The other day I found a review on my book Mirage
written by a reader who is familiar with Arabic. In the review, the
reader expressed frustration with my misuse of pronouns when the hero
spoke Bedouin endearments to the heroine. This single issue was enough
to make the reader find the book less than satisfactory, which prompted
a comment that I should have done my research better.
Last weekend I went to the Lori Foster event where I hooked up with old
friends and made some new ones. This year the event was bigger than
ever with almost 300 authors and readers in attendance. As always,
there just wasn’t enough time to spend with everyone. Of course, things
could have been easier about actually getting to the event.
Dangerous -- "...a pretty good read." Mrs. Giggles | 4.5 Stars RT BOOKreviews
Jane Eyre was one of my favorite romances
growing up as a teenager, and over the years it has come to be the
number one on my list of favorites. Something I find rather strange in
a way because I really despise first person POV. But the story grabbed
me then as it still does all these years later. Because I love the
story so much, I try to watch every remake of the first Jane Eyre

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Monica Burns at 10:00am Fri, 16 May 2008 under
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Professionalism; 140 views
Over the
past year there have been several ePubs that have gone under, been in
the news and/or behaved badly or wonderfully depending on one’s POV. In
considering some of the brouhahas, I’ve formed the opinion that a
number of these ePublishers have been their own worst enemy. Problem is
they drag not only themselves through the mud, but the rest of us as
well.
The MisGuided