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Dream Eater

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KoiI’m not sure that I blogged about it when it happened, but a few months ago my role at World Weaver Press expanded from Anthologist to include a new spiffy Assistant Editor title, and today I get to announce the first book I have acquired for them in that role. You are going to love this book. No. Seriously. It’s amazing. It’s got–well, maybe before I tell you what its got, I should tell you what it’s called 🙂

Dream Eater, by K. Bird Lincoln is a Japanese-inspired urban fantasy novel with so. many. characters that you’re going to fall in love with. Trust me on this one.

Her whole life she’s avoided other people. Any skin-to-skin contact–a hug from her sister, the hand of a barista at Stumptown coffee–transfers flashes of that person’s most intense dreams. It’s enough to make anyone a hermit.

But Koi’s getting her act together. No matter what, this time she’s going to finish her degree at Portland Community College and get a real life. Of course it’s not going to be that easy. Her father, increasingly disturbed from Alzheimer’s disease, a dream fragment of a dead girl from the casual brush of a creepy PCC professor’s hand, and a mysterious stranger who speaks the same rare Northern Japanese dialect as Koi’s father will force Koi to learn to trust in the help of others, as well as face the truth about herself.

I don’t want to spoil any surprises but this story has got so many elements that made me love it that I know anyone reading this blog will love it too *cough*corvid*cough*.

We don’t have a cover yet, so I’m using an image of koi to accompany this blog post, because did you see what the main character’s name is? Koi!

Dream Eater is coming out next year but you can add it to your Goodreads ‘Want to Read’ shelf today. In fact, you should do that right now… go on. You know you wanna 😉

Dream Eater on Goodreads

 

Books, C is for Chimera, Published

C is for Chimera

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Today is the day! C is for Chimera is here! *happy dance*

Cover art and design by Jonathan C. Parrish

 

This installment of Rhonda Parrish’s alphabet anthology series asks skilled storytellers to write around the theme of chimera. The resulting tales are part fable, part poem, part dream. But like any chimera, the parts make up a greater whole.

Blend reality with fantasy. Mesh science fiction with mystery. Mix history with what should have been. They are all chimera.

A shadow tells a tale of schoolyard bullies. A long-vanished monster returns from the cold dark. Make-up makes up a life. Alchemy, Atlantis, and apocalypse. These 26 tales bring both chaos and closure to dark and elusively fantastic geographies.

Contributing authors include:

~ Alexandra Seidel ~ KV Taylor ~ Marge Simon ~ Pete Aldin ~ Michael M. Jones ~ Simon Kewin ~ BD Wilson ~ Gabrielle Harbowy ~ Sara Cleto ~ Megan Engelhardt ~ Michael Fosburg ~ Megan Arkenberg ~ Lilah Wild ~ Laura VanArendonk Baugh ~ Milo James Fowler ~ Brittany Warman ~ Michael B. Tager ~ L.S. Johnson ~ Beth Cato ~ C.S. MacCath ~ Sammantha Kymmell-Harvey ~ Steve Bornstein ~ Suzanne van Rooyen ~ Michael Kellar ~ Jonathan C. Parrish ~ Amanda C. Davis ~

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Books, Guest Blogger

The Sports Thing

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In the spirit of writing as a team sport, Alex Livingston reached out to me about the release of his cyberpunk novella, Glitch Rain. I am excited to help shine a spotlight on the release of Glitch Rain, and also to give Alex a spot to talk about the sports thing 🙂

The Sports Thing

A guest post by Alex Livingston

Can we talk about the sports thing? And how I’m obsessed with fake sports, but can’t stand real ones?

I can’t be the only one who can talk Quidditch strategy but isn’t sure how many players are on a basketball team.  Name three podracers? Easy. Name three NASCAR drivers? Umm….  I don’t remember the names of the characters in BSG, but I remember Pyramid.

You’ll forgive me a little hyperbole; I have a passing familiarity with the more popular sports, and spent a few years actually watching hockey. Like on television and everything. But I’m not going to tell you how many hours I spent playing the quote-unquote minigame Blitzball in Final Fantasy X, managing my team and drafting players with a pragmatism and alacrity I wish I could apply to other parts of my life.

So what’s wrong with me? Here, presented for my entertainment in actual real life, are highly-trained professionals working for teams which have histories far broader and more fascinating than any fictional sport. And yet I’d rather reread the chapters about Welters in The Magicians.*

My best guess is it’s in the presentation. Just as drama is life with the dull bits cut out, Quidditch is hockey/cricket shown to me in mere minutes. No endless droning commentary, no low-scoring games, no sigh-inducing stoppages in play.

