Tamara Gill's Blog

To celebrate the release of my Regency novella A Marriage Made in Mayfair
Available June 15 I'm having a month long blog hop.


Join me for fun, laughs and prizes.Every stop I make I'll be gifting a copy of my novella from Amazon.com(or preferred e-reader store)
Also everyone who comments throughout the blog hop
will go into the major prize draw.
But what is the prize??? Well, without further ado you'll receive...
Postcard SetsRomance Trading Cards$30.00 Amazon Gift CardCopy of A Marriage Made in MayfairAnd a copy of my two previous worksgifted through Amazon.com(or preferred e-reader store)


Interested? Well here are the links and dates of where I'll be:

June 18 - Christina Phillips
June 20 - Jess Anastasi
June 22 - Suzi Love
June 24 - Wine, Women and Wordplay - Imelda Evans
June 25 Nicole Hurley-Moore
June 26 - Kylie Griffin
June 27 US June 28 AUS - The Season For Romance
June 28 - Juanita Kees - Mission Romance
July 1 US - July 2 AUS - Ladyscribes
July 3 - Rachael Johns
July 4 - Eleni's Taverna
July 9 - Riverina Romantics
July 16 - Tamara Gill - MAJOR PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED

So come and join in the fun and don't forget to leave your email address for any prizes you may win. I look forward to seeing you soon and good luck!

I'm ecstatic to announce that I've signed a contract with Crimson Romance and my single title Regency time travel romance, A Stolen Season will be published with them later this year. I'm still pinching myself due to the fact that A Stolen Season was my first manuscript baby. I've learnt a few thing along the road to publication, one being, the first version of this manuscript was awful. I flooded it with backstory, and really had no conflict. But after some long, hard, thinking (4 years worth) I came up with another idea for the story and finished rewriting it earlier this year.
Wanting some feedback from readers I entered it into the RWAust Emerald Award and was so excited when it finaled into the second round. I didn't make the final top three, but I did place 4th!!!!! I'm so happy readers seem to like the new story, and I'm sure with Crimson's fabulous editors, when you all get to read it, hopefully you'll like it as well.
Until next time, happy reading

Hi Jess, welcome back to my blog! I’m so happy to have you here to celebrate another new release with Noble Romance Publishing. You’ve been a very busy writer since I had you here in Dec 2010. You’ve celebrated the release of numerous books, can you give us a little run down on what you have available and what genres they are in.Well, first off there's my sci-fi paranormal Sanctuary series - Sanctuary, Severance, Singularity and the novella Savior. Besides those, I also have a romantic suspense, Dead Reality, available.
Like me and many writers out there you’re a mum of young children, where do you pull your time to write from and do you have any tips for the parent writer out there.Oh god no, don't let me go giving tips to other people! On the weekend I was actually considering the amount of work I have going at the moment and wondering where in the heck I was going to find time to do it when I feel like I barely sit at the computer for more than five minutes at a time. Seriously, sometimes I don't even know how I get the work done. But I can tell you it's in detriment to my housework. In fact some of the dust-bunnies have been looking pretty suspicious this week. Think they might be considering a take over… there's certainly enough of them lurking in corners around the house!
Your new release sounds fantastic and almost like an Historical novel but based in the future IYKWIM. Which of course, has sparked my interest. Can you tell us a little about the book, and what triggered the idea?Okay, well most of my reasons for doing things sound crazy outside of my head (angels and demons in spaceships anyone?!), but I'll try to explain. So, many, many years ago, when I first started writing, I wanted to be a historical author. I loved the good 'ol regency — Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, Elizabeth Boyle, they were my authors of choice. I actually wrote about four historical manuscripts. Except turns out I didn't have the voice for historicals. However, I still loved the idea of them and always have. Like Sanctuary, Heart of the Warlord was me being very experimental. I knew my real strength lay in writing sci-fi/fantasy, but I still wanted to work with the idea of a society structure like that of a historical. So what did I do? Mashed the two together and ended up with the idea for Heart of the Warlord.


