November 13, 2008Jesse has given me permission to cross-post his two excerpts for his NaNoWriMo novel, The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift. Here’s the second excerpt…
Andy was dumbfounded that I was stupid enough to pour bricklayers mud into a trough and then take a bath in it. I wheezed the word ’soap’ and he laughed. He chipped [...]
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November 6, 2008Maria Snyder has posted the cover for her new novel, Storm Glass, which is a spin off of her Study series. The novel is set to be released April 28, 2009; sadly, though, it’s not available for preorder yet. At least not through Amazon.
Interviews:
Diana Pharaoh Francis, author of the Black Ship, by Read [...]
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October 31, 2008Ian is going trick or treating for the first time tonight, so we’re off to have some fun.
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October 24, 2008Just in time for Halloween, there’s a new book out called The Book of Lists: Horror and it’s a collection of scary and gory lists with contributions by some of the greatest horror masters of our time. The collection includes contributions from Stephen King, Eli Roth, Ray Bradbury, and others. If you’re interested, the LA [...]
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October 20, 2008Every night, I try to read to Ian for a few minutes before he goes to bed. It’s hard finding a book that I find interesting, yet will keep his attention. One thing I’ve found is the language has to be simple enough that I won’t stumble on it while reading aloud- Aesop’s Fables and [...]
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October 9, 2008Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is giving away a set of all three volumes of Michael Moorcock’s Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné. The set includes these novels: The Stealers of Souls, To Rescue Tanelorn, and The Sleeping Sorceress. If you’re interested in entering this contest, go check out how here.
Interviews:
Charlaine Harris, author of the Southern [...]
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October 5, 2008It’s been an odd couple of weeks. For some reason, i just haven’t been able to get into any of the books I have been reading and I really needed something. After all the praise I kept hearing for Melissa Marr’s Wickedly Lovely, I decided to pick it up since it has been [...]
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October 3, 2008John Marco, fantasy author of The Devil’s Armor, is giving us a glimpse of the cover art for his new novel Starfinder, set to be released May 2009. The cover art was done by the amazing Tom Kidd. He’s also running a contest for a copy of The Devil’s Armor over at his blog, so [...]
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September 29, 2008LK Hamilton has again put up three ARCs of her upcoming novel, Swallowing Darkness. The three arcs are going to benefit:
Granite City APA – Item #: 140271450499
Midwest Pug Rescue – Item #; 140271668631 (this auction ends Oct. 7th due to posting issues)
Wild Canid Survival And Research Center – Wolf Sanctuary Item#: 140271451421
The auctions will end [...]
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