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November 12, 2010
The Fae are coming!
MONDAY, November 15
From Uncial Press
Divine's Emporium -- a Neighborlee, Ohio novel.
Neighborlee can best be described as a combination of Buffy's Sunnyvale, Roswell, and Eureka ... without the weird science or the vampires!
What happens in Divine's Emporium?
Well, the Emporium itself is that shop you've always longed for, full of used books and odds-and-ends, penny candy, antique toys, and whatever you're looking for -- even if you're not sure what it is -- you're sure to find it there.
Angela is the mysterious owner who knows what you need and always seems to be where she's needed most. She is chosen as Maurice's "probation officer" when the very busy young Fae gets into trouble for being a little too "strenuous" in beating up on the bullies and bad guys. Maurice is sentenced to 2 years shrunk down to 5 inches tall, with shrunken magic and glitzy, glittery wings no Fae would be caught dead in, and exiled to the Human realms. He has to prove he's reformed by helping the Humans who come into Divine's Emporium.
Look for a Cyber Launch Party next week, celebrating the release of Divine's Emporium!
November 10, 2010
Liars and Friends -- and NaNo Werewolves
Isn't that GORGEOUS?
This is the cover for Liar, Liar. Hearts on Fire. The sequel to Just Peachy, which was the sequel to How to Bury a Millioniare and Picture This.
It's due out December 1 from Amber Quill Press.
What's it about?
Basically ... a treasure hunt in a crazy old isolated mansion in the hills, with secret passages and trap doors and hidden elevators ... and every clue is based on Marx Brothers movies!
There are two teams vying for the inheritance -- our heroine, Lauren, who is pretending to be her adorable, slightly ditzy and helpless cousin, Lori, teamed up with Ray, Jen and Blade from the previous books -- pitted against her disgusting, greasy cousins, 4 brothers referred to (with good reason) as the Deliverance Boys.
Oh, yeah -- Ray gets dropped on his head and has amnesia for a while.
And of course there's some romance thrown in there.
Promise!
Well, that takes care of the liars and friends -- what about NaNo and Werewolves?
This is National Novel Writing Month -- lovingly called NaNoWriMo.
My project for the month is the sequel to Liar -- titled (for now, anyway!) Never Moon a Werewolf.
We return to the funky old mansion, where a crazy old man has decided he's going to take a page from Buffy's book and hunt werewolves, rather than vampires. And some friends from previous books come along for the ride.
Check back later for more details.
And maybe you'll soon meet a new friend of mine.
Let's call her Bondservant. Jane Bondservant.
Shaken and stirred, quite frequently!
October 31, 2010
New Release Monday, November 1
Monday is release day for BEHIND THE SCENES, the 7th Tabor Heights novel, at Desert Breeze Publishing.
Come to the Cyber Launch Party on Monday and chat about the book, Tabor Heights, or any other questions you might have for me.
And win a navy T-shirt with the gorgeous cover art by Jenifer Ranieri.
October 29, 2010
It's EPIC!
I'm delighted to announce that THREE of my Tabor Heights novels are FINALISTS in the 2011 EPIC Awards competition!
Just found out Wednesday.
I'm so thrilled.
Thanks so much to Desert Breeze Publishing for taking a chance on my Tabor Heights books, for doing such a good job with editing and cover art and promotion.
Here they are, in order of publication:
Common Grounds
The Family Way
A Quiet Place
Please check out the Cyber Launch Party on Monday, where we'll be celebrating the release of the 7th Tabor Heights novel: BEHIND THE SCENES
October 26, 2010
Cyber Launch and Book of the Day
Check out the Cyber Launch Party on November 1 to ask questions about my next Tabor Heights nove, BEHIND THE SCENES, and maybe win a nifty T-shirt with the gorgeous cover art.
At Desert Breeze Publishing.
What's it about?
Max and Tony are best friends, writing partners -- but friends are pretty sure Max doesn't realize Tony is a boy, and Tony doesn't realize Max is a girl.
They're wrong, of course. Tony knows -- but he can't do anything about it, because he's in California and Max is in Ohio.
Until her parents are injured in a devastating accident. Then Tony rushes home to be there for Max. He promises she'll never be alone again. Max knows what she'd like that promise to mean, but they're both too busy running her parents' theater, working on their next book, and dealing with someone who's trying to steal her writing career and her identity to handle a suddenly more intense relationship.
Or are they?
TOMORROW -- OCTOBER 27 -- Author Island's Book of the Day!!!
Enter for your chance to get my LAST print copy of "All's Fae in Love and Chocolate."
