It’s that time, again.
You want to promote something story-based? A book? A comic? A movie? A game? Here’s where you do it. Drop into the comments below, and give a (preferably short) head’s up to the Awesome Work you did. Hey, include links, too, so we can check out whatever it is you want us to see.
But —
But.
Here’s the caveat.
You must also promote one other thing that is not by you.
That’s your ticket through the door.
Promote someone else.
Promote yourself in return.
Fail that, and I’ll delete your comment. Or worse, kick it into the SPAM OUBLIETTE.
Easy-peasy George-and-Weezy.
K.D. McCrite says:
A real life cold case that people still whisper about 80 years later, by Lin Waterhouse. (Daniel Woodrell,author of Winter’s Bone, has written the fictional version of events)
http://www.amazon.com/West-Plains-Dance-Hall-Explosion/dp/1609491165
And if you have kids, my book is not only on the Accelerated Reader List, but has been nominated for the 2013-14 Mark Twain Readers Award. In Front of God and Everybody is the first in the Confessions of April Grace series.
http://www.amazon.com/Front-Everybody-Confessions-April-Grace/dp/1400317223/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384795224&sr=1-1&keywords=in+front+of+god+and+everybody
November 18, 2013 — 12:24 PM
Scott Fitzgerald Gray says:
“We Can Be Heroes” is a novel about gamers, holding at 5 stars at Amazon, and of which Colin McComb (rockstar game designer of the classic “Planescape: Torment” and the upcoming classic “Torment: Tides of Numenera”) says: “What Gray has done with this book is nothing short of astounding.” Ebook and trade paperback at Amazon, B&N, and most other outlets.
http://insaneangel.com/insaneangel/Fiction/Books/WeCanBeHeroes.html
And if you haven’t been exposed to Colin McComb’s work, I’m continually happy to pimp that. The first two novels in the Oathbreaker series comprise some of the best fantasy I read in the last two years. Ebook and paperback at Amazon (and Book 1 is a currently a steal at $0.99 for the Kindle).
http://www.amazon.com/Oathbreaker-Book-1-Knights-Tale-ebook/dp/B006IVFWWQ/
http://www.amazon.com/Oathbreaker-Book-Maguss-Tale-ebook/dp/B008G1VER8
I’m desperately waiting for Colin to take a break from this video game frippery to complete book 3 of the series, and I can’t imagine a better inspiration than seeing books 1 and 2 start flying off the virtual shelves.
November 18, 2013 — 12:38 PM
Jon Jefferson says:
Jeri Walker-Bickett’s collection of stories “Such is Life” is a look into the lives of people making tough choices. http://www.amazon.com/Such-Life-Jeri-Walker-Bickett-ebook/dp/B00B7VCPNG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1384795951&sr=1-1&keywords=jeri+walker-bickett
I like to refer to my novelette “Dropship Troopers” as rock-em sock-em robots in space.
http://www.amazon.com/Dropship-Troopers-Jon-Jefferson-ebook/dp/B00FWB5PT8/ref=la_B00DQDBBBK_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384796186&sr=1-1
November 18, 2013 — 12:38 PM
dearest scooter (@dearestscooter) says:
Just read this awesome post by Sean Hood “Real Myths Are Weird” http://genrehacks.blogspot.com/2013/11/real-myths-are-weird.html
I recently started a podcast to help bore you to sleep.
http://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com
November 18, 2013 — 12:43 PM
Dan Thompson says:
I’m going to share Robert J. Sawyer’s WWW trilogy about an emergent intelligence on the internet. It starts with WWW: Wake: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002361NDM/
As for my stuff, I write some space opera that heavier on the merchant side of things than the pure military side of things. If that sounds like your thing, take a look at Ships of My Fathers:
http://www.amazon.com/Ships-Fathers-Father-Chessman-Saga-ebook/dp/B00CKZXVVS/
November 18, 2013 — 1:14 PM
Brian Engard says:
Becoming is a game I wrote. It’s about what it takes to be a hero, what it costs you, what you have to sacrifice in order to succeed. It’s about making compromises and hard choices. You can buy the PDF here: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/120907/Becoming-A-Game-of-Heroism-and-Sacrifice
Spark is a game by Jason Pitre. It’s about challenging your beliefs and either sticking with them or changing them. You can buy the book here: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/115661/Spark-Roleplaying-Game
Mythender is a game by Ryan Macklin. It’s about punching Odin in the face-hole and losing yourself in the process. You can buy the book here: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/110779/Mythender-Roleplaying-Game
Iron Edda is a game about norse myth and big stompy robot things. It’s inclusive fantasy. Check it out here: http://www.sandandsteam.net/tag/iron-edda/
November 18, 2013 — 1:40 PM
Justice says:
Okay, since the guidelines are slightly loose, I will jump in with my n00b promos (which I hope won’t send me to the spam oubliette)…
I discovered two webcomics that I love, Girls with Slingshots (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/) and Junior Scientist Power Hour (http://www.jspowerhour.com/). I’d go with a NSFW rating on both of these, just to be on the safe side (especially JSPH, given the latest comic that appears on the main page!).
I maintain a personal blog, manuscripts & marginalia, over at http://www.erinmjustice.com. Regular literary features include flash fiction (challenge entries and otherwise), writerly musings, and book reviews. I’m particularly excited about a new flash fiction mini-series (“Journey”) I’ll be debuting this Friday. I also link to a favorite flash fiction piece by another writer every Sunday for a segment I call “Weekend Reads.”
