Shiloh Walker has been posting random snippets from her upcoming release, Veil of Shadows. You can find them here, here and here.
Anton Strout has unveiled the cover for Dead Waters, the fourth Simon (love the name) Canderous novel.
Via Facebook, Ann Aguirre revealed the cover for the first Ellen Connor novel, Night Fall, the first Dark Age Dawning novel. Ellen Connor is a collaboration of Ann and Carrie Lofty.
Day, from the Paperback Dolls, is currently hanging out at Dragon*Con and she is sharing all sorts of news. The first being a possible blurb for the next Anita Blake novel straight from Laurell K Hamilton herself. Fay also has some tasty tidbits from the TrueBlood panel.
August Contests: I’ll begin posting winners next week while the monkey is at school.
Ilona Andrews has posted a snippet from “Dali’s Story”. Wait a minute…Dali is getting a story? Where have I been? What’s the deal with this? Anyone?
Dark Faerie Tales has another fabulous edition of what’s coming up in the publishing world.
Looking for some great vampire flicks? Suburban Vampire has a list of DVDs that are coming out this month.
Patricia’s Vampire Notes has a great list of vampire novels that came out in August.
The artists behind The Exile, the graphic novel of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, has put a whole new meeting on the term “graphic novel”. They did not leave out the scene of Jamie and Claire’s wedding night!
Marta Acosta has posted the draft of her novel Nancy’s Theory of Style as a free read via Scribd.
Marjorie M. Liu unveiled the cover for the reissue of Shadow Touch, the “first” Dirk & Steele novel.
For more cover goodness, you can find all the covers I come across over on the Facebook page. Last month, there were 87 new covers, so obviously I do not post all of the ones I find. *grin*
Don’t forget, the contests for a copy of Ann Aguirre’s Skin Game and a Sirantha Jax novel (link here) and three copies of Jeaniene Frost’s Eternal Kiss of Darkness (link here) ends tonight! For more contests, continue reading after the Interview section.
Also, there’s still time to enter the contests for a signed copy of Duchess By Night by Eloisa James (link here), which ends September 14th; and a copy of Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews (link here), which ends Sept. 16th.
Interviews:
- Anya Bast, author of Cruel Enchantment, at Book Chick City, Rex Robot Reviews and Bitten by Books
- Brent Weeks, author of the Night Angel trilogy, by the Book Smugglers (video)
- Cassandra Clare, author of Clockwork Angel, by Bitten by Books
- David Wellington, author of Overwinter: A Werewolf Tale, by Falcata Times
- Dianne Sylvan, author of Queen of Shadows, at Dark Faerie Tales
- Gail Carriger, author of Blameless, by Suvudu
- HP Mallory, author of To Kill a Warlock, by Melanie’s Book Addiction
- Ilona Andrews, author of Bayou Moon, answers on her site here and here.
- Ivy Devlin, author of Low Red Moon, by Dark Faerie Tales
- Jeaniene Frost, author of Eternal Kiss of Darkness, via a podcast
- Jeanne Stein, author of Chosen, by Larissa’s Bookish Life
- Jesse Petersen, author of Married With Zombies, by Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
- JK Beck, author of When Blood Calls, at Michelle’s Book Blog and SciFiGuy
- Joey W. Hill, author of Vampire Trinity, at Bitten by Books
- Julia, from Rex Robot Reviews, by Reading with Tequila
- Kate Douglas, contributing author for Nocturnal, at Jacquelyn Frank’s blog
- Kelly Creagh, author of Nevermore, by the Book Smugglers (video)
- Kelly Gay, author of The Darkest Edge of Dawn, at From the Shadows
- Kelly Yeakle, author of The Legacy Keeper’s Treasure, at Wicked Little Pixie
- Kendra Leigh Castle, author of Renegade Angel, at Bitten by Books
- KT Grant, author of For the Love of Mollie, at Larissa Ione’s blog
- Laura Bickle, author of Sparks, by Sara’s Urban Fantasy Blog
- Lauren Kate, author of Torment, at Book Chick City
- Maria Snyder, author of Spy Glass, by Amberkatze’s Book Blog and Squeaky Books
- Maria Treanor, author of Blood on Silk, by Dark Faerie Tales
- Marjorie M. Liu, author of The Wild Light, by the Global Times, CBR and Natecosboom
- Michele Lang, author of Lady Lazarus, at he Odd Shots
- Mike Shevdon, author of Sixty-One Nails, by Falcata Times
- MK Hobson, author of The Native Star, at SciFiGuy and the Bookpushers
- Nancy Kilpatrick, author of Evolve, by Vampires.com
- Rebecca Baumann, from Dirty Sexy Books, by Vampire Wire
- Sherry Ficklin, author of Foresight, at Dark Faerie Tales
- Shiloh Walker, author of Veil of Shadows, at Magical Musings, Nalini Singh’s Blog and the Paperback Dolls
- Sophie Jordan, author of Firelight, by Ellz Readz
- Steve Ungar, author of In the Footsteps of Dracula, at Patricia’s Vampire Notes
- Virginia Kantra, author of Immortal Sea, at Bitten by Books
- Zoe Archer, author of Warrior, at Bitten by Books, Lauren Dane’s blog and Shiloh Walker’s Blog
Contests:
Wicked Little Pixie is giving away something relating to a tattoo. Contest ends September 12th.
Julie Ortolon, Lori Devoti, Deborah Cooke, Sherri Browning Erwin and Julianne MacLean are racing to get 1000 new FB followers. The first one to achieve that will give away a new Kindle to one of their fans!
All Things Urban Fantasy (9/15), Suburban Vampire (9/16), Dark Faerie Tales (9/23) is giving away a copy of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s No Mercy.
SciFiGuy is giving away a copy of the movie Stardust. Contest ends September 20th.
The Paperback Dolls are giving away a copy of Joan Frances Turner’s Dust. Contest ends September 18th.
Vampire Wire is giving away a copy of SM Peter’s Ghost Ocean. Contest ends September 20th.
Rachel Vincent is giving away a copy of her upcoming novel, Alpha. Contest ends September 15th.
Dali’s story — I believe it’s for an anthology (like Andrea and the one where Kate first meets Saiman).