Your Comments and Questions
One of the things I love best about writing for teens and tweens is the chance to talk to my readers. If you have a question about my books, about writing and publishing in general, or if you just want to tell me what’s on your mind, this is the place. I’ll answer each message as soon as I can, but please remember that I travel quite a lot, and sometimes it may take a while for me to catch up. But I will write you back and you can read it here.
Or, click here if you’d rather send a private message that will not be posted.
May 24th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I read your biography on your website and saw that you visit schools a lot. Is that just locally, or all around the country? If it’s all around the country, I was wondering if you’d ever be in Hillsboro, Oregon, where I live. I would love to meet you and get tips from you. I’m thinking about being a writer when I grow up. I’ve been to the Oregon Writing Festival twice in a row, and only 6 kids from my school were picked!!! I was one of them!!!! (There’s only 700 kids in my elementary school. I’m in 5th grade-almost 6th) I would love to meet you because you are truly my favorite author!!! I love all of your books! What are the names of the books you’ve written? How many books are you working on right now? What is the name of the book/books you’re working on (I mean, if you don’t mind my asking). Love to meet you soon!!!!!!
Thanks for your time!
- A HUGE FAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 26th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Hello again to my reader in Hillsboro Oregon!
I’m absolutely thrilled that you want to be a writer. It’s the best, most fun job ever! Congrats on getting picked for the writing festival. What an honor.
I travel to schools all around the country. Maybe I’ll be coming to Oregon next year–you never know.
Most of my recent book titles are shown here on my website. I am working on a new book right now, but I am superstitious about talking about works in progress…so you’ll just have to keep checking in here at dannelove.com and I’ll post the new info here when the book is done.
I hope to meet you soon as well. Thanks for writing!
D. Anne
August 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Hello, I was just wondering which is the first book, picture perfect or Semiprecious?
August 5th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Hi Nina!
SEMIPRECIOUS came out first….then Picture Perfect, and last spring, Defying the Diva.
This fall, SEMIPRECIOUS will be published for the first time in paperback. The cover is almost the same as for the hardcover. Can’t wait to see it.
Thanks a bunch for writing!!
Cheers,
D. Anne
August 16th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
hi, i read picture perfect last summer the week before i started high school. throughout the year i ran into several issues and events that seemed to relate to your story. i loved reading it so much
thank you for writeing one of my favorite books!
August 16th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Dear Kendra,
How thoughtful of you to write to me about PICTURE PERFECT!! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I hope you’ll check out my latest book, DEFYING THE DIVA.
Thanks for writing!! I hope you have a great sophomore year.
All my best,
D. Anne
September 13th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Hey! I just finished reading one of your books “Picture perfect” I LUV IT! I guess i chosed this book because of it’s suspenseful title and subtitle below the picture ” A picture…..” It is agreat book to read for any teenager facing family issues……It was Grrrreaaaattt!
Thanks!
September 14th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Hey Guddu!
Thrilled that you enjoyed Picture Perfect. I loved writing Phoebe’s story so much that I gave her a small scene in my new book, DEFYING THE DIVA.
Thanks sooo much for writing to me. It’s always a thrill to hear from my readers.
Cheers!
D. Anne
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Hi
I am a fan now and have been for a couple of weeks.(I know that isn’t a lot compared to others )
Ever since I started Semiprecious. I am on page 187 and since this is the my first time on this website I just figured out that there two other books. But first I MUST FINSH SEMIPRECIOUS A.S.A.P. Love all your book. Keep writing D. Anne
P.S. Do PICTURE PERFECT and DEFYING THE DIVA have to do with Garent and Opal or nothing if not whatare they about
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Hi Meg,
Welcome to my new fan! I’m glad you found my website and my books. Picture Perfect is about a 14 year old girl who gets her first very cute boyfriend, has trouble with her mom, and with figuring out high school. Defying the Diva is about a girl who becomes the target of a mean girl in her school ,finds a summer job at a resort in the mountains, and falls in love twice! In Defying the Diva, both Opal from Semiprecious and Phoebe, from Picture Perfect have very small roles. I would love to write another book about Garnet someday. She is one of my all time favorites!
