I didn’t realize it had been so long since I last updated the Author Website listing. As such, I’ll be working on that this week and will have a new one posted soon after. If I’m missing anyone, please don’t hesitate to add them.
Richelle Mead has posted the original first chapter to her upcoming novel, Bloodlines, which is due out August 23rd. If you want to compare it with the chapter we’ll this version in August.
Lauren Dane has posted a teaser excerpt from her next Brown Siblings novel, Never Enough, due to release September 6th.
Ilona Andrews has posted an snippet from the third Edge novel, Fate’s Edge, due out in November.
These are only a few of the fabulous covers that have been popping up lately. For all the new covers, I’ve added them to the FB album for your viewing pleasure.
Author Appearances:
- Erica Hayes, author of Blood Cursed – Rowena Cory Daniells
- Glen Duncan, author of The Last Werewolf – Suvudu
- Jennifer Estep, author of Touch of Frost – Tote Bags n’ Blogs, A Good Addictions, ReaderGirls, Vampire Wire, SciFiGuy
- Jim Butcher, author Ghost Story – Suvudu
- JR Ward, author of Lover Unleashed – Love Vampires
- Justin Gustainis, author of Sympathy for the Devil – Sara’s Urban Fantasy Blog
- Kelley Armstrong, author of Spell Bound – Kobo
- Kelly Meding, author of Another Kind of Dead – Urban Fantasy Investigations, Suvudu
- Kevin Hearne, author of Hammered – Le Grande Codex
- Melissa de la Cruz, author of Witches of East End – Dark Faerie Tales
- Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Wise Man’s Fear – Jim Butcher, Suvudu
I spent the day at Sherrilyn Kenyon’s signing in Ann Arbor and found out some fabulous news. Not only has her Chronicles of Nick series been optioned for film, but it won’t just be one film. Oh no, they are working multiple films. Plus the Dark-Hunters are going to be coming to television as a series and it will be done by the same company that produced the Lord of the Rings trilogy. While the show hasn’t been pitched anywhere yet, it is already in development and the search for a screenwriter is underway. However, don’t fear the show – Sherrilyn is already signed on as a producer! As I was leaving the signing last night, I also found out something else – the Were-Hunters are also coming to television, but this time as an anime cartoon.
It looks like Ann Aguirre has gotten a complete overhaul done on her website. The graphics aer great, but I’m wondering where all the extras disappeared to. For instance, the March POV story she had for her Sirantha Jax world.
Jeaniene Frost has a title for her first Night Prince novel. We’ll get to meet Vlad’s new lady, Leila, in Once Burned. I’m wondering if the Prince series will have the same naming convention as the Huntress novels – ie every book will have grave in it. If it will, does that mean the word will be “burn”?
NPR has posted their Top 100 SF/F Novels and check out who made the list: Neil Gaiman (3x), RA Salvatore, Jacqueline Carey, Gregory Maguire, Diana Gabaldon and Robin McKinley.
Contests:
GoodReads is giving away 5 copies of Lynda Hilburn’s The Vampire Shrink – ends September 30th.
Dark Faerie Tales is giving away a set of the complete Catherine Fisher’s Relic Master series – The Dark City, The Lost Heiress, The Hidden Coronet and The Margrave – ends August 15th.
GoodReads is giving away 10 copies of Cherie Priest’s Ganymede – ends September 9th.
GoodReads is giving away 6 copies of Kendare Blake’s Anna Dressed in Blood – ends August 21st.
GoodReads is giving away 10 copies of Lev AC Rosen’s All Men of Genius – ends September 9th.
Tor/Forge is giving away a copy of Terry Goodkind’s The Omen Machine and a complete set of the Sword of Truth novels – ends September 6th. If you like this prize pack, Tor/Forge also has the Mistborn Prize Pack Sweepstakes (Ends 9/6) and Vernor Vinge Prize Pack Sweepstakes (Ends 9/6) going on as well.
Keri Arthur is giving away a copy of MJ Scott’s Shadow Kin – ends August 26th.
GoodReads is giving away 4 copies of Larry Niven’s The Moon Maze Game – ends August 15th.
GoodReads is giving away 12 copies of George Noory’s Talking to the Dead – ends September 8th.
Richelle Mead is giving away signed copies of Bloodlines and Kisses from Hell – ends August 16th.
