Sci-fi romance – especially erotic sci-fi romance – is a big seller right now, and Aussie author SE Gilchrist is writing cool, sexy space opera romance with lashings of high adventure. And, y’know. HOT DUDES. As well as some scorching fantasy romance on the side. A multi-talented lady! (P.S. There’s a giveaway at the end. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2014
USA Today’s HEA blog starts a new column devoted to SF&F romance
Here’s a bit of good news for lovers of science fiction romance and fantasy romance. USA Today’s Happily Ever After blog, which focuses on romance, has started a new, twice-monthly column devoted to the sub-genres. It’s called Sci-Fi Encounters, and it’s written by Veronica Scott, herself an author of SF&F and paranormal romance. I’ve been … Continue reading
What We’re Reading: Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett
If anyone ever tells you there’s nothing new in paranormal romance and the genre’s on its way out, hand them a copy of Jenn Bennett’s Bitter Spirits. I finished this start to a new series last week, and I’m already itching for the next installment. Bitter Spirits is set in Prohibition-era San Francisco, and it’s no small feat … Continue reading
Gender Equity, Fantasy Edition
There’s a lot of brouhaha going on over in the land of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America these days about the sci fi/fantasy world old-boys’ network, or the perception of it, and whether said organization buys into it or not. And I have an opinion, yes I do, but I don’t plan to … Continue reading
A Chat with Wonderfully Wicked Author C. J. Burright
Happy Friday Everyone! I’m psyched to welcome my pal, author C. J. Burright to the Paranormal Unbound blog. CJ writes paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and fantasy romance, and has a new series coming soon. Hi, CJ! I’m so happy you could join us today for a chat! Tell our readers a little about yourself. Something … Continue reading
Vampires! Hot dudes! Women in corsets!
Vampire romance is not dead. No matter what they say. Maybe it’s the orgasmic sucking action, or the brooding alpha dudes, or the insta-lust, but it’s a truth universally acknowledged that vampires—the proper bloodthirsty kind, not those sparkling ones—are sexy. At least, it is on this blog. You in the right place? Excellent. Come in, … Continue reading
What are we reading? – RITA books!
Hi everyone! Today is my “What are we reading” feature, and I’m not allowed to tell you! LOL Why the cloak and dagger? Because I’m reading 7 books and scoring them for the Romance Writers of America RITA contest. It’s like the Oscars of romance… So I can’t share the names or I’d get my … Continue reading
Lies, and damned lies…
If you haven’t been drunk or under a rock (or, ahem, living in the real world, which doesn’t actually give a damn) you’ll have heard something this week about author Hugh Howey’s Amazon stats. Y’know. The ones that PROVE that self-publishing is BETTER GODDAMIT because Amazon data scraping and graphs and charts and shiz… and … Continue reading
Role Playing Games, Gender, and Gestalt Rats: A conversation with Alexis Hall
Today I’m welcoming Alexis Hall to Paranormal Unbound. I’m so glad he agreed to chat with me, especially since I threw a ton of epic run-on questions at him, and he humored me replied very graciously! Below you will see me say Iron & Velvet is one of the smartest, funniest, freshest books I’ve read … Continue reading
A bloody Valentine’s gift…
Today I’d like to share my inspiration for my new short story Unforgiven. It’s a dark fantasy love story, set in a quasi-French Revolution world, where people die of the plague as easily as at the point of a sword, and you can be a hero one day and an enemy of the state the … Continue reading