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July 18, 2013
Expanding “A Team”
Now that my fabulous assistants are in place to help, we’re in a posiiton to expand the Street Team.
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July 17, 2013
Gathering Storm TIDBITS
COMING SEPTEMBER 2013
Black Swan 5- Gathering Storm
READING THIS SERIAL SAGA IN ORDER HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Gathering Storm, is the fifth installment in the serial saga, The Order of the Black Swan. READING IN ORDER STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.The story continues to touch on the lives of former B Team members and their families while new characters and situations are introduced.
THE NEWSLETTER: Z Team is welcomed to Jefferson Unit. Well, not really. Jefferson Unit is being temporarily retired as an active hunter facility and converted to a research and training institution. Sol takes his first vacation – ever – leaving Glen in charge with Storm supervising. Rosie is proving to be an extraordinary little girl and Deliverance is in BIG trouble with her mother.
THE SURPRISE: Storm is just not himself. Former members of B Team must reunite to restore his image and reputation.
THE ADVENTURE: The rival clan from Elora’s home world renews their assassination mission with fervent determination..
Appropriate material for 17+.
Review Spotlight! My Familiar Stranger by CaroleDee
So I am excited to bring you a new feature to our blog! Every week or so I will be featuring a review by a fan that was done on one of Victoria’s books! Keep your eye out, it might be you!
From Amazon.com
5 stars!, May 9, 2012
by CaroleDee
This review is from: My Familiar Stranger – Romancing the Vampire Hunters (Black Swan 1) (Kindle Edition)
“My Familiar Stranger was a wonderfully engrossing paranormal romance with just a dash of science fiction that grabbed me from page one and didn’t let go!
Ms. Danann absolutely knows how to get a series going. My Familiar Stranger created a captivating new world with so many possibilities. With elves, beserkers, fairies, vampires and who knows what else running around a society parallel to our own there is so much potential! The world building was awesome. Through Danonn’s vivid descriptions I felt like I could actually see the Order’s lavish headquarters and the creepy but whimsical Romanian strong-hold.
I don’t want to give too much away, but watching the relationships build between Elora and the B-Team was magical. This is no “wham-bam, I’m instantly in love with you” book. The relationships progress over time which makes it that much more heartbreaking when you realize that Elora will have to choose between honoring a debt, true love, or true lust. But fear not, Elora gets her happily ever after just like in her favorite fairy..um….er….I mean elf tales 
My Familiar Stranger quickly turned into the kind of book that left my husband and son eating pizza for dinner. Who has time to cook when you could be reading a great book instead?
Go ahead and get your pizza coupons handy and start reading My Familiar Stranger now, you won’t be disappointed 
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Thank you so much CaroleDee for writing a review! It is one of the greatest things an author could ask for!
- Sarah
July 16, 2013
Introducing My New Assistants…
I’ve got to tell you that, at the moment, it’s good to be me and these two are a dream come true. They’re taking over some of the tasks that go along with PROUD-TO-BE-AN-INDIE! so that I can devote more of that time to telling stories.
Sarah Nicole Howard
I love to read, love my Poms, grew up near Saint Louis, MO. I collect antique books, oldest one so far is 1842. I’m a gamer. Facinated by language, moreso English but learning Japanese. I am getting married next month to a guy who sits still while I read Black Swan books to him.
She is managing the blog, the street team, the Goodreads Group, my advertising schedule, and monitoring Facebook. You can find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FFXPrincess. You can email her at blackswanjunkie(at)gmail.com.
If you want an invitation to join the street team or have suggestions for the Goodreads Group, please contact Sarah.
Judy Fox
Like Sarah, I enjoy “long walks on the beach” (referring to a joke about dating site info), good wine, good friends, laughing until it hurts, reading a great book. I’m a mom of 5, wife to 1 (whom I am still madly in love with, well – when I’m not mad at him, anyways…LOL) I have three pets I adore – 2 British Shorthair cats, and 1 Bichon Frise dog – all of whom are neutered males…a fact which makes my husband and sons decidedly nervous!
