We visited this book last week but this week we also get a little incite into one of the authors. Enjoy.
AETHER AGE ANTHOLOGY
A past remade…
Millennia ago, Greece, Egypt, and other civilizations experienced industrial revolutions beneath a sky that, in a blink of history, burgeoned into life and mystery…
With one intervention to human progress, technological civilizations arose. With one more fantastic change in Nature, humanity broke the bonds of Earth and ventured out into the aether…
Take flight on airships, balloons, and wooden rockets. Soar with winged hoplites, exiled princesses, explorers and philosophers. Witness the struggle for equality, freedom, and power like you never have before.
Aether Age Anthology: Interview with author Jaym Gates
I have to admit, when I first heard about the Aether Age project, I kind of wrote it off. Like so many other things, I’d heard about it on Twitter, when a couple of guys asked me if I would be involved. At the time, I was in California for a week, on vacation, and heading for some major deadlines.
I said I’d try. I wrote four different starts. My computer crashed, I was trying to put out a wildfire in the writing community I was administrating, I was running too tight on the deadlines as it was. On top of that, it’s been established that I don’t play well in other people’s worlds. I’m an unrepentant devotee of massive, detailed worlds, and had several failed collaborative attempts behind me.
A week before the deadline, I took my retired dinosaur of a computer and hammered out a first draft, a second draft, polished, sent it in 2 days before deadline…before the deadline was extended. The editors asked me if I’d be interested in writing another story. Ok, well, if you insist.
The world of Aether Age is difficult to write in, the first time through. Anything dealing with ancient Egypt or Greece is going to be problematic. The sheer level of detail is boggling, and the confusion. Was this ruler male, female, 1st Dynasty or 20th? Add a complex alternate history, and there are thousands of possibilities. It’s like trying to find the one special blueberry in a 5 pound box.
But, it does get a writer thinking. How would technologies change religion? How would airships change economy? How much horror would you get from mixing an unstable, unknown eternity of space with an endless pantheon of gods?
My stories explored the horror. What happens when criminals and monsters are abandoned on a rock, thousands of miles from anything they know, reliant on an atmosphere that goes away every now and then? What are those shadows in the dark? Where did the legends of Hades come from? What new gods would form in the endless depths of space, and how would they be worshiped?
Join me in the Aether, in the Age of Helios, this fall. It will be the adventure of a lifetime.
-Jaym Gates
Explore a history transformed and travel into the heavens to discover what awaits the civilizations of Humanity in…
The Aether Age: Helios
Book One of the Aether Age Codex
See the book at: http://www.Aether-Age.com
Watch the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdoYnhCqtp0&feature=player_embedded
Saturday, July 17, 2010
The theme so far seems to be dead that don't want to rest. Come read more.
DEADFALL by Shaun Jeffrey
A team of mercenaries race to an abandoned mining village to rescue two children held hostage by rogue ex-soldiers. But the kidnappers are a ruse, the real threat more terrifying than any of them could imagine.
Aided by a couple of unsuspecting eco-warriors, mercenary team leader Amber Redgrave must fight to survive against foes that don’t sleep and don’t feel pain.
Now as the body count rises, so do the stakes, and when the dead won’t stay dead, there’s going to be hell to pay.
Question: What are some ways in which you promote your work? Do you find that these add to or detract from your writing time?
As a writer, promotion is one of the hardest things to do as you’re competing against thousands of other authors for a reader’s attention. To promote my work, I participate in things such as this blog tour. I post on message boards. I maintain a presence on Myspace, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Goodreads and other sites. I help by sending out review copies. I do interviews in magazines and online. But it all takes time and obviously detracts from the writing side of things. I don’t think it matters whether you’re published by a major publisher or a small press one, most authors need to help promote their work. Now readers are a major part of this, and I would ask that if anyone has read a book and enjoyed it, they show their appreciation and help by posting a short review on any of the book sites such as Amazon or Goodreads etc, as it goes a long way towards helping an author along what is a long and lonely road. It only takes a couple of minutes, but I’m sure the author concerned would be most grateful.
For more info on my work, please check out www.shaunjeffrey.com
DEADFALL by Shaun Jeffrey
A team of mercenaries race to an abandoned mining village to rescue two children held hostage by rogue ex-soldiers. But the kidnappers are a ruse, the real threat more terrifying than any of them could imagine.
Aided by a couple of unsuspecting eco-warriors, mercenary team leader Amber Redgrave must fight to survive against foes that don’t sleep and don’t feel pain.