The good news is that Uncial Press will be re-releasing these 3 stories next summer, AND I will be writing a 4th All's Fae story, "Death by Chocolate," to celebrate the new release and new home for my Fae stories!
Lots to check out!
At Desert Breeze Publishing.
What's it about?
Max and Tony are best friends, writing partners -- but friends are pretty sure Max doesn't realize Tony is a boy, and Tony doesn't realize Max is a girl.
They're wrong, of course. Tony knows -- but he can't do anything about it, because he's in California and Max is in Ohio.
Until her parents are injured in a devastating accident. Then Tony rushes home to be there for Max. He promises she'll never be alone again. Max knows what she'd like that promise to mean, but they're both too busy running her parents' theater, working on their next book, and dealing with someone who's trying to steal her writing career and her identity to handle a suddenly more intense relationship.
Or are they?
TOMORROW -- OCTOBER 27 -- Author Island's Book of the Day!!!
Enter for your chance to get my LAST print copy of "All's Fae in Love and Chocolate."
The good news is that Uncial Press will be re-releasing these 3 stories next summer, AND I will be writing a 4th All's Fae story, "Death by Chocolate," to celebrate the new release and new home for my Fae stories!
Lots to check out!
October 21, 2010
It's that time of the year!
No, I'm not talking about the candy gluttony festival coming up....
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Sponsored by Samaritan's Purse
What's involved?
Pack up a shoe box -- I prefer one of those shoebox-sized plastic storage boxes, because it's sturdier and the kids can use them for a long time afterward
Fill it with essentials, like toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, pencils and crayons and writing paper, erasers, balls, jacks, candy, hairclips, little toys, hats and mittens -- whatever can fit into the shoebox that a kid would need and enjoy
Drop it off at a collection center between November 15 and 22
Check out Samaritan's Purse for all the details.
What's really cool is the option now to get a report on where your box went.
Something I'm also considering this year is using the Gift Catalog put out by Samaritan's Purse to do something more useful and meaningful -- like buying mosquito netting for some children, or chicks so they can raise chickens and have eggs to feed them, or sponsoring other necessary items like a goat for milk, school supplies, school buildings, etc.
I'm excited about this year's operation -- how about you?
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Sponsored by Samaritan's Purse
What's involved?
Pack up a shoe box -- I prefer one of those shoebox-sized plastic storage boxes, because it's sturdier and the kids can use them for a long time afterward
Fill it with essentials, like toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, pencils and crayons and writing paper, erasers, balls, jacks, candy, hairclips, little toys, hats and mittens -- whatever can fit into the shoebox that a kid would need and enjoy
Drop it off at a collection center between November 15 and 22
Check out Samaritan's Purse for all the details.
What's really cool is the option now to get a report on where your box went.
Something I'm also considering this year is using the Gift Catalog put out by Samaritan's Purse to do something more useful and meaningful -- like buying mosquito netting for some children, or chicks so they can raise chickens and have eggs to feed them, or sponsoring other necessary items like a goat for milk, school supplies, school buildings, etc.
I'm excited about this year's operation -- how about you?
October 12, 2010
Behind the Scenes -- Tabor Heights novel #7
COMING: November 1
It's BEHIND THE SCENES, the 7th Tabor Heights novel.
And we're still in Year One of the series!
(Don't you wish Hollywood would smarten up and just buy the theatrical rights so you could watch your favorite characters on the screen, following all their overlapping storylines at the same time?)
(Yeah, me too!)
Isn't that a gorgeous cover?
Thanks again to our brilliant cover artist at Desert Breeze Publishing: Jenifer Ranieri.
Okay, what's BEHIND THE SCENES about?
Well, you've read in a couple other Tabor Heights books about the horrid accident Emily and Joel Randolph were in, and how the university and church community came together to help them out.
You've met Joel and Emily and their daughter, Max, in other stories.
You've read about their community theater, Homespun Theater, and how Max is a writer and Joel teaches theater tech at the local university.
Well, this is THEIR story.
Joel has complained to friends in previous stories that he's pretty sure Max doesn't realize her best friend, Tony, is a boy -- and Tony doesn't realize that Max is a girl.
Little do the doubters know the truth ... and Tony and Max try to take their relationship to the next level, among the chaos of Joel and Emily's accident, Joel's estranged sister coming to live with them, a SHakespearean production missing its director and main character, Max's long-awaited film fellowship falling into jeopardy, someone trying to steal Max's identity and her writing career ... and her biological father coming into her life for the first time in a big, unexpected, and highly inconvenient way.