BLURB: On the planet Kanaan, Jiovahnie Dorrian, the Marques of Gryffin, walks a fine line between keeping his place in society amongst the Ruling Families, and his ancestral legacy of being a warlord. Though he'd rather stay camped in the Borderlands with his men, when his cousin, the Duque of Harkin is to be married, it’s the event of the season. One he can't miss. After all, the duque expects him to be the best man. But Vahn doesn't anticipate his best man duties to include fetching his cousin's bride when an enemy attempts to abduct her.
Lady Gwynevive Tyne isn't the wilting Miss society expects her to be. And when mercenaries attack her traveling party on the way to her intended husband's home, she does what any self-respecting girl should — tries to steal the enemy's ship to escape. But before she can get away with the reckless plan, a warrior turns up claiming to be sent by her fiancé. He dresses like a mercenary and his silvery, metal-gray eyes make her heart beat a little too fast.
For both Vahn and Gwyn, a forbidden attraction flames to life between them almost instantly. Both know there's no way they can be together. Yet neither of them can stay away from one another. An enemy is intent on preventing Gwyn's marriage, and at every turn, Vahn finds himself protecting Gwyn from danger. He needs to keep her safe and then hand her over to his cousin to wed. And when the time comes, they have to find some way to let each other go… Or risk starting a war that could tear apart the Ruling Families.

How long did it take you to write Heart of the Warlord?
That's actually a tough question. I initially wrote this as a novella, because I wasn't really sure that shoving a historical kind of plot into a sci-fi setting would work. Well, as it came about, the idea worked, but the novella didn't. Luckily my lovely editor isn't afraid to tell me exactly what works and what doesn't. So I left the manuscript alone for a while to work on other projects and at last came to the realization that I was trying to fit too much into a novella sized story. So I fleshed it out and completely changed the ending, which left me with the book that's being published today.

And I understand you plan on writing another story to coincide with Heart of the Warlord. Can you tell us a little about this story, and where it will take us?
Hell yeah! I've made a start on the second book, tentatively titled Heart of the Devil. It's based on Gwyn's brother, Cael, Count D'eivil. Society calls him the Devil Count (not to his face, of course!) but Cael isn't all he seems. Without giving too much of either stories away, Cael uncovers a plot to assassinate Prince Xavier, the emperor's son. The assassin is a beautiful off-worlder, named Lillyan, bent on changing things for the better. Even after Cael foils her plan to kill Prince Xavier, she ends up opening Cael's eyes to the truth of what happens behind the glitter of Kanaan society.

The follow-up novel sounds fantastic! So, what’s next for Jess Anastasi?
Who the heck knows? I sure don't! I have some ideas, but one thing I've learned about this business is that you never really know what's going to happen. For now I can only definitely say that besides Cael's book, I also have some Sanctuary books and/or novellas in the works, so keep an eye out for those later in the year.

Thanks for visiting, Jess. It’s been wonderful having you here again. Congratulations on your upcoming release; I wish you many sales and great reviews. My pleasure… I love visiting with you, Tam! You can visit Jess at her website or blog or alternatively through Noble Romance Publishing.

To celebrate the release of my Regency novella A Marriage Made in Mayfair I'm having a month long blog hop.


Join me for fun, laughs and prizes.Every stop I make I'll be gifting a copy of my novella from Amazon.com(or preferred e-reader store)
Also everyone who comments throughout the blog hop
will go into the major prize draw.
But what is the prize??? Well, without further ado you'll receive...
Postcard SetsRomance Trading Cards$30.00 Amazon Gift CardCopy of A Marriage Made in MayfairAnd a copy of my two previous worksgifted through Amazon.com(or preferred e-reader store)


Interested? Well here are the links and dates of where I'll be:

June 18 - Christina Phillips
June 20 - Jess Anastasi
June 22 - Suzi Love
June 24 - Wine, Women and Wordplay - Imelda Evans
June 25 Nicole Hurley-Moore
June 26 - Kylie Griffin
June 27 US June 28 AUS - The Season For Romance
June 28 - Juanita Kees - Mission Romance
July 1 US - July 2 AUS - Ladyscribes
July 3 - Rachael Johns
July 4 - Eleni's Taverna
July 9 - Riverina Romantics
July 16 - Tamara Gill - MAJOR PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED

So come and join in the fun and don't forget to leave your email address for any prizes you may win. I look forward to seeing you soon and good luck!