Also, we’re all pretty much on the same page when it comes to fictional sports. There’s only so much one can know, unlike actual for-real sports. We’ve got what’s in the books, and that’s it. That well only goes so deep. So no feelings of inferiority for not being able to name anyone from the starting lineup of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers.

Of course, there’s flying in Quidditch. And magic. And weird words to nerd out about**. And wizards interfering from the stands. And all that good stuff. Maybe if I call the endzone “the grim plain of the Obsidian Windprinces”….

Now Akuba, the main character of my novella Glitch Rain, she lives in a fairly sports-free environment. She knows who the big players are, but only if you define ‘big’ by their status as socialites and party people. She has certainly been hired by the managers of a few players to hack the feeds and make sure no pictures from their A-list escapades end up on instagram. But you won’t find her sitting in the stands of a AAA baseball game any time soon. Unless you’re buying the drinks.

And if you invite me to a AAA baseball game, please don’t be mad when I play Final Fantasy: Record Keeper on my phone.

(P.S. Don’t get me started about fictional games (as opposed to sports). Sabaac vs. Pazaak? 3D chess? The deck of cards used in Wicked Grace? Whatever that board game is in DA: Inquisition? Settle in. This is gonna be a long one.)

*Headcanon: the kings and queens of Fillory play Welters while they’re there, living out old rivalries and trying their skills against the magical beasts. Eliot tries to convince a giant to join his team at one of their month-long tourneys, but Janet threatens to show the court an accurate picture of how Eliot dressed first year and the king relents.

**The quaffle is leather without any seams? How is that possible? OH WAIT MAGIC.

GLITCH RAIN

Glitch Rain
This high-speed cyberpunk novella is sure to be an adventure you don’t want to miss.
Akuba is a low-level hacker for the city’s wealthy, making just enough to keep her bills paid and her booze flowing. Her job is to scrub the social feeds for faces who don’t want to be seen, hanging out at parties to guard the elite from errant social media statuses and incriminating photo posts. Not the most glamorous job, but she’s getting by. When an old debt comes due early suddenly she is the one who needs to keep her face out of the drones’ omnipresent eyes. Thrown into the high-stakes world of international cybercrime, Akuba will have to have to outmaneuver unlimited surveillance, high-tech con artists, and an international hacker kingpin if she wants to survive. Every identity has a price in Glitch Rain.
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The Ghost of Christmas Book Blast

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I recently joined the Support Indie Authors group on Goodreads and agreed to participate in their holiday free book event. On Saturday, the 19th of December, forty authors will be offering more than fifty books in a wide variety of genres absolutely free! What better way to de-stress, decompress, and take a well-deserved break from the hustle and bustle of the holidays than to curl up with a good book? Once again, all of the free books will be listed on the official Book Blast website:

www.freebookblast.com

As is their tradition, each of the authors participating in the book blast has shared a little about themselves. Below are interviews for ten of the forty participating authors. At the end of this post are links to three other blogs with the additional thirty authors. Please be sure to visit each and thank you for continuing to #SupportIndieAuthors

The Ghost of Christmas Book Blast

What is your name? Emma Woods
What genre or genres do you write in? Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian/Apocalyptic, Teen & Young Adult
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Nice
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. Lea is a reluctant huntress. Tanner is her prey. When both get caught up in a war of the sexes, can they help each other survive?
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Homemade hot cocoa, as in made from scratch.
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. The Red Cross. They were wonderful when I was the victim of a natural disaster. http://www.redcross.org
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Website: https://theemmawoods.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theemmawoods
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theemmawoods
Other: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/emmawoods

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What is your name? M.S. L.R./Stefany Rattles
What genre or genres do you write in? Fantasy, Romance, Erotica, Teen & Young Adult
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Naughty
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. I am offering my erotic romance books Bad Romance Part 1 & 2 free. I’m also offering the first book in my Darkest Nights series – Dark Night: Episode 1 free. So if you’re into both genre’s or one or the other, you can have these books free for your starter library!
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? York Dark Chocolate Covered Peppermint Patties
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmyusa.org
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Website: http://www.stefanyrattles.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StrlngGry
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Stefany-Rattles-628466587263459
Other: http://www.amazon.com/M.S.-L.R./e/B015TL1NBO

