latter-day olympians – Lucienne Diver's Drivel

News!

I’ve already done my *kermit flail* on Twitter and Facebook, but I don’t want to leave WordPress out, so a huge congratulations here as well to N.K. Jemisin, whose amazing novel THE FIFTH SEASON is now a Hugo Award nominee as well. If you haven’t read this book yet…well, I really can’t recommend it highlyContinue reading “News!”

Happy Book Birthdays!

One of the most exciting parts of my job is selling a debut series. That excitement ramps up to eleven (call back to Spinal Tap) when the first book in that series actually releases! Thus, I’m VERY pleased today to introduce you to CONSPIRACY OF ANGELS, Book #1 in Michelle Belanger’s awesome Shadowside series. NameContinue reading “Happy Book Birthdays!”

BAD BLOOD is a steal!

Crazy busy today because it’s a Monday and that’s how I roll, but wanted to jump on quickly to say that the very first book in the Latter-Day Olympians series, BAD BLOOD, is available everywhere now until the end of the month for just $0.99 in the digital editions! (And Trickster Blood, the prequel story,Continue reading “BAD BLOOD is a steal!”

Writer-speak for “Yay, my new book release tomorrow!”

Here are the kinds of crazy things that run through my head. I was going to say “a writer’s head,” but then I’d be implying that all writers share my insanity. This past weekend I was at a get-together, talking to the adults gathered about how I’m still plotting out my next Latter-Day Olympians novel.Continue reading “Writer-speak for “Yay, my new book release tomorrow!””

Tricks, Treats and Sandy Feets

I’m so, so excited for everything going on this fall for the Latter-Day Olympians series! Check it out: –BATTLE FOR THE BLOOD (4th in the series) comes out on September 1st in trade paperback. (Though it’s already out in digital and already available for pre-order in print at B&N, Amazon, Books-a-Million, etc.) –Trickster Blood, theContinue reading “Tricks, Treats and Sandy Feets”

Fashion, upcycling, special pricing and all-around awesome

Before I post the write up and picks from the Lake County Library system’s amazing Trash to Fashion event, I have to do the obligatory – HEY, EVERYONE, THE FIRST NOVEL IN MY LATTER-DAY OLYMPIANS SERIES IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR ONLY $.99 post! (Oh, sorry, inside voice. I know, I know. But it’s justContinue reading “Fashion, upcycling, special pricing and all-around awesome”

Necronomicon

Wonderful time once again at Necronomicon! Great people, fun costumes and talent show (where I came in 3rd for my rendition of The Flash Girls’ classic “A Girl Needs a Knife”) and wonderful panelists. Perhaps my favorite thing to come of it is my very own Cerberus, courtesy of Rebecca Foreman, which arrived just yesterday. Continue reading “Necronomicon”

Travel and Trouble

The trouble comes in the form of my character Hermes (and what a character he is!) getting the drop on me and running off on his own to do an interview for I Smell Sheep about what would happen if he ruled the world. Just take a look! If you like him, you might wantContinue reading “Travel and Trouble”

New Paranormal Book Birthdays!

I’m so pleased to wish some awesome new happy book birthdays. All the birthdays today seem to have something in common…modern stories with mythic/supernatural slants. Check them out! PREDATOR by Janice Gable Bashman The hunt is on! Sixteen-year-old Bree Sunderland must inject herself with an untested version of her father’s gene therapy to become aContinue reading “New Paranormal Book Birthdays!”

New Releases, Court Battles and I Smell Sheep!

So excited that my third Latter-Day Olympians novel, RISE OF THE BLOOD, is out in print today, just in time for the fourth, BATTLE FOR THE BLOOD, to release in digital on September 16th! (Obligatory links below.) Of course, my celebration is a little stymied this morning, by my heroine, Tori Karacis, taking me toContinue reading “New Releases, Court Battles and I Smell Sheep!”