Emerian Rich's Blog, page 44
June 9, 2013
San Mateo County Fair – Saturday, June 15th
Come meet Emerian and her friends at
the San Mateo County Fair, Author day!
Chat with Bay Area Authors
Saturday June 15 from 2-4 P.M.
Over 25 local authors will gather near the Literary Arts Stage in Expo Hall to sell and sign their books on June 15. Here’s a great opportunity to support local authors and your own “reading habit.” Plus you might even find a perfect gift for a friend. They’ll gladly sign your book purchases for you! Authors include: Emerian Rich (PDF Bio), Ezra Barany (PDF Bio), Laurel Anne Hill (PDF Bio), Sumiko Saulson (PDF Bio), and many more!
*** Use author code: SMCF13 tol get 25% off all Emerian Rich purchases.
Cash and PayPal/Credit Card accepted.
How to Podcast and Create Book Trailers
Saturday, June 15, 4-5 P.M.
Create buzz for your books through the use of podcasts and book trailers, while keeping the associated costs to a minimum. Come hear these three authors share their experiences.
Emerian Rich is a writer, artist, and Horror Hostess of the popular international
podcast, HorrorAddicts.net. She is the author of the Night’s Knights Vampire
Series and also writes the Sweet Dreams Musical Romance Series under the name
Emmy Z. Madrigal. For more information about Emz, visit emzbox.com.
Laurel Anne Hill is an award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy,
steampunk and horror. Luckily, when she needed to learn how to podcast and
create book trailers, Emerian Rich and Ezra Barany were there to provide advice.
Visit Laurel’s website and podcast at http://www.laurelannehill.com.
Ezra Barany: After learning about codes in the Bible, Ezra published his
bestselling award-winning thriller, THE TORAH CODES. As a book consultant,
Ezra helps his clients become bestselling authors. Ezra lives in Oakland with his
beloved wife and two cats working on a sequel, FIGHTING WITH GOD. Ezra, not
the cats. For more information about Ezra, go to http://www.thetorahcodes.com/.
SEE YOU THERE!
And if you use author code: SMCF13, you will get 25% off all Emerian Rich purchases.
Cash and PayPal/Credit Card accepted.
May 12, 2013
BayCon 2013 – Triskaidekaphobicon
BayCon 2013 – Triskaidekaphobicon
Emerian Rich and other HorrorAddicts.net authors will be at this year’s BayCon. BayCon is the largest science fiction, fantasy, and horror convention in the San Francisco Bay Area. The convention takes place over Memorial Day weekend, starting on Friday afternoon May 24th, and ending Monday, May 27th.
Emerian and her HorrorAddicts.net crew provided the decorations this year to get the BayCon group into the spooky, horror, mood of Chairwoman Sabre’s theme: Triskaidekaphobicon, or the fear of 13 con.
Come join Emerian and the gang at the Santa Clara Regency Hyatt for a weekend of magic, mystery, and spookiness!
Meet:
HorrorAddicts.net Hostess, Emerian Rich
Most Wicked 2009, H. E. Roulo
Most Wicked 2011, Laurel Anne Hill
Best in Blood Season 1, Jeff Carlson
GothHaus 3 voice actor, Dario Ciriello
Horror Author, Jason Malcom Stewart
Horror Author, Jay Hartlove
HorrorAddicts.net friends Sandra Sadiak, Ann Wilkes, Beth Barany, Dani & Eytan Kollin, and many more.
Confirmed events are:
Trick or Treat Carnival for all ages
Live interview with HorrorAddicts.net Season 2 Best in Blood, UK author and podcaster, Mike Bennett, via Skype
HorrorAddicts.net Tea Party
A LIVE podcast recording of The Raven by Edg
ar Allan PoeHow to make Slam Books
Horror readings
Tons of live bands
Art gallery
A movie screening of The Dead Matter by Midnight Syndicate
How to make Book Necklaces
Dealer’s Room
Masquerade costume contest
Tons of writers / readers / fan / costume panels
A movie screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas
Klingon Slave Auction
Dancing – Regency and Belly Dancing
HorrorAddicts.net Family Friendly Cereal and Horror Cartoon event
And much, much more…
Meet Emerian, get stamps in your Horror Passport, and send a TerrorGram! Don’t forget to pass by the HorrorAddicts.net fan table for goodies, freebies, and spooky stuff!
This is going to be the best BayCon ever!
Check programming at BayCon.org for the full schedule of events.
April 26, 2013
Horrific History featuring Emerian Rich
HORRIFIC HISTORY cover art by Luke Spooner.
My newest short story, “Prettiest Things” is now available in Robert Helmbrecht’s Horrific History.
“Prettiest Things” is set in America in the late 1800′s. I don’t want to ruin the surprise by telling you who the players are, but this alternate history piece will have you guessing if I’ve uncovered the REAL story behind these famous murders.
