The holidays are swiftly coming up.
A lot of you are writers. Writers with books out. Novels, comics, collections. Hell, we can even expand this to indie games, or Kickstarters, or whatever you want, long as it’s you writing it and it’s something that tells a story.
So, here’s your chance to promote that thing in the comments below.
Tell us about it! Tell us why we should check it out! Get excited.
(And don’t forget to give us a link to click. By the way, giving us links to click may hold your comment in administration for a short time. Do not panic! I’ll administer throughout the day.)
But, this promotion thing: it has rules.
First: keep it short. Like, one paragraph short. And not one of those paragraphs with the size and density of a brick. Keep it lean and mean — back cover copy. A hook in our mouth to drag us forth.
Second: you must also promote another book (or comic, or KS, or game, or whatever) by someone else. So, one of yours, one of someone else’s. Failure to do this may open you to a surly side-eye, straight-up mockery, or a trip right to the spam oubliette.
Comment section is open.
GET THE TO THE PROMO CANNONS.
scifimagpie says:
SO, this one’s a coauthored project!
Euphoria/Dysphoria by Michelle Browne and Nicolas Wilson.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PQWKHP0
Execution above or extinction below…
“Please help me. I’m pregnant.”
A chance encounter with a fugitive has turned Christine’s life into a nightmare.
Survival is hard enough in the poverty-stricken streets of the Lower Blocks, and this woman is far from the first to flee the Engineers who oversee the City. But now Christine’s a target: hunted by the aristocracy, her future uncertain, and past laid bare. And a person with Christine’s powers can’t afford to be caught.
Humanity built the Foundation to elevate themselves from the poisoned earth, but Christine and Ilsa must choose whether to descend to hell below, or remain in hell above.
From post-apocalyptic authors Nicolas Wilson (Homeless), and Michelle Browne (The Underlighters) comes Euphoria/Dysphoria, a biopunk dystopia.
Please note, Euphoria/Dysphoria contains a f/f romance, graphic violence, and some disturbing material. It is intended for mature readers.
And, Historical Inaccuracies by Zig Zag Claybourne
http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Inaccuracies-Zig-Zag-Claybourne-ebook/dp/B00GDY530Y/
Know your history, because the story you think you’re telling is never the one that’s being told. 13 bold stories of dream factories afraid of the dark, charlatans, inquisitors, barbarian Smurfs, the reincarnation of lazy Americans, British devil babies, the power of loneliness, the usefulness of boy bands to time travelers, and more…
Historical Inaccuracies. Pop quiz: Are you sure?
November 17, 2014 — 11:08 PM
Kyoko says:
Thanks, Chuck-a-Rino!
Here’s the blurb from my urban fantasy novel, The Black Parade (http://www.amazon.com/The-Black-Parade-ebook/dp/B00E3HLHIK):
“Jordan Amador. 21. New Yorker. Waitress. Mild alcoholic. Murderer. Two years ago, Jordan accidentally shot and killed a Seer: a person who can see, hear, and talk to ghosts with unfinished business. Her crime came with a hefty price, too. She has two years to help a hundred souls cross over to the afterlife or her soul is bound for hell. Tough break. As if that weren’t bad enough, two days before her deadline a handsome pain-in-the-ass poltergeist named Michael strolls into her life. His soul is the key to her salvation, but the cost just might be more than she can handle. Solving his death puts her right in the crosshairs of Belial: a vain, bloodthirsty archdemon who won’t rest until she’s his slave. Can she rescue Michael and save her own soul, or will they both be dragged down into the clutches of the eternal black parade?”
The other book I’d like to promote is The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes, because I just snagged it based on one hell of an awesome opening. Here’s the blurb:
“After years in the wilds, Lenk and his companions have come to the city that serves as the world’s beating heart.
The great charnel house where men die surer than any wilderness.
They’ve come to claim payment for creatures slain, blood spilled at the behest of a powerful holy man.
And Lenk has come to lay down his sword for good.
But this is no place to escape demons.”
Link: http://www.amazon.com/City-Stained-Bring-Down-Heaven-ebook/dp/B00I828B1M
November 18, 2014 — 1:44 AM
Bonita Gutierrez says:
Both books sound great! If you like urban fantasy, check out Camilla Ochlan and my book The Werewolf Whisperer. It’s not your grandma’s werewolf tale!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OAKIPX0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1415986033&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40
November 18, 2014 — 11:22 AM
Ros Jackson says:
Thanks for the opportunity, Chuck!