November 18, 2013 — 2:03 PM
Ash says:
I want to promote world peace!
Then promote myself for promoting world peace! *Dislocates shoulder patting self on back*
November 18, 2013 — 2:18 PM
Rebecca B. says:
HA! I snort/laughed at this at my desk at work and now everyone is staring at me.
November 18, 2013 — 4:20 PM
Ash says:
Thanks, glad to share the love
November 19, 2013 — 1:37 PM
Christopher Wright says:
I’d like to promote Eric Burns-White’s Mythology of the Modern World short stories:
http://www.amazon.com/Eric-Burns-White/e/B00FQWL0PQ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1384802954&sr=8-1
“Prosperina” is probably my favorite re-interpretation of the Hades/Persephone myth ever. All of his modern myths are great, though, and he’s starting to publish them as shorts and I want to see more, so… click! Buy!
As for my own, I have recently released a one-year compilation of one of my serials. “Curveball Year One” (the name is awfully creative) has Issues 1-12 bound (or e-bound) in a single convenient… digital thing.
http://www.amazon.com/Curveball-Year-One-Death-Hero-ebook/dp/B00GFDGU7S/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384803143&sr=1-1&keywords=curveball+year+one
If you like superhero stories you might find it of interest. If not, may I redirect your attention to the Mythology short stories above?
November 18, 2013 — 2:35 PM
Jeremy Podolski says:
I was introduced to the blog “The Little Engine that Couldn’t” through the following post, which I loved: “How to be a Teen Writer Without Making Me Want to Punch You in the Face.” I felt an affinity for the teenage author because I have always despised when people are judged by elements other than their actual talent. You can be young and talented. You can be previously unpublished and talented. You can be from an underrepresented background and talented. Anyway, check out the post and the blog. Worth a follow. http://thelittleenginethatcouldnt.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/how-to-be-a-teen-writer-without-making-me-want-to-punch-you-in-the-face/
As for me, I’ve introduced a feature series on my blog called “Storybook Shorts” that pair original photography and one- or two-line flash fiction in a display format, not unlike a meme. They aren’t kid-oriented, but they are kid-friendly. The first couple of offerings can be found here with more planned: http://jeremypodolski.com/category/fiction/storybook-shorts/
November 18, 2013 — 2:45 PM
authordjdavis says:
Faith Hunter’s cool Skinwalker series. A fun UF read. Check it out. She even has a website set up for the character’s business. 😉
http://www.faithhunter.net/wp/books/skinwalker/
http://www.yellowrocksecurities.com/
The Rogue Mage RPG, based on Faith Hunter’s excellent Rogue Mage series. Check both out if you haven’t.
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/105112/Rogue-Mage-Roleplaying-Game-Players-Handbook
http://www.faithhunter.net/wp/books/rogue-mage-series/
D.B. Jackson’s (aka, David B. Coe’s) awesome Thieftaker series. Historical urban fantasy about a spellcasting thieftaker in Boston at the beginning of the American Revolution.
http://www.dbjackson-author.com/BookThieftakerPage.php
And my space opera sci-fi romance novella, While You Were Away, will be coming in August of 2014. There’s a small excerpt at Red Sage and another on my website.
http://eredsage.com/store/WhileYouWereAway.html
http://www.authordjdavis.com/?p=52
And thank you in advance for lookin’. 🙂
November 18, 2013 — 3:04 PM
Ray Wallace says:
Here’s a link to my latest One Way Out Novel, ESCAPE FROM ZOMBIE ISLAND, a Choose Your Own Adventure style book that puts YOU in the middle of a zombie outbreak:
http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Zombie-Island-One-Way-ebook/dp/B00CNHJM8O/ref=la_B005LZUWC0_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384805253&sr=1-1
And here’s a link to one of my favorite books of last year, Rio Youers’s WESTLAKE SOUL:
http://www.amazon.com/Westlake-Soul-Rio-Youers-ebook/dp/B007OWRBIQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384805148&sr=1-1&keywords=rio+youers
November 18, 2013 — 3:11 PM
DTWynne says:
My samurai serial killer thriller, STEEL BREEZE, is on sale this week for 99 cents on both Kindle and Nook. It’s a fast-paced, high-tension read that people seem to dig (20 five star reviews on Amazon so far). You should totally read it if you’re a Wendig fan because I’m married to his comic heroine, Amanda Wynne.
http://www.bookbub.com/ebook-deals/steel-breeze-by-douglas-wynne
And if serial killer thrillers are your cup of tea, you should also check out Blood List, a new release by Patrick and Philip Freivald.
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-List-Patrick-Freivald-ebook/dp/B00GMICA70
November 18, 2013 — 3:13 PM
jfolschinsky says:
A hilarious tale about the small town of Little Lump, Texas and what happens when aliens show up without warning. Is this the end of the world as they know it? Not if Gertie and the customers of Aunt Gertie’s Gas ‘n Sip have anything to say about it. For them, it’s time to praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, because they are determined not to go down without a fight.
http://amzn.com/B00FJIEID8
November 18, 2013 — 3:44 PM
jfolschinsky says:
Read this the other day and thought it was really cool retelling of Peter Pan. Where Pan is actually considered the bad guy. Don’t want to put in any spoilers but it’s well worth the read.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Pan-Jonathan-Darling-Paperback/dp/130012962X/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1384807525&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=fionnegan+murphy
November 18, 2013 — 3:47 PM
Kara Stewart says:
I’d like to promote a five-part traveling blog series that I collaborated with author Alison DeLuca on. It is called Indian 101 for Writers, geared toward giving non-Natives resources, tips and ‘inside info’ on how to (and not to) write about Native Americans (which overarching theories can then also be applied to other groups). The series starts on Alison’s blog with Part 1, Know Thyself here: http://alisondeluca.blogspot.com/2013/10/indian-101-for-writers-five-part-series.html and then continues on my blog with Part 2: Know Whereof You Speak a.k.a. Don’t Make It Up (http://karastewartaip.blogspot.com/2013/10/indian-101-for-writers-part-two-know.html) with more Indian-specific information and resources. The link for part 2 is at the bottom of part 1 and so on. Alison and I hope that this series will be useful for writers not just in resources, but in reflection.
