Cover Clash 05/31/10
Good Morning – and Welcome to another installment of the Cover Clash! First let’s announce last week’s winner, shall we? And the Thorn goes to… Wasteland: The Breeder by Eden Bradley! Congratulations! You won the Thorn! And now for this week’s competition… Amanda’s Pick: What Amanda says: I just love all this muscle…even if there … Read more
On The Road
It hit me yesterday that one week from today I’m going to be attending my very first writers event. It’s actually a reader-writer event, and since I am both, I’m a little excited and nervous at the same time. I keep finding myself thinking: next Friday, I’m going to be in Cincinnati Ohio for the … Read more
The Subscription Model
This week, I read about how Sesame Street opened a new ebook line last December. As this article in Publisher’s Weekly states , this isn’t an ordinary ebook line. It’s is based on a subscription model, where consumers pay a yearly fee of $24.99 and can access over 100 books in the Sesame Street Database. … Read more
Clash of the Covers 5.24.10
Congratulations to… The winner of last week’s Clash of the Covers poll. And now on to this week’s choices… What Sandra Sookoo says: Why I like this cover? The soft blending of pastel colors. It’s kinda like looking through a rainbow and catching a glimpse of … Read more
Fangtastic Friday Welcomes Liz Strange
Today, Embrace the Shadows welcomes Canadian Author Liz Strange, whose first book in her Dark Kiss trilogy, My Love Eternal, is currently available from Lyrical Press. Here’s a bit about Liz. She has always had a fascination with the dark side—vampires in particular, which she attributesto her first vampire novel, Salem’s Lot, a book she … Read more
Slow to start, fast to finish?
The last few weeks have been very vexing for me as an author. I started a new book and this time, I chose to do it in a genre that’s totally new to me–fantasy. At first it was meant to be straight up hard fantasy but I soon found I couldn’t leave romantic elements behind … Read more
Cover Clash 05/17/10
Good morning — and welcome to another installment of the cover clash! First let’s announce last week’s winner, shall we? And the Thorn goes to…. Stormwalker by Allison James! Congratulations! You’ve won the thorn! And now for this week’s competition… Suzanne’s Pick: What Suzanne says: I really like the feel of this cover. While most … Read more
The Perfection of Imperfection
I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of a perfectionist and I always strive to do everything to the absolute best of my ability. And you won’t find a harsher critique of my work than the ones I give. It’s a quirk. It drives some people crazy. It drives me crazy at times. It’s an imperfection, … Read more
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