My book is The Secret Eater, a YA urban fantasy about a demoness: http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Eater-Kenssie-Book-ebook/dp/B00DWWP0AS/
Kenssie is a demon who feeds from secrets. Lately pickings have been slim, and she has grown so weak that her shield of invisibility is slipping. As the servant of a demon who eats embarrassment she already feels like she’s the laughing stock of the demonic world. But the scorn of someone who thinks that Hawaiian shirts are the height of cool is the least of her worries. A powerful fear demon is dead set on making her his slave, a position that carries seriously short life expectancy. She has no friends. No powers. No clue. Her only hope of escaping a life of terror lies in stealing a grimoire she’s never seen from a vindictive group of master demons.
I’d also like to give a signal boost to Robyn Peterman, whose book Fashionably Dead has been tickling my ribs. I really like the incurably vain main character: http://www.amazon.com/Fashionably-Dead-Hot-Damned-Book-ebook/dp/B00EYMXM2I/
The blurb:
Vampyres don’t exist. They absolutely do not exist. At least I didn’t think they did ‘til I tried to quit smoking and ended up Undead. Who in the hell did I screw over in a former life that my getting healthy equates with dead? Now I’m a Vampyre. Yes, we exist whether we want to or not. However, I have to admit, the perks aren’t bad. My girls no longer jiggle, my ass is higher than a kite and the latest Prada keeps finding its way to my wardrobe. On the downside, I’m stuck with an obscenely profane Guardian Angel who looks like Oprah and a Fairy Fighting Coach who’s teaching me to annihilate like the Terminator. To complicate matters, my libido has increased to Vampyric proportions and my attraction to a hotter than Satan’s underpants killer rogue Vampyre is not only dangerous . . . it’s possibly deadly. For real dead. Permanent death isn’t on my agenda. Avoiding him is my only option. Of course, since he thinks I’m his, it’s easier said than done. Like THAT’S not enough to deal with, all the other Vampyres think I’m some sort of Chosen One. Holy Hell, if I’m in charge of saving an entire race of blood suckers, the Undead are in for one hell of a ride.
November 18, 2014 — 7:44 AM
Bonita Gutierrez says:
Checking them both out! If you like dark urban fantasy with a comic edge, check out Camilla Ochlan and my book The Werewolf Whisperer. It’s not your grandma’s werewolf tale! http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OAKIPX0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1415986033&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40
November 18, 2014 — 11:28 AM
Cora Buhlert says:
Thanks for the opportunity, Chuck:
Here’s the blurb for “Mercy Mission”, the first book in my space opera series “Shattered Empire”:
Holly di Marco used to think that joining the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire was a good career move. However, she is beginning to doubt her judgment, for her rebel comrades treat her as nothing but a lowly mercenary, never to be entrusted with anything important.
During a rescue mission to the planet of Caswallon, Holly is given the boring duty to guard some service tunnels, while her fellow rebels get to have all the fun once again. However, this dull job turns out to be a lot more exciting than expected when Holly runs into a traumatised young man and saves him from an Imperial death squad.
The man Holly rescued turns out to be Ethan, Lord Summerton, only survivor of an aristocratic family with rebel sympathies. Saving his life brings Holly to the attention of the elected leaders of the rebellion. It also changes her own life irrevocably, for as they used to say on Old Earth, saving someone’s life means being responsible for him for the rest of your own.
And here’s the link: This one goes to Amazon, but it’s available at all major e-book vendors. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DR4XV6Q
Then I’d like to recommend “Shifting Reality” by Patty Jansen, a cracking good hard SF novel with a female protagonist of colour:
A few years ago, a military doctor walking the corridors of New Jakarta Space Station saved Melati’s life. She signed up for the International Space Force to pay back her moral debt to him. But her family thinks she has betrayed her people. It was ISF who forcefully removed their grandmothers and grandfathers from the crowded slums of Jakarta to work in interstellar space stations.
It is Melati’s job to teach six-year old construct soldiers, artificial humans grown in labs and activated with programmed minds to serve in an interstellar war. Her latest cohort has one student who claims that he is not a little boy, but a mindbase traveller whose swap partner took off with his body. It soon becomes clear that a lot of people are scouring the space station for this fugitive, a scientist with dangerous knowledge about interstellar space.
The best place to hide in the space station is amongst the many cultures and subcultures of the expat Indonesian B-sector. Looking for him brings Melati into direct conflict with her people. She does not want to be seen as one of the enemy, but if the scientist’s knowledge falls in the wrong hands, war will come to the station.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Shifting-Reality-ISF-Allion-universe-protagonist-ebook/dp/B00AGNMC3O/
Also check out “The Black Parade” by Kyoko who posted just above me, cause she writes really good urban fantasy.
