on Reading and Writing and All the Speculation In Between
I’m participating in an SFF promotion this month from August 1 – 21. Enter for Your Chance to Win! https://bookwrapt.com/distant-worlds-giveaway/ Love science fiction, fantasy, and romantic F/SF? How would you like to win an ebook prize pack where YOU choose the books YOU want to win and read from Amazon? Enter and you could take…
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I’m finally catching up with my NetGalley duties. This week, in the few hours when dogs and work didn’t demand my attention, I read Tethered Mage, by Melissa Caruso. It doesn’t come out until October 24th, but for those who are interested in a meditation on all the ways we can be enslaved, set in…
Long ago, in a different world, I was a German major (among other things) at University. One of my most memorable seminars was one focused on my favorite genre, fantasy. While there are those who argue that this is “merely” a genre, the incorporation of themes, structure, and leitmotifs in these stories has made them…
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As you may remember, one of my goals this round was to post more book reviews… since that was, ostensibly why I started this blog. As I faced the final countdown to the end of my MBA capstone project, all the backlog of my frustration with being kept from my beloved fictional worlds boiled over…
STALKING THE DEMON ~ Advance Review EBOOKS by @CiaraBallintyne #HighFantasy #FREEBIE Available for a limited time FREE Advance Review ebooks (Review Copies only) STALKING THE DEMON (Book 2 in the Seven Circles of Hell) by Ciara Ballintyne Date of Publication – 22 September 2014 Genre: High Fantasy (Adult) About the Book Alloran lost his hand…
I’m happy this week to be pimping out my crit partner extraordinaire, Sabrina Garie, who has just released her third stand-alone book in the past two years. She writes for the Ellora’s cave imprint, which specializes in erotic romance… and her stories will curl your toes. 😉 Her latest offering, Thirteen Nights, looks to be…
Last night I got the gift of my latest cover, so today… I’m sharing the love with everyone else! 🙂 I’m in the final rounds of editing and tweaking this set of three short stories, and have tentatively decided release day is 11/27. Mark your calendars! 😀 Together, the collection is me pushing my own…
Today we have a treat from another one of my Triberr-mates: Carmen DeSousa is celebrating the release of her latest work with a give-away. Given my own love of magical realism (another variant of the crypto-history I like to write), I couldn’t not spread the love. Without further ado, then: In every myth there is…
For those who have patiently borne with me while school and life have gotten in the way, the news you’ve been waiting for is upon us: Wytchfire is live and in the wild at Amazon and Smashwords! 🙂 It clocks in at not quite 10K words, so it’s perfect for those evenings when you only…
I got cover pretties tonight… So you get to share my excitement. Wytchfire will be here this weekend! 🙂 The super-short blurb I’m working from at the moment will be your next tease: Will she remember enough to save herself? Will she change enough to save the planet? Stay tuned…