Now as the body count rises, so do the stakes, and when the dead won’t stay dead, there’s going to be hell to pay.
Question: What are some ways in which you promote your work? Do you find that these add to or detract from your writing time?
As a writer, promotion is one of the hardest things to do as you’re competing against thousands of other authors for a reader’s attention. To promote my work, I participate in things such as this blog tour. I post on message boards. I maintain a presence on Myspace, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Goodreads and other sites. I help by sending out review copies. I do interviews in magazines and online. But it all takes time and obviously detracts from the writing side of things. I don’t think it matters whether you’re published by a major publisher or a small press one, most authors need to help promote their work. Now readers are a major part of this, and I would ask that if anyone has read a book and enjoyed it, they show their appreciation and help by posting a short review on any of the book sites such as Amazon or Goodreads etc, as it goes a long way towards helping an author along what is a long and lonely road. It only takes a couple of minutes, but I’m sure the author concerned would be most grateful.
For more info on my work, please check out www.shaunjeffrey.com
This week is full of shivers and screams. The first read is,
REQUIEM by Heather S. Ingemar
Hattie Locke has a gift: when she sings, the dead dig themselves from their graves to listen. As a death-siren, her life has always been this way.
Then the dead begin to show up in numbers far beyond expected. With each song she sings, they grow pushy and demanding, rushing the stage to reach her. Trapped in a place where her dreams of music become her nightmares, Hattie is left with nowhere to turn.
But then she meets a boy, who promises freedom from her curse.
Now Hattie wonders: is ridding herself of her voice worth losing the music she’s lived to create?
Buying information: http://www.amazon.com/Requiem-ebook/dp/B003LBRJEK/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=books&qid=1277493791&sr=1-9
QUESTION: Tell us a bit about yourself and your novella, “Requiem”?
In some ways, Hattie reminds me of myself. I came from a musical family, and I delved right into all of it. By the time I was a sophomore in high school, I’d mastered seven different instruments, and it was pretty much thought a guarantee that I’d pursue Julliard, or Berkeley, or some other prestigious music school. Imagine everyone’s surprise when I decided to major in English lit!
Thankfully, I had a more-or-less understanding family who allowed me the space to pursue my words (they knew I wasn’t leaving music completely, and they were right; I still play now and then) – however, I faced extreme opposition from others. It was these experiences that I drew on in creating Hattie’s unusual situation. What if my family hadn’t let me do my own thing? What if they reacted like these vehement strangers and teachers and friends who all thought they knew best for me?
Combine that with my morbid streak (zombies! death! magic!), and “Requiem” was born.
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H e a t h e r S . I n g e m a r
Requiem voted Top Ten Young Adult Book for 2009! Learn more!
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REQUIEM by Heather S. Ingemar
Hattie Locke has a gift: when she sings, the dead dig themselves from their graves to listen. As a death-siren, her life has always been this way.
Then the dead begin to show up in numbers far beyond expected. With each song she sings, they grow pushy and demanding, rushing the stage to reach her. Trapped in a place where her dreams of music become her nightmares, Hattie is left with nowhere to turn.
But then she meets a boy, who promises freedom from her curse.
Now Hattie wonders: is ridding herself of her voice worth losing the music she’s lived to create?
Buying information: http://www.amazon.com/Requiem-ebook/dp/B003LBRJEK/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=books&qid=1277493791&sr=1-9
QUESTION: Tell us a bit about yourself and your novella, “Requiem”?
In some ways, Hattie reminds me of myself. I came from a musical family, and I delved right into all of it. By the time I was a sophomore in high school, I’d mastered seven different instruments, and it was pretty much thought a guarantee that I’d pursue Julliard, or Berkeley, or some other prestigious music school. Imagine everyone’s surprise when I decided to major in English lit!
Thankfully, I had a more-or-less understanding family who allowed me the space to pursue my words (they knew I wasn’t leaving music completely, and they were right; I still play now and then) – however, I faced extreme opposition from others. It was these experiences that I drew on in creating Hattie’s unusual situation. What if my family hadn’t let me do my own thing? What if they reacted like these vehement strangers and teachers and friends who all thought they knew best for me?
Combine that with my morbid streak (zombies! death! magic!), and “Requiem” was born.
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H e a t h e r S . I n g e m a r
Requiem voted Top Ten Young Adult Book for 2009! Learn more!
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Vacation Reads week 3
Posts for the weekend three are up, with more titles, more features, and more author interviews.