And then I’d like to promote author Melinda McGuire, whose hero is Faulkner and who writes in a beautiful, character-rich Southern style in her novel Josephine, Red Dirt and Whiskey, here: http://www.amazon.com/Josephine-Whiskey-Hefner-Series-ebook/dp/B004MYG9PU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358457028&sr=8-2&keywords=josephine+red+dirt+and+whiskey. It’s definitely an adult-read!
November 18, 2013 — 4:35 PM
Ensis says:
I’ve got this awesome CYOA serial I update Fridays – http://www.jukepopserials.com/home/read/1254
The choices are forthcoming within the next few weeks.
Here’s the pitch: Justin’s no ordinary client. When he strolled the bedroom of Nancy, a Whitechapel harlot, she thought he dressed and spoke strangely. But when he doesn’t pay for “services rendered” she follows him home. Too bad home is nearly 400 years in the future. Too bad Justin’s a Time Pirate. Too bad Nancy’s just been stolen!
Before she knows it, Nancy is the target of a corps of peacekeeping time-cops who want to erase her memory and send her back to Whitechapel, 1888. But when she learns how she’s going to die, Nancy faces a choice: be a hunted fugitive in the future or a bloody smear on history.
You decide!
This is a choose your own direction story with multiple plot paths. At the end of certain chapters, readers will vote to change the events of the story!
And I found this hilarious book (http://www.amazon.com/Hyperbole-Half-Unfortunate-Situations-Mechanisms/dp/1451666179) Through this awesome blog: http://toppersbooks.wordpress.com
I almost never laugh out loud. This book makes me do that easily once every five pages.
And Topper’s is a cool place to find out about interesting books.
November 18, 2013 — 5:03 PM
donnajeanmcdunn says:
I’d like to promote my friend’s blog. She also did something very similar to this, but also writes about many other topics. She many things and has a nice following. Here is where you find Lorraine: http://lorrainemariereguly.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/post-your-links-here-to-promote-yourself-and-your-blog/
For my promotion I’d like to introduce my book “Nightmares”: http://www.amazon.com/Nightmares-ebook/dp/B00CPMXKV2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1372174250&sr=1-1&keywords=Donna+Jean+McDunn+Nightmares A young adult paranormal/mystery
November 18, 2013 — 5:06 PM
Patty Templeton says:
AW MAN! I just finished reading Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place by Scott McClanahan and it is a bittersweet, hard look at gone away friends of a West Virginian misfit. And if you all haven’t yet read the new Wonder Woman series by Brian Azzarello…get on it. SO GOOD.
If yer in the mood for two old broads (who both think they are Annie Oakley) getting in a gun fight, check out my story “The Two Annies of Windale Road.”
http://mythicdelirium.com/?page_id=705
November 18, 2013 — 5:41 PM
scoopsmentalpropaganda says:
Hello and thanks for doing this!
On my blog I am doing a continuing narrative, with a new episode released every friday, of a fiction story. It is about a quiet, shy girl named ILONA who uses a book to make new friends. And that’s just where the story starts. The Passport To The Wall shows ILONA learning about life.
http://scoopsmentalpropaganda.wordpress.com/scoops-fiction/the-passport-to-the-wall/the-passport-to-the-wall-chapter-1-the-beginning/
And a friend of mine does this blog, where not only does she showcase her own artwork and discuss it, she also disseminates other artwork which strikes her fancy, moves her, or makes her thought process perculate. The Artistic Adventures of Strawberry Finn can be experienced here:
http://strawberryartproductions.wordpress.com/
November 18, 2013 — 5:45 PM
Christian Martin says:
My favorite book of all time is A GAME OF UNIVERSE, by Eric Nylund. It’s an exciting ride through a magical sci-fi universe. “One of thirteen people challenged to find the Holy Grail and be rewarded with a planetary system, Germain, an assassin, can absorb the consciousness of his victims, giving him an advantage in the contest until his inner personalities begin to battle for control of his body.”
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Universe-Eric-S-Nylund/dp/0380785412/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384814948&sr=8-1&keywords=a+game+of+universe
I’m currently writing a cyberpunk serial titled STATIC BREAKER. It takes place in a near-future metropolitan Chinese city, where a teenager realizes he’s being observed. A mysterious entity known only as Lucidity has shown an interest in him, and has brought the attention of a dark and powerful corporation with her.
https://www.jukepopserials.com/home/read/1247/?chapter=1&sl=676
http://www.staticbreaker.com/
November 18, 2013 — 6:03 PM
Michelle Browne (@SciFiMagpie) says:
http://www.amazon.com/Nexus-Sontem-Trilogy-Nicolas-Wilson-ebook/dp/B00EN05Q3E Awesome as all-get-out sci-fi with hints of subversion. Manages to echo the Trek without copying and satirizes it too. Whip-smart. LOVED EET.
