On 5/1/15 Crazy Duck press is releasing the new edition of My Fearful Symmetry. Friday is launch day. The first 50 people to RSVP will receive a FREE EBOOK. We will also be giving away five paperback copies.
Showing posts with label book giveaways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book giveaways. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Halloween Giveaways Galore!/Review of Tainted Blood by Katrina Michaels
Welcome! We are just two days away from Halloween and all the giveaway drawings! If you haven't yet entered, at the end of this post will be links. All you need do is comment on the posts, or enter the Rafflecopters.
Tonight, I'll be live at Edin Road Radio Halloween Spooktacular, talking about Annals of the Immortyls and Servant of the Goddess and doing a short reading.
Tomorrow, I have the author of The Romance of Dracula, Charles E. Butler, who will blog on the Comic Side of the Count.
A very big thanks to all those who came over to Bitten By Books yesterday, and welcome to those who just joined me from that event! You can still enter and read the interview with Cedric.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Tainted Blood by Katrina Michaels
Review
Tainted blood is the third in the Preternatural
Investigation Agency series by Katrina Michaels. The story finds Tom Duncan and his agents,
preparing to celebrate Lilith’s Day, a day of celebration among vampires. Holiday plans
are upset by a slew of grisly, mysterious deaths, and the PIA is drawn into the
investigation. Finding a clear motive
for what appears to be murder by poisoning is difficult, and a possible
connection between vampire blood products and these deaths ignites conflict
between humans and vampires. Meanwhile, a dangerous psychopath is on the loose
and the stakes are rising.
Tainted Blood is a quick and enjoyable read for those who
enjoy paranormal mysteries. The old gang
is back and there are lots of thrills, chills and surprises. If you’re looking for a fun read for
Halloween, with mystery, a colorful cast of supernatural characters and a
healthy dose of mayhem, you should check out Tainted Blood.
The first two books in the series are Midnight Reflections
and Dead Awakening.
You can enter to win a paperback copy of Tainted blood, by following the link below. Don't forget to enter all nine giveaways!
You can enter to win a paperback copy of Tainted blood, by following the link below. Don't forget to enter all nine giveaways!
Halloween Giveaway Links
Paperback, The Hallowed Ones Laura Bickle
Paperback book from Katrina Michaels and ebook of Annals of the Immortyls: http://www.immortylrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/spotlight-on-tainted-blood-by-katrina.html
Paperback book from Lee Taylor: http://www.immortylrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/lee-taylor-on-halloweenpaperback.html
Ebooks by Vanessa Morgan:
Ebook from Katie Salidas:
Ebook from Roy Hudson:
Two Paperbacks from A. J. Scudiere:
B. K. Walker Halloween Gift Basket Rafflecopter:
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Anne Marie Lutz on Magic in Fantasy/Nine Halloween Book Giveaways!
Yesterday, I posted a review of Anne Marie Lutz's new fantasy novel, Color Mage. Today, Anne Marie writes about different forms of magic in fantasy.
Don't forget to check out the giveaways! At the end of the post are the links all Halloween prizes. Please leave a comment for Anne Marie to be entered to win one of five ebook copies of my short stories, Annals of the Immortyls.
All giveaways end on 10/31/12 at 11 p.m. EST and will be chosen by random drawing, except for B.K. Walker's Gift Basket, which is a Rafflecopter giveaway (details at that post).
Denise, thanks for inviting me to do this post! October is
the perfect time to blog about magic.
October is the best month of the year. The weather is
incredible, but things are changing. I'm always reminded of time passing, and
it almost seems as if doors are open that are not usually there. So it's a good
time to think of other worlds, other realities, and magic.
Fantasy fiction is almost defined by magic. There are
fantasies without magic, but they are rare. I thought I'd try to categorize
some of the kinds of fantasy magic for this post.
