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Zombiepalooza – Alice Ghosting

Today my short/flash fiction story Alice Ghosting is featured on Amanda Hocking's blog as part of Zombiepalooza. Click on over and check it out.

In Space Junque's opening scene, the heroine crosses though a polluted and condemned field inhabited by vermin, birds, and ghosts.

Alice is one of those ghosts...

The Romance Reviews Launch

I am delighted to be part of the launch of The Romance Reviews new site and new look. Be warned: A romance junkie can fall into that place and never come out again!

Comment on your favorite books, post on authors' walls, and read reviews and leave your own reviews.

Plus there will be contests and giveaways galore -- what's not to love?

Visit Space Junque's page and leave a comment!

Kindlereader Test – Again

Cute Baby Porcupine

I just got these pix from a friend of mine, and they are so cute I just have to share.

Can you stand it?

Are we at cute overload yet?

Chit Chat

This has been a fun, fun week for Space Junque.

The big news: Kindleboards' own BTackitt won the Oberon gift certificate. This contest was fun, and I like having a special good prize for a giveaway to launch a book.

I had a let-down feeling though when it was over. I was sad for everyone who didn't win. I'm thinking about the next book, and what to do for it. I wonder if it would be fun to have three prizes, something like Amazon gift certificates, one $50, one $30, and one $20.

I was involved in some awesome interviews this week --

David Wisehart at Kindle Author asks wonderful questions. And I interviewed my editor, Anne Frasier (Theresa Weir), on Kindle Nation Daily.

Last week Anne interviewed me at her blog, Monkey With A Pen.

Kindle Nation Daily Interview With Me and Anne Frasier (Theresa Weir)

I recently interviewed my editor, Anne Frasier/Theresa Weir about why she -- an established, best-selling novelist -- got involved in a independent project with an unknown author.

Today, Kindle Nation Daily has published the convo!

Kindle Author

Dave Wisehart has posted an interview with me at Kindle Author today.

And The Winner Is….

This is the sequence I got from the Random Sequence Generator:

Here is your sequence:

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Timestamp: 2010-10-03 16:52:53 UTC

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And the winner is ... Beverly Tackitt!

[image error]Beverly, you'll be receiving your gift certificate shortly by email. If you would like to email me a picture of the cover or whatever you choose from Oberon, and I'll post it on the website.

Congratulations!

This has been fun -- should I do another contest for Spiderwork when it comes out?

Blue Amber Alert

Blue Amber used to be the opening chapters of Bleeder. It shows the settlement where the heroine Mallory grew up and introduces quite a few of Bleeder's story elements.

If Bleeder were an epic fantasy, I never would have separated the Blue Amber chapters. But because they happen when the heroine is so much younger than in the main story, they don't really fit in the romance form.

So my bright idea was I would make Blue Amber available as an extended prologue. It's longer than a short story, but shorter than a novella. Blah, blah, blah, long story short: Somebody bought Blue Amber when I very momentarily put the price up at Smashwords from free to 99 cents.

Argh! It was only one person, but I didn't really want anybody to pay for it.

At the moment, it's pulled from being able to download. I've decided to add more to it and give it a better cover. To the person who did buy Blue Amber at Smashwords: you will be able to download the new and improved version for free. That's the great thing about Smashwords: Once you buy a book, you can always download it again in any format you want, and if the author has uploaded a new version you get to choose the version you want.

BUT I've decided that no matter how long Blue Amber turns out, I'm going to make it free. Now I wish nobody had bought it at all.

Last Day To Enter — and a Sneak Peek at Space Junque's Sequel

Hi all, it's the last day to enter the contest, and tomorrow +/- 10 a.m. Pacific time I'll click the Random Sequence Generator to find the winner. I've been doing test runs. It's fast and simple -- in fact, it seems too fast and too simple after this waiting.

As of now, we have 16 entrants and 58 entries. I've entered you in the order I received the questionnaires, so LM has slots 1, 2, 3, and 4; BT has 5, 6, 7, and 8 and so on. You're entered in an Open Office spreedsheet in a vertical column. I'll run the RSG, and put the resultant sequence in the column next to your names. Whichever name ends up with "1" next to it will be the winner, who will receive their Oberon gift certificate via email right after that.

--oOo--

EDIT and NOTE: I'm going over to a friend's for hot tub and wine tonight, so if any last-minute entries come in DO NOT FREAK if you don't get a confirmation of your entry until tomorrow morning, Pacific time!

Just think, this time tomorrow, the winner might have already picked out her/his Oberon treats!

--oOo--

On another note, several people have asked when Bleeder is coming out. I gave a short answer on Space Junque's thread at Kindleboards, but I'll tell a little more here.

Bleeder takes place over 100 years after Space Junque when the new world's geopolitical forms are well-established. I wrote Space Junque as a prequel to show how the world of Bleeder came about.

I always meant Space Junque to be a novella, a quick fun read that established the world of the Afterworld series. Little did I know that Char and Jake -- and Durga! -- would take on lives of their own. There is more to tell before getting to Bleeder.

So now, I'm writing Spiderwork, the sequel to Space Junque. I'm pretty excited about it -- poor Char and Jake! They've fallen so deeply in love it hurts, but the political reality of the new world conspires to keep them apart. Meanwhile, Durga has her own troubles.

Durga is the goddess Asherah's "chosen one" -- which means more work and responsibility than anything else. Durga has spent so much time carrying out the will of the goddess and keeping Geraldo away from the other girls that she's completely oblivious to her own personal needs and desires.

When Khai, the prince of Luxor, arrives in Corcovado for a meeting of the new world's power brokers, he falls hard for Durga. He can love no other woman -- but the very laws he intends to impose will make it impossible for them to be together.

--oOo--

--oOo--

Isn't this gorgeous?  This painting is called City of Angels by Nathalie Suellen, an artist who also goes by the name of Lady Symphonia. She's agreed to adapt this picture for Spiderwork's cover! This is Durga -- she'll have her red hair and spider tattoo on the official cover.

(The dystopic city in the background is Garrick, boo!)