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REVIEW: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW
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WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW
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Since I wanted to avoid online spoilers, I read the book faster than I might have normally — I'm not a really fast reader, but I got through MOCKINGJAY in two days, finishing last night about 1:30 a.m. Let's just say, I didn't [...:]

A couple releases

Just a quick post today to say that there are a couple new releases out and about from yours truly.
First up is KISS ME DEADLY that actually came out on August 3rd. It's a Young Adult anthology I was lucky enough to be asked to write a story for. I wrote a stand alone story [...:]

RowenChat with Eve Silver! Win a signed book!

National bestselling and award-winning author Eve Silver's new Otherkin series launches with a back to back to back trilogy from HQN on August 1st. I was lucky enough to read the first book, SINS OF THE HEART, early and I have to say — it is amazing. Eve has seriously outdone herself with her tales [...:]

UK release of Bitten & Smitten – WIN a signed copy!

Four and a half years ago, my first book was published. Wow, was it really that long ago?
Yes, BITTEN & SMITTEN, the tale of a woman who went on a blind date with a vampire, got bitten, ran for her life and bumped into a suicidal master vampire, got smitten — and, uh, etcetera.
Today is [...:]

Cover for NIGHTSHADE!

I'm very excited to get this cover! I'm really liking it! The blue title will be done in foil so that'll look fantastic.
NIGHTSHADE will be released in February 2011 at the same time that the PRIMAL anthology is out. That will contain a novella taking place right after the events in this book, so it's [...:]

RowenCraft: QUERY LETTERS

Tori in the comments to previous post asked me to expand a bit on this post and give an example of a query letter that DID work. So I'm going to first go over why my attempt at querying when I was 18 didn't work and why the letter I wrote at 33 did work. [...:]

Once upon a time…

I think I always wanted to be a writer. This proves it. I was going through some old journals as I declutter my condo and I happened upon this little gem from 1989. I do believe this was a draft of my very first query letter. It is a very good example of WHAT NOT [...:]

Cover for PRIMAL!

Just got permission to show this one off! Isn't it pretty??
PRIMAL is the anthology I'm very excited to be in that's coming out April 2011 and includes my novella, BLEEDING HEART, that's got the same world and characters as my Feb 2011 and Aug 2011 urban fantasy releases. Vampires, edge-of-your-seat action, and hot romance. Yes, [...:]

Cover for TOUCH AND GO!

What do you think? I'm kinda loving this cover. Hot stuff!!! Click on cover to see it larger and read the back cover blurb to see what TOUCH AND GO is all about. FYI, just like HOT SPELL, this is also a book about a couple agents from PARA (Paranormal Assessment and Recovery Agency)… [...:]

On this rainy Tuesday afternoon…

Sooo….. I'm wondering if blogging is so totally, like, last year. At a glance it appears as if the only ones blogging regularly are book reviewers. I think blogging is a great tool to update everyone who happens by about news. I find that the more I twitter, the less I have to say about [...:]