance Writers of America hands out the RITAs, its highest awards in eleven romance sub-genres, plus a special category for debut authors. As an occasional contributor to Dear Author, I’m delighted to host again the nominees for Best First Book as part of the Intro Interview series. And ... more >
Publishing Newsdigital publishing / Dorchester-Publishing / Random-House / RITA24 Comments
Earlier this week, the RITA nominations were announced. We collected some of them here at DABWAHA and the full list is here. First off, congratulations to the RITA nominees. To the authors, this is akin to receiving an Oscar nomination. I understand that readers don’t necessarily feel this way but ... more >