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WE DO Get Letters...
We do get letters and publish a sampling here. Our reviewers LOVE to receive notes and we forward them to the reviewers. We actually get VERY FEW letters for all the reviews we do. What's that about?
July 2009
Dear Armchair Interviews:
I wish to convey my heartfelt appreciation to all the fine people at Armchair Interviews for offering an opportunity for authors (especially first-time authors) to have their books reviewed. What a wonderful and much-needed web site!—a great source for authors and readers alike.
A true passion for the written word shines through in the remarks of your reviewers, and their generosity in volunteering their time to read and comment on our books is beyond measure.
Please extend my thanks to Shawn Remfrey, in particular, for her thoughtful, insightful review. I so appreciate that she agreed to read and review Kurt Nickle-Dickle of Whiskers. Hers was the first review of my book, and like all first-time authors, I waited expectantly for that initial reaction. (Would the book be well-received? Would she hate it, love it, or something in between?)
I was delighted when I received her most gracious review! I have posted it on my web site along with a link to Armchair Interviews and your yellow circle logo.
Again, thank you, Armchair Interviews!
Sincerely,
N.J. McNeill
Author, Kurt Nickle-Dickle of Whiskers
http://www.njmcneill.com
Read our review: http://reviews.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/kurt-nickle-dickle-of-whiskers
May 2009
Reviewer: Stephanie Boyd
I have just read the most wonderful review of The Cold Light of Mourning by Stephanie Boyd and am writing to thank you.
Of all the reviews, this is the best written -- makes the reader want to read the story without giving away too much of the plot. Stephanie clearly understands the story and the genre. I am absolutely thrilled that she enjoyed the book and am so grateful for her kind words.
I was not familiar with your site, but I am now and will be back to visit many times!
Cheers and all the best,
Elizabeth Duncan
Author, The Cold Loght of Mourning.
PS: I hope you don't mind if I post the review on my Twitter page and urge everyone to read it! And thanks again for doing such a great service for readers.
NOTE: MIND???? Heck, we're thrilled she's thrilled.
Read our review: reviews.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/the-cold-light-of-mourning
Reviewer: Julina Small
Please accept my sincere thanks for your wonderful review of my book, The Idea Miners: The Lost Lake Dig. I'm very please that you enjoyed it, and particularly delighted by the statement regarding your twelve-year-old daughter: "My twelve-year-old daughter began reading the book after I finished it, and I could hardly get her to put it down to come to the kitchen for dinner!"
I've been grinning ever since reading that line. That line by itself makes the many hours of writing the book worth it! Thank you very much.
P. W. Cross
Author, The Idea Miners: The Lost Lake Dig.
Five stars review-March 2009
Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Adventure written for 9-12 year
http://www.TheIdeaMiners.com
Apalachian House, Publisher
March 2009
Reviewer: Sharron Stockhausen
On behalf of Michael Donaldson I want to thank you for the wonderful review of Clearance & Copyright. You communicated a great understanding of the book and the essence the fair use topic for professionals in the field of Radio, Television and Film.
Aneisa Young Bolton
Book Project Manager for author Michael C. Donaldson
http://www.MichaelCDonaldson.com
February 2009
Dear Armchair Interviews
To you in general and to reviewer, Kathy Perschmann in particular--thanks for the wonderful review of my book, Pemberley Manor.
As a first-time author, I'm just beginning to understand the web as a tool for reaching readers. What fun it is to hear that you enjoyed my story.
I've added your review to my website and your address to my "favorites" list. Your site is elegantly organized and equally appealing to me as a reader and a writer.
Thanks again,
Kathryn L Nelson
(read our review for this first-time author) http://reviews.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/pemberley-manor-jane-austens-pride-and-prejudi
December 2008
Dear Armchair Interviews:
Please give my heartfelt thanks to Ms. Stephens for the more than kind review of my book, The Eleventh Summer. And thank you Armchair Interviews for giving my book the opportunity to be reviewed where others wouldn't because it is a Publish on Demand (POD).
If this is my book's only review,that's okay. You, at least, have
given it a chance to reach out and touch a few precious souls.
Sarah Norkus
Author,The Eleventh Summer.
See our review for this first-time author: http://reviews.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/the-eleventh-summer
November 2008
Dear Armchair Interviews:
Thank you and everyone at Armchairinterviews for the opportunity to have my book reviewed. Please forward this note to the woman who reviewed my book.
Thank you.
Dear Miss Rossman,
Thank you so much for your kind words about my novel, The Whispering Fields. Considering that it's my first one, and your review was the very first review it received, it means a lot to me that it was so positive. The four out of five stars you gave it at Amazon.com was also very heartening.
I walked around for days with an un-erasable smile on my face.
I must apologize for writing to you so many days after the initial posting, but in all the excitement I forgot my manners. Thanks, again, for helping to get the book off to a good start.
Sincerely,
Joseph Collins
Author of The Whispering Fields.