Thanks so much for writing!! D. Anne
September 25th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Hi! I’m a huge fan of your book semiprecious. But want to know what book should I read first Picture Perfect or Defying Diva. They both sound like really great books. And also do you have any books with Garnet and Opal in it? I love your books. Keep writing D.Anne Love!
P.S
Do you have any other books other than Semiprecious,Picture Perfect, and Defying Diva?
September 26th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Hey Katy,
Great to hear from you! I’m thrilled that you enjoyed Semiprecious. It’s coming out in paperback for the first time this fall. It doesn’t matter which book you read first. Picture Perfect is about a girl struggling to keep her family from falling apart and to keep a secret for Nick, her first real boyfriend. Diva is about a girl who is the target of a high school bully and how she falls in love and takes her life back.
I have written a number of other books including My Lone Star Summer, about two best friends growing up in Texas, and The Secret Prince, an adventure fantasy featuring a princess hiding in a convent, an evil dwarf, a boy who is half human, a seer, a two headed beast, and many other weird creatures. Very different from Semiprecious, Picture Perfect and Diva, but I love writing all kinds of stories and trying new things. I hope someday to write another book about Garnet and Opal….check back here on my site…you’ll be the first to know about any new books coming out! In the meantime I hope you enjoy my other books.
Promise: I’ll keep writing, and you keep reading. Deal?? D. Anne
October 7th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Hello (again)!!!!!!
I know Katy and she was the one who told me about Semiprecious and i am so gald that she did. I just finished a couple of weeks ago. It was an amazing ending. I have a few new questions :1. Are you writing any new books at this time? 2. What was the most enjoyable book you have ever written? 3. What other books have you written? 4. Which is the best books sold? (sorry if i spelled anything wrong) Oh and I am asking to Picture Prefect and Diva for my birthday in a few days. Sorry this is so long I just have so many things to say. Thank you so much for writing back to me i really appericate it that was so so nic for you to take the time to do that and not just to me but everyone because some people would not ever do that. Once again sorry this is soooo long.
Meg
P.S.: Plase keep writing D. Anne Love because your good at it really eally really really good.
Bye
October 8th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Hey Meg,
Every girl who writes to me is special and deserves a reply, so I try to keep up. I’m always happy to hear from you. Answers to your questions: I have just started writing a new book so it will be a while before it’s out. Most enjoyable? I’ve enjoyed them all for different reasons. I had fun with Picture Perfect even though it has some serious parts, too, and you already know how much I love Garnet and Opal. Other books are listed here on the website. Best books sold is hard to say because some are newer and it takes a while for sales to come in. Others have been published in paperback and in hardcover so those have sold more.
Happy Birthday!! I hope all your b’day wishes come true!! D. Anne
October 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
heyy i am doing a book project and well i need to know the setting if defying the diva.i try to find it in the book but dont know and i mean the setting at her school like ridgview but what year what state?//
October 15th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Hey Sofia,
I didn’t mention specifically a state, I imagined Colorado, but for your report, you can say Defying the Diva is set in an unnamed mountain state. And it’s in present time, no specific year.
I hope this helps. Good luck with your report.
D Anne
October 15th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Thank u Ms.love
that helped alot
and i loved the book u are an amazing author
I hoppe to read more of your books this year
thankss a bunchh
October 16th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Hi Sofia,
You’re welcome. Glad you liked DEFYING THE DIVA. I loved writing it.
D Anne
October 18th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Hi again!!
I have a question are you writing any more books? Oh and you are you should write another book with the girls from Semiprecious. It could be the sequel. And for my birthday im asking for some books and im hoping one of them will be a book written by you. What is your favorite book you written??