And other assorted surprises.
Check out BEHIND THE SCENES , November 1, at Desert Breeze Publishing.
It's BEHIND THE SCENES, the 7th Tabor Heights novel.
And we're still in Year One of the series!
(Don't you wish Hollywood would smarten up and just buy the theatrical rights so you could watch your favorite characters on the screen, following all their overlapping storylines at the same time?)
(Yeah, me too!)
Isn't that a gorgeous cover?
Thanks again to our brilliant cover artist at Desert Breeze Publishing: Jenifer Ranieri.
Okay, what's BEHIND THE SCENES about?
Well, you've read in a couple other Tabor Heights books about the horrid accident Emily and Joel Randolph were in, and how the university and church community came together to help them out.
You've met Joel and Emily and their daughter, Max, in other stories.
You've read about their community theater, Homespun Theater, and how Max is a writer and Joel teaches theater tech at the local university.
Well, this is THEIR story.
Joel has complained to friends in previous stories that he's pretty sure Max doesn't realize her best friend, Tony, is a boy -- and Tony doesn't realize that Max is a girl.
Little do the doubters know the truth ... and Tony and Max try to take their relationship to the next level, among the chaos of Joel and Emily's accident, Joel's estranged sister coming to live with them, a SHakespearean production missing its director and main character, Max's long-awaited film fellowship falling into jeopardy, someone trying to steal Max's identity and her writing career ... and her biological father coming into her life for the first time in a big, unexpected, and highly inconvenient way.
And other assorted surprises.
Check out BEHIND THE SCENES , November 1, at Desert Breeze Publishing.
September 2, 2010
Java Joy -- Coffee Time Romance LIKES me!
Thanks, Cherokee, and the gang at Coffee Time Romance Reviews.
They not only gave me 5 cups on my latest Tabor Heights novel, but I've been granted a special award on their blog, Coffee Thoughts.
Please go check them out!
I'll admit it, I'm really behind on updating my web site.
After the ACFW Conference near the end of September, I PROMISE I'll get things updated -- cover art, reviews, links to review spots that like me (what? you think I'll tell you to go to places that DON'T say nice things? I...
They not only gave me 5 cups on my latest Tabor Heights novel, but I've been granted a special award on their blog, Coffee Thoughts.
Please go check them out!
I'll admit it, I'm really behind on updating my web site.
After the ACFW Conference near the end of September, I PROMISE I'll get things updated -- cover art, reviews, links to review spots that like me (what? you think I'll tell you to go to places that DON'T say nice things? I...
August 23, 2010
Ripples
I've had a lot of pebbles thrown into the pool of my life lately, and they've been creating lots of ripples and new ideas and thoughts and musings.
Disturbed water -- disturbed mind -- it all ends up being pretty much the same thing.
Mom and I watched "Ghandi" yesterday on TCM. It's getting to be our Sunday routine. Church, lunch, watch the Indians play, then turn on TCM and watch TV while Mom works crossword puzzles and I try to get some writing done, and wait until "Leverage" comes on.
Ghandi ...
Disturbed water -- disturbed mind -- it all ends up being pretty much the same thing.
Mom and I watched "Ghandi" yesterday on TCM. It's getting to be our Sunday routine. Church, lunch, watch the Indians play, then turn on TCM and watch TV while Mom works crossword puzzles and I try to get some writing done, and wait until "Leverage" comes on.
Ghandi ...
August 20, 2010
A Quiet Place, featured at Inspirational E-Books
Wanna Win Free E-Books?
Today, my Desert Breeze Publishing book, a Tabor Heights novel, A Quiet Place, is the feature on the Inspirational E-books blog.
Come check out the other novels featured, read about "A Quiet Place" and some of the fan-dang-tastic reviews I've received for it, and enter a drawing to win THREE e-books.
Sounds like a good deal, huh? Go to Inspirational E-Books NOW!
And don't forget to check out my NEWEST Desert Breeze, Tabor Heights release:
Detours
Michelle Levigne
www...
Today, my Desert Breeze Publishing book, a Tabor Heights novel, A Quiet Place, is the feature on the Inspirational E-books blog.
Come check out the other novels featured, read about "A Quiet Place" and some of the fan-dang-tastic reviews I've received for it, and enter a drawing to win THREE e-books.
Sounds like a good deal, huh? Go to Inspirational E-Books NOW!
And don't forget to check out my NEWEST Desert Breeze, Tabor Heights release:
Detours
Michelle Levigne
www...
