Dear RITA Entrant

(Because it sucks that we can’t make comments.)

Dear RITA Entrant,
I had heard so much about your book before I got it in my RITA package. Not all of it was good. (Those bloggers can be so harsh.) I actually really enjoyed the book. Your writing is fresh, your premise most imaginative and intriguing, though the plot had me very confused, and you have a a real flair for action sequences, whether we’re talking action or “action.” Seriously hot sex, chica. Believe me, not one of the points I took off had anything to do with me thinking eroticism doesn’t belong in romance. Instead, it was due to the lackluster dialogue and out of left field ending. Still, great job. I’m sorry you didn’t final, but I’ll keep a look out for your books in the future!

Dear RITA Entrant,
I’m so glad to see that you finalled. I really enjoyed your book, which surprised me, because that kind of story isn’t usually my cup of tea. And yet, you won me over with your strong characterizations and storytelling skills. There were a few clunky moments, and I don’t appreciate the use of stereotypes to delineate ethnicity, but overall, a very sweet tale. Best of luck in the finals!

Dear RITA Entrant,
I can’t for the life of me figure out why you did not final in the RITA awards this year. I am overcome with feelings of guilt, as if perhaps the one-tenth of a point I subtracted for your use of a disturbing cliche somehow knocked you out of finalist range. I surely hope not, since your book was one of the most powerful, well written, inventive, and original category romances I’ve read in years. So beautiful. It made me cry, and very few romances have made me cry. I loved it. You were robbed.