November 18, 2014 — 7:45 AM
Terese Ramin says:
The Cured by David Wind and Terese Ramin
When over 4000 people world-wide had died after taking a cure for cancer, the drug was recalled. But the questions kept coming. Was it contamination? Was it sabotage? Or, was it outright murder by an insane research scientist to retaliate against the pharmaceutical giant he worked for and to avenge the death of his wife?
And everyone wanted Doctor Donald Brockman! The lawyers wanted answers; the FDA wanted answers and, Homeland Security wanted the doctor!
When the 911 code flashed across her beeper, Dr. Kira Brockman went cold. The one thing she had been dreading had happened and her life as she knew it had been changed, and the change was for the worst!
The wrong people had found her father!
She knew she had very little time to get out of the hospital, to find her brother and to run before Homeland Security and the FBI found them, and they were not the only ones: the lawyers who were in the midst of a huge class action suit against the international pharmaceutical manufacturing giant who had sold the cancer cure wanted her and the evidence she had as well as the lethal security team from the drug company who was trying to stop Kira Brockman from disclosing the evidence only she could get—evidence that would save her father—and they would use any means necessary to stop her.
And so begins the heart stopping cross country race to save her father’s life and prove he was not responsible for the deaths of 4,000 people—The Cured—who had survived cancer because of his medication and then inexplicably died from the very cure he’d created.
http://bit.ly/thecuredus
And if you love fantasy and mythology, also check out HERO FOR HIRE by C.B. Pratt http://www.amazon.com/Hero-Hire-Eno-Thracian-Book-ebook/dp/B00D6KPC1S/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416319688&sr=1-2&keywords=eno+the+thracian&pebp=1416319691964
November 18, 2014 — 9:10 AM
beccapuglisi says:
Thanks for this, Chuck.
My book is a nonfiction reference for writers called The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Emotions. http://writershelpingwriters.net/bookstore/
One of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying a character’s emotions to the reader in a unique, compelling way. This book comes to the rescue by highlighting 75 emotions and listing the possible body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for each. Written in an easy-to-navigate list format, readers can draw inspiration from character cues that range in intensity to match any emotional moment. The Emotion Thesaurus also tackles common emotion-related writing problems and provides methods to overcome them. This writing tool encourages writers to show, not tell emotion and is a creative brainstorming resource for any fiction project.
In a similar vein, I’d like to recommend K.M Weiland’s Structuring Your Novel. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985780401/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0985780401&linkCode=as2&tag=theboomus06-20
Why do some stories work and others don’t? The answer is structure. In this IPPY and NIEA-Award winning guide from the author of the bestselling Outlining Your Novel, you will learn the universal underpinnings that guarantee powerful plot and character arcs. An understanding of proper story and scene structure will show you how to perfectly time your story’s major events and will provide you with an unerring standard against which to evaluate your novel’s pacing and progression.
November 18, 2014 — 9:53 AM
Sally Clements says:
Thanks so much, Chuck! Here’s mine…Runaway Groom…
Seven years ago, Matthew Logan ran out on his wedding to June Leigh.
Life is good for fledgling dress-designer April Leigh. She couldn’t be happier that her sister has found a new love, and is excited about her very first commission, June’s wedding dress.
On learning June has invited runaway groom Matthew Logan to the wedding, April has to intervene. Matthew’s presence will ruin everything – her father hates him, and just the sight of him in the church might give her mother a heart attack… http://www.amazon.com/Runaway-Groom-ebook/dp/B00D7EULSW/
And I’d like to recommend a great book by a new indie author, Aimee Alexander called Pause to Rewind.
Jenny has exchanged life in the fast lane for freelance journalism and being a mum. She doesn’t look back. Why would she? A broken engagement to her fiancé Dave. A falling out with her parents. And a night in a hotel room best forgotten. Life is simple now. Jenny’s little boy, Charlie, is starting school, beginning to build a life independent from her. She needs to get her own back.
Life, though, has other plans. When Charlie becomes ill, Jenny is forced to confront her past and all things she has turned from. But she will do anything for Charlie. A contemporary story of love, tough choices and the triumph of the human heart.
http://www.amazon.com/Pause-Rewind-Aimee-Alexander-ebook/dp/B00ON8JYYI/
November 18, 2014 — 10:07 AM
Donna Steele says:
Thanks for the opportunity – first I’d like to mention Cyn Hadyn’s newest release – Piper Paid. She always intrigues me – http://www.steelestories.com/2014/meet-cyn-hadyn.html – for a long explanation!
And my latest release is the 2nd in The Melting series – The Progression –
“It’s getting worse,” Celine said as she leaned on the counter next to Vic in the back of the kitchen area.
“What happened?” He looked down at her.
“Same old, but under better cover after that little meeting. The one where everything was tabled. I knew they weren’t going to address anything for real, but damn it!”
