Reading Witches

Night Owl Romance has posted the nominees for their Fall NOR Reader’s Choice Awards. All the romance subgenres are represented and they actually have three different pages going on – Romance, Erotic Romances, and Erotic E-book Cover. If you want to vote for your favorite, head on over. They have a ton of books to pick from (and personally, I think they have too many) so you’ll probably find your favorite over there.

Interviews:

• Lynda Hilburn, author of The Vampire Shrink and Dark Harvest, by Sisters in Crime
  Rocky Mountain Chapter
• Lynsay Sands, author of Argeneau Vampires series, by Amberkatze
• Brent Weeks, author of Shadow’s Edge, Beyond the Shadows and The Way of Shadows, by Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
• Dawn Johnson, a new upcoming SciFi author, by Spacefeighters
• Barbara Elsborg, author of Perfect Timing and Consolation Prize, by Spacefeighters
• Kendra Leigh Castle, author of Dark Highland Fire, by Jennifer’s Random Musings
• Michele Bardsley, author of the Broken Heart, OK series, by Bitten by Books
• Ryan Kwanten about his role as Jason Stackhouse in True Blood, by Everything Alabama
• Alexander Skarsgård, who plays Eric on True Blood, answers fans’ questions by E! Online

For a list of upcoming Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy conventions, check out the SAWG blog. The conventions they have listed are mainly around the Texas area, but they include Conestoga XIII, which is scheduled for April 24-26, 2009 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Speaking of conventions, I just came across this post by Twilight Guy about a Twilight convention that will be held in Dallas, TX next year.  You can find more info about it at Twicon.org.

We have another artist spotlight today. This time the artist is Nicole Cadet and she has some really interesting artwork. The first piece (at the top) featured is called The Navigator and the second is actually characters from Gary Allen’s Lath’roug Saga and is titled The Lath’roug.

So has everyone heard that Guillermo del Toro has been contracted for a vampire trilogy?  Bookseller.com has given a brief description of what the first novel, The Strain, will be about:

…concerns the invasion of New York City by a vampiric virus, mysteriously emanating from a plane touching down at JFK airport.

The Strain will be released in summer 2009.

Dracula wasn’t the first vampire to make it to mainstream popular fiction and Skulls in the Stars takes a look at the forefathres of vampire fiction.

Michele Bardsley gives her 10 Reasons to Love the Paranormal over at Paranormality today.  Some recent past guest bloggers over at Paranormality have been: Mindy Klasky, Eilis Flynn, Phaedra Weldon, and Lynsay Sands.

Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is giving away a full set of the new UK edition of Stephen R. Donaldson’s The Gap sequence.

And for the last bit of good news going on right now, there’s an excerpt up for Keri Arthur’s new Destiny Kills.