Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and CommentarySix devoted readers who serve up fiction book reviews (primarily romance and fantasy with some non fiction and manga thrown in) and provide honest commentary on the Romance genre and publishing industry.Ability to Edit Comments Poll- September 27, 2008 I&8217;ve disabled the ability to edit the comments because it was taking the individual pages alot of time to load. Would you rather endure a slower loading page so long as you can have the ability to edit your commentshttp://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/ability-to-edit-comments-poll/ REVIEW: Red Fire by Deirdre Knight- September 27, 2008 Dear Ms. Knight: I admit to rolling my eyes a bit over the beginning book because I kept thinking of the movie 300. The prologue is the set up for the entire series. 7 books involving 7 Spartan warriors who stood at the gap at Thermopylae to stave off the demonic forces overtaking ...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/review-red-fire-by-deirdre-knight/ Paul Newman Dies at 83- September 27, 2008 I saw the ticker on CNN this morning that Paul Newman passed away at the age of 83.http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/paul-newman-dies-at-83/ First Page: Untitled Time Travel- September 27, 2008 Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. She turned around, saw him, and her world suddenly went still. Iain was back! Her heart began beating in triple time as she ...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/first-page-untitled-time-travel/ Once Upon a Desert Isle Keeper- September 27, 2008 Back in June or so, some bloggers formed a group blog called DIKladiesrule. It&8217;s a fun place that features interviews with authors and alot of book chat about the bloggers&8217; favorite books. About late June, Dear Author started a feature called &8220;If You Like&8221; based upon the shelftalkers at bookstores. It came ...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/once-upon-a-desert-isle-keeper/ REVIEW: On the Move by Pamela Britton- September 26, 2008 Dear Ms. Britton, I&8217;d heard that Harlequin has a NASCAR themed series but had not ever tried any of them. To be honest, despite living in the heart of NASCAR country, the area where the original drivers had souped up their cars to evade the ATF agents and run their moonshine, I don&8217;t ...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/review-on-the-move-by-pamela-britton/ My First Sale by Ann Christopher- September 26, 2008 Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Ann Christopher writes contemporar romances for Kensington and Harlequin. Her most recent book, Tender Secrets, is officially released on October 1 but may be in stores now. Dear Jane Heres my first ...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/my-first-sale-by-ann-christopher/ New Metric for Choosing ePublishers- September 26, 2008 Shannon Stacey pointed out a new epublisher launching on April Fool&8217;s Day 2009. As the publisher came to defend herself in the comments, I assume that this is not some elaborate joke. Given this blurb on the submissions page of Cherry Lane Press, my new metric for choosing epublishers is any publisher whose submission page ...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/new-metric-for-choosing-epublishers/ REVIEW: Kiss of a Dark Moon by Sharie Kohler- September 25, 2008 Dear Ms. Kohler: I&8217;m going to address a few of my concerns about this book in chronological fashion. Prologue. Ad 70: The scene is an apocolyptic event. The fortress is on fire; the people are fleeing. A witch is bringing down a powerful curse on the Marshan family. Cristophe, ...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/review-kiss-of-a-dark-moon-by-sharie-kohler/ Publishing Deals September 4th September 25th- September 25, 2008 Yeah, were a little behind. There was a metric ton of deals this month so were just highlighting the most interestingquirkyabsurd. If your books not here, its because your blurb didnt stick out (for better or for worse). Guillermo del Toro has a bizarre imagination if we judge by his film credits (Hellboy, The Orphanage, Pans ...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/publishing-deals-%E2%80%93-september-4th-%E2%80... |