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What is your name? GG Atcheson
What genre or genres do you write in? Urban Fantasy
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Only a Sith thinks in absolutes.
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. The Legacy: Fate: An alien named LX crashes on Earth and discovers a new breed of humans who calls themselves vampires. When fate brings a group of renegades casted out of his own planet thousands of years ago, he enlists the help of the vampires to save Earth from total annihilation.
The Legacy: Destiny: Something ancient and evil lurks under the beautiful city of Los Angeles, and it’s waiting for the right opportunity to take over the world.
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Fruit jellies.
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. When I was younger, the firefighters in my city would gather old toys, fix them, repaint them, and make them like new again. They put their heart in it. They thought no child should be without a present under the tree. So, in the spirit of the Holidays, any charity that has children in mind is my favorite.
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGAtcheson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GGAtcheson/

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What is your name? Ellison Blackburn
What genre or genres do you write in? Science Fiction, Visionary/Metaphysical Fiction
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Only a Sith thinks in absolutes.
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. Regeneration X is a story about having choices and dealing with the consequences; creating new memories and letting others fade; and making sacrifices in pursuit of happiness.
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Terry’s Chocolate Orange
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. The Non-GMO Project – an organization committed to preserving and building non-GMO food sources, educating consumers. www.nongmoproject.org
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Website: http://ellisonblackburn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ellis_blackburn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellisonblackburn/
Other: http://amazon.com/author/ellisonblackburn/

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What is your name? Shoshanah Lee Marohn
What genre or genres do you write in? Humor & Satire, Poetry & Verse, Art
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Only a Sith thinks in absolutes.
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. I wrote and illustrated two books. One is a comic travel memoir called, “Avoiding Sex with Frenchmen.” The other is a sinister and lovely book of haiku poems and pen and ink drawings called, “Coloring Inside the Dreams.”
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Glög- sweet Scandinavian mulled wine with nuts and raisins.
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. It’s hard to choose, but Heifer International really helps people become independent and grow their own food. www.heifer.org
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Website: Dommn2703.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maddogmarohn
Facebook: Facebook.com/shoshanahart
Other: Shoshanah.space

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What is your name? Dwayne Fry
What genre or genres do you write in? Humor & Satire
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Naughty
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. I am offering two satirical novellas about intense and angry individuals.
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Mistletoe. So what if it’s poisonous?
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. Discovery Living, Inc. – A non-profit organization in Linn County Iowa, providing housing for adults with intellectual disabilities. http://www.discoveryliving.org

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What is your name? Charles Hash
What genre or genres do you write in? Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian/Apocalyptic, Horror, LGBTQ
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Naughty
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. Flawed characters. Tragedy. Blood, lots of blood.
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Those tiny little oranges that are easy to peel.
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. Locks of Love, I’ve donated three times. www.locksoflove.org/
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DecayingGoddess
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The.Goddess.of.Decay

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What is your name? BR Kingsolver
What genre or genres do you write in? Science Fiction, Fantasy
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Naughty
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. The first two books in The Telepathic Clans Saga. The Goddess blesses Her people with 25 Telepathic Gifts. In addition to Telepathy, the Gifts include command over Air and Fire, Telekinesis and Teleportation.
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Banana pudding. It’s underrated for all occasions and should be part of the mandatory food pyramid.
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. The Polaris Project, https://polarisproject.org/ This is an organization that works to disrupt human trafficking networks, helping survivors restore their freedom, preventing more victims, and leveraging data and technology to pursue traffickers wherever they operate.
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Website: http://brkingsolver.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BRKINGSOLVER
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BR-Kingsolver/329557003754305
Other: http://www.amazon.com/BR-Kingsolver/e/B007XDV5OW/

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What is your name? Rhonda Parrish (Oh hey! I know her!)
What genre or genres do you write in? Dystopian/Apocalyptic, Horror, Poetry & Verse
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Nice
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. White Noise is a collection of poems from the zombie apocalypse. Tim Deal, from Shroud Magazine described it as, “A collection of vivid scenes laid out in sharp and articulate verse, that when assembled, construct a grim narrative filled with tension, stark imagery, and unusual beauty. WHITE NOISE reaches in and evokes a visceral response— not always the one you’d expect.”
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Are any holiday treats really underrated? I dunno… Some of my favourites include my husband’s Bûche de Noël, the vegetarian tourtiere we enjoy on the 24th but my absolute tippy-top favourite are butter tarts. Om nom nom!
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. I adore Fauna Foundation — http://www.faunafoundation.org/ They are Canada’s only chimpanzee sanctuary and do amazing work caring for our little cousins (and another animals as well). http://www.faunafoundation.org/
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Website: http://rhondaparrish.com/archive
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rhondaparrish
Other: http://rhondaparrish.com/archive/about/newsletter/

