I’m giving away signed books from the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Kansas City, Missouri that I attended at the beginning of May. Three lucky winners will win four books each. All you have to do enter is sign up on the Rafflecopter below! The first entrant drawn from the Rafflecopter gets their choice of four books, second drawn gets second pick, and the third drawn gets what’s left over. I’m sorry this giveaway is Read more…
Once Upon a Darknessby Aria Kane will be available from Entranced Publishing June 17! Gretchen and her twin brother, Hank, were abandoned to a zombie horde when they were five years old. Intended to be a sacrifice by their zealot parents, they were instead rescued by The Company. Raised to become soldiers in the war against zombies, they now provide safe passage through danger zones, one contract at a time. Clint’s only skill is war, Read more…
For those of you who didn’t make the cut into The Writer’s Voice, and for those of you who didn’t enter and want to pitch, we’re holding a Twitter Pitch Party on May 28 from 8AM to 8PM EDT. So get your 140 character twitter pitch ready. Make sure to include the hashtag #PitMad and try to fit the genre (YA, MG, Adult, NA, and so on) in the pitch. We’ve had some success Read more…
“The Writer’s Voice” Blogfest is live! Over the next week, we coaches will review your queries and first pages on the blogs listed below, and if one of us wants you on her team, she’ll leave a comment on your post that says something like, “I want you!” If more than one of us wants you, you’ll have to pick which coach you want to work with. (We’ll give you more instructions on this next Read more…
Welcome to “The Writer’s Voice” 2013! To enter, your manuscript must meet two conditions: First, it must be COMPLETE, POLISHED, AND READY TO QUERY, and second, it must be in one of the following genres: YA fiction (all subgenres)MG fiction (all subgenres) Also, YOU MUST HAVE A BLOG TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST, as we’ll be building our teams via “The Writer’s Voice” Blogfest (which starts this Friday). You don’t have to have a blog Read more…
Delilah Dawson’s WICKED AS SHE WANTS releases today! Look at that hot cover! Here’s some details… WICKED AS SHE WANTS The second book in the Blud series follows debauched musician Casper Sterling on a romantic adventure with a vicious Blud princess. Available from: Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Indiebound Simon & Schuster Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping) Here’s what RT Book Reviews had to say: And you can also read the reviews on Read more…
I’m thrilled to be part of the reveal for J.E. Shannon’s AWAKENINGS! I can’t wait to read it. The premise sounds chilling. Awakenings will be available August 26! Evie Shepard’s nightmare begins when she finds herself buried alive, with no idea how she got that way. As she struggles to remember what happened to her, she begins to notice changes about herself. Her senses are heightened, her movements are quicker, she is incredibly strong….her heartbeat Read more…
“The Writer’s Voice” is a multi-blog, multi-agent contest hosted by Cupid of Cupid’s Literary Connection, Krista Van Dolzer of Mother. Write. (Repeat.), Monica B.W. of Love YA, and me. We’re basing it on NBC’s singing reality show The Voice, so the four of us will serve as coaches and select projects for our teams based on their queries and first pages. Here’s the timeline: May 1 May 2 Everybody enters the Rafflecopter lottery The lottery winners sign up Read more…
It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches and our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your game hosts have chosen sixty, along with four pitches saved by our slush readers, pitches for the game. If you’re new to Pitch Madness you can check out the details here and our fantabulous agents here. (Scroll down to view all 16 picks for my blog or find them in the sidebar to Read more…
Genre: Women’s Fiction (magical realism)Word Count: 82,000 Following an odd premonition and news of her father’s death, surgeon Cate Attwater is forced to return to her traditional hometown, only to become a surrogate for her late parents’ one remaining embryo—her sister. Like always, it started in my toes. Focused on the velvet box Bradford unveiled with his beautiful surgeon hands, I’d tried at first to ignore the prickling heat. He got down on one knee Read more…