OASIS, Awards and Tottering TBR piles!

I’m just back from OASIS, a small convention in the Orlando area that featured the fabulous Faith Hunter as their Guest of Honor. Pre-con festivities started with the GoH’s day out at Universal. A wonderful group gathered to take in Harry Potter World, The Hulk, Kong, The Mummy and many other rides at both UniversalContinue reading “OASIS, Awards and Tottering TBR piles!”

Awards, Best of Lists and Travel, oh my!

Closing the week out on a high note, I want to send out a great, big, virtual high five to my new award-winners and those who are burning up the best of lists, so here we go! Congratulations to:  Alli Sinclair for winning Best Established Author and Best Cover for her novel UNDER THE SPANISH STARSContinue reading “Awards, Best of Lists and Travel, oh my!”

New releases with a side of awesome

Some really fun new released today, some great deals and other book news! First, I’m excited to congratulation Genevieve Cogman, who just won the Silver in Der Leserpreis’s Book Awards in the Fantasy and Science Fiction category for the German edition of THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY (DIE UNSICHTBARE BIBLIOTHEK)! Second, there are still a few hoursContinue reading “New releases with a side of awesome”

So much excitement!

There’s so much excitement going on this week that I’m bursting with news! Check it: Amy Christine Parker appeared this week on Tampa Bay’s Morning Blend in association with yesterday’s Teen Author Festival at the SouthShore Regional Library in Ruskin. I hope to find time to write up a full report on that soon, but long storyContinue reading “So much excitement!”

Two weeks, one blog – Book Birthdays!

Due to an insanely busy schedule punctuated by my son’s bronchitis, I failed to blog last week (bad agent, no cookie), though I did manage to tweet, Facebook and almost the whole nine yards. So this week I’ve very excited to wish one belated and two on-target happy book birthdays! Last week saw the publication of HARSHContinue reading “Two weeks, one blog – Book Birthdays!”

Read All About it!

 I’m so, so excited about today’s new release, THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY by Genevieve Cogman!  Now, you may already have heard me talk about this book.  That’s because it made a big splash in the UK and is now available in the US! Already it’s made lists: The Independent’s 10 Best Fantasy Novels, Book Plank’s Best DebutsContinue reading “Read All About it!”

Two new best lists!

Two new Best of lists since yesterday that I want to share before things get to crazy-busy here and I run out of time – another one each for THE FIFTH SEASON by N.K. Jemisin and THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY by Genevieve Cogman! THE FIFTH SEASON by N.K. Jemisin Buzzfeed’s 32 Best Fantasy Books Of 2015Continue reading “Two new best lists!”

THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY by Genevieve Cogman

 Sometimes a book/series comes along that pushes all your buttons in just the right way.  THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY by Genevieve Cogman is one of those.  I’m so excited that the critics agree!  I’m honestly struggling a bit here for an introduction that will do the work justice.  It’s like, what do you say to theContinue reading “THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY by Genevieve Cogman”