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July 24, 2012
Teaser Tuesday: POSERS by Fantasy Novelist L.M. Davis
Today’s teaser is from a book by a wonderful YA author I had the chance to meet at UtopYACon 2012 just a couple of weeks ago. A fellow fantasy buff, L.M. Davis likes to write “on the dark side.” I managed to convince her to participate in two posts, so please tune in again tomorrow [...]
July 19, 2012
SHIFT Cover Reveal and Launch Date Announced!
One of the most fun parts about being an indie author is working on a book’s cover. Unlike traditionally published texts, indie books allow the author to either design the cover themselves or hire a cover designer and then approve the final product. As for me, my book cover designs would look like they’d been [...]
July 11, 2012
UtopYACon2012: the Authors, the Awards, the Awesomeness
For those of you who don’t know, the first annual UtopYA Conference took place from July 6-8th this year in Nashville, TN. The conference was designed to honor the female writers of YA paranormal/fantasy fiction, and included informative panels, book signings and an awards ceremony. I had the pleasure of attending as an author and [...]
June 25, 2012
UtopYACon: Where All the Cool Kids Go to Meet Their Favorite Female Authors
It’s time to get excited and get to Nashville for the first ever UtopYA Con, which is the first convention honoring female paranormal/fantasy young adult authors and readers who love them. It will be held at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, TN on July 6-8, 2012. Would you like to come? You’re already excited, I [...]
June 13, 2012
Cover Reveal: Ciao by Bethany Lopez
I’m so excited to be a part of the cover reveal tour for Ciao, the upcoming release by YA author Bethany Lopez. As the author of the Stories About Melissa series, Bethany is one of my all-time favorite writers (and people). I hope you’ll join me in acknowledging what a terrific job she did on [...]
June 12, 2012
Don’t Miss This Stop on the Prize-Packed ZOMBIE CANDY Tour!
Please enjoy this excerpt from Zombie Candy, a genre-bending mystery by Frederick Lee Brooke. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including $550 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, and 5 autographed copies of the book. They sit at long tables under grape [...]
June 4, 2012
Teaser Tuesday: SHIFT (Book Two of the Firstborn Trilogy)
In the aftermath of my two-week blog tour for the release of Defy, I’m thrilled to say that I’ve finished the first draft of Shift. It was remarkably challenging trying to write this book while getting Defy ready for publication and then promoting it, but somehow I managed! Next on the agenda will be the [...]
May 23, 2012
Writer Wednesday: Author M. Pax and THE BACKWORLDS Excerpt
Today I’d like to welcome fantasy and science fiction author M. Pax as one of the stops on her blog tour for her exciting new release, The Backworlds. Ms. Pax is someone I’ve gotten to know through Twitter and Triberr, and she’s just an awesome person! I hope you’ll help me out by making her [...]
May 16, 2012
Writer Wednesday: Interview with Fantasy Author Bill Blais
Today I have the pleasure of welcoming fantasy author Bill Blais to the blog. I got the chance to reveal the cover for Bill’s latest novel, Hell Hath No Fury (Kelly & Umber #2), yesterday, and he was gracious enough to allow me to grill interview him about his writing journey. Let’s find out a [...]
May 15, 2012
Cover Reveal: Hell Hath No Fury by Bill Blais
I’m very excited to be working with Illuminated Tours on the Hell Hath No Fury cover reveal tour! Author Bill Blais is building quite the following among readers of contemporary fantasy, and his Kelly and Umber series is making its way up the Amazon charts. I’m sure after you read a little more about Mr. [...]