Bye
Katy
PS. I you are making a new book when it comes out me and meg will probably be one of the first to get it.
October 18th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I have to do a report on your book “Defying the Diva”(by the way i loved it)
and i was wondering if you could tell me what the theme was for that book, i was thinking about using revenge, it makes life hectic, but that just does not sound right. so i was wondering if you could tell me your perspective please. and thank you!!
October 18th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Hey Katy,
Hi again! I am working on a new book, but it’s taking longer than I planned, so I am not sure when it will come out, but I hope soon. As to my favorite book, it’s hard to pick one…I like them all for different reasons. I have gotten a lot of fan mail about Semiprecious, it’s coming out in paperback on Tuesday!! So I gotta love that one. Garnet and Opal are a couple of my favorite characters. But I also enjoyed writing about Phoebe from Picture Perfect, and Haley from Defying the Diva.
I’ll keep you posted here on the site so you can be the first to get my latest book!
D Anne
October 18th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Hi Cleo,
So thrilled that you liked Defying the Diva!! As to theme: although revenge is one possibility, I really hoped the book would be about courage. Haley finds the courage to stand up to Camilla and take back her life, and Harrison has the courage to pursue his dreams as a singer/songwriter. Hope this helps. Good luck with your report.
D Anne
October 25th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Hey D.Anne Love,
This is meg again. Katy told me in school that she wrote to you and that i should see it. So since i was looking and reading them i thought i should write. In your reponse to katy you said that you were writing another book aMegnd i was wondering if um you could share some info about the book and maybe the title
Meg
October 26th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Hey Meg,
So great to hear from you! How’s it going??
The new book. Um….I am superstitious about talking too much about new work, afraid I’ll jinx it. But I can tell you this much: It’s about a girl named Piper who had something really horrible happen to her and she moved to a new school where no one knows her secret to start her life over. The title is KISS AND TELL.
I’ll keep you posted! Thanks a bunch for writing to me. D Anne
December 6th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
love your books
December 7th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Hey Jill,
Delighted to know that you like my books. Thanks for writing. I hope you found the information you needed for your talk by clicking on the “Biography” page on this website. If you need more info after you’ve read that page, please e-mail and I will be happy to answer any other questions you have.
Have a great day!! D. Anne
January 1st, 2010 at 11:27 am
D. Anne Love
Hi again D. Anne! I just wanted to tell youthat I am now reading Picture Perfect and can not wait until I read Defying the Diva. I was just wondering how you got the titles for your books. Happy New Year and Hope your holiays were good
Meg
January 1st, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Hey Meg,
Happy New Year to you, too! My holidays were great–we spent them with family scattered across Texas. We were in Dallas on Christmas Eve and had a very unusual white Christmas! Snow and ice! How about you? Did you have a good time?
Titles: For Picture Perfect, I wanted something that would tie in with Phoebe’s apparently perfect family, to contrast with the imperfections going on beneath the surface. The idea that what we see on the surface doesn’t always reflect the truth. Deciding on that title was pretty easy. DEFYING THE DIVA, though, was harder. When I was working on it, I called it A Little Rebellion but when I went to New York to talk to my editors, they said it sounded too much like a story taking place during the Revolutionary War. So we stood in the office there and talked about some other ideas, and as I thought about one of the characters in the story who is SUCH a diva, DEFYING THE DIVA seemed to fit.
Have a fabulous 2010!!! D. Anne
January 12th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Hi D Anne
I just wanted to tell you that I erote a essay that had Semipecious in it nd here it is:
Semiprecious V.S. The Lightening Thief
Semiprecious and The Lightening Thief are two books that have been
Read and enjoyed by many children around the world. Although they have some
Similarities they have a lot of differences too. For instance one major difference
is their genre. The Lightening Thief is a science-fiction book but Semiprecious is
a realistic-fiction book.
Semiprecious along with The Lightening Thief is fist person narration.