And my work–caution; contains dystopia, swearing, lgbt people, and monsters. Lots of them.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Underlighters-Nightmare-Cycle-ebook/dp/B00EURY83Y
November 18, 2013 — 6:56 PM
marlanesque says:
BLOOM. This book right here.
http://www.amazon.com/Bloom-unwritten-memoir-Tennyson-Middlebrook-ebook/dp/B00DU2YC0O
Basically one part plague horror, one part dark fantasy–think Grimm’s Fairy Tales meet The Andromeda Strain. It’s about biology, information and survival. It’s been described as gross, amazing, beautiful, and completely bizarre.
People love it, but it just isn’t getting enough eyes. Would love more eyes.
Hmmmm… eyes…
For those who enjoy a creepy-as-hell indie game, some friends of mine made GONE HOME, which can be found on Steam as well as their website.
http://thefullbrightcompany.com/gonehome/
That’s it for my shameless whoring. Thanks for the time.
November 18, 2013 — 7:22 PM
Kay Camden says:
That’s an awesome cover. Who’s your cover artist?
November 19, 2013 — 10:40 AM
Troy L says:
Working on my ___ meets ___ . There is a possibility of ___ as well. Should be YA but likely won’t be. Titled (for now) Unfortunate Times.
Not mine is Chain of Shadows by Steven Montano. This is book 6 of the Blood Skies series. I like everything I’ve read so far. Billed as dystopian military fantasy, the books are full of twists, turns and tons of supernatural battles.
November 18, 2013 — 8:43 PM
Lillian Cohen-Moore says:
Seanan McGuire’s October Daye series (urban fantasy faerie private detective with fucked up family issues) and her Newsflesh series under her alias, Mira Grant (journalists uncovering conspiracies in a post-apocalypse zombies-ate-half-the-population world).
As for my stuff, my most recent in print works were for the role-playing game Mage: The Ascension. I was one of the writers and resident canon monkey (the person who vets details across multiple books) for most of the new Convention Books for the line, including New World Order, Progenitors, and Void Engineers. You can find Void Engineers here: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/120616/Convention-Book-Void-Engineers?affiliate_id=409898
November 18, 2013 — 8:59 PM
Kat says:
I’m promoting three things at once.
There is a website (http://www.webcastbeacon.com/) who has a podcast dedicated to web fiction readings (http://www.webcastbeacon.com/category/wcbn/shows/network/webfiction-world/) that they just started recently. And this is such a cool idea–as a self-promotion tool, or to give a kick of confidence to an amateur, just to be in the spotlight for five brief web-seconds, or so many other reasons–and really, I support anything that can get people interested in reading. So I really want to see this podcast succeed.
Mine was actually the first up, read by the inestimable Michael Corley (http://michaelcorley.com/). Aside from being a kickass voice actor, he is also a children’s storyteller and magician, and one of the most talented people I have met. And he writes a kooky little webcomic (http://www.voxboxcomics.com/) about a young man with two souls who unwillingly becomes a nexus of the supernatural.
As for my webcast, it’s an excerpt of a horror novel I’ve been working on, found here: http://www.webcastbeacon.com/webfiction-world-readings-well-ghost-women/
In it, you can hear what happens when a ghost hunting mission goes horribly wrong, drug dealers get involved, and someone grows wings. And you can hear Michael Corley at work. We didn’t get to work closely on the recording, so sometimes emphasis might be put in the wrong places (almost hilariously so), but overall it turned out well. Kick back and (hopefully) enjoy, and support the people who made my silly little five minutes of fame possible. 🙂
November 18, 2013 — 9:10 PM
Kat says:
Miss out on TWO LITTLE WORDS and sound like an idiot. That sentence should read “Mine was actually ONE OF the first up. If you can edit that for me, awesome. If not, well…brain moving faster than fingers, what can I say? 😛
November 18, 2013 — 9:18 PM
Stephanie says:
Friend promotion:
Laura Van Arendonk Baugh is a fantastic indie author with great versatility. Her short story
Smoke and Fears is a captivating gaslight fantasy that I think would appeal to fans of Mairelon the Magician.
She also has some awesome fuedal Japanese fantasies that are amazing: Kitsune-Tsuki andKitsune-Mochi.
Self promotion:
I have self published a short story called Stormsinger–a tall sails fantasy about a privateer who gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to transport the Crown Prince along with a stormwitch. I am currently working on a full-length novel about the same characters.
November 18, 2013 — 9:14 PM
Damian Trasler says:
One of my faviourite new series is the “There goes the Galaxy” trilogy, currently only two books in, but SOOOO worth it. Start with “There Goes the Galaxy” (Duh) at http://www.amazon.com/There-Goes-Galaxy-Jenn-Thorson-ebook/dp/B005M2RRRA/
then catch up on book 2 “The Purloined Number” http://www.amazon.com/Purloined-Number-There-Goes-Galaxy-ebook/dp/B00FLYGDWE/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1
And I’m still blogging at http://www.dtrasler.com , where you can find details of my plays and disparate (and desperate) e-books.