She is blogger liaison, keeper of the calendar, managing the street team, the Goodreads Group, and monitoring Facebook. You can find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/judy.irwinfox. You can email her at judyf1118(at)gmail.com.
If you are a blogger and want to discuss an interview, guest post, giveaway, or review – please contact Judy.
High Adventure,
Victoria
Goodreads Fan Group Page is MOVING!
BLACK SWAN FAN GROUP on GOODREADS IS MOVING!
The old page is going away. We hope you will move with us to our new Goodreads home. Please click here and join.
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/108735-victoria-danann-order-of-the-black-swan
July 3, 2013
July 3-5, Books 1-3 for $.99
313,000 words for $.99. Here’s your chance to start the saga adventure from the beginning.
Book 1, My Familiar Stranger, FREE. http://www.amazon.com/My-Familiar-Stranger-Paranormal-ebook/dp/B007V8RAKW
Boook 2. The Witch’s Dream, FREE. http://www.amazon.com/The-Witchs-Dream-Paranormal-ebook/dp/B009LXOKQW
Book 3. A Summoner’s Tale, $.99 http://www.amazon.com/Summoners-Tale-Vampires-Confessor-ebook/dp/B00BC1SYKE
June 24, 2013
Series Tour Schedule UPCOMING
PARAJUNKEE BLOG TOURS PRESENTS:
7/09: Contagious Reads www.contagiousreads.com Interview
7/10: Consuming Worlds http://yellsworld.blogspot.com Character Spotlight
7/11: Kelly P’s Blog http://kellyatx.blogspot.com Guest Post
7/12: The Not so Literary Heiress http://www.not-so-literary-heiresses.com/ Promo Spot
7/13: Laurie’s Thoughts http://lauriethoughts-reviews.blogspot.com/ Promo Spot
7/15: Inside the Pages of a Book http://www.insidethepagesofabook.blogspot.com Promo
7/16: Books N’ Things http://www.mybooksnthings.com Promo Spot Re
7/17: Meredith’s Musings http://meredithraemusings.blogspot.com/ Character Spotlight
7/18: Bookaroo-Ju http://www.bookarooju.wordpress.com Character Spotlight
7/19: Moonlight Gleam http://www.moonlightgleam.com Guest Post
7/22: Total Eclipse Reviews http://totaleclipsereviews.blogspot.com Character Interview
7/23: Paranormal Book Club http://www.paranormal-bookclub.com Promo Spot
7/24: Jessica Loves Books http://www.jessicalovesbooks.com Guest Post
7/25: Books, Books, and More Books http://booksbooksmorebooks.blogspot.com/ Character Spotlight
7/26: Penny For Them http://pennyforthem1.blogspot.co.uk/ Promo Spot
7/29: Rants and Scribbles http://rantsnscribbles.blogspot.ca/ Character Spotlight
7/30: It’s Raining Books http://www.its-raining-books.blogspot.com Interview
7/31: Bea’s Book Nook http://beasbooknook.blogspot.com Character Spotlight
8/01: The Bookish Howl http://thebookishowl.wordpress.com/ Character Spotlight
8/02: Fictional Candy http://www.fictionalcandy.com Character Spotlight
8/05: Books Things and More http://www.bookishthingsandmore.com Guest Post
June 23, 2013
Storm vs Ram
IT’S A QUESTION THAT NEVER SEEMS TO GET OLD?
My author’s assistant posed this to my street team. ”How did you find out about Victoria? Amazon? A friend’s recommendation?”
The answers were fun to read, some surprising, but the best part is that quite a few added their impressions of the first book or the first couple of books. That’s how the Storm vs. Ram thing came up. Again. It’s a question that never seem to get old.
About 7 months ago I took a poll on my FB page that asked, “Who did you want to get the girl?” That was referring to the first book of the saga, of course, My Familiar Stranger. (The number who answered Baka still shocks me. I think there may have been one who wrote in “Sol”.)
