Meredith Shayne's Blog, page 7
November 26, 2011
Music and writing
Music is very important to my writing process. I only write without music if I absolutely have to, which thankfully isn't often. The music I listen to while writing has an impact on the mood of the story: a dark story has to have a soundtrack full of dark music, while a more lighthearted story can have a more lighthearted soundtrack. Each of my published stories has a soundtrack, either a mix of songs from different artists, or a single artist; for Equilibrium it was a mix of songs, for
November 21, 2011
Cheap books!
Everyone loves a cheap book, don't they? As someone who bought about 10 ebooks in one fell swoop yesterday, my answer is a definite yes to that.
If you're like me and love cheap books, then you're in luck, because both Dreamspinner Press and Torquere Press are having sales at the moment!
Dreamspinner says:
Dreamspinner Press Sale!
There are three ways you can save on purchases from Dreamspinner Press this month.
First, there's a We Are Thankful Sale, 20% off everything on the web site through...
November 15, 2011
Rust Red: Galvanized a recommended read at ARe
I've had quite a few good things to wake up to this morning which will make getting through my Wednesday a little easier. One of those is that Rust Red: Galvanized is a recommended read at the ARe cafe at the moment, which is fantastic. Check it out here if you're so inclined.
October 30, 2011
Equilibrium Christmas story
I am back in New Zealand after my sojourn in the US, via a week in Hawaii for a conference. Hawaii was hot, it had excellent pineapple and outstanding bacon, and I spent a lot of money there. I'm delighted to be back home, mostly because of getting to sleep in my own bed and having more options for clothing than what fitted into my suitcase 7 weeks ago.
I bought some incredibly snazzy Doc Martens while I was away, I am ecstatic about those. But I didn't really start this post to talk about...
October 13, 2011
Reason #1 billion why it's not easy to write characters from another country
I apologise in advance for the use of capslock in this post, but it has to be done. I can't adequately express my frustration any other way, I'm afraid.
SCENE: America, our Aussie heroine's hotel room. Because this room is a long-stay room (OAH likes staying long in America) it has a kitchenette. OAH crawls from her bed, cursing the fact that it is not yet Friday, and looks forward to some peanut butter on toast to make the morning better. She plugs the toaster into the wall, but lo, the...
October 4, 2011
Eyes Wide Shut now available for free at Smashwords and ARe
Yes, I've finally got my act together and uploaded Eyes Wide Shut to All Romance ebooks, and in celebration of that fact I've decided to make the book a free read at both Smashwords and ARe. You can grab yourself a copy from Smashwords here and ARe here.
Of course if you enjoy EWS you can grab yourself a copy of the sequel, Rust Red: Galvanized, available now from Torquere Press or ARe.
/shameless self promotion.
September 28, 2011
Rust Red: Galvanized is out
Rust Red: Galvanized is finally out, yay! It's available at the Torquere Press website and All Romance ebooks, and I hope you enjoy it.
September 27, 2011
Torquere Press release party at TRS
Torquere Press is having a September release party over at The Romance Studio's party website, and since Rust Red: Galvanized is released tomorrow (woo!), I am participating.
Since I am also full of the giveaway love, I'm also running a competition to win a copy of Rust Red: Galvanized. As always, everyone who comments on one of my posts over there (currently here and here) will go into the draw to win a copy. And since Rust Red: Galvanized is a sequel to Eyes Wide Shut, if the winner doesn't ...
September 24, 2011
Competition links and Eyes Wide Shut at Smashwords
The competition to win a copy of Rust Red: Galvanized is still going on at the Torquere Social LJ; if you comment on any of my posts, which are here, here, here and here, you'll go in the draw to win. I'll do that tomorrow so that everyone in the Southern Hemisphere has a chance to stick their oar in too.
Eyes Wide Shut is now out of print at Torquere, but since it would be ridiculous of me to let a rights-reverted manuscript gather dust on my hard drive when there's a sequel to it coming out ...
Competition to win Rust Red: Galvanized
I am over at the Torquere Social livejournal today, talking about my upcoming release, Rust Red: Galvanized. Everyone who comments on one of my posts there gets to go into the draw to win a copy of the book once it's released next Wednesday. I hope to see you there!