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What is your name? Frances Smith
What genre or genres do you write in? Fantasy
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Nice
Tell us a little about the book(or books) you are offering. A brother and sister, who are estranged from each other, come to believe their sibling is in grave danger. Each works to try and save the other, one through battle, the other through politics, each believing the other in need of rescue. They are both right.
What is your favorite underrated holiday treat? Stuffing. I can’t get enough of it.
In the spirit of giving, tell us about your favorite charitable organization. The Fire Fighters Charity, helping injured fire fighters in the UK.
Where can readers find out more and connect with you?
Website: http://francessmithauthor.wix.com/frances-smith

Check out some of the other people hosting this book blast and find out more about the participants 🙂

~ Christina McMullen ~ Patricia Loofbourrow ~ A.E. Hellstorm ~

2015 Giftmas Blog Tour, Books, Giveaway

2015 Giftmas Blog Tour

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All month long I’m going to be hosting the posts of other people as part of my 2015 Giftmas Blog Tour. All the guest bloggers are welcome to write about anything they’d like so long as their post touched on a December holiday in some way, no matter how tangentially. The blog tour extends beyond my blog as well, and I will do my best to link to each external post from the here and share them on social media using the hashtag #GiftmasTour.

But wait! There’s more!

We’re also giving away a whole whack of prizes (check out the list here) which you can enter to win using the Rafflecoper code below. Whatever December holiday you celebrate (or don’t) winning a stack of books will make it better!

Blog Tour Schedule (all dates are in December):

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I will update this post to add direct links above as they become available and will be sharing them on social media using the hashtag #GiftmasTour I invite you to join in the fun and sharing, including sharing/using some of these awesome Giftmas Tour graphics Amanda C. Davis created for us:

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And now, the thing you’ve been waiting for, our Rafflecopter! There are so many ways to enter to win–and some of them you can do more than once! Good luck!

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2015 Giftmas Blog Tour, A is for Apocalypse, Aphanasian Stories, B is for Broken, Books, Corvidae, Fae, Giveaway, Metastasis, Scarecrow, White Noise

Giftmas Giveaway Prize List

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This year’s Giftmas Blog Tour contains a giveaway. A pretty freaking big giveaway. We’ll be using Rafflecopter to get entries into the draw and choose our winners, but there are so many prizes I didn’t want to have to try and list them on the Rafflecopter widget. That’s where this post comes into play–it gives me a single URL I can use to link to and list all the prizes 🙂

2015 Giftmas Giveaway Prizes

 

Grand Prize (shipped anywhere)

Slay Ride* by Simon Kewin
Seeing The Light by E.C. Bell
Language of the Bear by Nathanael Green
Through the Narrows by Nathanael Green
ARC of The Fall and Rise of Peter Stoller* by Manda Pepper
The K-Pro by Manda Pepper
Odd Little Miracles by Fred Warren
Knitted Coffee Cup Cozy from Brenda Stokes Barron
Grim Crush* by S.L. Bynum
Dream Vision* by S.L. Bynum
Vitality Magazine subscription* from Jaylee James
Choosing You* by Jaylee James
The Naughty List edited by Cori Vidae
I Heart Robot by Suzanne van Rooyen
Touching Spirits by Kevin R. Hill
Art Print from Barbara Tomporowski
So To Honor Him* by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
Con Job* by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
Guarding Angel* by S.L. Saboviec
Set of 4 Bookmarks from Joselyn
Fossil Lake (featuring Doug Blakeslee)
Fossil Lake 2: The Refossiling (featuring Doug Blakeslee)
Signed copy of Fae edited by Rhonda Parrish
Signed copy of Corvidae edited by Rhonda Parrish
Signed copy of Scarecrow edited by Rhonda Parrish

Second Prize (shipped anywhere)

Slay Ride* by Simon Kewin
Seeing the Light by E.C. Bell
Touching Spirits by Kevin R. Hill
Guarding Angel* by S.L. Saboviec
Aphanasian Stories by Rhonda Parrish
Signed copy of Metastasis edited by Rhonda Parrish
A is for Apocalypse edited by Rhonda Parrish
B is for Broken edited by Rhonda Parrish

Third Prize (shipped to US)

Slay Ride* by Simon Kewin
Guarding Angel* by S.L. Saboviec
The First Bite of the Apple by Jennifer Crow
Touching Spirits by Kevin R. Hill
Book 1 of the Dead Song series by Jay Wilburn
White Noise* by Rhonda Parrish
Waste Not* by Rhonda Parrish

*these are electronic copies

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Opens to entries December 1st!