This means that the main character tells and explains the story. In the same way
both Percy Jackson, the main character from The Lightening Thief, and Garnet
Hubbard, the main character from Semiprecious, have harder family lives than
other children in the United States of America. My last way in which these books
are similar is that in my opinion they are both intersecting and excellent books.
The Lightening Thief was copyrighted in 2005 but on the other hand
Semiprecious was copyrighted in 2006. Semiprecious, written by D. Anne Love,
has 291 pages on the other hand The Lightening Thief, written by Rick Riodan,
has 375 pages. Although these books are both first person narration
Semiprecious is Garnet Hubbard, a girl talking, and The Lightening Thief is Percy
Jackson, a boy talking. The Lightening Thief mostly takes place in California,
New York City, and Camp Half Blood unlike Semiprecious that mostly takes
place in Texas, Ohio and a little bit in Tennessee.
Not only did Percy Jackson from The Lightening Thief not know his
birth dad the whole story but he went from boarding school to boarding school
and was attacked by monsters as Garnet Hubbard from Semiprecious knew her
dad all her life and only went to two different public schools. Garnet sadly didn’t
have a good relationship with her mom during the whole story and didn’t get to
see her a lot but Percy was every close to his mom for the whole story and would
be with her whenever he could. Percy was either staying at a boarding school,
with his mom or at Camp Half Blood on the other hand Garnet always swayed
with her Aunt Julia or her parents for the story. Garnet didn’t have any friends at
her second public school but became friends with a boy named Nathan however
Percy was friends with a satyr named Grover and a half blood named Annabeth
for about three quarters of the book. The last contrast I have is that The
Lightening Thief is a series book and Semiprecious is not a series book.
Like many other books Semiprecious and The Lightening Thief are
books that are in my opinion excellent books. They have many difference and
similarities.
I hope you like it ans yur okay with it um… I will tell u the grade when I get it
January 13th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Hi Meg,
Thanks for sharing your essay! Good luck. Keep me posted. I hope you get an A!
D. Anne
January 26th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Hey would you recomend this book for 8th grade guys???
Plz email me!
January 26th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Hey Killo,
I’m not sure which book you mean. Most of my books are about and for girls, although of course there are guy characters in all of them. Several years ago I wrote THE SECRET PRINCE a fantasy adventure for and about boys.
You may be able to find a copy in your local library.
Thanks for writing to me.
D. Anne
February 10th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Hey!
I absolutely love your books. I’m finishing up Picture Perfect, I just have one one question. Do you write any other tween or teen books? I hope you keep on writing.
Thanks, Beth.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Hi Beth,
Thank you so much for your kind words! At present I am working on a couple of things, but it may take a while, as I have some other deadlines to meet. I have written a total of 12 books for teens and tweens. The older titles, mostly for tweens, aren’t listed here on the site, because they are out of print, but you can often find them at your library or at online bookstores such as Powell’s. Here are the titles. The hardcover editions were published at Holiday House, New York, and the paperback editions by Random House (Dell Yearling)
A Year Without Rain–Rachel and her younger brother John Wesley must deal with drought on the prairie, a summer with their aunt, and their father’s new wife.
Three Against the Tide–When Federal troops invade their South Carolina island home, Susanna must get her two young brothers to safety and find their father, who is on a mission for General Robert E. Lee
I Remember the Alamo–The McCann family moves from Kentucky to Texas just in time to get caught up in the fight for Texas liberty. Jessie, her mother and younger brother take refuge in the Alamo.
My Lone Star Summer–Jill looks forward to summer on her grandmother’s Texas ranch and to reuniting with her best friend BJ. But BJ has changed. She’s become a cheerleader who cares only about boys, especially Trey, the cute new guy in town. This is a story about friendship, and the inevitable growing apart that comes with growing up. Winner of the Friends of American Writers Juvenile Fiction Prize.