Individual ability. We are all very familiar with
this. From Harry Potter to the Black Magician books by Trudi Canavan to even my
own novel – fantasy abounds with the idea of a person who finds he or she can
do things most of humanity cannot. Sometimes the talent comes fully developed;
sometimes it needs to be honed through further study. Either way, the novel
frequently explores the coming of age of the new magician, or conflict in the
society these people are part of.
Magical objects. The healing elixir of the Narnia
books. The Arthurian sword in the stone. The One Ring of Lord of the Rings.
More recently, Harry Potter's invisibility cloak or the mirrors in Jonathan
Strange and Mr Norrell. By acquiring such a magical object, the protagonist –
or her enemy – can gain great power. Sometimes the object is so powerful that
using it carries great risks.
Magical creatures. In this type of magic,
otherworldly creatures exist. They may be able to use magical spells or not,
but they are themselves not of our reality. This includes everything from
vampires and werewolves from modern
urban fantasy, to the elves of Tolkien, the monsters of ancient legends and the
dragons of Robin Hobb.
Place magic. The magic is a characteristic of a
specific place – even another world that people from our reality can step into,
and they have to deal with the laws or realities of the magical place. Narnia
is such a place. So is Fionavar, from the novels by Guy Gavriel Kay. The
concept exists even in legends of elves living under enchanted hills, where
time passes differently than it does in the outside world. There is enchantment
as well as danger in such places.
Gods. Magic exists, but is unique to the gods. The
origin of this is in our own ancient myths. Every culture has them. In modern
fantasy, some novels – such as Jennifer Fallon's Demon Child trilogy – have
gods that really exist and influence their worlds.
Thanks, Anne Marie, for sharing your insight with us today! Here is a little information on Anne Marie and Color Mage.
Bio: Anne Marie Lutz has always loved reading and writing,
especially in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. She holds a Bachelor
of Arts in Journalism degree and an MBA, both from the Ohio State University.
She has worked as an office manager, an operations analyst and more recently at
home raising her children. Anne Marie was raised in the Youngstown area, and
now lives in Central Ohio. She belongs to the North Columbus Fantasy/Sci Fi
Writers' Group. Color Mage is her first novel.
Book Blurb: Color
Mage- by Anne Marie Lutz
Lord Callo, bastard son of the King's sister, leaves his
holdings in the midst of the contempt of his friends. He joins Healer Kirian as
she flees for her life from the anger of a Collared Lord. Together they journey
to Ha'las -- an enemy island ruled by the feared and despised psychic mages
known as ku'an.
There, Callo learns of his true heritage -- and finds that
great power is his birthright. All he has to do is sacrifice everything he has
ever stood for.
Can he keep Kirian safe in a land where women are kept
hidden and restricted? Can he even protect her from his own dangerous magery?
And why are the Kings of two nations seeking him to further their own political
ends?
Halloween Giveaway Links
Paperback, The Hallowed Ones Laura Bickle
Paperback book from Katrina Michaels and ebook of Annals of the Immortyls: http://www.immortylrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/spotlight-on-tainted-blood-by-katrina.html
Paperback book from Lee Taylor: http://www.immortylrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/lee-taylor-on-halloweenpaperback.html
Ebooks by Vanessa Morgan:
Ebook from Katie Salidas:
Ebook from Roy Hudson:
Two Paperbacks from A. J. Scudiere:
B. K. Walker Halloween Gift Basket Rafflecopter:
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Carl Hose on Why the Zombie Apocalypse Looks Good/Free Ebooks Download
Welcome back, guys and ghouls! Keeping with this month's Halloween theme, Carl Hose will talk about the appeal of Zombie Apocalypse stories.
Carl was here in July to talk about his fundraising anthology Dark Light. You can find a link on the sidebar. All proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities.
| Get this book free! Link and coupon code at the end of the post. |
We live in a world
where mass shootings, baby killing, and child molestation are running rampant.
You can’t turn on the news without several of these stories hitting you in the
face. Maybe it’s always been this crazy, or perhaps it’s just that the Internet
and social media allows us to see more of it. Whatever the case, there is a lot
of insanity in the world. So much so that even horror fiction has a hard time
keeping up.
