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Author News, Interesting Tidbits and More – 11-11-09


By Donna

Author News & Stuff:

News:

The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay

Kelly Gay says that the second Charlie Madigan novel will be titled The Darkest Edge of Dawn (Aug. 31, 2010). The Better Part of Darkness, Kelly’s debut novel in this series, will release on November 24, 2009. I just finished reading The Better Part of Darkness, my review will be up next week. Kelly landed herself on my must read list with this one. Yeah, I enjoyed it that much.

Larissa Ione announced that she will be writing a paranormal novella in an anthology with Jacquelyn Frank that will be due for publication sometime in 2011.

Georgia McBride announced St. Martin’s Press “New Adult” Contest: Sponsored by #YAlitchat. If your an aspiring YA author, here’s your chance. St. Martin’s Press is out looking for “great, new, cutting edge fiction with protagonists who are slightly older than traditional YA and can appeal to a younger adult audience.”

Steamed by Katie MacAlister

Katie MacAlister is having a giveaway for several ARCs of Steamed (February 2, 2010), her new Steampunk novel.

Excerpts/Chapters/Free Reads:

Ann Aguirre posted an excerpt to Skin Tight (June 1, 2010), the second book in her new Skin series published under Ava Gray.

Rachel Caine post a sample chapter for Kiss of Death, the next Morganville Vampires book. She also post a free short short Grudge, it’s Sam’s story.

Kimberly Frost posted a Reader’s Guide for her book Would-Be Witch, the first book in her Southern Witch Series.

Heart Of Darkness by Gena Showalter Gena Showalter posted an excerpt to The Darkest Angel: A Lords of the Underworld tale. An iron-willed demon assassin, the angel Lysander has never known lust—until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of Lucifer, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the pure-hearted Lysander into temptation…

Nalini Singh posted an excerpt to Bonds of Justice, a Psy-Changeling book due out in July 2010.

Rachel Vincent posted a mini excerpt of My Soul to Save, the second book in her Soul Screamers series.

New Covers:

LoverMine Lover Mine (April 27, 2010) the eighth book in J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series, was posted around the blogosphere by Babbling about Books and More, Dark Faerie Tales, Lovin’ Me Some Romance, Michelle’s Book Review Blog, Smexy Books, and Writings of a Wicked Book Addict. Yeah, this series is that popular!

The book blurb is from Goodreads.

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - vampire warriors, defenders of their race... John Matthew has been through his vampire transition and taken to the life of the Brotherhood with a vengeance, but he still can't shake the nightmare of his past and is unsure of his future as a warrior hero. He's made a promise to honour the Brotherhood and their fight with the slayers at all costs, until the love of his life is kidnapped and he is forced to make a choice that could change his life and the Brotherhood's forever...

Succubi-Like-It-Hot SciFiGuy.ca posted the new cover for Succubi Like It Hot (January 19, 2010) from Jill Myles's The Succubus Diaries. The first book in this series, Gentlemen Prefer Succubi releases on December 29, 2009.

The book blurb is from Simon and Schuster.

NOBODY SAID SUCKING WAS EASY.

With a hot new figure, her dream job as an archaeologist, and two gorgeous boyfriends to scratch her seductive Itch -- an angel and a vampire -- Jackie Brighton is totally getting the hang of life as a succubus. Then she accidentally knocks the pizza guy unconscious with her touch. Great -- she's cursed. After striking a deal to get the curse lifted by a crafty demon, Jackie and her best friend Remy take a road trip to deliver a cryptic message to the nation's oldest succubus. Unfortunately, neither of her jealous lovers is talking to Jackie right now, and due to the curse, she's desperate to get her Itch scratched very soon. Their journey gets weirder with every mile -- demonic possession, a charming stalker, a cryptic warning -- and when they get to New Orleans, Jackie discovers a dangerous catch to her supernatural bargain. Someone wants her dead -- again. Can a brainy vixen in a miniskirt outsmart the forces of evil?

DarklyLuminous Babbling About Books and More post the new cover for The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker (April 27, 2010), the second book in the Strangely Beautiful series by Leanna Renee Hieber.

Book blurb from Leanna Renee Hieber’s web site.

