Grab your hammers, we are world building here. Thanks for hosting us today for the Vampires Gone Wild book tour, our Supernatural Underground anthology with Avon Impulse. Kerrelyn Sparks, Pamela Palmer, Amanda Arista, and Kim Falconer here to hopefully illuminate the thoughts and processes that go into creating the worlds that our characters inhabit. What inspired the setting for your short story? Have you written the world before or is this brand new? Kerrelyn Sparks: My characters. Mikhail is Russian, and he’s helping a friend, Zoltan, who’s Hungarian. So some…
“Writer, where do ideas come from?” “The stork (muse) brings them.” “They’re from out in the cabbage patch.” Seriously, I get asked this question quite a bit, as do other authors. The answer is a little tricky. I can’t speak to anyone else’s experience. But for me? They come from everywhere, and nowhere, and somewhere in between. For me, characters have a life of their own. They are people. As such, they have their own unique foiables, strengths, idiosyncrasies. I do NOT, EVER base a character directly on a living…
NEW SERIES ALERT THE SERIES: The Phoenix Pack BOOK #1: Feral Sins | GENRE: Paranormal Romance PUBLISHER: Montlake Romance | RELEASE DATE: February 2013 When female wolf shifter Taryn Warner first encounters Trey Coleman, an alpha male wolf shifter with a dangerous reputation, she’s determined to resist his charms. After all, Trey—who was only fourteen when he defeated his own father in a duel, winning the right to be alpha of his pack—can’t have anything to offer the talented healer besides trouble, or so she thinks. Taryn finds herself drawn in…
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis (Lucky Harbor #1) Forever (Oct 2010) Paperback, 311 pages Contemporary Romance After her mother dies, Maddie Moore returns to the small coastal town of Lucky Harbor, having inherited an inn from her free-spirited mother. The inn was left to Maddie and her two half-sisters, Tara and Chloe. Having only met her sister’s a few times, Maddie feels a little overwhelmed and awkward around them, but after a while the sisters begin to relax and get to know each other. What a great start to a series….
Debut Author Spotlight is a Saturday feature at Book Chick City. We will be showcasing a debut author each week from the genres of horror, urban fantasy and paranormal romance. We will give you all the relevant book information as well as an insight into the author. THE AUTHOR Melissa Olson was born and raised in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and studied film and literature at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. So…culture shock. Never one for beer or cheese, anyway, Melissa came to love her new city, especially…
Sometimes you have to fiddle around with a book before it starts working, before you find the right approach to the story, the right voice for the narrator. In this instance, it took all of about three sentences. I knew, when I started writing A Natural History of Dragons, that it was going to be a Victorian-style memoir. When I started writing, I immediately discovered the delights of that approach. My protagonist is, especially in this first book, a headstrong and slightly naive young woman — but the woman who…
NEW SERIES ALERT THE SERIES: Lone Star Witch BOOK #1: Soulbound | GENRE: Urban Fantasy PUBLISHER: Signet Eclipse | RELEASE DATE: Feb 2013 As the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter—and a member of Ipswitch’s Royal family – Xandra Morgan should be a witch of incredible power. But things don’t always turn out like you expect… While she hasn’t lived up to her family’s expectations, Xandra has come to terms with her latent magic and made a life for herself in Austin, Texas, running a coffee shop where she makes…
Debut Author Spotlight is a Saturday feature at Book Chick City. We will be showcasing a debut author each week from the genres of horror, urban fantasy and paranormal romance. We will give you all the relevant book information as well as an insight into the author. THE AUTHOR Kerry Schafer was born and raised in Canada*, moved back and forth across the border a number of times, and finally settled on a compromise. She now lives in Washington state, but within an hour’s drive of her home and native…
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Hi Guys! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Here’s the low down on what happened at BCC this week… REVIEWS 4.5 Star Review - Les Miserables (Friday Film Review) 4.5 Star Review - Presumed Dead by Shirley Wells 4 Star Review – Wallbanger by Alice Clayton (Alternative Romance Review) 3.5 Star Review - Blood by Moonlight by Jocelynn Drake, Terry Garey & Caris Roane 3.5 Star Review - Yesterday’s Heroes by Heather Long 3 Star Review - Trickster by Jeff Somers 3 Star Review - Abandon by Meg Cabot OTHER POSTS Carolyn’s Postbag Highlights: Selection of Books I Bought in January Debut…
This is a new feature that I will be posting at the end of each month, just going through some of the highlights of my book purchases. January saw Amazon’s January Sale and I will admit that I succumbed with the many fab kindle books on sale for as little as £0.99! I also bought lots of kindle books at normal price and for the life of me I can’t remember which is which and as there’s so many I’m not going to search through my order history. So let’s get started…..
Wallbanger by Alice Clayton Omnific Publishing (Nov 2012) | Ebook, 314 pages Contemporary Romance Caroline Reynolds is an independent women who’s just moved into a new apartment. She’s also a women who has lost her “O” after a calamitous night with an ex-lover. It’s been months. So when her nights are suddenly intruded upon by her next door neighbours late night booty calls, she’s even more irritated. And thus a war ensues between Caroline and her sexy next door neighbour, Simon Parker.I didn’t know what to expect when I downloaded…
Debut Author Spotlight is a Saturday feature at Book Chick City. We will be showcasing a debut author each week from the genres of horror, urban fantasy and paranormal romance. We will give you all the relevant book information as well as an insight into the author. THE AUTHOR In short, I love to read and to write. I enjoy lurking within the creepy folds of my imagination, and exploring the imaginary worlds of others. Movies and theatre are also hugely enjoyable for this reason. We also have a pup called…