“I think Joe and David had the right idea. They knew how dangerous it was for Amanda and them. Taking off was the right thing to do.”
“I wish I’d known they were going, I’d have hitched a ride,” Celine said. “According to Joe, David was a resource we couldn’t afford to lose. I wonder where they went and if we could join them now.”
Vic thought about the book hidden in his room. “I can’t blame them for keeping it a secret. Those guys beat David pretty bad and it would’ve been worse if some of us hadn’t shown up. After they hit Amanda . . . Wish I’d been there for that. They wouldn’t have to worry about solid food ever again.”
http://www.steelestories.com/2014/10-october-release-day.html
November 18, 2014 — 10:31 AM
Katherine Hetzel says:
Blowing my own trumpet: Granny Rainbow by Katherine Hetzel
‘It all started when…’ That’s how all seven short stories begin in this illustrated collection for 5-10 yr olds. Granny Rainbow has a powder or potion to help sort out the villagers’ problems – but can she really stop the Black Shadow from stealing colour? Or help Professor Funkleburger with his marmalade machine? Or mend friendships put to the test by a ‘Great British Bake-off’ style competition?
This was my first lone foray into self-publishing – http://microscribbler.wix.com/katherine-hetzel#!books/cnec – and as a result of reader requests, ‘More Granny Rainbow’ will be self-pubbed early next year.
A book I’d recommend – The Empath, by Jody Klaire
http://jodyklaire.wordpress.com/the-empath-above-beyond-series/the-empath-blurb/
Loved this book – Jody Klaire draws you so deeply into the world of Oppidum, you won’t want to leave. Aeron Lorolei’s story is gripping, tense, brutal in places – yet never graphic. Twisted through a series of kidnappings and murders – which Aeron is blamed for because of her past – is a touching love story which I am looking forward to seeing develop over the course of the rest of the series. If you can ‘squirrel’ yourself away to read this uninterrupted, do – you won’t be disappointed. A stunning debut novel.t was chilling in many places,
November 18, 2014 — 10:40 AM
Stuart Jaffe says:
Wow, Chuck, this awesome! Thanks!
The Way of the Black Beast by Stuart Jaffe
It’s the aftermath of “The Devastation”, on the planet of Corlin. In this unpredictable world, there is only one rule: there are no rules. Meet Malja–a lone survivor and girl warrior on a quest for vengeance driven by the Black Beast within. Malja’s journey to unravel the mysteries of her past takes her down a dark path, leaving death in her wake. In this action packed Science Fiction-Fantasy novel, with guitar-wielding assassins, evil magicians, and creatures yet unknown, violence is a necessary evil. Malja has learned to push her emotions aside and do what must be done to protect herself and the few she loves. The Way of The Black Beast chronicles the young warrior as she struggles to find her identity, and satisfy her rage, in a chaotic and uncertain world…a world that gets more intense with each page.
http://amzn.to/blackbeast
For something different and hysterically fun, check out The Black Knight Chronicles by John Hartness:
What happens when a couple of comic book nerds become vampires and satisfy their Batman fetish by fighting crime? This funny series, that’s what! Here’s a link to Book 1, Hard Days Knight:
http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Days-Knight-Black-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B004GB17G0
November 18, 2014 — 10:42 AM
Geoffrey Hargrave says:
Chuck – what a mensch!
THE PAINTER OF FLORENCE by Geoffrey Hargrave
http://www.amazon.com/Painter-Florence-Geoffrey-Hargrave/dp/0990423700/
The beginning of the end… Within these pages are the adventures of five characters caught up in the politics, cruelty and violence of the early sixteenth century; woven together as their lives interact for good or evil.
Two Florentine lovers are banished to Rome, only to fall victim to the Emperor’s rebellious troops, raping and pillaging the Holy City. Two English knights, among the last of their kind, driven from their Crusader outpost by a Turkish army, are obliged to commit a terrible crime for the same Emperor in return for a new home on Malta. A Spanish mercenary captain, now become nobleman – honored for his deeds as a Conquistador in the New World – has accumulated one too many enemies for his own good.
Through the cunning of Machiavelli, the intellect of Isabella d’Este and the alchemy of Paracelsus, these five will finally meet in a bloody and explosive climax beneath the walls of a Moorish castle in the Spanish desert.
The Painter of Florence is a story of love, vengeance and redemption set against a beautiful but savage background. The twilight of the Renaissance.