Also enjoy these stories:
“10 Weeks” by David Williamson
“The Blackest Rite” by D. Alexander Ward
“Dust” by Cameron Suey
“The Fires of Hell and Avondale” by Julianne Snow
“Fireweed” by Lynne MacLean
“Giving Thanks” by Ken MacGregor
“Junior LeBlanc & Katrina” by Douglas J. Moore
“Lightning” by Monette Bebow-Reinhard
“Lindisfarne” by Rebecca L. Brown
“Lucan” by Adam Millard
“Mud” by Pete Aldin
“Plymouth, Born Again” by Christopher Nelson
“Prettiest Things” by Emerian Rich
“Scion” by Deborah Drake
“Securing the Empire” by Jay Wilburn
“Ship of Nighmares, Ship of Dreams” by Brent Nichols
“Skin of Blue and Grey” by Christian A. Larsen
“Skraelings” by Rose Blackthorn
“Teedie and the Night Drive” by Doug Murano
“Turning the Clock Back” by Jenny Twist
“Under Azrael’s Banner” by Lee Clark Zumpe
“Valley of the Dead Trees” by T. Fox Dunham
“The Vercelli Book” by Gwendolyn Edward
“Winds of War” by Brent Abell
In addition to its availability at Amazon.com, Horrific History will also be available at:
BayCon, San Francisco’s Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror convention, May 24th-27th at the Santa Clara Hyatt. The book will be available from Emerian Rich or at the HorrorAddicts.net fan-table on the second floor, right off the escalators.
The World Horror Convention in New Orleans, June 13-16 at the Hotel Monteleone. Hazardous Press will have a booth.
March 21, 2013
Dusk’s Warriors, Chapter 20 – End
Download: DusksWarriors20.mp3
Chapter 20 – END: Severina hosts a banquet in Liling where all the gods and an unexpected guest attend.
This chapter includes author, voice actor, and character Q&A.
Voice actors:
Ariel DaWintre, Bubba the dog, Camellia Rains, Janna, Kadirah Wade, Mark Carpenter,
Arlene Radasky – http://www.radasky.com
Dan Shaurette – http://www.dan.shaurette.com
Ed Talbot – http://www.edwardgtalbot.com
H. E. Roulo – http://heroulo.com/
Halvor Hakanes (music of) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uw1KA_DC7o&feature=related
Jack Hosley – http://www.wanderradio.com
Kirk Warrington – http://www.kirkcast.com
Mark Eller – http://www.markseller.com
Michele Bekemeyer – http://www.michbek.com
Mike Bennett – http://www.mikebennettpodcast.com
MJ Hahn – http://latchkeytales.com
R. E. Chambliss – http://rechambliss.com
Rhonda Carpenter – http://www.rhondacarpenter.com
Veronica Giguere – http://www.voicesbyveronica.com
Theme music by Factory of Dreams – http://www.last.fm/music/Factory+of+Dreams
February 16, 2013
Dusk’s Warriors, Chapter 19
Play now:
Download: DuskWarriors19.mp3
Dusk’s Warriors Chapter 19: The survivors leave Hell, the warriors clean their wounds, and Reidar takes Ember to Liling. Reidar gets a sweet homecoming from Severina.
This is the second to last chapter! Send questions for Emz, any of the voices actors, or characters to emzbox13@gmail.com You might hear your favorite character answer your questions on the final chapter!
Voices by: Ariel DaWintre, Dan Shaurette, Mark Eller, Michele Bekemeyer, and Emerian Rich.
Theme music by Factory of Dreams
For more information on the author, go to http://www.emzbox.com
Direct link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/emzbox/DuskWarriors19.mp3
February 7, 2013
Rich and Roulo Volume 1: DESIRE
Rich & Roulo, Volume 1 : DESIRE
Authors Emerian Rich and H. E. Roulo come together to bring you Rich & Roulo, a fiction series harking back to vaudevillian days where madness bordered on greatness, misery became wisdom, and beauty was found in even the most broken doll.
D E S I R E: (verb) to wish or long for; crave; want.
Volume 1: DESIRE pushes the boundaries between burlesque and grotesque, featuring a pair of twisted obsession stories and one very naughty poem.
A faded tome wrapped with a red velvet ribbon falls into your possession.
A note attached reads, “To my love.”
As you open it, the spine creaks. Spiders scramble out and skitter across your leg. Startled, you rise and the book thuds to the floor in a puff of perfume-scented dust. Picking it up, you find the velvet ribbon crumbling. It breaks. Where the ribbon had formed a cross holding the novel shut, the cover is still dark and gold leafing inscribed in whirls outlines sensual bare flesh but the rest has faded away, leaving only a hint of naked lovers once sprawled across the luxurious leather.
October 17, 2012
Artistic License Free Extra Pack!
BUY ARTISTIC LICENSE NOWand get… a Free Extras Pack!
Like Freebies?
Buy the book and enjoy this special offer package!
This special collector’s edition extras package can be delivered to you or a friend. The picture below of the extras pack is addressed to one of the first buyers, Dan.
This collector’s edition extras pack includes:
*A personalized letter from Henry, the butler.
*A key to Northing Castle. (key styles vary)
*A personalized bookplate signed by the author to peel off and stick in your book.
*And bookmark. (bookmark styles vary)
Getting this prize pack is easy and FREE!