Dakota Spring–When their father is injured on their farm, Caroline and Jess meet the grandmother they never knew and learn about what it means to be a family.
Bess’s Log Cabin Quilt–a young girl settles in Oregon with her mother and must find a way to save her family’s farm.
Thanks again for writing, Beth. Happy reading!!
D. Anne
February 11th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Oh good, you need to write more of those tween books! They are to die for. I love how you like to communicate with your fans. That is super sweet. You’r books keep me up at night with the flashlight. HAHA. I love Picture Perfect, you should write more about Phoebe and Nick. Also, do you do any book signings? I would LOVE to meet you.
Beth
February 11th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Hey Beth,
Nice to hear from you again! I usually hold book signings when a new book comes out, or when I am invited to book fairs and festivals around the country. I try to post these events here on the site..so please visit again.
I’m glad you like Phoebe. I gave her a small role in my newest book, DEFYING THE DIVA.
I’d love to meet you, too!
Best,
D. Anne
February 11th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Oh, well I live in Miami, FL so hopefully you will come on down and enjoy the beautiful weather. But it is a tad chilly out this week. It is quite a funny story how I found your books. One day I was at my school library, and I saw the cover of Defying the Diva, with the young girl in water. And I’m a swimmer, so it caught my eye. I read it, and LOVED it. I will recommend to all of my friends!
Beth
February 12th, 2010 at 9:29 am
Hi Beth,
Lucky you! I guess Miami is one of the only cities in America that isn’t snowed in today. I was in Florida a couple of years ago, doing a book signing in Coral Gables and visiting a school in Vero Beach. Hope I get a chance to come back one of these days. I’m a beach lover and I really enjoyed Florida.
Meantime, thank you so much for all your nice emails, and for recommending DIVA to your friends.
Cheers,
D. Anne
February 13th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I have one question. Why do you write D. instead of Dorothy?
February 14th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Hey Beth,
When I first started writing, an agent told me that “Dorothy” was too old fashioned a name. I so agreed with him! Couldnt’ believe my parents gave me such an old lady name. When I was a teenager I wanted to change my name to Pamela. So when I became a writer I shortened my name to D Anne.
I’ll keep you posted here on the site if I’m ever headed back to Coral Gables…they have a fabulous bookstore.
Best,
D
February 18th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Dear Ms. D. Anne. Love,
I previously just finished your book Semi Precious, and let me tell you, that is one of my all time favorite books. Everytime I see your name as the author,I just have to see the book. You are very good at keeping your reader entertained through out the whole book. I especially like the part in Semi Precious where the one youngest daughter goes to Nashville to visit her mom and see how she was doing. That part just seems to draw my attention more.
The reason I wrote your letter was to beg and pleed for you to write a sequel to the book Semi Precious. It would be very cool if you did. The sequel could be about the daughters moving in with their mother in Nashville. This sequel could be a very good book, and it could possibly draw more readers.
Your number 1 reader,
Chyanne Sargent
February 18th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Hi Chyanne,
Wow, what a great letter. Thanks so much for writing. I had great fun writing Garnet’s and Opal’s story, and I would love to write a sequel to Semiprecious someday. In the meantime I hope you will enjoy my other books.
All my best,
D. Anne
March 10th, 2010 at 10:33 am
dear d. anne. love ive replied to you before about a year ago you may not remember me
but im cassie and i have a qestion do you have a writers notebook? i g2g bye
March 10th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Hey Cassie,
I do remember you. So nice to hear from you again. Yes, I have a writer’s notebook. I keep all kinds of stuff in it. Ideas for stories, websites where I can do research, possible names for characters, bits of overheard conversations that might be useful when I’m writing dialog, photos of places I’m writing about. Once I finish a story I put all the pages from my writer’s notebook into a three ring binder with the name of the book on the spine. That helps me if I ever need to go back and check on anything.
I hope your school year is going well and that you are looking forward to a fabulous summer!
D. Anne