And from the same era…
THE KISS OF THE EXECUTIONER’S BLADE by Cora Buhlert
http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Executioners-Blade-Cora-Buhlert-ebook/dp/B005HVZBQK/
France in the year of the Lord 1516: Born a nobleman but long since reduced to the dishonourable profession of executioner, Geoffrey de Bressac is the most skilled headsman in all of France. But when he is called to the town of Charentes to put a traitor and assassin to death, a shock awaits him. For the traitor and assassin Geoffrey is supposed to execute is a woman, beautiful and young Angeline de Golon.
Geoffrey has long since hardened his heart against the plight of the men and women he is forced to put to death. But Angeline manages to stir feelings in him that he thought dead. What is more, she insists that she is innocent of the crime of which she has been accused.
Geoffrey does not want to behead an innocent woman? But how can he save Angeline, when she is to die at sunrise?
November 18, 2014 — 10:43 AM
Rob E. Boley (@robboley) says:
Thanks for the opportunity, Chuck, to spread some dark fiction love…
That Risen Snow: A Scary Tale of Snow White & Zombies by Rob E. Boley
The zombie sequel to Snow White begins where the classic fairy tale ends, with the Prince’s kiss waking Snow from her cursed slumber. Snow wakes up, but she doesn’t wake up right. Now a deranged zombie, Snow infects both the Prince and the seven dwarfs’ leader. That leaves the young dwarf Grouchy, who is secretly in love with Snow, to find a cure for her malicious curse.
Link: http://mybook.to/thatrisensnow
Soft Apocalypses by Lucy A. Snyder
If you’re looking for some delightfully vicious short fiction, then look no further. Soft Apocalypses has some of the best-written dark fiction I’ve read since Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts. The stories are wonderfully diverse: you’ll be immersed in apocalyptic futures, dreary swamps, tropical islands, gritty cities, and more. Just as Snyder can deftly teleport you from one world to another, she can also channel a multitude of voices. Each story features its own distinct personality and language. Loved it. I’m excited to read more of her work!
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Apocalypses-Lucy-Snyder/dp/1935738623/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1412179652&sr=8-2&keywords=soft+apocalypse
November 18, 2014 — 12:04 PM
Terri says:
Even though I’m a day late, I’ll join in!
First up is a bit of shameless promo. My book Devil’s Deal, excerpts of which have been well-received here, is live and jive and gaining good reviews (people I don’t know comparing it to Lee Child and Cornelia Read.) The premise is so simple, yet so complicated . . . Attorney Juliana Martin is on the run after a battalion of cops armed with warrants swarm the family firm. When the law catches up with her, they offer an impossible choice. She can partner with the FBI to set up and betray a client or she can watch her father go down for capital murder.
Get Devil’s Deal
Now, for something totally different, I suggest “Mostly Dead Melvin,” a hilarious take on the vampire mythos. Life dies and then you suck…. Kind of. Melvin Morton loves vampires – the beauty, the power, the pop culture awesome of it all, and knows that his boring, lonely life as a night security guard in a mall would be so much better if only vampires were real. That changes when a strange, pale girl grants Melvin’s wish with one accidental drop of her blood. Turns out that Hollywood lied. Melvin doesn’t sparkle, he isn’t handsome, and the sight of blood grosses him out. Mostly Dead Melvin has to navigate the narrow path to redemption between sorta-life and un-death, without a map, a net, or a clue.
Walk the night with Mostly Dead Melvin. He needs all the help he can get . . .
November 18, 2014 — 12:54 PM
Jess West says:
Thanks for the opportunity, Mr. Wendig. Shameless promo in 3 … 2 … 1 …
Red River Rangers; A Whiskey & Wheelguns Novelette
Three days after they hanged her, a lady of the night rises from a shallow grave to find all Hell’s broke loose.
“L’Amour meets Tarantino” in this “gorious, wanton wierd western”. – Amazon reviewers
The Seals of Abgal
A Guardian of the Seals Tale
by Woelf Dietrich
Bookstore owner and novice antiquarian, Sebastian Kaine is proud of his new profession and even prouder still of the collection of antique books on the occult that he keeps locked away in the basement of his bookstore. But his little utopia is shattered one night when he wakes up in that same basement, bound and bloodied, and his prized collection all but destroyed.