November 18, 2013 — 9:30 PM
Mike Allen says:
Charles Saplak’s “Quiet, Yet Somehow Wrong” is a wonderful e-book collection of sophisticated horror stories. The five star review you see is right on, and it deserves more: http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Somehow-Wrong-Charles-Saplak-ebook/dp/B006P8RND8
Tanith Lee, who just received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, says this about my novel THE BLACK FIRE CONCERTO: “Two unusual female heroes, a deceptively musical quest, and some very black magic indeed, should make this a prize for the multitude of fans who relish strong Grand Guignol with their sword and sorcery.” http://www.amazon.com/Black-Fire-Concerto-Mike-Allen-ebook/dp/B00EDO0NJC/
November 18, 2013 — 10:25 PM
Jeffrey Howe says:
I have a short story in the anthology MOON SHOT: Murder and Mayhem at the Edge of Space. As it happens, so do thirteen other authors, but I’d like to call special attention to Wenda Morrone’s contribution, “On Gossamer Wings.” It’s a gritty tale of a small time pickpocket operating out of Penn Station…and Buzz Aldrin. How they cross paths and what ensues I’ll leave for you to discover, but it’s a delightfully different entry in a fun compilation.
While I’m at it, Jeffrey Ricker has a YA novel coming out in March of next year. If you would like a slightly different take on the my-parent-was-a-mythological-Greek-being trope, THE UNWANTED tells the story of Jamie, who discovers his absent mother was an Amazon when she shows up the day he’s suspended from high school. Turns out the society that had no use for him sixteen years ago has been cursed by an angry god to give birth only to boys–and he’s the key to undoing it.
MOON SHOT at the Untreed Reads store: http://goo.gl/JlCfVh and Amazon (not the kind in the above story): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FQ6I7JY
Goodreads page for THE UNWANTED: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18342379-the-unwanted
November 18, 2013 — 11:00 PM
Patricia says:
What an awesome promotional opportunity! Okay, here goes.
My someone else is the indie author who is probably most responsible for my own desire to actually publish. Lindsay Buroker writes fantasy (mostly steampunk, but some urban fantasy as well). Hers was the first independently published book I think I ever read and she turned me on to an entire world of amazing independent authors. Her first book in the Emperor’s Edge series is free on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/The-Emperors-Edge-Lindsay-Buroker-ebook/dp/B004H1TDB0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384833590&sr=8-1&keywords=emperor%27s+edge and she’s in the finals for a Goodreads award in Fantasy.
And onto my own promotion… I write paranormal romance, but I like to twist most of the conventions on their heads. My twist on the classic vampire tale is on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Blood-Patricia-D-Eddy-ebook/dp/B00F8KAR9Q/ref=la_B00ERC6DRQ_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384832588&sr=1-2
Nicola Angliatti, an Italian vampire turned more than eight hundred years ago, finds himself the victim of an extermist religious cult determined to use his body to develop a serum to end all of vampire kind. Can Evangeline, the cult leader’s daughter and a woman Nicola first met when she was only eight years old, save him from his silver cell and her father’s evil plan?
November 18, 2013 — 11:03 PM
Regina Kammer says:
Do comic book artists and erotica authors hang out?! You bet they do!
Him: The freakishly talented Jimmie “Bomb Queen” Robinson has a new series: Five Weapons. Vol. 1 available now: http://www.comixology.com/Five-Weapons-Vol-1-Making-the-Grade/digital-comic/47074 Vol. 2 available January 2014. 13-year-old Tyler has a problem. He’s a pacifist enrolled in a school for young assassins…
Me: My latest historical erotic romance, set in Victorian London of 1879, published by Ellora’s Cave is available for pre-order on all the Amazons: http://www.amazon.com/Pleasure-Device-Harwell-Heirs-ebook/dp/B00GMKKJC6/ , http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Pleasure-Device-Harwell-Heirs-ebook/dp/B00GMKKJC6/ , http://www.amazon.com.au/The-Pleasure-Device-Harwell-Heirs-ebook/dp/B00GMKKJC6/ as well as from the publisher: http://www.ellorascave.com/the-pleasure-device.html
In Victorian London of 1879, a new device for the treatment of hysteria has just arrived from France. Dr. Julius Christopher plans to use the invention for his own salacious scheme. Can Dr. Nicholas Ramsay prevent his beloved, the virginal debutante Helena Phillips, from being the next patient?
p.s. I love you Chuck Wendig
November 19, 2013 — 12:57 AM
aspeed says:
Rex Libris is a fantastically weird comic series that never got the acclaim it deserved. The art is gorgeous and weird, the storyline – about an immortal librarian – is even weirder, but it’s a great comic that deserved a better shot than it ever got. If you enjoy the art style and strangely humorous storylines, check out the rest of James Turner’s comic work. I’m happy to recommend it all, as it is great. http://www.amazon.com/Rex-Libris-Vol-James-Turner/dp/1593620624
And I could say my Infected series is award winning, but really only one of the books won a Rainbow award. But if you want to start on the ground floor of this weird sci-fi/mystery mash up, you could start with the first book, Infected: Prey. In this universe, there is a werecat virus, and it guarantees an early, horrible death for all those infected. Roan McKichan was born with the virus, and is one of the only who has survived it to adulthood. He’s a private detective that works with the cops on infected cases, and tries to navigate a world that hates and fears him. And occasionally worships him too. http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=1893
November 19, 2013 — 4:45 AM
schevusosborne says:
I recently had my first short story published in an anthology of local ghost stories. You can find Spirits of St. Louis: Missouri ghost stories on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Spirits-St-Louis-Missouri-Stories/dp/0989568598/, or support local publishing and buy from Rocking Horse Publishing: http://www.rockinghorsepublishing.com/spirits-of-st-louis-missouri-ghost-stories.html.