See our review for this first-time author: http://reviews.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/the-whispering-fields
October 2008
Dear Armchair Interviews:
Thank you for your highly successful press release service! Armchair Interviews helped our book publishing company, Feather Rock Books, put together a professional and effective press release about our new children's book, The Dragonfly Secret: A Story of Boundless Love. We received reviews on almost 50 percent of the books we sent to reviewers, which to us, was a pleasant surprise.
The reviews of The Dragonfly Secret were posted on various online websites, including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Library Thing, Stories for Children, Epinions, Viewpoints and numerous blog-spots.
As an added benefit, some of the same reviewers have asked to review our company’s related book, The Dragonfly Door, the first book in the dragonfly series.
Because of Armchair Interviews, we are now scheduled for several radio interviews in which we will have the opportunity to further promote our books and company.
We found that Armchair Interviews’ expertise and press release service exceeded our expectations. We recommend them without hesitation to other publishing companies and authors.
Submitted by Clea and John Adams, co-authors of The Dragonfly Secret
September 2008
Dear Armchair Interviews,
I just wanted to thank you so much for your lovely review of my October release, The Scarlet Spy.
I really appeciate the kind words from such a great site. I think you guys do an amazing job for the romance world, and so it's really an honor to hear that you enjoyed my book.
Best, Andrea Pickens
NOTE: Reviewer Maria Elmvang gave this historical fiction a 5-star rating! Book is launched October 1, 2008.
August 2008 Dear Armchair Interviews,
We want to thank you for the opportunity to be interviewed on your web sight. Armchair Interviews' Connie Anderson asked all the right questions, and due in part to that, it went very well.
We are anticipating a reprint of our second historical fiction book, SOPHIE'S HAWK: Spirit of the Raptor, and we credit Armchair Interviews and your reviews of the books for some of the success we've enjoyed.
We do hope that we can repeat the experience at the release of the next book. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Authors Arvid Lloyd Williams and Bonnie Shallbetter
Trilogy: http://www.HawkSeries.com
Dear Armchair Interviews,
My publicist, Nancy Berland's office forwarded me a copy of your review for Cedar Cove Christmas. I wanted to thank you for your kind words regarding my story. I've had a smile all day thanks to you.
Having positive reviews and reviewers such as you makes you a tremendous asset to our industry. Thank you for all you do to promote romance and books.
Sincerely,
Debbie Macomber
Author of:
A Cedar Cove Christmas
Twenty Wishes--A Blossom Street Book
Knit Together: Discover God's Pattern For Your Life
Knit Together
Back on Blossom Street
SEE OUR REVIEWS
Desmond Evans, a spry 83-year-old Brit wrote his first book at age 81 (see article in Reader's Place). We just reviewed his second in a trilogy, and Desmond responded.
Dear Armchair Interviews.
Starting so late as a writer, I never realised how much time would be spent creating characters, keeping track of them and the numerous alterations that inevitably have to be made. When things flow easily it is exhilarating, but when the brain is dead and nothing enters it is so frustrating. Finally when you have finished, polished it a few times and you get it printed, the doubts start entering your mind, what if the publishers don't like it, and if they go ahead, what will the reviewers say about your book.
You can spend I suppose for a mystery crime novel up to three to four hundred hours working at it. You then have a decision, do nothing and let the book find its own level and see what happens or submit it to a reviewer.
Submitting it to a reviewer can be daunting for any writer, specially if you are unknown--so those four or five weeks weeks waiting for Armchair Interviews seems like an eternity. Then one morning in your email inbox in bold print staring at you it says:
Desmond,
We have posted our review of MURDER IN THE ASCENDANT.
Andrea, Armchair Interviews
Slowly you bring the cursor on to your email, click on, and wait those fewseconds until you can read your review. It is then you wish you could share with your reviewer the ecstasy at that special moment, and realise what there patience and time spent reading our book, in their own time, means to us.
I am sitting in my small summer house (posh word for a shed} speechless at the review I've had for my latest book MURDER IN THE ASCENDANT. At 83 not many things can exite me or give me a buzz 9my wife can bless her, even after 58 years).
I am sending a note via you to Shawn Remfrey who reviewed my book, expressing the kindness and above all the time spent reviewing my book. Indeed ALL your reviewers spend so much of their time in helping us writers. I try to mention as often as I can to people, how much we are helped by those people who either professionally or as amateurs spend time reading and reviewing for the benefit and guidance to assist purchasers of our product.
Thank you very much,
Desmond Evans, author of MURDER IN THE ASCENDANT and DEATH IS A MEMBER
(SEE OUR REVIEWS FOR BOTH BOOKS)
We are open to letters about our interviews, who you'd like to see interviewed, articles we post, etc., so consider this section our "letters to the editor."
We used to print many of the letters in our ezine when we had a different format--and now this is where you can find such letters. And knolw this: Andrea and Connie NEVER tire of receiving letters such as the two above.