Thanks again,
~ Jess
P.S. If the html doesn’t work, I apologize in advance for the wonky formatting marks. *fingers crossed*
November 18, 2014 — 1:35 PM
Nic Wilson says:
Digging Zig Zag Claybourne’s work. We ran into each other in an anthology, and it was literary enjoyment at first sight. Very unusual tone, very fun to read. His blog is hugely enlightening, too.
http://www.amazon.com/Zig-Zag-Claybourne/e/B00IXWUU52
For my own promo, I’ll toss out Banksters. Because I’m just as broke now as I was when I wrote it for NaNo a few years ago. It’s a profitable time to be a bastard, one of the most profitable in history. Mark Dane intends to take full advantage of that and be the bastard at the top- if he can make his way past his fellow predators, through a concrete jungle of murder, sex, greed, and revenge. Ride shotgun with a sociopathic social climber, as he lies, cheats, and manipulates his way through the ranks of the fourth largest financial firm in the country, and revel in the bastard on bastard violence that follows.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G9JG9NI
November 18, 2014 — 1:56 PM
A.J. Colby says:
Here’s the link for my urban fantasy novel, HUNTED
http://www.amazon.com/Hunted-Riley-Cray-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00LDCER1W
You thought your ex was a nightmare…
Eight years after the attack that changed her life forever, Riley Cray is confronted with something she never thought she’d have to face again: Samson Reed, the werewolf who nearly killed her, has escaped from prison and is headed to Colorado to finish what he started.
With the help of Special Agent Darius Holbrook, Riley is racing against time to stay one step ahead of the crazed werewolf. But Reed isn’t the only monster with his eyes on Riley, and as the bodies are piling up she’s beginning to wonder how long it will be before she’s one of them.
Vampires, werewolves, and serial killers, OH MY!
And, my promo for someone else is the online comic PLOX by Steve Hamaker
http://www.plox-comic.com/
Set against the Midwest paradigm of Columbus, Ohio, PLOX is the story of Chad, the raid leader with no patience, Roy, the rational one that would rather play with dice and paper, and Kim, the guild leader at the end of her rope.
Without irony or prejudice, PLOX celebrates the subculture of gaming – video, card, and tabletop – while exploring how the shroud of internet anonymity changes our real world relationships and identities.
November 18, 2014 — 2:48 PM
tara tyler says:
Thanks for this awesome offering!
My friend first…
EFFIGY by M.J. Fifield
An epic fantasy where the heroine is expected to be a good queen though behind the scenes her husband tortures her – the only hope she has left is to save her people from the king’s spreading evil, and it lies in her secret alliance with the rebellion and its handsome leader. Not to mention all the magical elements at play!
http://www.amazon.com/Effigy-The-Coile%C3%A1in-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B00M6DOPVO
And here’s mine…
POP TRAVEL by Tara Tyler
A futuristic detective thriller where pop teleportation has taken over air travel. Everyone does it! Except cynical detective (is there any other kind?) J.L.Cooper – he’d rather fly. But his latest case leads him to evidence of a disintegrating traveler and a massive coverup at Pop Travel International. Now Cooper has to pop around the globe with a pair of tagalongs who want to help as he avoids killers and tries to expose the problem before his brother is the next victim. No problem.
http://www.amazon.com/Pop-Travel-Tara-Tyler-ebook/dp/B00DTB96IY
Thanks again! Yay for sci fi and fantasy!
November 18, 2014 — 4:44 PM
Katrina Archer says:
My debut YA fantasy, Untalented, is available in both paperback and Kindle formats.
http://www.amazon.com/Untalented-Katrina-Archer-ebook/dp/B00MAFNNTS/
Finalist—Toronto International Book Fair’s Creation of Stories Award for Young Adult Audiences.
Untalented. Unwanted. Unbroken. Young orphan Saroya must learn to survive without a Talent in a world where Talent is everything. But when calamity strikes the kingdom of Veyle, with Untalents blamed and on trial, Saroya knows that proving her Talent means saving more than just her own life. A tangle of lies hides secrets that force Saroya to choose between her future and Veyle’s.
My very talented friend Shari Green also has a debut YA book out, Following Chelsea. Walking in the footsteps of a dead girl isn’t easy… After her social life flatlines, seventeen-year-old Anna Richards wants nothing more than to lie low at her new school. But it seems Anna looks an awful lot like Chelsea, the sweet and popular girl who recently died, and Anna finds herself stepping into the void created by Chelsea’s absence.
http://www.amazon.com/Following-Chelsea-Shari-Green-ebook/dp/B00OEMGKXG
November 18, 2014 — 7:25 PM
Shari Green says:
Aw, thanks for the shout-out, Katrina!