Check out these participating blogs:
http://blog.annakashina.com/2010/07/17/july-vacation-reads–weekend-3.aspx
http://apenandfire.com/?p=796
More links coming up!
Leave comments, share our posts on your blogs, and e-mail us the links to enter drawings for copies of our participating titles and other prizes!
Posts for the weekend three are up, with more titles, more features, and more author interviews.
Check out these participating blogs:
http://blog.annakashina.com/2010/07/17/july-vacation-reads–weekend-3.aspx
http://apenandfire.com/?p=796
More links coming up!
Leave comments, share our posts on your blogs, and e-mail us the links to enter drawings for copies of our participating titles and other prizes!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
This sounds like steampunk taken to a whole nother level. What if they had these technologies that long ago what road would they have taken. Come read with us and find out. Zanna
AETHER AGE ANTHOLOGY
A past remade…
Millennia ago, Greece, Egypt, and other civilizations experienced industrial revolutions beneath a sky that, in a blink of history, burgeoned into life and mystery…
With one intervention to human progress, technological civilizations arose. With one more fantastic change in Nature, humanity broke the bonds of Earth and ventured out into the aether…
Take flight on airships, balloons, and wooden rockets. Soar with winged hoplites, exiled princesses, explorers and philosophers. Witness the struggle for equality, freedom, and power like you never have before.
Explore a history transformed and travel into the heavens to discover what awaits the civilizations of Humanity in…
The Aether Age: Helios
Book One of the Aether Age Codex
See the book at: http://www.Aether-Age.com
Watch the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdoYnhCqtp0&feature=player_embedded
AETHER AGE ANTHOLOGY
A past remade…
Millennia ago, Greece, Egypt, and other civilizations experienced industrial revolutions beneath a sky that, in a blink of history, burgeoned into life and mystery…
With one intervention to human progress, technological civilizations arose. With one more fantastic change in Nature, humanity broke the bonds of Earth and ventured out into the aether…
Take flight on airships, balloons, and wooden rockets. Soar with winged hoplites, exiled princesses, explorers and philosophers. Witness the struggle for equality, freedom, and power like you never have before.
Explore a history transformed and travel into the heavens to discover what awaits the civilizations of Humanity in…
The Aether Age: Helios
Book One of the Aether Age Codex
See the book at: http://www.Aether-Age.com
Watch the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdoYnhCqtp0&feature=player_embedded
Who has never wondered what is going on in the lives of people they see. Alix takes us there in this book. Open the door and step in. Zanna
BASED UPON AVAILABILITY by Alix Strauss
“This sharp and brilliant novel shows that truth cannot be seen from the outside. You’ll absorb every anecdote’s last detail as real human connection resurfaces and these women take steps to become the people they’ve always dreamed they’d be.” – Elle
“Stellar….” – Publishers Weekly
“This is the classic read-it-in-one-big-gulp book. Or spend several days at the beach with it; compelling from first page to last – edgy, moving, human.” – Liz Smith.
“A mesmerizing novel. ….the characters in this moving novel are achingly sympathetic, their plights imminently relatable.” – Booklist (starred review)
“These New York stories will remind some readers of Parker—as in Dorothy, not Sarah Jessica.” Kirkus Review
Based Upon Availability delves into the lives of eight seemingly ordinary women, each who pass through Manhattan’s swanky Four Seasons Hotel. While offering sanctuary to some, solace to others, the hotel captures their darkest and twisted moments as they grapple with family, sex, power, love, and death. Trish, a gallery owner, obsesses over her best friend’s wedding and dramatic weight loss. Robin wants revenge after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her older sister. Anne is single, lonely, and suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drug-addicted rock star Louise needs to dry out. Southerner-turned-wannabe Manhattanite Franny is envious of her neighbors’ lives. Sheila wants to punish her boyfriend for returning to his wife. Ellen so desperately wants children, she’s willing to pretend to be pregnant. And Morgan, the hotel manager— haunted by the memory of her dead sister—is the thread that weaves these women’s lives together. In this an utterly original read, I try to ask and answer the age-old question; ‘what happens behind closed doors’ while examining the walls we put up as we attempt intimacy, and inspecting the ruins when they’re knocked down.
Alix Strauss, Journalist/Author www.alixstrauss.com
BASED UPON AVAILABILITY by Alix Strauss
“This sharp and brilliant novel shows that truth cannot be seen from the outside. You’ll absorb every anecdote’s last detail as real human connection resurfaces and these women take steps to become the people they’ve always dreamed they’d be.” – Elle
“Stellar….” – Publishers Weekly
“This is the classic read-it-in-one-big-gulp book. Or spend several days at the beach with it; compelling from first page to last – edgy, moving, human.” – Liz Smith.
