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About Me:: Felicia Donovan, author of CYBER CRIME FIGHTERS: TALES FROM THE TRENCHES, THE BLACK WIDOW AGENCY and SPUN TALES - A BLACK WIDOW AGENCY MYSTERY. Visit www.feliciadonovan.com or www.cybercrimefighters.biz

Books And Authors I Like:: CYBER CRIME FIGHTERS: TALES FROM THE TRENCHES, by Felicia Donovan and Kristyn Bernier.
THE BLACK WIDOW AGENCY, by Felicia Donovan.
SPUN TALES - A BLACK WIDOW AGENCY MYSTERY, by Felicia Donovan.

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At 2:40pm on September 29, 2008, kristyn bernier said…: Time to add CCF to this one...

At 12:25am on September 15, 2008, L. A. Starks said…: Love your posts on CSW.

At 12:36pm on June 14, 2008, L.J. Sellers said…: Felicia
Just stopping in to say hello. Great trailer.

At 8:02am on December 18, 2007, Jeffrey Kinghorn said…: Felicia, hello! Where are you? I'm in Barrington, next to Durham (UNH), just west of Portsmouth.

At 9:05am on November 15, 2007, joe miller said…: Felicia,
Very Cool Book Trailer.

Joe

At 12:55am on November 11, 2007, maggie mary said…: I'm glad you liked the review go to www.killerbooks.org
i pcked it as a killer book (part of the indep. mystery booksellers assoc mmm

At 12:33pm on August 29, 2007, Felicia Donovan said…: As my dear mother always says, "If you don't have something nice to say..." I think you're absolutely right that some reviewers feel that success needs to be brought down a few pegs. That is unfortunate, because if they really thought about it everyone benefits from books being published whether they are successful or not. I hold to the hope that there will always be a strong community of readers. Why diminish that? Why discourage someone from picking up a book? Reading tastes are so tremendously personal and subjective anyway. I think that's what Tess was trying to get at. They really are our "babies" and doggone it, it hurts when they're criticized. When I was teaching, I would never, ever think of berating a student, even the most trying of students, in front of a parent. We would always try and couch the conference with positives and strengths while gently pointing out areas that could be improved upon. Same rules apply to books and authors in my mind...

At 12:02pm on August 29, 2007, Sandra Ruttan said…: I agree about the value. I'd read Tess's blog and emailed her after the one post. Today, I read a scathing review of the latest book by an author I really like. And I found myself thinking, 'This is what it can come to.' But in some cases, it feels like reviewers decide that an author has had too much success and needs to be taken down a peg or two. Unfortunately, those reviews are just mean. It's hard to separate yourself from it all...we're only human after all, and our characters are like our children. Nobody wants to hear that people think their creations are stupid.

At 11:31am on August 29, 2007, Sandra Ruttan said…: Hi Felicia, nice to 'meet' you. And thanks for the comment. After I posted that I thought I probably should have kept my mouth shut... Congratulations on the book, by the way.