I’d also like to promote Marching Time, an anthology of time travel themed war stories put together by a group of young writers from The Bolthole, a Black Library fan site and writers forum. You can find a copy here: http://www.amazon.com/Marching-Time-Bolthole-CL-Werner-ebook/dp/B00F69G2Y8, and also keep an eye on the Read Tuesday website for a discount on the book on December 10th.
November 19, 2013 — 9:32 AM
paws4puzzles says:
Flash It! – I have a little story in this anthology called “Cecilia’s Tale” that I wrote about my cat Cici who found me when I was living in Israel. I’m working my way through the anthology at the moment, reading the wonderful stories from the other writers of Facebook’s Fiction Writer’s Group.
Pick it up on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Flash-It-Volume-Fiction-Writers/dp/1493570013/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384875516&sr=8-1&keywords=flash+it+anthology
Show some love to debut author Kristen Hope Mazzola – her novel “Crashing Back Down” was recently released. It’s a NA romance about a very young widow who lost her husband in a parachuting accident in Afghanistan. I received an ARC copy of her book and enjoyed it very much even though it’s not the genre I normally read. Get it here: http://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Back-Down-Kristen-Mazzola/dp/0615908837/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384875896&sr=1-1&keywords=crashing+back+down
I’m also excited to read “Excelsior” by George Sirois – going to save this one to read with my son Joey.
http://www.amazon.com/Excelsior-George-Sirois/dp/0991069501/ref=la_B003ZWJJG6_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384876055&sr=1-1
And finally there’s my book P.A.W.S. – a YA fantasy about a young girl who receives a silver cat charm from her grandmother on the day before she dies.
http://debbiemanberkupfer.wordpress.com/p-a-w-s/
November 19, 2013 — 10:51 AM
Mikey Campling (@mikeycampling) says:
Everyone should have The Devil’s Dictionary with illustrations by the brilliant Ralph Steadman. Biting satire that led where other satirists followed.
If you like Chuck W’s sense of humour you’ll enjoy The Devil’s Dictionary.
http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Dictionary-Ambrose-Bierce/dp/1582343802/
My self-promotion is The Darkeningstone – a YA adventure set across time. A blend of edgy modern adventure, Neolithic vengeance and a 1930’s mystery. Throw in a gang of vicious thugs, an atmospheric abandoned quarry and a beautiful girl and you’re in for a great read.
http://www.amazon.com/Darkeningstone-Trespass-Mikey-Campling-ebook/dp/B00EUFMYD2/
November 19, 2013 — 11:08 AM
Dev says:
A sleepy Georgia lake community with a dark secret. A ghost out for vengeance. And a small town sheriff trying to save the neighborhood from forces he can’t begin to understand. LOVELESS. My debut novel, recently published by Blood Bound Books. You can find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Loveless-Dev-Jarrett/dp/1940250013/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1374159092&sr=1-1
After reading LOVELESS, if you find that you enjoy southern horror, another great debut novel is The Year of the Storm, by John Mantooth. It’s a story of a mysterious disappearance during a storm in rural Alabama, and a young man’s investigation not only into the disappearance, but into himself as well. Find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Year-Storm-Novel-John-Mantooth-ebook/dp/B0095ZMT1Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384877332&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Year+of+the+Storm
November 19, 2013 — 11:15 AM
Edward Morgan says:
First, I’d like to point you to Wordier Than Thou which is not only St. Petersburg’s newest literary magazine but also a series of open-mic storytelling events and writers meetups. Please check them out (live tonight if you are local to Tampa Bay). Tiffany Razzano has done an incredible job in bringing this all to life.
https://www.facebook.com/wordier.thanthou.7
With that, I submit “Redeemer” for you to read, share and enjoy. Captive in a small Victorian circus, Arielle the Fallen seeks penance for her sins as one of the Seven Heavenly Virtues of Human Oddities. Can she redeem herself when Kayne kidnaps her one night outside of Hull for a private performance?
http://noddfa-imaginings-fiction.blogspot.com/2012/08/redeemer.html
November 19, 2013 — 11:29 AM
Marcy Luikart says:
My novel RiverBraids is a perfect novel for a long winters day. http://www.marcyluikart.com/
Sonny Barton was raised on his Grandpa Joe’s stories about the Mississippi River. But when he discovers that Joe’s prized 1904 Olympic Rowing Team photo is a fraud, Sonny comes to doubt everything he thought was true.
Set in 2004, River Braids weaves together Sonny’s modern-day journey, Joseph Barton’s 1904 recollections, and Joseph’s wife Annie Barton’s diary entries to chronicle the one-hundred-year history of the Barton clan. As it becomes clear that Joseph was denied a place on the rowing team due to his Native American Heritage, Sonny realizes the importance of his heritage as a descendent of a proud Native American line and as the latest link in a generations-long bond with the Mississippi River itself.
And for something completely different- http://www.mattpallamary.com/
Matthew J. Pallamary’s historical novel of first contact between shamans and Jesuits in 18th century South America, titled, Land Without Evil, has been published in hardcover by Charles Publishing, and has received rave reviews along with a San Diego Book Award for mainstream fiction and was chosen as a Reading Group Choices selection. It has been adapted into a full-length stage and sky show by Austin’s Sky Candy and Agent Red, directed by Agent Red, and is the subject of a PBS series, Arts in Context. This episode was nominated for an EMMY.