“A mesmerizing novel. ….the characters in this moving novel are achingly sympathetic, their plights imminently relatable.” – Booklist (starred review)
“These New York stories will remind some readers of Parker—as in Dorothy, not Sarah Jessica.” Kirkus Review
Based Upon Availability delves into the lives of eight seemingly ordinary women, each who pass through Manhattan’s swanky Four Seasons Hotel. While offering sanctuary to some, solace to others, the hotel captures their darkest and twisted moments as they grapple with family, sex, power, love, and death. Trish, a gallery owner, obsesses over her best friend’s wedding and dramatic weight loss. Robin wants revenge after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her older sister. Anne is single, lonely, and suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drug-addicted rock star Louise needs to dry out. Southerner-turned-wannabe Manhattanite Franny is envious of her neighbors’ lives. Sheila wants to punish her boyfriend for returning to his wife. Ellen so desperately wants children, she’s willing to pretend to be pregnant. And Morgan, the hotel manager— haunted by the memory of her dead sister—is the thread that weaves these women’s lives together. In this an utterly original read, I try to ask and answer the age-old question; ‘what happens behind closed doors’ while examining the walls we put up as we attempt intimacy, and inspecting the ruins when they’re knocked down.
Alix Strauss, Journalist/Author www.alixstrauss.com
Paranormal is soooo... hot now days. I know I enjoy a good read in this venue. Zanna
DEADLY LUCIDITY by Julie Achterhoff
DEADLY LUCIDITY is a paranormal thriller. Julie Achterhoff’s other work includes the paranormal thrillers Native Vengeance and Quantum Earth. She grew up reading such
authors as Stephen King and Dean Koontz, which influenced her own writing. She
has been writing since childhood, scaring her teachers with her horror stories.
Reading has also been a great influence on her. Her books can be found on
amazon.com in regular form, and now on Kindle for $3.19 a piece. They can also
be purchased from the publisher at allthingsthatmatterpress.com. You can read
parts of her books on BookBuzzr.
DEADLY LUCIDITY by Julie Achterhoff
DEADLY LUCIDITY is a paranormal thriller. Julie Achterhoff’s other work includes the paranormal thrillers Native Vengeance and Quantum Earth. She grew up reading such
authors as Stephen King and Dean Koontz, which influenced her own writing. She
has been writing since childhood, scaring her teachers with her horror stories.
Reading has also been a great influence on her. Her books can be found on
amazon.com in regular form, and now on Kindle for $3.19 a piece. They can also
be purchased from the publisher at allthingsthatmatterpress.com. You can read
parts of her books on BookBuzzr.
Week 2
JULY VACATION READS — WEEKEND 2
Jul 9th, 2010
by Ania.
Don't forget to go to Vacationreads.com and leave a comment for prizes. Zanna
Hi, everyone,
Weekend 2 of July Vacation Reads features more great titles to be taken on vacation. Check these posts at our participating blogs:
http://blog.annakashina.com/2010/07/09/july-vacation-reads–weekend-2.aspx
http://nithska.blogspot.com/2010/07/weekend-2-of-vacation-reads.html
http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2870
http://meredithholmes.com/?p=168
http://apenandfire.com/?p=788
http://shaunjeffrey.blogspot.com/2010/07/vacation-reads-blog-tour-week-2.html
More links coming up!
And, don’t forget to leave comments to enter our drawing to win great prizes! Or, better yet — join our tour and feature our titles on your blogs!
Jul 9th, 2010
by Ania.
Don't forget to go to Vacationreads.com and leave a comment for prizes. Zanna
Hi, everyone,
Weekend 2 of July Vacation Reads features more great titles to be taken on vacation. Check these posts at our participating blogs:
http://blog.annakashina.com/2010/07/09/july-vacation-reads–weekend-2.aspx
http://nithska.blogspot.com/2010/07/weekend-2-of-vacation-reads.html
http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2870
http://meredithholmes.com/?p=168
http://apenandfire.com/?p=788
http://shaunjeffrey.blogspot.com/2010/07/vacation-reads-blog-tour-week-2.html
More links coming up!
