Book Birthdays! Plus Top Ten Things Never to Say to a Writer

So many exciting book birthdays today!  There’s BLACK ARTS, the new novel in Faith Hunter‘s New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock series, HOWLING FOR YOU, an e-novella in Chloe Neill’s NYT bestselling Chicagoland Vampires series, where we finally get things from Jeff Christopher’s perspective, and GRYPHON PRECINCT, the fourth novel in Keith R.A. DeCandido‘s fantasyContinue reading “Book Birthdays! Plus Top Ten Things Never to Say to a Writer”

Book Birthdays, Giveaways and Best of 2013!

 Okay, so much good!  First, happy one-day-belated book birthday to Faith Hunter and Carol Malcolm, whose JANE YELLOWROCK WORLD COMPANION came out in digital yesterday and is available everywhere!  They’re having a release party starting at noon today (though you can RSVP now) over at Bitten by Books and giving away a $50 gift card! Continue reading “Book Birthdays, Giveaways and Best of 2013!”

Book Birthdays and Rebel Reads

It seems the days when I could count on things being quiet enough to post a leisurely blog are far behind me, so I’m a couple of days late posting my happy book birthdays for the week. Here are some great, great reads just out! KICKING IT edited by Faith Hunter and Kalayna Price ThisContinue reading “Book Birthdays and Rebel Reads”

GCC Interview with Sara Hantz

One quick thing before I introduce Sara Hantz, who’s here today to talk to us about her new book, IN THE BLOOD.  I’m so pleased to say that Faith Hunter and Chloe Neill are both up for the Goodreads Best of 2013 Award in the category of Best Paranormal Fantasy for BLOOD TRADE and HOUSEContinue reading “GCC Interview with Sara Hantz”

Videos and blogs and tours…oh my!

So many things today!  First, as you probably know by now, Amy Christine Parker and I are Tuesday’s YA Rebels.  Today we’re up with an ambush…er, interview…of YA writer Heather Burch, author of the Halflings series for Zondervan/HarperCollins. Next, I promised you all a write-up and some pics from this past weekend’s Necronomicon, so thereContinue reading “Videos and blogs and tours…oh my!”

Happy Book Birthdays!

Today is a great day to be a book buyer! So many fabulous new releases, including BLOOD TRADE by Faith Hunter, BRAKING POINTS by Tammy Kaehler, THE WOLF PRINCE by Karen Whiddon, the trade paperback of BITTER BLOOD by Rachel Caine and my friend Cecily White’s debut PROPHECY GIRL. Details below!  BLOOD TRADE by FaithContinue reading “Happy Book Birthdays!”

Men of Urban Fantasy Week – D.B. Jackson

I’m extremely pleased today to have two fabulous men of urban fantasy to introduce to you: D.B. Jackson and the hero from his new Thieftaker series, Ethan Kaille.  Kat Richardson calls the series, “A beautiful balance of magic and crime, history and fantasy that was fast-paced, compelling, and completely absorbing. Historical fantasy that reads likeContinue reading “Men of Urban Fantasy Week – D.B. Jackson”

Congratulations and bloggishness

I’ve been shamefully neglecting my blog lately because of extreme busyness, which is a good thing, but also insanity-inducing.  But I had to carve out a few minutes today to say a HUGE congratulations to Faith Hunter, whose latest Jane Yellowrock book, DEATH’S RIVAL is on the New York Times list for the second weekContinue reading “Congratulations and bloggishness”

Book Birthdays, Special Pricing, Contests…and it’s only Tuesday!

We’ll start with a contest that’s free to enter and might win you a membership to the brand new (and totally amazing) Olde City, New Blood conference in beautiful St. Augustine, FL in February 2013.  Details below: Dearly Beloved,  We are gathered here today, to join two awesome things in a state of increased awesomeness.Continue reading “Book Birthdays, Special Pricing, Contests…and it’s only Tuesday!”

Quick update

Things have been crazy-good-busy with work these past couple of weeks and something’s had to give.  Unfortunately, it was the blog.  So, herewith, a quick catch up on some new and exciting goings-on, some pics from Dragon*Con and a few links.  Universe willing, I’ll finish posting the glorious Hawaii pics very soon and get backContinue reading “Quick update”