November 19, 2013 — 11:34 AM
Kara Stewart says:
Marcy, you may be interested in my collaborative 5-part traveling blog series, Indian 101 for Writers, that I spoke about in an earlier comment. Part 1, Know Thyself, starts here: http://alisondeluca.blogspot.com/2013/10/indian-101-for-writers-five-part-series.html on author Alison DeLuca’s blog, and then travels to my blog for Part 2, Know Whereof You Speak here http://karastewartaip.blogspot.com/2013/10/indian-101-for-writers-part-two-know.html. Part 2 begins the more Indian-specific resources and all 5 parts have what we hope are helpful resource and ‘insider tips’ for writers to write about Native Americans. Links to each successive part are at the bottom of the posts.
November 19, 2013 — 12:46 PM
Marcy Luikart says:
Thanks Kara! I’ll check it out. 🙂
November 19, 2013 — 1:49 PM
Q. Kelly (@Q__Kelly) says:
T. Jefferson Parker’s “The Blue Hour” has it all–a compelling mystery, character development and even a flawed protagonist you may not like. Was free a few days ago and is only $2.99 on Kindle now: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Hour-Merci-Rayborn-Novels-ebook/dp/B009HC5ODU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384878980&sr=8-1&keywords=t.+jefferson+parker
My work–“Reality Lesbian.” Lucy Marshall goes on a lesbian dating show even though she’s straight. She needs the vacation. She needs the job connections. No one goes on reality TV to find true love, so what is the harm if she pretends to be gay? Right? Except Lucy ends up falling in love: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DE1WYHY
November 19, 2013 — 11:41 AM
James Newman says:
The best thing I’ve read in a while? A dark coming-of-age tale by Mark Allan Gunnells called THE SUMMER OF WINTERS (fans of McCammon’s BOY’S LIFE, Lansdale’s THE BOTTOMS, and King’s “The Body” will love this): http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Winters-Mark-Allan-Gunnells/dp/0615750362/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384881522&sr=8-1&keywords=summer+of+winters
As for my self-promo . . . my “white-trash noir” novel UGLY AS SIN will see publication in just a couple of weeks. Fans of Lansdale’s Hap n’ Leonard series should enjoy this one: http://www.shocktotem.com/11/12/2013/ugly-as-sin-cover-reveal/
Thanks, Chuck!
November 19, 2013 — 12:22 PM
Ryan Hill says:
For Keirlan de Corizi–the legendary ‘Blue Demon’ of Adalucien–death seems the only escape from a world where his discolored skin marks him as an oddity and condemns him to life as a pariah. But salvation comes in an unexpected guise: Tarquin Secker, a young woman who can travel the stars with a wave of her hand. When Keir mistakenly unleashes his dormant alien powers and earns instant exile from Quin’s home world, will she risk everything to stand by him again? Find out in Pippa Jay’s “Keir”
http://www.amazon.com/Keir-Pippa-Jay-ebook/dp/B0080E4QIA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384859448&sr=8-1&keywords=keir+by+pippa+jay
My work is “Dead New World,” a dystopian YA zombie novel that my publisher, Definition House, is having the Kickstarter campaign to get it published now. Zombies aren’t mindless anymore.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/definitionhouse/dead-new-world-a-young-adult-dystopian-zombie-nove?ref=live&utm_content=buffereba08&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
November 19, 2013 — 5:11 PM
Lisa Barry says:
I would love to shout out that my writer’s group (The Ink Slingers Guild) just came out with our second anthology that has stories anywhere from a good ole gumshoe detective story to a sci-fi alien hunt to a kid in a biker bar and more. You can check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Abyss-Short-Stories-Slingers-presents-ebook/dp/B00GAO9S26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383148858&sr=8-1&keywords=into+the+abyss+ink+slingers+guild
One of my most favorite to read is Kevin Hearne and his Iron Druid chronicles, Hounded being the first: http://www.amazon.com/Hounded-Iron-Druid-Chronicles-Book/dp/0345522478/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384915539&sr=1-4&keywords=kevin+hearne
ENJOY! He is AWESOME.
November 19, 2013 — 9:49 PM
Sarah says:
I don’t have anything of my own to promote, but I would like to recommend the Gentlemen Bastard sequence, by Scott Lynch. The first book is called The Lies of Locke Lamora, and it’s about a group of con artists who live in a world that hasn’t heard of con artists yet. It’s been described as Ocean’s Eleven’s only fantasy. Anyway, it’s awesome and I hope somebody checks it out.
November 20, 2013 — 9:08 AM
Philip A. Lee says:
I’ll go out on a limb and promote stuff by two people I know before hawking my own stuff.
My sometimes-boss Jason M. Hardy wrote a modern fantasy novel called The Last Prophecies, which is pretty cool and deals with magic in the near future: http://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/113462/The-Last-Prophecies
Also, an editor I’ve worked with, John Helfers, helped co-edit this multi-genre anthology called Cars, Cards, and Carbines (the name says it all), which just started its kickstarter yesterday: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1883407/cars-cards-and-carbines-multi-genre-fiction-anthol
My own work is a collection of horror stories called Madness & Monsters. These stories rely more on unsettling creepiness than gore, so it’s perfect for autumn or winter nights. Details can be found here: http://philipleewriting.com/news/
November 20, 2013 — 12:51 PM
Courtney Cantrell says:
My ticket is the dark Viking fantasy novel “Downfall” by Joshua Unruh. It’s epic, it’s grim and gritty, it’s clever, it’s an action-packed romp with a flawed hero and a fresh take on Norse mythology. If any of that interests you, and if you appreciate stories that are completely unpretentious, you’ll enjoy this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Downfall-Saga-Myth-Reaver-1-ebook/dp/B0095XMQX2/
I’m terrible at self-promo, but here goes: “Rethana’s Surrender” is the first in my epic fantasy series Legends of the Light-Walkers. Defiant, magic-wielding, untrained, sometimes clueless heroine on a mission to save her dying sister from the evil clerics. Intrigues of the past and present catch up to her, and she has to make a choice: make a grab for the power that can get her what she wants, or stay true to everything she believes is right. Also, kissing book.
