I first heard of C.E. Murphy when Luna publishing put out Urban Shaman. It was an intriguing (and actually not very romantic which is a huge deal for me) urban fantasy. Over time (cough 3 years cough), Murphy has penned 10 novels and now has a million words in print. …
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Dear Author: Reviews, Commentary and Industry News
The Two Ja(y)nes provide sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes angry, sometimes gushing, but always honest, commentary and book reviews on romance, fantasy, historical books and the romance industry.
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My First Sale: C.E. Murphy, There I Was, With The Chocolate-Chip Cookies…
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REVIEW: Stranded with a Spy by Merline Lovelace
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/05/08/review-stranded-with-a-spy-by-merline-lovelace/Dear Mrs. Lovelace, When I’ve had a bunch of disappointing books in a row, I know I can turn to you to pull me out of my rut. Whether it’s a historical (which you don’t seem to write much anymore) or contemporary or romantic suspense, you generally hit the spot and give me something readable. …
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Eliminating Returns May Reduce Waste but Might Also Reduce Sales
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/05/08/eliminating-returns-may-reduce-waste-but-might-also-reduce-sales/HarperCollins is experimenting with a no return policy. According to the GalleyCat article yesterday, 31% of books printed are returned to the publishers. Removing the right of return would reduce environmental waste. However, no returns will likely result in fewer books ordered by the chain stores. …
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Thursday Briefs
http://urbanfantasyland.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/thursday-br...by Justine Larbalestier Wicked Melody reviews Art in the Blood (Vampire Files #4) by P.N. Elrod. MOVIE NEWS Behold the Twilight Movie Teaser Poster! PUBLISHING NEWS From Dear Author: We are pleased to announce that veteran literary agent Lucienne Diver, previously with Spectrum Literary Agency, has joined on as the newest member of the Knight Agency’s talented group of agents. For full details please visit the Knight Agencies
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Karen Knows Best
http://karenknowsbest.comfelt no overwhelming reason to comment, because people with different points of view and different agendas will have different opinions and perspectives, and they are all valid (duly noted exception for criminal behaviour, of course) Then Emmy offers this: Hate it when people make sweeping generalizations. What is romance? Does porn have to be two strangers oofing in a one night stand? Can’t two people in a monogamous relationship who love each other deeply have hot monkey sex too? Why can’t that
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snippetaroo
http://snippetaroo.comDavid Xie wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt In one of the industry news pieces I did this past week was a report of Amazon challenging New York State’s intent to impose a sales tax on internet sales. A commenter indicated that this
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The Not-so-deep Thoughts
http://annbruce.wordpress.comWinner of the Spring Cleaning contest is Cherie J! Cherie, please email me at ann @ annbruce.net (no spaces) and let me know which email addy I can send the Amazon GC. Also, in light of Amazon’s disappointing response regarding the Deborah MacGillivray stalking and harassing of a reviewer, if you want a GC from Barnes and Noble instead, I can do that, too. And changes will be coming to the site. Stay tuned.
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Grimspace, Ann Aguirre
http://jenniesbooklog.blogspot.com/2008/05/grimspace-ann-agu...Author: Ann Aguire Published: 2008, Ace Category: Science Fiction Rating: 5.5/10 This book has gotten a lot of buzz online since it came out. It seemed like everyone loved it (for example, an A review at DA), and then I read the AAR review, which gave it a D and tells readers to not read it, it's that bad. Of course that immediately made me dig it out of the TBR, to see how people could have such opposite reactions to the same book.
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One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
http://angieville.blogspot.com/2008/05/one-foot-in-grave-by-...seem to dominate this story when I wanted more character development and the Cat I remember. Maybe Bones feels the same way...Hopefully, we'll both find what we're looking for in the next volume, At Grave's End, due out in January. Links Darque Review Dear Author Review The Good, the Bad, the Unread Review The Happily Ever After Review Urban Fantasy Land Interview
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Three Stories About Amazon
http://mayareynoldswriter.blogspot.com/2008/05/three-stories...I will admit to a perverse pleasure in the fact that Amazon is threatening to sue the State of New York for charging it sales tax on online sales. Jane over at Dear Author wrote last Thursday supporting Amazon's position. You can read her post here. I disagree with Jane. Congress let Internet retailers off the hook on sales tax while they were growing. Now those businesses are mature. If they're using local representatives in a state to help their business via click-throughs, they need to pay
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Another Path to Publishing
http://annbruce.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/another-path-to-pub...Be LKH’s homegirl and your Mary Sue fanfic manuscript will land in the right hands. Read this, this and this.
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Review Roundup: THE SHARING KNIFE: Passage
http://outofthiseos.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/review-roundup....her first sale A great review at bookloons.com, plus a blogger review And an audio clip of Lois reading from her novella "Labyrinth" as well as Passage. (The ever-constant reminder: to read the first four chapters of Passage online, click the link above and hit
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Review Roundup: THE SHARING KNIFE: Passage
http://outofthiseos.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/review-roundup....her first sale A great review at bookloons.com, plus a blogger review And an audio clip of Lois reading from her novella "Labyrinth" as well as Passage. (The ever-constant reminder: to read the first four chapters of Passage online, click the link above and hit