November 18, 2014 — 10:20 PM
Bonita Gutierrez says:
Sounds good. I’m going to check it out. If you like dark urban fantasy with a comic edge, check out Camilla Ochlan and my ebook The Werewolf Whisperer. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OAKIPX0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1415986033&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40
November 19, 2014 — 11:16 AM
blablablaandgabbler says:
THE AUTOMATION :
The capital-A Automatons of Greco-Roman myth aren’t clockwork. Their design is much more divine. They’re more intricate than robots or androids or anything else mortal humans could invent. Their windup keys are their human Masters. They aren’t mindless; they have infinite storage space. And, because they have more than one form, they’re more versatile and portable than, say, your cell phone—and much more useful too. The only thing these god-forged beings share in common with those lowercase-A automatons is their pre-programmed existence…
http://www.amazon.com/Automation-Vol-Circo-del-Herrero/dp/0692259716/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416357624&sr=8-1&keywords=the+automation
THE LATHE OF HEAVEN :
In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George’s dreams for his own purposes…
http://www.amazon.com/Lathe-Heaven-Ursula-K-Guin/dp/1416556966/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416357820&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=the+automationthe+lathe+of+heaven
November 18, 2014 — 7:45 PM
angelacavanaugh says:
So, mine’s a little different. My novel is under consideration on Amazon’s Kindle Scout. People nominate the books they like, and if Kindle picks it to publish, anyone who nominated it will get a FREE COPY. The first chapters of the book are posted. All I want for Christmas is to be published. Nominate me?
OTHERWORLDERS
How far will humanity go to save itself?
When a virus threatens humanity with extinction, the desperate and dwindling number of uninfected seek refuge in a parallel universe. The technology is untested. The other universe is unprepared and one thing is made violently clear: they are not wanted.
https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/1HGSKH3R1LRX1
The book I’m mentioning is by a group of author friends of mine. They just released a collection called The Telepath Chronicles. It’s the second book of this sort of compilation. The plan to keep going with this construction and release books every few months.
http://www.amazon.com/Telepath-Chronicles-Future-Book-ebook/dp/B00OVLDQU0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416359351&sr=8-1&keywords=the+telepath+chronicles
November 18, 2014 — 8:12 PM
Mike (M.C.) Norris says:
Need an eye-popping gift for the family weirdo (maybe you’re the weirdo)? Consider this beautiful paperback, published by Severed Press. It’s the epic origin of Santa and his original wicked counterpart, the Krampusz. This is THE untold story, embracing all of the dark, supernatural elements from old Austrian lore.
http://www.amazon.com/Krengel-The-Krampusz-M-C-Norris/dp/1925225038/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1416348456&sr=1-2
And on the behalf of good friend and USA Today bestselling author, Carole Lanham, I present Cleopatra’s Needle:
http://www.amazon.com/Cleopatras-Needle-Carole-Lanham-ebook/dp/B00M7OJ4V8/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1416360925&sr=1-3&keywords=carole+lanham
November 18, 2014 — 8:37 PM
changterhune says:
Oh I also make music – all are soundtracks to my novels and stories – under the name cathode ray tube. They’re cheaper than a fancy cup of coffee and will leave jazzed and high for much longer.
https://therealcathoderaytube.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2014 — 8:57 PM
markbrandonpowell says:
Mine is Shadow Moon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJEFHL4
A Honeymoon, theft, and murder surround Vargas, while trying to gather information on gaining entrance to a hidden city. Vernon his best friend, just got married, to the girl of his dreams, Marie. Vargas tries to keep them out of the loop, but fate won’t cooperate.
The indie Author Power Pack
http://amzn.com/B00OS96EYU
It’s by four authors, like Chuck here, helping writers write.
David Gaughran, Joanna Penn, Sean Platt, & Johnny B. Truant
It was an excellent read, and I would suggest it to anyone who is currently, or thinking about writing.
November 19, 2014 — 1:06 PM
Erik Williams says:
Gracias, amigo. DEMON, new from HarperCollins:
Mike Caldwell is a CIA assassin who thinks he’s finally got a real case to work on. At a remote construction site in Iraq, something deadly and dangerous has been unearthed, and Mike believes he’s dealing with a powerful pathogen that turns the infected into primal killing machines. The truth, however, is far worse.
The ancient prison of the fallen angel Semyaza has been uncovered, and for the first time in thousands of years he is free to roam the earth, possessing the bodies of the humans he hates. And everywhere he goes, Hell is sure to follow.
http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Erik-Williams/dp/0062359061/ref=la_B002ESEU20_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416422419&sr=1-1
And on behalf of my buddy John Mantooth, I offer The Year of the Storm:
http://www.amazon.com/Year-Storm-John-Mantooth/dp/0425265749/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416422610&sr=1-1&keywords=the+year+of+the+storm
November 19, 2014 — 1:44 PM
David Simon says:
Here’s the blurb for my funny fantasy adventure mid-grade, “Trapped In Lunch Lady Land”—
http://www.amazon.com/Trapped-Lunch-Lady-David-Simon/dp/1933767359/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416490902&sr=8-1&keywords=trapped+in+lunch+lady+land
A creamed corn emergency in the Serling Heights Intermediate School lunchroom sends Josh and Patty Anne to a strange, messy secret world. They soon realize that survival in a land made completely from
cafeteria food is not a piece of cake. These former adversaries grudgingly form a team as they battle the whirling blades of the skybeater, brave the molten cheese geysers of Nacho Valley and scale the frigid heights of Neapolitan Mountain on their quest to learn the secrets of Lunch Lady Land and make it
back home, gravy-splattered but alive.