All you have to do is take your picture with the book and email it to:
emzbox13@gmail.com
Along with:
*Who the package should be made out to.
*Your snail mail address.
*A picture of you or a friend with the book.
So, after you receive your Artistic License book from Amazon.com, don’t forget to snap some pics and send them to Emerian Rich!
October 11, 2012
Artistic License by Emerian Rich
Leslie Marietta is the last known heiress of a palatial estate just south of Los Angeles. When she takes possession of her birthright, sudden creative inspiration allows her to paint alive anything she imagines.
Enchantment and wonder transform her life into a fairytale, but as with all fairytales, there is a dark presence. Phantom servants sneak through the house, horrifying shadow creatures threaten to destroy her, and a band of Edwardian house guests are trapped in the walls.
Lord Ashton Northing is a man of property and situation, with a duty to his people that could tear him from his new love, Leslie. Can Ashton convince Leslie she is worthy of her legacy in time to save them from the evil that dwells in her house?
October 10, 2012
Emz Fun Halloween Traditions!
Halloween is such a great time of year! It’s so magical and fun. 
Here are some of my Halloween Traditions. After reading, please share yours in the comments!
Decorate mini pumpkins for all my work group chums. I usually use sharpies to draw their favorite things on them and then place them on their desks as a surprise the next time they come in the office.
Buy Halloween magazines! I always buy Martha Stewart’s, but my favorite this year is Better Homes and Gardens Halloween edition. Great ideas for now and all through the year!
Decorate the house.Most of our ghoulies and ghosties stay up all year, but this is the time when I buy window decals for the front windows of either eyes or skellys or ghosties!
Decorate my desk at work. I love making little ghost chains or bat chains to hang about my desk at work. A little webbing and lights adds just a touch of happiness to the work day!
Tape the Season Finale of HorrorAddicts.net! It’s always a fun show to do, but for the Season Finale, there is always a happier spark in the air. We usually dress up – whether it be on Second Life or in the studio and there is always pumpkin spiced drinks to be had by all! The energy in the air makes the show delightful!
Troll the makeup counters and drug store kiosks for Halloween makeup! There are certain brands and products that only come out once a year. Only the really good black nail polishes and silver sparkles show themselves in October and if you’re lucky, sometimes you can find a gold eyeliner or mummified powder too!
Go to the craft stores for early treasures and early sales! The craft stores always start early with the Halloween stuff. Generally right before school starts, they are stocking the orange and black. Because they need to make way for the Yule stuff, they also usually have early sales!
Watch Halloweeny movies and hand out candy. With the lights all out, and Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Addams Family, and other fun dvds lined up to watch, we sit under blankets as the kiddies come a-knocking! I also make caramel apples and cider. Caramel apple tip: Always use the yellow golden delicious, they taste the best and leave them in the oven a little longer till the apples get really warm and cooked.
Make Halloween crafts with friends. Whether they be Halloween ornaments or beaded sugar skulls, there is no shortage of Halloween crafts at Emz Manor!
Visit stores I don’t always go to when buying up Halloween sales! Not only do I go shopping the day after Halloween at my favorite shops, I tend to also check out the sales counters at places I don’t usually go such as kitchen stores, specialty shops, and boutiques. Chances are, I will find some goodies that I won’t find anywhere else. Another tip… if the store does not have any Halloween goodies out or you don’t see them, ask… A lot of times they have them stashed in the back and they have incredible markdowns! I once bought an entire box full of Halloween goodies from a mall jewelry store for $10.
Honor those who’ve passed on. Whether you celebrate Samhain, The Day of the Dead, or All Saints Day, this time of year is an excellent time to honor your loved ones who have passed on. I like to have a Dumb Supper and set an extra place for my grandparents. If you have friends over, make sure they bring a picture of their loved ones and allow each person to tell a funny or memorable tale about that person.
Celebrate our wedding anniversary. I was lucky enough to find the most awesome man to share my life on Earth with. Halloween has always been a special time for us. We both love the day and it was the day of our first date.We got married on Halloween among friends and family dressed in costume. Instead of a processional line, they trick or treated at the head table. It’s always important to me to spend some time this time of year with my husband “unplugged” so he gets my full attention.
Rejoice in scarf weather! Normally, this season is when the cold rolls in. Fog blankets the city and scarves are a must-have. Even though hot weather has encroached on our normal fall cool, I still got my scarves out, hoping to use them soon!
August 26, 2012
Artistic License – Coming this fall from Emerian Rich
Leslie Marietta is the last known heiress of a palatial estate just south of Los Angeles. When she takes possession of her birthright, sudden creative inspiration allows her to paint alive anything she imagines.
Enchantment and wonder transform her life into a fairytale, but as with all fairytales, there is a dark presence. Phantom servants sneak through the house, horrifying shadow creatures threaten to destroy her, and a band of Edwardian house guests are trapped in the walls.
Lord Ashton Northing is a man of property and situation, with a duty to his people that could tear him from his new love, Leslie. Can Ashton convince Leslie she is worthy of her legacy in time to save them from the evil that dwells in her house?