And, don’t forget to leave comments to enter our drawing to win great prizes! Or, better yet — join our tour and feature our titles on your blogs!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
ooops
I forgot the link to the vacation reads site. If you comment here and there you are eligable for free stuff. vacationreads.com
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Anna has a way with words. Her Fairy Tales are real and delightful to read. These fairy tales are just right for adults to revel in. Zanna
Posted in: Fantasy.
IVAN AND MARYA by Anna Kashina — NEW RELEASE!!!
Jun 30th, 2010
by Ania.
1 comment
“…a pleasure to read. Uncluttered yet vivid with detail, Kashina’s writing promises to beautifully update Russian folklore for a worldwide audience. “ Tracy Falbe, The Fantasy Tavern.
“Kashina manages to capture all the elements that make fairytales such fun to read and adds a voice of her own to it as well.” Pearls Cast Before a McPig.
“Rich description, fascinating characters with dark motivations and even darker methods, and scenes that keep the story moving ever forward. Anna Kashina does not waste a single word.” Black Sun Reviews.
The Dark Essence of Russian Myth
Ivan-and-Marya is a dark fantasy with elements of romance, based on Russian folklore.
Marya, a shapeshifter and a powerful sorceress, helps her father rule the kingdom by sacrificing young virgins whose life force feeds her father’s soul. She wards off the enemies of her cult by luring them into a trap of her beauty, and destroying them. Marya never questions her duties, not knowing that the man she calls her father holds the dark secrets about her birth and the true source of her magic powers.
Ivan, a young man on a quest to put an end to the virgin sacrifice, walks straight into Marya’s trap and falls in love with her at first sight. At first his gentleness makes Marya believe he would be easy to defeat, but as she confronts him she finds him a tougher enemy than she imagined. Ivan’s hidden strength – and the forces that aid him – for the first time challenge not only her powers, but the very foundation of her beliefs. To face Ivan and achieve her ‘happily ever after’, Marya must first face her darkest fears — and survive it.
Find out more about Anna and her work at www.annakashina.com
Buy the book at Drollerie Press – special price in July!!!
Posted in: Fantasy.
Posted in: Fantasy.
IVAN AND MARYA by Anna Kashina — NEW RELEASE!!!
Jun 30th, 2010
by Ania.
1 comment
“…a pleasure to read. Uncluttered yet vivid with detail, Kashina’s writing promises to beautifully update Russian folklore for a worldwide audience. “ Tracy Falbe, The Fantasy Tavern.
“Kashina manages to capture all the elements that make fairytales such fun to read and adds a voice of her own to it as well.” Pearls Cast Before a McPig.
“Rich description, fascinating characters with dark motivations and even darker methods, and scenes that keep the story moving ever forward. Anna Kashina does not waste a single word.” Black Sun Reviews.
The Dark Essence of Russian Myth
Ivan-and-Marya is a dark fantasy with elements of romance, based on Russian folklore.
Marya, a shapeshifter and a powerful sorceress, helps her father rule the kingdom by sacrificing young virgins whose life force feeds her father’s soul. She wards off the enemies of her cult by luring them into a trap of her beauty, and destroying them. Marya never questions her duties, not knowing that the man she calls her father holds the dark secrets about her birth and the true source of her magic powers.
Ivan, a young man on a quest to put an end to the virgin sacrifice, walks straight into Marya’s trap and falls in love with her at first sight. At first his gentleness makes Marya believe he would be easy to defeat, but as she confronts him she finds him a tougher enemy than she imagined. Ivan’s hidden strength – and the forces that aid him – for the first time challenge not only her powers, but the very foundation of her beliefs. To face Ivan and achieve her ‘happily ever after’, Marya must first face her darkest fears — and survive it.
Find out more about Anna and her work at www.annakashina.com
Buy the book at Drollerie Press – special price in July!!!
Posted in: Fantasy.
Sounds like a book any fantasy writer needs. Zanna
Posted in: Fantasy.
COMPOSING MAGIC by Elizabeth Barrette
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
No comments yet
Composing Magic: How to Create Spells, Rituals, Blessings, Chants, and Prayers guides you through the exciting realm of magical and spiritual writing. Explore the process of writing, its tools and techniques, individual types of composition, and ways of sharing your work with other people. Each type of writing includes its history and uses, covering diverse traditions; plus step-by-step instructions, finished compositions, and exercises. Intended for alternative religions, but it can be generalized to others or used by fiction writers to create background tidbits.
