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June 3, 2013
Want some awesome books by awesome Aussie authors?
Aussie Author Giveaway!
Enjoy paranormal romance? Fantasy romance? Urban fantasy? Post-apocalyptic romance? Steampunk romance?
Would you jump at a chance or three to win a box full of these sorts of books?
Who, what, where, when and how can I win? – I hear you cry!
Well, 9 Aussie authors have banded together and each have donated books and swag from their latest series to go into the Aussie Author Giveaway - three huge giveaway packages which will be on display at some of the specialty romance bookstores here in Australia.
Rendezvous Books (Victoria) will host the first box of goodies and the giveaway will run the entire month of June 2013.
The second box of authorly-goodness will reside at Rosemary’s Romance Bookstore (Queensland) right through July 2013.
The third box of giveaway-fun will be with Galaxy Books (Sydney) over August 2013.
All readers have to do is order a book (or books) from these stores in the designated giveaway month – either in person or online. You’ll earn one entry per purchase in the Giveaway. The prize winner will be drawn at the end of the month and the Aussie Author Giveaway box of goodies will be posted to you.
NB. Due to postage costs, entry is restricted to Australian readers.
So, come on Aussies, come on! Support your specialty romance bookstores, get to know some local Aussie authors – and you could find a huge parcel of books in your mailbox at the end of June or July or August!
Participating authors (other than moi!)
And their websites (given WP is playing fast and loose with my caption links!)
April 26, 2013
Come on over
My gorgeous new Melanie Scott site is live. Come on over and check it out.
I have to say thank you again to the lovely Sharon at Little Bytes Design who is whatever the level above web goddess is and translates all my vague ideas and babbling into loveliness and stuff that works and never tells me I’m crazy : ) And gives me hot pink velvet couches that make me happy. Now if I could just find the real life version. Though the cats would probably hog it and/or destroy the velvet.
To celebrate the new look, I’m giving away a copy of one of my all time favorite contemporary romances…Welcome to Temptation by Jenny Crusie. This was one of the first contemporaries I read when I was deciding to get serious about my writing and made me want to write books as sexy and smart and witty as hers.
To win just comment here and tell me about something that makes you happy, be it hot pink couches, cats, good books, sunny autumn days or website code!
April 22, 2013
Nothing like a Dame
Yo, I’m over at the brilliant Deadline Dames today blogging about Iron Kin and giving a copy away…come visit!
April 2, 2013
A Fantastic Fable
I’m over at Dark Faerie Tales today, taking part in their cool Fantastic Fables event.
If you want to know what happens when Rumpelstiltskin picks on the wrong girl aka Saskia…head on over.
Don’t mess with metalmages! There’s a copy of Iron Kin up for grabs!
April 1, 2013
Iron Kin release day
Iron Kin is out today! Available at all good bookstores etc etc. If you read it and like it, tell your friends : )
And to celebrate the unleashing of Fen and Saskia on the world, I’m giving away some books. Four lucky peeps can win their choice of Iron Kin, Shadow Kin or Blood Kin. Just email me mel @ mjscott.net to enter. And if anyone is intrepid enough to send me a pic of Iron Kin out in the wild, there may be some special bonus prizes.
Not April Fool’s…
I promise!
Tomorrow, what started as this:
in my head becomes this:
out in the big wide world. Go forth and buy and read and stuff!
March 31, 2013
Happy Easter!
To celebrate you can have virtual chocolate eggs and one final Iron Kin snippet..2 days to go now. Until then, eat chocolate and be happy!
“Sainted bloody earth.” She’d finally found her tongue. Her cheeks still blushed pink but her eyes were furious. “How is it that no woman has killed you before now?”
“Women like me,” I said. I let a grin spread across my face and watched her expression grow even more furious. Apparently Saskia wasn’t most women. Which, in a perverse fashion, made her only more interesting. More fun to tease, definitely. “More than like me, actually.”
“Maybe. Until you open your mouth,” she shot back.
March 30, 2013
A reminder…
You may have gathered Iron Kin is out real soon now (April 2…practically tomorrow..well, the day after the day after tomorrow).
But if you haven’t started the Half-Light City series, here’s a quick reminder.
Book 1 is Shadow Kin
More info (including excerpts) here.
Book 2 is Blood Kin
More info (including excerpts) here.
March 29, 2013
Another snippet
Again with the random…heh heh heh.
All the small noises in the square died as he descended. Everybody watched as he adjusted his long velvet coat and gazed around the square to survey those of us who waited. And I wasn’t the only one who shivered when a far-too-satisfied-smile spread across his features.
Just four days now!
March 28, 2013
The sound of the book
I use soundtracks for all my books because I find it’s one of the quickest ways for me to plug into the world and get writing. I generally have either my phone or iPod with me, so I can do just that if I’m out and about and get a chance to write.
I pick songs for atmosphere, songs for characters, songs for mood, songs that have a line of two of lyrics that make the muse go “oooh” even if I don’t always know why. Sometimes I listen to the whole soundtrack, sometimes I listen to one song on repeat, depending on what the scene I’m writing needs. I often pare the soundtrack down to the key songs for the revising part (I have one book where the revision soundtrack is five Dixie Chick songs…over and over and over again) but I didn’t do that with Iron Kin (in fact, the IK soundtrack is quite a long one by my standards). I’ve popped the soundtrack up on the book page on my website but thought I’d put it here too.
Bring Night – Sia
All The Lovers – Kylie Minogue
The Trouble With Me – Robbie Williams
Dance In The Dark – Lady GaGa
Guitar Flute and String – Moby
Catatonic – Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes soundtrack)
Dancing In The Storm – Boom Crash Opera
Set Fire To The Rain – Adele
Bad Romance – Glee cast
Borderline – Chris de Burgh
Mr Brightside – The Killers
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Bad – U2
F**kin’ Perfect – P!nk
Take Me Back – Jon stevens
You Stole My Thunder – Mark Seymour
Gloradin – Lisa Gerrard
I Don’t Believe You – P!nk
Crossfire – Brandon Flowers
When The War Is Over – John Farnham
Better – Tom Baxter
Bound To You – Christina Aguilera
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Throw It All Away – Brandi Carlisle
You Don’t Own Me – The Blow Monkeys
City of Blinding Lights – U2
Impossible – Daniel Merriweather
Do You Mind – Robbie Williams
Man Next Door – Massive Attack
Dog Days – Florence + The Machine
The Only Exception – Glee cast
Flesh Vs Steel – Regenerator
Trust In Me – The Dead Brothers
Living Dolls – Nox Arcana
Breathe (2AM) – Anna Nalick
Love Is A Drug – Eskimo Joe
Come Undone – Robbie Williams
Cursed – Robbie Williams
Make Me Pure – Robbie Williams
She’s The One – Robbie Williams
Yes, it’s a little Robbie heavy…told you he had a touch of the Fens!
PS Five days to go!
