Devon Monk's Blog, page 15
July 23, 2014
Twitter Live Read
Next Tuesday, I am going to do a fun thing, an exciting thing, a READING thing. And you are invited to do that thing with me!
It all started with an idea: what if a few Deadline Dames read a book live together at the same time and post comments, funny observations and otherwise chat it up on Twitter?
The adventurous Rinda Elliott, offered up the first book in her new YA triliogy, FORETOLD, for the live read. Her second book, FORECAST, comes out in August, so this is the perfect time to read boo...
July 16, 2014
Buttons, Reviews, & Audio News
I have added a FOLLOW button over there on the right column of my blog. If you would like to get my blog posts automatically sent to your email (Yay! Convenience!) just put your email address in that little box and click follow.
HOUSE IMMORTAL, book #1 in my new series will be out on September 2nd! That’s only seven weeks away, people. Wow! Where has the summer gone?
RT BOOK REVIEWS magazine gave HOUSE IMMORTAL 4.5 stars, and made it a Top Pick!! I won’t quote the whole thing here, but this is...
July 1, 2014
Speed Giveaway – House Immortal
GIVEAWAY IS OVER. Those speedy fingers were extra speedy today. 
This is the speed giveaway!
Comment, quick!
The first three people who comment on this post will received an advanced reader copy of HOUSE IMMORTAL.
Good luck!
June 24, 2014
Winners! House Immortal ARCs
A big thank you to readers for entering the giveaway for early copies of the first book in my new trilogy: HOUSE IMMORTAL.
I fired up the random number generator, and the winners are:
Tanya R. Monroe who said: LOVED the Allie Beckstrom and Breakers books. Can’t wait to get my hands on this new series!!!
Jen Schaper who said: This sounds like a great new series! I’d love to win a copy
courtney who said: I love reading all of your books
Julie who said: Cool! I love ARCS, but then I’m a very impatie...
June 17, 2014
House Immortal ARC givaway
I have six (6!) shiny advance reader copies of HOUSE IMMORTAL, book #1 in my new trilogy, that I am giving away!
Things you should know:
This is what the ARCs look like:
No pretty cover and plenty of pre-proof typos inside for your reading amusement. Here’s the pretty cover, just in case you missed it.
HOUSE IMMORTAL comes out September 2nd, so winners of the ARC will be getting their hands on this book two and a half months early!
How do you win?
Leave a comment here on my blog and I will use the...
June 10, 2014
Plot Talk
I am blogging over on the Deadline Dames today, and this post is also available there.
Brace yourself, people. I’m going to talk plotting. *waits for room to empty*
Okay, now that it’s just the two of us here, I’m going to tell you how I plot a novel. Well, I’m going to tell you the tools I use to plot a novel.
Fair warning: this is a long post, and I’ve probably talked about some of this before. But it seemed like a good time to bring it up again, especially since I’ve been stuck plotting lat...
June 3, 2014
Speed Giveaway! – Closed
Giveaway is over. The books are claimed! Thanks for playing, everyone!
Happy reading!!
The first two (2) people to comment, win a signed mass market copy of TIN SWIFT.
Good luck, speedy fingers!
May 27, 2014
Winners – Tin Swift!
Big thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway! I loved all your comments, and can assure you that the pumpkin pie actually was good with a little chili powder in it–but only a little! I added extra cinnamon and a bit of sugar to balance it out and it was delicious!
Now…the random number generator has spoken and the winners of a signed, mass market TIN SWIFT are:
mneme - who said: Comment! Those are lovely looking pies! I’m very fond of adding chili pepper derivatives to sweet things, and...
May 21, 2014
Tin Swift Giveaway
Today is not Tuesday. It is Wednesday. I am blogging, which means I broke my blog-every-Tuesday streak. Why did I break the streak? Well, instead of blogging, I baked pies for our watch party of the season finale of Supernatural.
Here are the pies:
That’s chocolate cream, cherry, pumpkin, blackberry/raspberry crumble and rum caramel banana cream.
Since I am a bit deadline foggy-brained, I was a little distracted when I was baking.
Did you know that chili powder sprinkled in a pum...
May 13, 2014
Age of Steam series
Over the last year or so, readers have asked me if I’m going to finish the Age of Steam steampunk series. As it stands now, there are three novels and one short story in the series, um…in this order:
1.DEAD IRON
1.5. HANG FIRE (short story, Kindle only at this point)
2. TIN SWIFT
3. COLD COPPER
If you’ve read these novels, you know there is an almost-guaranteed plot for 7 books, what with all the bits of that pesky world-destroying device our heroes need to find. At the end of Cold Copper, things...
