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12 June 2009 Jackie News 3

Alpha Heroes has 13 reviews that she wanted to write, but she’s doing them as short/quick reviews as part of the Thursday Thirteen challenge.

CONTEST ALERT – Stumbling Over Chaos is giving away a wide variety of books and there’s only going to be three names drawn.  That’s the potential for getting quite a few books free.  The contest is open until June 18th, so rush over and get your name in.

Submissions for the 31st edition of the Bookworms Carnival are due tonight.  The theme this time around is Paranormal Fiction (and I know a lot of you out there read it since you’re here), so if you’ve just written a review and you would like the chance for some free promo and possibly a lot of traffic, send it to bookwormscarnival AT gmail.

Quick New Author Challenge update.  I’m sure you’ve noticed, but Mr. Linky has been missing in action for awhile and since we use him to list our reviews, there really isn’t any place to link to on the NA page.  So, I have a feeling I may regret this, but for all new reviews, go ahead and email them to me (myjaxon AT gmail) preferably already html formated and I’ll start an ongoing manual list.  Then I’ll add them to Mr. Linky once he resumes.  I’m hoping this won’t turn into a huge headache, so just in case, if anyone knows of a new service similiar to Mr. Linky, let me know and we’ll try using that for awhile.

I have to say, I’m really sick of hearing how Stephenie Meyer has brought Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance to such a phenomenon right now.  Meyer didn’t start this genre and it was huge long before she wrote Twilight.  The only reason these people think she did was because it’s being shoved down their throats.  If you want to attribute it to any one writer who had instant success, give it to JK Rowling.  Harry Potter is another novel in Urban Fantasy, just at a YA level – the same level that Meyer is writing in.  Anne Rice was a success with Interview with the Vampire and that was published in the 1970s.  Laurell K Hamilton is a success and she started writing in the early 1990s.  Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kelley Armstrong, Kim Harrision – all of these writers are heavy hitters and have been around for a lot longer than Stephenie Meyer.  So for gods sack people…Meyer didn’t trigger the explosion, it was already booming and you just didn’t want to see it.

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I am a 30-something SAHM with two adorable boys and a supportive husband who is very tolerant of my reading addiction. I love to read and easily go through about a dozen books a month – well I did before I had kids. Now, not so much. After my first son was born, I began to take my hobby of reviewing a little more serious and started Literary Escapism to help with my sanity. I love to discuss the fabulous novels I’ve read and meeting all the wonderful people in the book blogging community has been amazing.

3 Comments

  1. Thanks for the mention!

    And I completely agree about Stephenie Meyer! Don’t forget Tanya Huff and Charles de Lint. :)

  3. Amen to that. I like Meyer’s books, but she’s not the first or the best of genre. Methinks some people might want to do more research.

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