With radiant, snow white skin and hair, Percy Parker was a beacon for Fate. True love had found her, in the tempestuous form of Professor Alexi Rychman. But her mythic destiny was not complete. Accompanying the ghosts with which she alone could converse, new and terrifying omens loomed. A war was coming, a desperate ploy of a spectral host. Victorian London would be overrun.  Yet, Percy kept faith. Within the mighty bastion of Athens Academy, alongside The Guard whose magic shielded mortals from the agents of the Underworld, she counted herself among friends. Wreathed in hallowed fire, they would stand together, no matter what dreams or nightmares—may come.

Interviews/Guest Blogging:

Interesting Tidbits:

I have a post up on what everyone's preference is for book reviews and it includes a poll. If you haven't voted please go by and cast your vote on whether you prefer short or long reviews or no preference. I'm really interested in what the outcome will be.

All Things Urban Fantasy has a new feature up: 2nd Opinion Review. In Abigail’s own words: I often disagree with reviews of particular books, sometimes even from reviewers who I usually agree with.  I know that some of you have disagreed with some of my previous reviews and I’d like to give you the opportunity to offer a 2nd Opinion Review. – Things could get interesting over there!

Odd Shots has a Are You A Psy Or a Changeling? Quiz up. I took it and apparently I’m a changeling. *sigh*

Dragon Age Origins Ann Aguirre has setup a new blog The Dragon Age Blog: Writers getting their geek on. Looks like Ann, Larissa Ione, Jill Myles, Michele Lee, Ilona Andrews, Brad Galloway and Moira Rogers (Bree and Donna) are all blogging over there about their newest gaming obsession: Dragon Age Origins. I think this must be the hot game of the moment because my son and his friends are also playing it. He talks of nothing else.

Comic Books Improve Early Childhood Literacy: The Telegraph reports that Professor Carol Tilley, a professor of library and information science at the University of Illinois, says that comics are just as sophisticated as other forms of reading, children benefit from reading them at least as much as they do from reading other kinds of books, and that there is evidence that comics increase children's vocabulary and instill a love of reading. – I find this real interesting especially since I use to hide the comics my dad bought from my mom. She swore up and down they were bad for me. [Slashdot]

Kindle for PC – You can now read Kindle books on your pc. Cool thing about it, it’s free and no Kindle required. The downside you can’t lay down with your pc or laptop and snuggle with it, like you can with a book or an ereader. [Lifehacker]

Giveaways Around the Virtual World:

As always, I hope you find a new a book or an author that you've not heard of before listed here. Good Luck! The ongoing contest list is on my blog's sidebar.



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Author News, Interesting Tidbits and More – 11-04-09


By Donna

Author News & Stuff:

Karen Mahoney posted a teaser from Beautiful Ghosts, it’s on Moth! Moth is a character I became fascinated with in Karen’s short story Falling to Ash in The Eternal Kiss: 13 Tales of Blood and Desire.

huntersneedcontest2 Shiloh Walker has launched her 30 Days of Giveaways in anticipation of her new paranormal romance Hunter’s Need (December 1, 2010). There are will be daily prizes and a grand prize of a one-of-a-kind purse filled with bookish goodies. Too many prizes to list here plus the list might get added to, so head over and check it out.

 

 

Meding-Gay-two_debuts Kelly Gay and Kelly Meding have kickoff their 2K event: Same Name, Same Date, Same Genre – Two Awesome Debuts! in celebration of their new debut urban fantasy novels, The Better of Darkness and Three Days to Dead, release date November 24, 2009. They have a lot prizes up for grab including a grand prize: a $100 Amazon.com gift card.

The Book Pixie has an exclusive excerpt up for Chloe Neill’s upcoming YA Firespell, January 5, 2010.

New Covers:

BurningUp Meljean Brooks posted the cover for Burning Up, an anthology due out on August 3, 2010. Burning up will include her short story Here There Be Monsters, that will be the start of her new series The Iron Seas. Here’s the synopsis for Here There Be Monsters.

Two years ago, blacksmith Ivy, desperate to flee London, purchased her overseas passage by agreeing to spend the voyage in the bed of the pirate captain, Mad Machen. Saved at the last minute by his rival, Ivy scraped out a new life in Fool’s Cove…until Mad Machen finds her, forces her to accept a job that will create a monster, and reminds her that she still owes him the price of a journey…

 


BeyondtheShadows Jess Granger posted the cover for Beyond the Shadows (May 4th, 2010), the sequel to her debut release Beyond the Rain.