The overwhelming majority said Ram, but there were some die-hards who STILL thought Storm was her guy and that the author should be summarily executed at dawn. I recently read a review on Goodreads that said something like “quitting at 48% – she was going to end up with the wrong guy anyhow”. Every time I think about that, it makes me smile because, even though that person only read half the book, she was emotionally invested enough to care about the outcome. (Yay me.)
Someone on my street team recently told me that she had a conversation with a friend, who was so pissed about the outcome of the first book she refused to continue to Book 2. Fortunately she was persuaded, coaxed, urged and cajoled into giving the series another try, but it made me wonder how many other people are still out there fuming.
Here are a couple of anonymous quotes from my street teams answers:
1, Honestly, I can’t remember how I came across MFS first. Think it was recommended to me through Amazon. I read the sample and was hooked. Will be honest though.. At first was disappointed with the ending because I was a Storm fan. Once I found out AWD was coming out, I knew it was going to be ok.. Them 2nd book made 1st book better in my opinion. Now Ram and Elora are my favorite!
2. I love Ram but I was team Storm too I think that’s why it took book 2 and Litha to really hook me on the series.
As to the reason why it all seemed better after Book 2, it’s because the first book was (in my mind) Act 1 of a three act play. The first three books are like a trilogy within a saga. Just as I’m sure the artist in Peter Jackson would have liked to release The Lord of the Rings as one seven hour movie, I would have loved to release the first three books all at one time. Undoubtedly it would have saved both me and readers some grief. It’s the most wonderful thing to be far enough into the saga now to know that anyone who wants to continue the journey after Book 1 can do so without waiting.
http://www.amazon.com/Order-Black-COLLECTED-Anthology-ebook/dp/B00BH68UCG 313,000 words for $6.99
June 5, 2013
BAD BOYS of Romance Giveaway Hop
So what are “bad boys” anyway? I’ll bet you never needed it defined for you. I think women come with a vague sense of what it means.
The social scientists have a name for the phenomenon. It’s called The Dark Tryad. Seems that heterosexual women are predisposed to the attraction – not all, but a lot.
Here is the triple threat that typically defines a fantasy/romance version of bad boy.
1. He’s a love ‘em and leave ‘em player with magnetic good looks and fever-hot sensuality.
2. Hes’ a problem-with-authority rebel who may express that defiance in style choices that are antiestablishment, but nonetheless cool.
3. He’s often emotionally damaged, tragically misunderstood, but vulnerable to the one woman who will heal his wounds, polish his rough places, and turn him into a true blue whipster.
So far the men of the Black Swan saga have touched on bad boy without being fully baptized. However, members of Z Team, introduced in Book 4, Moonlight, are definitely going to go there.
Rafflecopter Link for GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY
June 1, 2013
Love of Mythology GIVEAWAY Hop
On the third week of second grade my class was introduced to the concept of “library”. We were told we could select one book, take it home, read it, then bring it back. My choice was a child’s version of Greek Mythology. I was hooked. Eventually I took an ad hoc degree in mythological studies. All this is to say that I have been a serious fan and a lifelong fan. American Gods is raw, unromantic, and probably more appealing to men than women, but it is also an educated, thoughtful, clever treatise on the subject of our relationship with “gods”.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: American Gods is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. It is Gaiman’s fourth prose novel, preceded by Good Omens (a collaboration with Terry Pratchett), Neverwhere, and Stardust. Several of the themes touched upon in the book were previously glimpsed in The Sandman graphic novels.
Mythological themes are subtly woven into my paranormal romance salad. If you are are a lover of myth, you will recognize some of them.
To win an e-copy of the first three books, leave a comment on this post with your email. A total of three will be given away at the end of the HOP.
TOUR WIDE GIVEAWAY…
The Grand Prize Consists of the following:
$45 Amazon GC or $45 worth of books at TBD.
ebooks from Patricia Bates
a prize from Lisa Beth Darling
an ecopy of Sunburn by Rosanna Leo
an ecopy of Ain’t No Bull by Danica Avet
an ecopy of Remedy Maker by Sheri Fredricks
PROCEED TO THE NEXT STOP ON THE TOUR…