LINKS:
“The Wordsmith’s Forge” blog by Elizabeth Barrette / Ysabetwordsmith
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com
Special post “So Your Story Needs a Prophecy” on adapting _Composing Magic_ to write cultural bits to put into fiction:
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/1212401.html
Elizabeth Barrette’s personal Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000506157220
FB Fan page for Elizabeth Barrette’s business, PenUltimate Productions Writing & Editing:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PenUltimate-Productions-Writing-Editing/118404341520029?v=app_2347471856&ref=ts#!/pages/PenUltimate-Productions-Writing-Editing/118404341520029?v=wall&ref=ts
Elizabeth Barrette’s MyBlogLog profile:
http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/ysabetwordsmith/
Composing Magic at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Composing-Magic-Magical-Rituals-Blessings/dp/1564149358
Posted in: Fantasy.
COMPOSING MAGIC by Elizabeth Barrette
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
No comments yet
Composing Magic: How to Create Spells, Rituals, Blessings, Chants, and Prayers guides you through the exciting realm of magical and spiritual writing. Explore the process of writing, its tools and techniques, individual types of composition, and ways of sharing your work with other people. Each type of writing includes its history and uses, covering diverse traditions; plus step-by-step instructions, finished compositions, and exercises. Intended for alternative religions, but it can be generalized to others or used by fiction writers to create background tidbits.
LINKS:
“The Wordsmith’s Forge” blog by Elizabeth Barrette / Ysabetwordsmith
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com
Special post “So Your Story Needs a Prophecy” on adapting _Composing Magic_ to write cultural bits to put into fiction:
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/1212401.html
Elizabeth Barrette’s personal Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000506157220
FB Fan page for Elizabeth Barrette’s business, PenUltimate Productions Writing & Editing:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PenUltimate-Productions-Writing-Editing/118404341520029?v=app_2347471856&ref=ts#!/pages/PenUltimate-Productions-Writing-Editing/118404341520029?v=wall&ref=ts
Elizabeth Barrette’s MyBlogLog profile:
http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/ysabetwordsmith/
Composing Magic at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Composing-Magic-Magical-Rituals-Blessings/dp/1564149358
I love Meredith's writing. The imagery is wonderfully textured. Can not wait to read this. Zanna
Posted in: Fantasy.
UNSEELIE by Meredith Holmes
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
No comments yet
The darkness tasted like bitter bark and earth, sharp berries, and cold water. I could not feel it as it came over me but I could smell it, taste it, hear it . . .
When Alfhild was a little girl, her grandmother called her a fairy princess and told her all of her favorite tales.
She’d never imagined they were real.
Anxious to avoid the swarming reporters and ghoulish souvenir hunters who won’t leave her alone when her brother Gulliver is tried and acquitted for multiple murders he almost certainly committed, a grown up Alfhild changes her name to Lorelei and flees Louisiana to the sanctuary she inherited from her grandmother, the ancestral home in England.
All is well until she wakes one morning to find a naked man in her rosebush.
And the games begin . . .
Find out more information about Meredith and her projects at www.meredithholmes.com
Posted in: Fantasy.
UNSEELIE by Meredith Holmes
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
No comments yet
The darkness tasted like bitter bark and earth, sharp berries, and cold water. I could not feel it as it came over me but I could smell it, taste it, hear it . . .
When Alfhild was a little girl, her grandmother called her a fairy princess and told her all of her favorite tales.
She’d never imagined they were real.
Anxious to avoid the swarming reporters and ghoulish souvenir hunters who won’t leave her alone when her brother Gulliver is tried and acquitted for multiple murders he almost certainly committed, a grown up Alfhild changes her name to Lorelei and flees Louisiana to the sanctuary she inherited from her grandmother, the ancestral home in England.
All is well until she wakes one morning to find a naked man in her rosebush.
And the games begin . . .
Find out more information about Meredith and her projects at www.meredithholmes.com
This is the only one of the vacation reads I have already read. I really enjoyed this book. One thing that resounded with me was that the month before I read it I had gone to a murder mystery dinner. Before going we were given characters we would be. I was to be the chocolatier. I researched what a chocolatier was. When I got to the dinner it also turned out I was the murderer. Great fun. Cindy caught the essence of a chocolatier very well. Zanna
Posted in: Science Fantasy, Science Fiction.
THE CHOCOLATIER’S WIFE by Cindy Lynn Speer — NEW RELEASE!!!
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
No comments yet
Tasmin, William’s wife to be, was chosen by a spell, as all wives and husbands are chosen. It’s a nice, tidy way to find a reasonable mate for almost everyone. Unfortunately, Tasmin is from the North, a place of magic and strange ritual, and William is from the South, where people pride themselves on being above that kind of insanity.