A man of deception. A woman of justice. Can their fragile trust be strong enough to prevent a war?

Commander Yara knows perfect leadership requires perfect control and discipline. She has spent years living without the distraction of caring for anything—or anyone. It’s a sacrifice she’s willing to make. Yara has honed herself into the perfect heir to the Azralen throne, but a bloody coup could destroy everything she’s worked so hard for. She must return home to prevent war. Unfortunately the only ship available belongs to an Earthlen trader with no regard for authority—especially hers.

Cyn is a rebel, driven to protect those suffering at the hands of the Elite leaders of Azra. Using his alias to manipulate the lovely but icy commander onto his ship, he has to keep her from Azra long enough to ignite the revolution. But when he awakens a vibrant and feeling woman beneath that icy exterior, he gets more than he bargained for—love. He must find a way to convince Yara to join him, before they get caught in a web of deception that could tear their world apart.


DemonInMe Michelle Rowen posted the cover for The Demon in Me (May, 2010), the first book in her new series Living in Eden. She also posted an excerpt to chapter two.

Hell hath no fury…

Fate has led Eden Riley to become a “psychic consultant” to the police, even though her abilities are unreliable at best. Those paranormal powers are about to get her into a jam she couldn’t have predicted. After her hunky police detective partner guns down a serial killer in front of her, Eden realizes that she’s quite literally no longer alone. A voice in her head introduces himself as Darrak. He’s a demon. But not in a bad way!

…like a woman possessed.

Darrak lost his original body 300 years ago thanks to a witch’s curse. This is the first time he’s ever been able to speak directly to a host, plus there’s a bonus. Eden’s psychic energy helps him to take form during daylight hours. He wants to use this chance to find a way to break his curse — finally. Otherwise, Eden’s going to have to learn to live with this sexy demon…like it or not.

And she thinks she might like it.


Linger Maggie Stiefvater posted the cover for Linger, her sequel to Shiver, due to release on July 20, 2010. Here’s the first paragraph:

• grace •

This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one.

Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend.

But now it is spring. With the heat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies. Sam stays Sam, and Cole stays Cole, and it’s only me who’s not firmly in my own skin.

Interviews:

Interesting Tidbits:

LeeKnighted The legendary 87 year old Dracula, Christopher Lee has been knighted this past week by the Prince of Wales. Congratulations Sir Christopher Lee! [i09]

Pure Imagination is having a Twilight Kickoff Month for the upcoming New Moon movie that will include guest and Twilight themed posts plus a contest. Yesterday was the kickoff with Smexy Books’ post: Guest Post: New Moon - The Condescend Version. <—Hilarious!

I’d like to point everyone over to Dirty Sexy Books for updates on book related news and reviews. Rebecca has a great all genre book review site and she posts a weekly news post also.

Did you know they are going to make a new Mad Max movie? Yep, the fourth movie Fury Road will star Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy. [SCI FI Wire]

SBS There is a new publication Survival by Storytelling now available in print or electronic by young authors. One of the editors is Shaun Duke of The World in the Satin Bag:

“Survival By Storytelling Magazine is dedicated to publishing fiction, poetry, and non-fiction by young authors. Included in this volume are twelve short stories, seven poems, and one article, all by authors under the age of twenty-five. In addition, authors Paul Genesse (The Golden Cord and The Dragon Hunters) and T. M. Hunter (Heroes Die Young) have contributed two articles on the publishing industry and writing.
From vampires struggling with identity to guilty lovers trying to raise the dead to humorous and dark tales of life, the first issue of Survival By Storytelling is sure to tingle the senses and remind us all that age has nothing to do with a good story!” [Lulu]

New free books available at the Suvudu Free Book Library:

AKissOfShadows TradingInDanger CrimsonShadow

A Kiss of Shadows
by Laurell K. Hamilton

Trading in Danger
by Elizabeth Moon

The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: Crimson Shadows
by Robert E. Howard

Giveaways Around the Virtual World:

As always, I hope you find a new a book or an author that you've not heard of before listed here. Good Luck! The ongoing contest list is on my blog's sidebar.

Fantasy Dreamer's Ramblings: Giveaway: Bitter Night by Diana Pharaoh Francis
Fantasy Dreamer's Ramblings is giving away a copy of Bitter Night by Diana Pharaoh Francis, courtesy of Book Reader Times. Open to Everyone. Deadline to enter is at 8pm CST on Sunday, November 8th.



