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Please Welcome Kim Fielding, Author of Brute

Hi! I’m Kim Fielding. I’m doing a blog tour for my new novel, Brute, and I’ve been making a number of confessions along the way. Today’s deep dark secret? I’ve always kind of rooted for the villains.

When I was a kid, it often seemed to me that the heroes were unrealistically righteous and goody-goody. As someone who has never quite reached perfection herself, I felt that I was being expected to empathize with protagonists who were not very much like me. Now, many of the villains were pretty o...

Research and Rewriting History with Guest Author Beau Schemery

Please welcome our good friend Beau Schemery today, here to talk about his debut novel, The 7th of London.

Hello friends of Gus and Eon. My name is Beau Schemery and I’m the author of the young adult novel, The 7th of London. It’s a steampunk action/adventure just released by Harmony Ink Press. I’ve always loved steampunk and science fiction. It’s a tough genre to write and read. The author has to find a delicate balance between believable machinery and weighing the story down with too much te...

Sneak Peek at Ice and Embers, Book Two of the Blessed Epoch

Ice and Embers, Book Two of the Blessed Epoch, is finished and turned in to my editors! The sequel to Ash and Echoes ended up a bit longer, around 130K. It is told from the multiple perspectives of the protagonists, alternating between them in different scenes and chapters (not to be confused with head-hopping, incidentally. Come on. I may not be Shakespeare but I’m better than that.) As much as I love my Yarrow, Sasha and Duncan, I’m happy to be finished with their latest adventure. I need a...

Ten More Days!

Sequel to Boots for the Gentleman

Steamcraft and Sorcery: Book Two

Former archivist Reg Whitney, expert thief Querry Knotte, and the clockwork boy known as Frolic are fugitives from Halcyon living on a small island. While Reg is content to lead a safe and settled life, there is trouble in paradise: Querry is bored, and Frolic can’t help but ponder his own existence.

When Querry and Frolic get caught breaking into Baron Starling’s villa, all three men are bamboozled into accompanying the baron on...

A Grimoire for the Baron-Coming October 12th from Dreamspinner Press

This sequel to Boots for the Gentleman will be available October 12th!

Caitlin Ricci is our guest today!

Hey, I’m Caitlin Ricci. Thank you for spending some time with me today. I’d like to talk about my upcoming book, Taming the Lion Tamer which is available on August 18 through Silver Publishing.

The idea for Taming the Lion Tamer came to me one afternoon while driving east along I-70 on the Colorado plains. There’s a billboard next to the highway advertising a wild animal sanctuary about an hour east of Denver. I went on their website, looked at the stories of some of their big cats, and starte...

August Releases

Available August 18th from Silver Publishing

Brothers Kei-Go and Ju-Go barely escaped the destruction of their homeland by a savage race of invaders, only to find themselves stranded on an isolated island. For Kei, the island is a paradise, safe from the horrors of slavery and war. But Ju craves only vengeance and the liberation of their people.

Kei and Ju have no idea what will be required to free their kinsmen. They’ll make unlikely allies and cross lines they never thought they would, all fo...

The Ballad of the Burning Year By Augusta Li

Brothers Kei-Go and Ju-Go barely escaped the destruction of their homeland by a savage race of invaders, only to find themselves stranded on an isolated island. For Kei, the island is a paradise, safe from the horrors of slavery and war. But Ju craves only vengeance and the liberation of their people.

Kei and Ju gradually formulate a plan to free their kinsmen, and while implementing it, they’ll make unlikely allies and cross lines they never thought they would, all for the good of their peopl...

CONTEST! Why I write fantasy

Ash and Echoes and Why I Write Fantasy

Post by Augusta Li

I recently learned from my publisher that contemporary romance sells better than any other genre. I have never written a contemporary romance, but after hearing this, I considered it. After all, I thought, isn’t it easier to write a novel that doesn’t need the construction of an elaborate world and culture? Isn’t it easier to write about things I’ve experienced, like going to work, checking my email, and cooking dinner?

As it turns out, n...

Manga and Romance: Our Sometimes Unlikely Influences

So, as part of the Manga and Romance Blog Hop, we’re talking a little bit about the various influences on our work. Read on for some of the unusual places we’ve found inspiration, as well as links to the other blog hop participants, and be sure enter to win the Grand Prize.

What has influenced our books? You might be surprised…

Gus:

When I started writing, I had never read a romance novel in my life. I’ve still never read an old-school,bodice-ripper het romance, though I have enjoyed many m/m an...