By Maggie Shayne, author of Lover’s Bite
Dear Readers,
It’s almost overwhelming how much life has changed for me since I wrote Lover’s Bite, (on sale now) and its sequel, ANGEL’S PAIN (on sale October 1st). It was only days after I had mailed the complete manuscript of the latter to my editor, while I was out [...]
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Gena Showalter’s The Darkest Night is a phenomenon everywhere – even in Second Life! On Memorial Day weekend a book launch was held in the online virtual world to celebrate Gena’s Lords of the Underworld series. Here are some screenshots of the event:
The Darkest Night on display outside the event venue
You can read the book [...]
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Our guest blogger Laura Anne Gilman explains how writing contemporary urban fantasy for Luna and paranormal romance for Silhouette Nocturne led her to understand that the two are not so very different after all…
By Laura Anne Gilman, author of Free Fall
This month, the fifth book of the Retrievers series, Free Fall, hit the stores.
When Luna first acquired [...]
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By Jenny B, digital content manager
From Smart Bitches and Dear Author, another salvo in the debate about whether the paranormal romance reading community is ready to move on from reading about vampires. This time, a different take in that vampires are not “over”, just moved into the mainstream.
It’s an interesting point, but for me personally, I [...]
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By Jenny B, Digital Content Manager
Want to win some great prizes from some of your favorite authors and the chance to have your name in a book? Visit Brenda Novak’s 4th Annual On-line Auction for Diabetes Research.
I copied this from Brenda’s website: “Welcome to my 4th Annual On-line Auction for Diabetes Research. Thank you for [...]
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Toni Andrews, author of the Mercy Hollings series of urban fantasy books (available now from MIRA), shares her real-life inspiration for the setting of her two Mercy Hollings novels, Beg For Mercy and Angel of Mercy…
By Toni Andrews, author of Angel of Mercy
Real Balboa Tales and Fantasy Intertwine in the Mercy Hollings Series
This morning, while [...]
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How do you write a great opening to your paranormal romance novel? NYT author Gena Showalter shares what has worked for her Lords of the Underworld series…
By Gena Showalter, author of The Darkest Fire, The Darkest Night, The Darkest Kiss, The Darkest Pleasure, and many more!
The opening paragraph of a book is, perhaps, a writer’s [...]
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Does prophecy equal destiny? Patrice Michelle talks about her SCIONS trilogy from Silhouette Nocturne and how it explores the notion of predestiny versus free will…
By Patrice Michelle, author of Scions: Insurrection
The definition of “Prophecy” is as follows: Prophecy is the prediction of future events or the speaking of divine words (divine Revelation) through chosen human messengers (prophets).
When [...]
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What is a familiar, and why would she fear having sex with a werewolf? Michele Hauf, launch author for Nocturne Bites, explains…
By Michele Hauf, author of Racing the Moon
My latest short story, Racing the Moon, features a sexy alpha werewolf on a desperate race against the full moon to put himself safely away from anyone [...]
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Paranormal romance meets fantasy when author Bertrice Small shares her thoughts on creating the world of Hetar…
By Bertrice Small, author of The Sorceress of Belmair
Several years ago my agent said to me, “Do you think you could write something paranormal? I suspect it will be the next hot trend.” I told him I wasn’t into wolves or [...]
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