And I want to suggest “The Girl With All the Gifts” by M.R. Carey—
http://www.amazon.com/Girl-All-Gifts-M-R-Carey/dp/0316278157/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416491067&sr=1-1&keywords=the+girl+with+all+the+gifts
I’m about halfway through, and holy cats this twist on a zombie novel rocks. Deeply felt and original.
November 20, 2014 — 8:46 AM
Jeff Mann says:
Howdy, my latest novel is _Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War_. It’s the sequel to _Purgatory_. It’s set during the last months of the Civil War, and it follows the adventures of Ian Campbell, a Confederate soldier, and his lover, Drew Conrad, a Union soldier whom Ian has saved from captivity and torture, as they make their way through the mountains of western Virginia. Here’s the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Salvation-Novel-Civil-Jeff-Mann/dp/1590214064/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416506005&sr=1-1&keywords=Jeff+Mann
Steve Berman’s wonderful collection of young-adult speculative fiction, _Red Caps: New Fairy Tales for Out of the Ordinary Readers_, is haunting, charming, poignant, and full of unforgettable characters. I’m especially impressed by the way that he adapts and “queers” folklore and fairy tales. Plus the book’s full of delightful illustrations!
Here’s the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Red-Caps-Fairy-Ordinary-Readers/dp/1590212827/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1416506291&sr=1-5
November 20, 2014 — 1:01 PM
Allie P. says:
Thank you for this opportunity!
Part cozy mystery and part women’s literature, my novel, An Uncertain Faith is a fast paced novel for anyone struggling to balance work and home. The protagonist, Charlotte, is a woman chaffing in her role as mom and breadwinner. Budgets are tight, and romance is practically dead. She wonders if she might be reaching her breaking point. Then one day she comes home to find her husband and four year old son missing. Did they go willingly, or did something more dire happen. She is left to pick up the pieces. It’s a story of self discovery and rediscovering the value of relationships.
Releasing this month on http://www.amazon.com/An-Uncertain-Faith-Allie-Potts/dp/1490716890 and other online retailers.
If this storyline hits a little too close to home, check out Imminent Danger: And How to Fly Straight Into it by Michelle Proulx. Her novel is about a teenager, named Eris, whose day only gets worse when she is abducted by six armed aliens bound for intergalactic slave markets. Romance and betrayal abound as Eris begins to realize that her budding relationship is putting her planet, her life and her heart in imminent danger.
http://www.amazon.com/Imminent-Danger-And-Straight-into/dp/147596546X
November 20, 2014 — 6:41 PM
Kay Kauffman says:
I’m lucky to count a bunch of authors as friends, and their books are all pretty awesome, so I find it hard to choose just one to promote. From Will Macmillan Jones’s comic fantasy series The Banned Underground (http://www.amazon.com/Will-Macmillan-Jones/e/B005TIMXI0) to Lisa L. Wiedmeier’s Timeless Series (http://www.amazon.com/Lisa-L-Wiedmeier/e/B005TL83OA), Tricia Drammeh’s Spellbringers books (http://www.amazon.com/Tricia-Drammeh/e/B008UI2CE6) and Sophie E. Tallis’s soon-to-be-released epic fantasy White Mountain (http://www.amazon.com/White-Mountain-Sophe-E-Tallis-ebook/dp/B00P44J2JC), there are a plethora of great fantasy novels out there and more on the horizon. 🙂
I’ve got a poetry book up for grabs called Tuesday Daydreams: A Journal in Verse (http://www.amazon.com/Tuesday-Daydreams-Journal-Kay-Kauffman-ebook/dp/B007OC9896). It’s natural poetry at its finest.
November 21, 2014 — 4:21 PM
misty says:
New release last month, ” Bereavement guide for veterans and their spouses” by M. R. Sow. This book list VA forms, benefits, and information needed for a veteran funeral; and has created charts and tables to help the family when the time comes it’s needed. A veteran helping other veterans and their families.
On a lighter note, I would like to promote one of my favorite books by Katharine Ashe “I married the Duke”. Hands down it is the best historical regency romance written lately. It is adventurous and evokes a myriad of emotions…the leading lady has red hair too. It is the first in a series titled the “Prince Catchers”. Thanks for the open blog.
November 22, 2014 — 1:27 PM