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Tuesday Teaser - Return to Emerald City by @SofiaGreyAuthor & @AllysonLindt #giveaway

Excerpt from His Reboot Girl (Return to Emerald City):

The second I started to log in, it would register in the main datacenter, but that alone wouldn’t send up any red flags. If I fluffed the login, it’d lock me out of the core network, but what would Donny do then? That wasn’t a great idea.“What do you want access to?” I asked.“Your vault.” The words you moron were implied.“Which part? It’s segmented. There are different logins for each area.”“The wetware protocols.”Could I remember the auth...

Building a Dead New World by Ryan Hill @j_ryan #YA #zombie #postapoc

Building a post-apocalyptic zombie world


Building a word is one of the most fun - and challenging - things a writer can take on. Creating a world out of thin air, like, say, Middle Earth, is one thing. It's an entirely new world with no previously set rules or expectations in place. When I decided to write Dead New World, I didn't have that luxury when I thought up the story's world.

Most everybody is familiar with the zombie genre in books and films. The genre comes with a certain set of rules...

Red stilettos and Lightbulbs - Guest Post by Sofia Grey #scifi #romance

You know how sometimes, the best results come about by accident? That’s how Return to Emerald City happened.
I was working on a short story aimed at a Christmas anthology. It featured a heroine called Dorothy, a pair of bright red stilettos, and a longing to go home. Real life got in the way of my writing, and I put my story aside to work on other commitments.
Around the same time, my writing / critique partner—Allyson Lindt—was finishing up a novella loosely named The Tin Man, about a futurist...

Tuesday Teaser - Looted by Sheri Verlarde

Excerpt:

Bruce sat in the lounge. Another night, another expensive bar. He didn’t think his NYPD salary would take much more of this side investigation, but he knew that he was on the right track. Now he just needed to find his mystery beauty, then the real investigation could begin. He had sent out feelers to every host of the finer bars, restaurants and hotels in town, hoping to find a woman to match the description he had. Needless to say there were a lot of gorgeous women in Manhattan and...

Hoping for Love at #Halloween - Hallow's Eve tour begins #giveaway #paranormal #romance

And so it begins! The 13th might not be the most auspicious date to begin a book tour, but strangely in keeping with the Halloween theme I feel. So, to follow along on the tour and enter the spooky giveaway taking place until the end of October, please visit my awesome hosts below (and you can see what magic topics they'll be hosting):

13th – Winter Bayne Fairies, Imps and Sprites15th - Going from Somebody to Nobody Three Little Things (story inspiration)17th – Liza O’Connor Red Hair Rocks19th...

Creating a Believable System of Magic for Fiction - #Guest post by Vanessa Finaughty

Thank you for having me on your blog today, Pippa.
In order to create a believable system of magic for fiction, I believe it’s vital to suspend the reader’s belief. This tends to work best when the line between fact and fiction is blurred to the point where the impossible seems possible. When creating a magic system, the first thing you need to consider is that mysteryis the only thing that distinguishes magic from science – because magic in the real world is merely science that is not yet und...

#Release Day for Hallow's Eve! #paranormal #romance

It's here, it's here! Hallow's Eve is now available to buy! My sweet Halloween-themed paranormal romance is out in the wild, in time for you to cosy up with this little short for the autumn, maybe with a pumpkin spiced latte. 

Blurb:


Twelve months ago, Hal’s world crashed and burned, taking the love of his life with it. He’s waited all year for that one special night when the souls of the departed come home, hoping his candle will summon back one in particular to heal his broken heart. But...

Meet the #Author - Sofia Grey (@sofiagreyauthor)

Please tell us a bit about yourself:Hi Pippa. I’m an English lady, transplanted to New Zealand a few years ago. I have to say the weather is better here * grin *. I write contemp and paranormal romance, with a tendency toward the darker side of life, and have just embarked on a time travel series.
Tell us about Lila’s Wolf: This is book 1 in the Out of Time series. The action moves from 500 years in the future, back to Dark Age Britain, with my time travellers searching for a fugitive – a tim...

Are You Ready? SFRB Showcase #1 #scifi #romance

Welcome to the first SFR Brigade Showcase! I'm sharing my favourite excerpt from my newest SFR release--Tethered. Tyree is a Su assassin--a genetically engineered clone--but she's been assigned to Terran diplomat Zander as both partner and bodyguard. And she's not exactly happy about it...
A thrill of excitement shivered down her spine as she backed away a few steps with Zander following. He shrugged off his formal outer robes, and for the first time she could appreciate the broad expanse of h...

Halloween #Cover & Title #Reveal! #paranormal #romance

It's here! It's cover and title reveal day for the Halloween-themed paranormal romance short I've been sitting on for the past year. But I'm not going to post it here. Oh, no! You'll have to hop along to one of my hosts listed below to see it in all its glory, and to grab your chance to enter the internationally open giveaway running from the 1st-31st October. But I will show you what you can win.


A Pentagram necklace and six jasmine-scented glitter tea-lights, to tie in with the story. Shiny,...