http://www.amazon.com/Rethanas-Surrender-Legends-Light-Walkers-ebook/dp/B008EGEPF8/
November 20, 2013 — 1:03 PM
Alecia Miller says:
Ok, neither of my promos are for me, but this first one is for an anthology put out by The Main Line Writers Group (to which I belong, so I am counting as the self promo even tough I do not have a piece in it – http://www.mainlinewritersgroup.com). These are a great group of writers, very supportive and encouraging, and putting out some great work. Unclaimed Baggage is our first collection to be published and contains a variety of stories written by members of the group. You can check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Unclaimed-Baggage-Voices-Writers-Group/dp/0989334481/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385039646&sr=8-1&keywords=unclaimed+baggage
My other promo is for John Dixon, another local SE PA writer who has a big January coming up. His novel Phoenix Island comes out and the same day a new tv series starts that was inspired by this book (Intelligence on CBS). He admits that he does not like to self promote, but he is deserving of it. Check out his book and pre-order to help him have a strong launch! http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Island-John-Dixon/dp/1476738637/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385039985&sr=8-1&keywords=phoenix+island+by+john+dixon
November 21, 2013 — 8:21 AM
Matthew Clark Leach says:
So, I wrote a kids Christmas story. A little boy, a little monster, a big secret and the history of Christmas at stake. I’d like it to sell like hot cakes. I’d like it to make all the kids happy. Go look here. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Henry-Secret-Christmas-Matthew-Clark-ebook/dp/B00AFK6YTG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385048477&sr=1-1&keywords=henry+took
Ok, so I’m loving Wesley Chu at the moment. He’s, like, the coolest sci-fi writer on the planet. His first novel, The Lives of Tao is a hoot, a really exceptional novel about a guy who wakes one day to find an alien is living inside of him.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lives-Tao-Wesley-Chu-ebook/dp/B00CKXF1B8/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385048804&sr=1-1&keywords=lives+of+tao
November 21, 2013 — 10:48 AM
Brida Anderson says:
I always enjoy Christmas stories and since my youngest is called “Henry” this looks really intriguing! 🙂
I just wanted to ask you what the appropriate age for the story is (couldn’t find that on Amazon) and whether you only offer a Kindle version or also a printed book. With kids that’s always a plus so they can see it on the shelf and pick it to be read.
November 22, 2013 — 3:35 AM
Ian Truman says:
Hey, my name is Ian. I read your post on how a Young Adult novel was supposed to be about teenagers fucking up instead of pushing some moralist agenda on them. So I’d want to promote some “young adult that wasn’t written for 60 year old virgins (with respects to F.R. Scott)” The title is A Teenage Suicide. you can find it here : http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Suicide-Ian-Truman-ebook/dp/B00F2TYUUU
Also, as for promoting someone else, some friends of mine are running the only comics collective in Quebec. (It’s in French, but it’s worth a look even if you don’t speak the language) It’s called Front Froid, here it is: http://www.frontfroid.com/
November 27, 2013 — 4:15 PM
James Holder says:
First, shout-outs to more than one deserving creative.
Steph Mided not only does some amazing art, but she just put up her first full comic and the first episode of her new podcast: http://octoroxxxartblog.tumblr.com/. Check her out! (Full disclosure: she did some of the art for my project.)
Next, The Indie Guide to Indie Publishing needs your help with their Kickstarter! Just five days left with 50% of their goal to go – http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matterdeep/the-indie-guide-to-indie-publishing-ebook-and-pape/.
Finally, my own project – a Kickstarter for Planet Oz: The Novel. Our Dorothy Wears Combat Boots.
If you want to help launch this aspiring author’s first novel, a sci-fi YA take on The Wizard of Oz, then consider backing the campaign or telling your friends.
You can find it here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/610919245/planet-oz-the-novel/.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2013 — 6:01 PM
James R. Hardin says:
Looks like I’m a little late to the party here. Oh well, I’ll crash in anyway.
My plug for a friend’s book: Whispers from Forbidden Earth, by Mark Venturini, is a solid middle-grade fantasy about a reluctant young elf with a “gift” that connects him to another universe, and sends him and a young trouble-making dragon on an important quest to a strange city called Chicago. Good adventure, good fun, and likeable characters. At Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Whispers-Forbidden-Earth-Mark-Venturini/dp/1622084799/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390957090&sr=1-1&keywords=whispers+from+forbidden+earth
My plug for my book: Softlife is a science fiction novel intended for both habitual SF readers and those who just like popular SF movies and Star Trek. From one of my ads:
Can a software human really be both? Even if it’s you? Jason1, one of the few softlife who used to be flesh-and-blood, doubts it. But Iooi, a young native softlife, considers her kind an evolutionary step beyond biology. Softlife and biological life must join forces in a war for the world itself and, just maybe, learn to appreciate the humanity in each other and themselves.
Drop by my website http://www.jamesrhardin.com for a free sample (five chapters!), links to the book at numerous online stores, and a little free filk music.
January 28, 2014 — 8:20 PM