Essaysfan-fiction / Jane Davitt / Tamara Allen / writing36 Comments
As part of our fan fiction series, we asked four writers of both fan and original fiction to talk about their experiences. We had a wonderful email conversation that I’ve reluctantly chopped down to fit into a very long article. Rather than take up room with my words, here are ... more >
Publishing Newsdigital publishing / Dreamspinner Press / Literary Criticism / Tamara Allen48 Comments
The last few days have been frustrating for dear author readers and the crew here at Dear Author and it is mostly my fault. For the past year, I have tried to manage a self hosting option but I don’t know a thing about Apache and shell access and what ... more >
Film Reviews / Reading ListsEngland / France / Lauren Willig / Tamara Allen / vampires14 Comments
Fruitcakes and Other Leftovers by Lori Copeland – cute name, right? I loved it too but the kooky aunt finally did me in. A little kook here and there in a story is fine but ‘all kook all the time’ wore on my nerves. They make medication for people like ... more >
Top Ten ListsBest of 2011 / best of list / Ginn Hale / Jordan Castillo Price / Josh Lanyon / Recommended Reads / Sarah Morgan / Susanna Kearsley / Tamara Allen11 Comments
In alphabetical order by author’s last name: If It Ain’t Love by Tamara Allen (my review here) The Only Gold by Tamara Allen Vienna Waltz by Teresa Grant The Rifter by Ginn Hale (Janine’s and my joint review of 1-5 here; my review of 6 & 7 here) The Rose ... more >
Reading ListsGreat Depression / Heidi Cullinan / m/m romance / multicultural / mystery / Nicole Kimberling / Tamara Allen21 Comments
I read a bunch of novellas and short-ish stories this week, as well as returning to a novel I’d laid aside for a while. Mostly m/m with one m/f, and a number of new-to-me authors. The Seventh Veil (The Etsey Series, #1), by Heidi Cullinan I began this back ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Ebooks20th century / m/m romance / New York City / PTSD / Tamara Allen14 Comments
Dear Ms Allen, I had heard high praise for your novel, “Whistling in the Dark,” after my initial foray into m/m stories. And I’d actually bought a copy of the book in its previous form though I hadn’t read it yet. So, when you offered the new and improved version ... more >