Books, Waste Not (And Other Funny...)

#99CentNovember

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Milo James Fowler is hosting an event called #99CentNovember — it’ll be like Cyber Monday all month long 🙂 In the spirit of (American) Thanksgiving season myself and several of Milo’s other friends will be knocking the prices on one or more of our books down to $0.99. Check out the full list of participants and titles here.

For my part I will be discounting Waste Not (And Other Funny Zombie Stories):

Waste Not (And Other Funny Zombie Stories)

“Hit-you-in-the-gut dark humour will have you howling.” –Vanessa Ricci-Thode, Author of The Dragon Whisperer

Although completely discordant on the surface, zombies and comedy complement one another immensely and have a long history of doing so. This collection of three funny zombie stories nods to that tradition and continues it.

Waste Not – The coming of zombies forces humankind back to the land, to a simple lifestyle where ‘Waste Not, Want Not’ becomes more than a motto, it becomes the key to survival. And revenge.

Feeders – The zombie apocalypse will affect more than just humans, explore the repercussions of walking dead through the eyes of a cat in this story guaranteed to make you smile.

…Oh My! – What if the Wicked Witch of the West wasn’t killed by Dorothy’s house? What if she couldn’t be, because she was a zombie. Dun dun dun!

Available now for less than a dollar at:

Amazon
Smashwords
Kobo
And also on Goodreads

Books, Just Stuff, Personal, Pictures, Random Fact, Thoughts

Octobers

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Anne of Green Gables

“Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it? Look at these maple branches. Don’t they give you a thrill–several thrills?”

~ Excerpted from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

 

I share Anne’s excitement for October, which is why I pre-scheduled this post waaaay back in January. As I write this my yard, my world, is covered in fresh-fallen snow, my breath would fog the air outside, and I wouldn’t venture out without full winter clothing… as we read it, however, October is just beginning which around here means crisp air, colourful leaves, golden light and that special feeling that comes with knowing that winter is coming and we need to appreciate every day, every moment, between now and then.

I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers 🙂

 

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Books, Just Stuff

Books for Blood

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Last year my friend Scott Burtness decided to donate a portion of his Oct royalties from his novel Wisconsin Vamp to the American Red Cross which is awesome, but he didn’t stop there. He invited also other authors to join in. Four authors and a Facebook page later the first annual Vampire Books for Blood was uh… born.

This year not only does he have a website but he’s also included Canadian Blood Services 🙂 If you’d like to participate or support those who are participating check it out here:

Vampire Books For Blood

I hope to be participating as well, so I asked Scott how tricky it was to join in. He said the steps are:

1- Contact their local branch of the American Red Cross or Canadian Blood Services and set up their own individual donation agreement (3rd party agreement).
He has information about how to do this on his website, it looks pretty straightforward
2- The author submits their book info to the site. I display the book on the site and link to where the book is sold
3- The author promotes the event and their involvement during the month of Oct (#VampBooks4Blood)
4- After Oct 31st, the author fulfills their individual donation to their local Red Cross.
So there you have it. Now I just need to get my butt in gear and do it. How about you? 🙂
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Books, Interview

Interview with Anna Kyle

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My friend, Anna Kyle, recently released her very first book–a paranormal romance entitled Skye Falling. It’s the first in a series and I’m almost as excited for her as she is for herself, so I asked her if I could interview her about it for my blog. She said yes 🙂

First, a little bit about her book:

Skye Falling

Skye, a Fae-shapeshifter halfing, could die if she doesn’t find out how to wake her dormant wolf, so mere rumors of the Wolf King’s return are enough to convince her to sneak through the portal between Faerie and Chicago in search of his aid. But the dizzyingly bright lights and sounds of the human realm are too tempting to ignore. So is the sexy shapeshifter wolf intent on capturing her—the one who stirs her sleeping wolf just long enough to bind the handsome stranger in a mate-bond.

Lake is willing to do anything to protect the Wolf King, a man he also calls friend. So when he receives word that a Fae princess has slipped into Chicago, he suspects a plot to assassinate the Wolf King. He’s certain capturing her will be as easy as locating her—that was his first mistake. Not only is his wolf a little too interested in Skye, but the wolf accepts her mate-bond without any say-so from him. As he unravels the truth surrounding the smart-mouthed princess and whether she’s hunting his friend or being hunted by someone else, Lake’s mission changes: protect Skye at all costs. And keep her for himself.