It used to be that
horror fiction was horrific. There were depraved stories, scary stories, and
brutally twisted stories created by horror writers that actually scared people.
This is getting harder for horror writers to accomplish. Competing with real
life can be one hell of a challenge. Writers have to go to more and more
extremes to turn readers’ heads (or stomachs) because real life has gotten so
gruesome. Mothers and fathers killing their children, kids shooting their
classmates, priests molesting children—this stuff is hard to compete with. Don’t
blame real life on horror writers, blame horror writers on real life. We only
mimic what we see.
People are jaded.
The most horrific events, unfortunately so, roll off our backs. We’re becoming
immune, and that is a sad thing. Not that we condone the violence that
surrounds us in real life, but we accept it. Not only do we accept it, but we
accept it in many cases without even giving it more than a cursory thought.
Personally, I’ve
never been one to blame real life violence on art. I don’t believe listening to
Ozzy Osbourne can cause you to commit suicide, unless of course you’re already predisposed
to killing yourself. Likewise, I don’t believe reading a book about serial
killers or watching a slasher movie will send you on a bloody rampage. Blaming
real-life violence on art is a cop out. This is how parents avoid taking responsibility for not raising their children properly.
Art simply imitates
life. Hell, some of my best ideas are inspired by real life.
We live in a world
where a zombie apocalypse looks good. A zombie Apocalypse, in fact, looks
preferable to most of the horrors that we see every day of our lives. At least
we stand a fighting chance with the walking dead. At least we can outrun them.
We can’t outrun the
violence that surrounds us every day of our lives. We can’t hide from the
psychos and the rapists and the child molesters. All we can do is try to expose
the, and that is, I believe, part of what horror fiction does.
Yeah, the zombies
don’t seem so bad in the face of all that, now do they?
Carl Hose is the author of the anthologies "Deadtown and Other
Tales of Horror Set in the Old West," "Fematales,"
"Fematales Supernatural," "Dead Horizon," the zombie
novella "Dead Rising," the crime fiction novella "Blood
Legacy," and the erotic anthology "Pornocopia."
Carl's work has appeared in the zombie anthology "Cold Storage," which he co-edited. His work has also appeared in "DeathGrip: It Came from the Cinema," "DeathGrip: Exit Laughing," "Loving the Undead," the erotic paranormal anthology "Beyond Desire," the "Book of Tentacles," "Through the Eyes of the Undead," "Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets," and Lighthouse Digest magazine.
Carl's poetry appears in the zombie poetry anthology "Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes."
Carl's nonfiction has appeared in Writer's Journal and the horror film essay anthology "Butcher Knives and Body Counts."
Carl also edited and published the "Dark Light" anthology to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Carl's work has appeared in the zombie anthology "Cold Storage," which he co-edited. His work has also appeared in "DeathGrip: It Came from the Cinema," "DeathGrip: Exit Laughing," "Loving the Undead," the erotic paranormal anthology "Beyond Desire," the "Book of Tentacles," "Through the Eyes of the Undead," "Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets," and Lighthouse Digest magazine.
Carl's poetry appears in the zombie poetry anthology "Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes."
Carl's nonfiction has appeared in Writer's Journal and the horror film essay anthology "Butcher Knives and Body Counts."
Carl also edited and published the "Dark Light" anthology to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Website: www.carlhose.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Carlhose
Friday, October 15, 2010
Live at Bitten By Books
I'm now live at Bitten By Books. Stop by anytime between now and tomorrow at 1PM Central. You can enter to win my both of the books at the chat. Please join me!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Last day to enter to win a copy of Cara Mia!
Today is the last day to enter! You can read my latest interview at this link and leave a comment to enter: http://paulazone.blogdrive.com/. I'll be drawing tonight and posting the winner in the morning! Please check back.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Virtual Tour
I'm going to be particpating in an upcoming virtual tour both as a participant and host. Look for upcoming interviews and events here. Next Monday, I'm hosting author and editor, Cindy Davis.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)