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Author News, Interesting Tidbits and More – 10-28-09


By Donna

Author News:

Chloe Neill has posted the covers for the UK version of Some Girls Bite (03-11-10 UK) and Twice Bitten (Book 3, Chicagoland Vampires). I like the US version of Some Girls Bite more than the UK version and I think Twice Bitten rocks!

SomeGirlsBiteUK Twice_Bitten.final

 

saltwaterwitch Chris Howard has put up the PDF version of Saltwater Witch, the first six chapters plus extras. Saltwater Witch is an online graphic novel based on Chris’s fantasy novel Seaborn.

 

 

wickedDread Central.com announced: “And another "young adult" series of books is being readied for the big screen  treatment: Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié's Wicked, which encompasses five installments entitled "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound," and "Resurrection."

The news just came down via THR that sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on Wicked. The Benays will build the script from the first two books in the series. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation for mid-six figures and optioned the rest of the series. The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams, and Michael Prevett are producing.”

 

defeat-the-darkness Alexis Morgan posted the cover to Defeat the Darkness, book six in the Paladin series:
An immortal warrior hardened by a battle that nearly cost him his life discovers a woman who can heal his heart and wounded soul in Alexis Morgan’s sizzling new Paladin adventure

Hard-eyed and hard-bodied, Hunter Fitzsimon isn’t what Tate Justice expected in a tenant for the apartment above her garage. Terse and intensely private, Hunter’s mission is to protect a narrow stretch of the barrier between Earth and Kalithia against the Paladins’ ruthless enemies —a job much easier done without his sexy landlady nosing around. So when she follows him into the woods late one night, he decides to teach Tate a lesson with a passionate kiss that brings her to her knees . . . and unexpectedly ignites a red-hot desire deep within his soul. But the warrior’s dark and dangerous world is no place for his fiery lover. Does possessing Tate mean turning his back on his brethren . . . or will Hunter forsake the woman of his dreams for the harsh duty that’s all he’s ever known?

 

Carrie Vaughn has announced that she just signed a contract for three more books, and a short story in her Kitty Norville series.

wells-peellerflier for signing Nicole Peeler and Jaye Wells will in Shreveport on November 7 for a joint signing at the local Barnes & Noble: Jaye Wells and Nicole Peeler Present Vampires V. Selkies. Jaye announced as Shreveport Smackdown on The League of Reluctant Adults blog. Hhmm, Looks like there might be some excitement happening that night. Looks like fun!

 

Interesting Tidbits:

Smexy Books has a really good post up about ebook sharing. Mandi talks about what she thinks about it and sharing all books in general. Interesting thoughts and ideas there.

Grasping for the Wind has posted about an essay written by Bill Ward called “Writing Book Reviews - How and Why” that I thought had some great tips and ideas. As a reviewer of books, I’m always on the lookout for tips on being a better book reviewer.

Abduzeedo posted some gorgeous Tarantino's movie posters. I like this one in particular. I think it has something to do with the flag, hanging so bright and limp. It just reeks of something sinister.
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Here's a heads up on some super savings on ebooks from Harlequin’s Paranormal Romance Blog:  “eHarlequin.com and the eHarlequin eBook Store are getting into the Paranormal Party spirit, too, with a great sale! From now until October 31st, you can save 35% on paranormal romance and fantasy novels in our Moonlight Madness sale. Snap up books by favorite authors like Gena Showalter, Rachel Vincent, Jennifer Armintrout, Heather Graham, P.C. Cast, and more… or you could try something new like a paranormal Blaze or Spice book. And pssst…come back to eHarlequin.com on Halloween for a one day sale!”

 

I found this on Suvudu’s blog and for some reason every time I look at this picture I bust out laughing. I love it! Gotta love the seriousness of Wesley Snipes as Blade.

Suvudu: The Twilight I Would Watch

 

Giveaways Around the Virtual World: As always, I hope you find a new a book or an author that you've not heard of before listed here. Good Luck! The ongoing contest list is on my blog's sidebar.

I have two giveaways going right now here on Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings:
- One is for my ARC of The Midnight Guardian by Sarah Jane Stratford, which ends tomorrow night at 10PM CST, click here for the details.

- The other is for a copy of Bound to Shadows by Keri Arthur and this one ends on Sunday, November 1st at 10PM CST, click here for the details.



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