On Friday I received an email with the subject line saying, Mock Cover: A Marriage Made in Mayfair. Of course with some trepidation I opened it, (okay, I all but broke the mouse trying to open it so quickly) and who doesn't when you're about to see what your publishers had come up with based on your feedback. LOL
And let me just tell you I was ecstatic when I saw what Decadent Publishing and LFD Designs had created. I think for the first time I have a cover that looks like a mass market Regency romance. I really love my heroine as she's 'finally' wearing an era appropriate empire style gown. Not to mention you have a hint of what the hero looks like without giving too much away. So without further ado, here it is!!!




So, what do you think? Love it or hate it it's what going to be put out there and I have to admit I LOVE IT!! Couldn't have asked for anything more beautiful.

(who can't stop looking at her cover *g*)

What a busy week!! I've been madly editing book one of my Duke of Penworth series titled 'Elizabeth' before I send it off to my editor for revisions. Very excited about having an editor and I have the wonderful Sarah Ballance to thank for it. (Thank you Sarah, you're the best!). This book if I do say so myself is such a beautiful story. And I'm not just saying that because I wrote it, but because having read it again after months in the drawer, it isn't as bad as I thought it would be. It's like opening a present all over again...a really good present. LOL. Let's just hope the publication house it's being sent to thinks the same.
Also, as you know from my last post I'm going to Indie publish my paranormal novella 'Banished'. Well, very soon I shall be able to show off the cover made by the brilliant For The Muse Designs by Elaina. I should have it before the 7th of April. I CAN'T WAIT!!!
Just want to say congratulations to everyone who entered and finaled in the RWA Golden Heart and RITA Awards! An amazing competition to final in that's for sure.
Until next time.
Happy reading and writing.

I'm very excited to announce I'm going to self-publish a paranormal novella titled 'BANISHED' very soon. I know some of you would be thinking that this is a little strange as I write historical romance, but I've always loved reading anything paranormal and of course, the book does have a touch of history, but you'll have to read it to know more.
Stay tuned for some cover love and a blurb to tease you terribly. Oh, yeah did I mention this read will be HOT HOT HOT. So don't say I didn't warn you.
I'll keep you posted on the release date. So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm blogging today over at Historical Hearts about the London Mudlarks and how I came to include one in my medieval time-travel romance. Join me, I'd love to see you there.

No, I didn't make a typo, I actually wrote that title. Is 85k possible in 7days? Well, the answer is yes. In my case anyway. Last Sunday I made it through to round 2 of the RWAustralia Emerald writing competition. Hence, screaming around the house ensued followed by absolute panic. Book wasn't done. In fact, no where near done.
&*%^!!
So I did what all sane writers do, I notified the contest coordinator I'd be going ahead with round two then sat before my laptop and didn't move from there until 2am Monday morning. But let me just clarify, I didn't have to write the whole book. There were already 100pages written and the book was currently being re-written, so I had 65k sitting on my hardrive. But nevertheless it took me all week, editing, copy-pasting, editing, re-writing, crying, panicking, editing, then printing before the book was posted Monday at 3pm.
Now, I don't think I'll final, not by a long shot, but I did enter the comp with the understanding it was for completed ms, so I had to give it a go and do the right thing. So now all 14 of us wait and see, either way I'm looking forward to the reader feedback, that in itself is worth its weight in gold.

Woo Hoo, I made it through to the second round of the RWAust Emerald Award, and you better believe it, I'm stoked. This week has already been a blur, (what day is it again??) and will continue that way until Monday when I post the full ms. Short post as I'm already pushing my luck with getting it ready. Wish me luck...I'll need it!

You can find the list of the other finalists here. Congratulations ladies and good luck!