Crystal Green's Blog, page 43

Signing Tomorrow!

I'll be signing tomorrow with Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, Saturday, at 2 pm at Mysterious Galaxy. (And, yes, I messed up the date in my newsletter. Awesome. It's *tomorrow,* not the 9th! Yikes!)

Linda writes a heck of a werewolf story, and I'll be putting pen to paper for DEEP IN THE WOODS. Here's the info:

http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/chris-marie-green-signs-deep-woods

Another chance to win a Vampire Babylon book!

Here's another site that's giving away a signed Vampire Babylon book! It belongs to our very own Selena:

http://selenaillyria.com/2010/03/why-i-wrote-vampire-babylon-by-chris-marie-green/

Thanks, Selena! ; )

Book Giveaway on this DEEP IN THE WOODS Release Day!

It's Release Day! Over at the Knight Agency Blog, I'm giving away signed copies of A DROP OF RED, Vampire Babylon, Book Four and THE PATH OF RAZORS, Vampire Babylon, Book Five. Here's the link:

http://knightagency.blogspot.com/

March 2, 2010

Tomorrow...

More ConDor

As I mentioned before, this is ConDor Convention weekend! I'm excited because, today, I get to sit in on a few panels because I only have an autographing session at 2pm. Yesterday, I moderated a panel about genre TV, and we had a great discussion. (Imagine a room full of people who also love SUPERNATURAL and CHUCK and there you go.) Tomorrow, I'll be on a panel about whether genre books like TWILIGHT and Harry Potter persuade mainstream audiences to go genre, too. That's at 10am.

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ConDor, This Weekend

If any of you are in the San Diego area, I'll be at the fantasy conference, ConDor, this weekend. Here's my schedule:

February 26, Friday, 12pm – I'm moderating a panel about TV during the last ten years
February 27, Saturday, 2pm – autograph signing
February 28, Sunday, 10am – panel about whether blockbusters like the Twilight saga and Harry Potter draw readers and viewers to SciFi and Fantasy

(Go to http://www.condorcon.org/html/mainmenu.html for directions and most current information)

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Just found this!

Ace/Roc just updated their web site and there's an "essay" I wrote about Vampire Babylon there! To read it, go to http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/specialinterests/scifi/2010/green-essay.html

Winner and Knight Blog

The updates for my sites are going up tomorrow, and you know what that means....

New contest!

And it's going to be a good one, I promise, so check in to www.crystal-green.com tomorrow.

Meanwhile, last month's contest winner was Kelly Hobbs, so congrats, Kelly!

I can't believe I forgot about this, but the Knight Agency posted a newsletter article I wrote about writing love scenes to the blog. (Due to space constraints, it had to be edited for the newsletter, so it's published, uncut, on their web...

Going the Contest Route

To get published, some writers decide to go the contest route. They enter good contests that provide valuable feedback and, if their work advances, agents and editors see their stuff. This route helped my critique partner, Judy Duarte, get her fine books published, and it's a very valid avenue.

If you want to give it a try, I'll recommend a great contest for you--Spring Into Romance. Here are some details:

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RWA San Diego chapter is proud to announce our Spring I...

Link Day

Last year, at RWA National, I met the effervescent, talented Kasey MacKenzie. We hung out for a web promo panel, endured a fire alarm evacuation, then had a few snacks in the bar. I'm telling you her name because I think you'll know it well once her first book comes out in July. It's an urban fantasy about Furies, and I haven't read one of those so I'm *really* looking forward to it!

Here's a peek at the cover and ad:

http...