Interview with Anna Kyle

What has been your favourite part of the publication process so far? What has been the most difficult?

It’s like a climbing a mountain and every stop becomes the highest you’ve ever gone. The acceptance email was my favorite until I got the editing letter. Having someone as invested as me in making the story the best it could be was just…wow. That was replaced by the line edits which was then replaced by actual publication. All new highs. The most difficult part was the waiting. Everything would be quiet on the Midwestern front then suddenly there’d be a flurry of emails needing this or that like ASAP. Then another lull of waiting. Now I know, so I won’t be so antsy for the next one!

What is it about shapeshifters that makes you want to write about them?

I’m a huge reader across all genres but the first time I picked up a paranormal romance I was hooked. I remember it vividly. It was a book by Christina Dodd called The Scent of Darkness about a family of shapeshifters. I read it from start to finish then read the entire series and never looked back. I loved the idea of two forces inside one person, and those forces don’t always align and how that affected the relationships of those around them. It fascinates me to this very day.

How about the Wolf King series in general? I know everyone asks but I’m curious, what inspired you to write it?

Well, I had some unexpected time on my hands and I’d had this story idea banging around in my head for a while, so I let it out  After a few months it became apparent that my paranormal romance couldn’t be wrapped up in one book and truth be told, I didn’t want it to be wrapped up. I created this world filled with shapeshifters and magic and Fae and kings and sprinkled it with battles and romance and humor. I’m lucky to be able to stay there for a few more books to explore the good versus evil storyline…and to discover more heroes and heroines to throw together!

In Skye Falling we see wolves and coyote shapeshifters–are there other kinds of shifters out in the world waiting for us to discover in future works?

Let’s see. There’s more wolves and coyotes in the next book, a grizzly bear, some black bears, a tiger, a bobcat who likes to blow things up, and a hyena who scares the heck out of the grizzly. Since the book is set on a horse farm, there are lots of horses and dogs, too (the regular variety).

In Skye Falling it seems very important that mate bonding is a thing which stopped happening for a long time and now appears to be re-occurring. Why did mate bonding stop in the first place?

Yes, the return of the mate-bond is very significant to the Wolf King series. But to say any more would be spoiler-y so

I’m a pretty big fan of Alton Tremont. Any chance we’re going to get to read a story starring him?

Me, too! He has a larger role in Omega Rising. And YES he’ll have his own book later!

If Skye could change any one thing about Lake what, if anything, would it be? What would Lake choose to change about Skye?

Skye is free-spirited and impulsive which is very different from Lake’s more subdued, orderly personality. He thinks before he acts, she leaps without looking. I don’t think they’d change anything about each other because those differences are what the other truly needed (but didn’t know it).

What is your favourite thing about Skye? What about Lake? What about Skye and Lake as a couple?

Skye is awesome. She’s funny and smart and always trying to outwit her opponent. That fact that she’s not very good at acting (or keeping the Fae mask on) makes me love her even more. Lake, well, I just plain adore him. He’s a smoking hot wolf completely unprepared for the whirlwind that is Princess Skye, so I love the way he adapts and accepts her but doesn’t let her pull any of her sh*t, either. I can’t imagine them with anyone but each other, so that’s a darn good team. Five stars as a couple! 

What’s next for you?

I’ve got line edits coming up on Omega Rising and in the meantime I’ll be outlining then writing book 3 of the Wolf King series. Whoohoo! I hope to throw in a short story or two when book 3 gets grumpy with me. Yeah, I can do a lot of damage to my free time but it’s FUN.

 

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I have a story in this anthology!!!

Dudes.

I’m so excited I can barely speak in sentences, forget about paragraphs. So. To elaborate:

It’s an Aphanasian story featuring Bayne.

It’s my first pro-rate story.

I’m sharing a table of contents with amazing people.

It’s got that a-freaking-mazing cover.

And it’s edited by Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy.

!!!

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Gabrielle before, and she’s awesome and I adore her. And Ed Freaking Greenwood?

Guys. C’mon. That’s just freaking nuts.

Playing D&D in the Forgotten Realms setting has consumed years of my life and Ed Freaking Greenwood read and liked my story.

I could just die.

In the meantime, while I flail and squee you should pop over to the Kickstarter, take a look at the perks and see if there’s anything there that tickles your fancy because I’m 1000% sure this anthology is gonna kick ass.

*flails*