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July 2, 2012
Release day: A Shadow of Time by Louann Carroll
Congrats to fellow CMP author Louann Carroll on the release of her novel, Shadow of Time! Keep reading for an excerpt and a link to a really neat giveaway from Louann!
The blurb:
Consumed by a childhood filled with terror and pain, Kellyn O’Brien strives to create the perfect family.Then, disaster strikes. Her husband is dead. Three weeks later she discovers her son is heir to Shadow Ley, a nineteenth century estate located in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Still reeling from Michael’s death, Kell...
June 27, 2012
A Cthulhu out of the hat
I’m going to share the story I wrote at the A Cthulhu out of the Hat – Writing Prompts for the Deranged panel at Balticon. The moderator provided a bag of stuff he’d picked up from his kids’ rooms and each panelist picked three items. We had about 20 minutes to write a story that included two of the items. Then we read them aloud. There were some really creative stories. I wish I’d thought to take a picture of my items, but I was too busy thinking about what I could possibly write. My prompts...
June 21, 2012
A Midsummer Night’s Blog Hop – Interview with the God of the Sea
Happy midsummer! The blog hop has finally arrived, so without further ado, let’s get right to our interview with Poseidon, of Medusa, A Love Story. Will Sydney gain any insight into the God of the Sea? Or will egos get in the way?
The Interviews!
Gregor Caine + Circe
(Christine Ashworth & Claire Gillian)
Sydney + Poseidon
(Cindy Young-Turner & Sasha Summers)
Caleb + Arland and Kate
(Kinley Baker & Krystal Wade)
Leigh Baxton + Micah Fuller
(Lindsay Loucks & Diane M. Haynes)
Shayla Dormyr + Kara Magari
(R...
June 19, 2012
Coming soon: A Midsummer Night’s Blog Hop
I’m so excited to be participating in the Midsummer Night’s Blog Hop, coming on June 21 and organized by soon to be published CMP author Wendy Russo! This blog hop features characters interviewing characters! Wendy threw names into a hat and this is what she came up with:
Cindy Young-Turner + Sasha Summers
Sydneyhas survived on the streets of Last Hope most of her life through pickpocketing and prostitution. Nineteen now, she’s a resistance fighter supporting a bastard prince. Whatever will she...
June 18, 2012
Moonlight Mayhem blog tour: Favorite character moments and quotes
Today I’m hosting a stop on Sherry Soule’s blog tour for her new release, Moonlight Mayhem! Here’s Sherry to share some of her favorite moments from her books in the Spellbound series, Beautifully Broken and Moonlight Mayhem.
Hi everyone, I’m Sherry Soule—waving from Castro Valley, California, where it gets foggy even during the summer months. But even with the fog burning off by afternoon, I’m relaxing on the sofa and blabbering on Twitter about my life-long obsession with books.
It’s a real h...
June 15, 2012
Happy release day: Wild Point Island by Kate Lutter
Congrats to Crescent Moon Press author Kate Lutter on the release of her debut novel,Wild Point Island! This looks like a great read! Keep reading for a fun excerpt.
The blurb:
Banished from Wild Point Island as a child, Ella Pattenson, a half human-half revenant, has managed to hide her true identity as a descendent of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Thought to have perished, the settlers survived but were transformed into revenants–immortal beings who live forever as long as they remain on the is...
June 12, 2012
Sydney vs. Katniss
Warning: Potential for mild spoilers ahead
I enjoyed The Hunger Games and recently flew through the next two books. I’d heard from other people that they didn’t like the second and third books as much as the first, and the more I read, the more I found myself agreeing with them. Whereas my first impression of Katniss was that she was a great role model, a strong female character who faced suffering and still managed to survive with her spirit intact, I began to grow weary of her indecisiveness...
June 7, 2012
RIP Ray Bradbury
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
-Ray Bradbury,Zen in the Art of Writing
We lost a great writer yesterday with the death of Ray Bradbury. One of the panels I did at Balticon was Stories We Like to Hear Out Loud and I read Ray Bradbury’s “The Emissary,” a great little story about a boy and his dog. The boy is bedridden and depends on his dog to tell him about the world, but the dog also has a bad habit of bringing things home, things he shouldn’t. I love the openin...
June 3, 2012
Balticon 46 recap
It’s been a week since Balticon. I think I’ve recovered, although I was pretty exhausted going in due to a hectic week leading up to it. I had a lot of fun. Being my first con and my biggest author appearance to date, I had no idea what to expect. I’m very much an introvert. The idea of speaking in front of a group of people I don’t know makes me break out in a cold sweat. I think that’s why the panels I picked were primarily games, like a Cthulhu out of the hat and fantasy title chain. I fig...
June 1, 2012
Cover reveal: Demon Hunt by Christine Ashworth
Here’s another great Crescent Moon Press cover!
The blurb:
Tribred Gregor Caine decided long ago to deny his blood legacy. So he isn’t happy when paired with a full-blooded Fae to hunt the demons threatening to overrun Los Angeles. As they fight side by side, he finds she calls to both his Fae and his demon blood; a call he can’t resist.
Warrior Fae Serra Willows crossed into the Human Plane to help destroy the demons released from the Chaos Plane. Finding and shutting down the portal between wo...