William doesn’t seem in a hurry to send for Tasmin, for which none of his family blame him. After all, she’s a barbarian. She, on the other hand, would like to know what’s keeping him. When he’s framed for murdering his patron, Tasmin takes matters into her own hands. She’s gotten to know Wiliam from his letters. He’s not a murderer and she’s going to help him prove it.
Someone out there doesn’t like him and is beginning to dislike Tasmin almost as much, and that someone isn’t at all averse to making sure William and Tasmin aren’t around long enough to celebrate their wedding.
Read more at http://www.apenandfire.com
Posted in: Science Fantasy, Science Fiction.
THE CHOCOLATIER’S WIFE by Cindy Lynn Speer — NEW RELEASE!!!
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
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Tasmin, William’s wife to be, was chosen by a spell, as all wives and husbands are chosen. It’s a nice, tidy way to find a reasonable mate for almost everyone. Unfortunately, Tasmin is from the North, a place of magic and strange ritual, and William is from the South, where people pride themselves on being above that kind of insanity.
William doesn’t seem in a hurry to send for Tasmin, for which none of his family blame him. After all, she’s a barbarian. She, on the other hand, would like to know what’s keeping him. When he’s framed for murdering his patron, Tasmin takes matters into her own hands. She’s gotten to know Wiliam from his letters. He’s not a murderer and she’s going to help him prove it.
Someone out there doesn’t like him and is beginning to dislike Tasmin almost as much, and that someone isn’t at all averse to making sure William and Tasmin aren’t around long enough to celebrate their wedding.
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This sounds like a Science Fiction Horror to me. Not one I would read just before I go to bed but I will read it. Zanna
Posted in: Horror.
ALIEN DREAMS by John Rosenman
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
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Captain Eric Latimore leads a four-person crew to Lagos to investigate a previous team’s mysterious disappearance. Once there, he discovers that an ominous alien presence is invading their dreams. Each member of his crew has the same dream–huge, seductively beautiful “angels” speak to them telepathically.
The creatures strand his crew on the planet and only Latimore can free them–if he survives.
Link to purchase: http://drolleriepress.com/books/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=11
Personal Website: www.johnrosenman.com
REVIEWS:
“John B. Rosenman weaves an intricate plot and a most exciting tale with mind-stretching concepts that make us look at the universe in a new way. This book is classified as science fiction, but there is a lot more romance and intrigue than in your ordinary SF materials.” — Berry’s Reviews and The New Book Review
“With a strong science fiction setting, John B. Rosenman explores the importance of culture, compassion and love by pitting a race that has none of these qualities against a number of species.
Alien Dreams is, in my opinion, John Rosenman’s most substantial offering to date. One could say that he shows us what it is to be human by slowly tearing everything that means anything away from Captain Eric Latimore, all the while holding up the angels as examples of the horror of what he is to become.” — Clayton Bye, Book Reviews
Posted in: Horror.
ALIEN DREAMS by John Rosenman
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
No comments yet
Captain Eric Latimore leads a four-person crew to Lagos to investigate a previous team’s mysterious disappearance. Once there, he discovers that an ominous alien presence is invading their dreams. Each member of his crew has the same dream–huge, seductively beautiful “angels” speak to them telepathically.
The creatures strand his crew on the planet and only Latimore can free them–if he survives.
Link to purchase: http://drolleriepress.com/books/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=11
Personal Website: www.johnrosenman.com
REVIEWS:
“John B. Rosenman weaves an intricate plot and a most exciting tale with mind-stretching concepts that make us look at the universe in a new way. This book is classified as science fiction, but there is a lot more romance and intrigue than in your ordinary SF materials.” — Berry’s Reviews and The New Book Review
“With a strong science fiction setting, John B. Rosenman explores the importance of culture, compassion and love by pitting a race that has none of these qualities against a number of species.
Alien Dreams is, in my opinion, John Rosenman’s most substantial offering to date. One could say that he shows us what it is to be human by slowly tearing everything that means anything away from Captain Eric Latimore, all the while holding up the angels as examples of the horror of what he is to become.” — Clayton Bye, Book Reviews
I like the sound of this book. It sounds like it would keep you awake sitting on the beach reading it. Less chance of sunburn. Gets a thumbs up from me. Zanna
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THE KULT by Shaun Jeffrey
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
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People are predictable. That’s what makes them easy to kill.
Acting out of misguided loyalty to his friends, police officer Prosper Snow is goaded into helping them perform a copycat killing, but when the real killer comes after him, it’s not only his life on the line, but his family’s too. Now if he goes to his colleagues for help, he risks being arrested for murder. If he doesn’t, he risks being killed.
***
“With Kult, Shaun Jeffrey hits one out of the park with this creepy, character-driven thriller that starts with a jolt, stays in the fast lane, and plunges into the darkest territory of the human mind. It’s a bumpy ride through nightmare country.”
–Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of PATIENT ZERO and PUNISHER: NAKED KILL
“Jeffrey, one of horror’s rising young stars, has really hit his stride with THE KULT. Part mystery, part police procedural, part horror story, it’s one thrilling ride. Jeffrey had me guessing at the killer’s identity half a dozen times, and the reveal, when it finally came, knocked me over. You don’t want to miss this one!” –Nate Kenyon, author of THE REACH and THE BONE FACTORY
“The Kult is a creeping stalk through a shadowy labyrinth of thrills and terror. Shaun Jeffrey delivers a pulse-pounding novel of superb skill and unequivocal horror. Fans of many genres should be ready to embrace one of the brightest new talents on the scene today.” — Jon F. Merz author of PARALLAX and the Lawson Vampire novels.
Details of these and any other projects can be found on Shaun’s website: www.shaunjeffrey.com and sample chapters and his previously published short story collection ‘Voyeurs of Death’ can be read for free at http://www.scribd.com/document_collections/2519626
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THE KULT by Shaun Jeffrey
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
No comments yet
People are predictable. That’s what makes them easy to kill.
Acting out of misguided loyalty to his friends, police officer Prosper Snow is goaded into helping them perform a copycat killing, but when the real killer comes after him, it’s not only his life on the line, but his family’s too. Now if he goes to his colleagues for help, he risks being arrested for murder. If he doesn’t, he risks being killed.
***
“With Kult, Shaun Jeffrey hits one out of the park with this creepy, character-driven thriller that starts with a jolt, stays in the fast lane, and plunges into the darkest territory of the human mind. It’s a bumpy ride through nightmare country.”
–Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of PATIENT ZERO and PUNISHER: NAKED KILL
“Jeffrey, one of horror’s rising young stars, has really hit his stride with THE KULT. Part mystery, part police procedural, part horror story, it’s one thrilling ride. Jeffrey had me guessing at the killer’s identity half a dozen times, and the reveal, when it finally came, knocked me over. You don’t want to miss this one!” –Nate Kenyon, author of THE REACH and THE BONE FACTORY
“The Kult is a creeping stalk through a shadowy labyrinth of thrills and terror. Shaun Jeffrey delivers a pulse-pounding novel of superb skill and unequivocal horror. Fans of many genres should be ready to embrace one of the brightest new talents on the scene today.” — Jon F. Merz author of PARALLAX and the Lawson Vampire novels.
Details of these and any other projects can be found on Shaun’s website: www.shaunjeffrey.com and sample chapters and his previously published short story collection ‘Voyeurs of Death’ can be read for free at http://www.scribd.com/document_collections/2519626
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Collecting Dreams by Heather Ingemar
This looks and sounds like a really good read. I love the Grimm Fairy Tales as well they were so much more real than the Disney version.
Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
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Jul 2nd, 2010
by Ania.
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| There are eyes in the darkness.
Late one night, Isabele’s reality takes a wild and supernatural turn into the shadows and shimmering light of stolen dreams.
Once lost, they aren’t easily reclaimed. And she’s been touched by the monster….
From the beginning with ‘Dream-Drinker’ (appeared in “StereoOpticon” from Drollerie Press), Isabele finds her way through two other tales. But what’s learned cannot be unlearned. What’s done cannot be undone. At the end of it all, Isabele may or may not be the same.
What did you like most about writing this work, Heather?
I loved how grim “Collecting Dreams” became, how it made me think of the old Grimm-style fairytales, where the monsters are very real and very vicious and the heroes and heroines don’t exactly get off scott-free, as it were. Prices need to be paid and sacrifices need to be made, and I think it makes a richer story all around. Life isn’t watered down like the Disney-esque versions of fairytales I grew up with – life takes real strength of character, and I think that’s what drew me into Isabele’s story. She’s a strong girl, and good at heart. She’s fierce. She’s not going to let the Dream-Drinker get the better of her, no matter what. I love that.
Learn more about Heather S. Ingemar at her website: http://ingemarwrites.wordpress.com/ * * * Best, Heather Ingemar |
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