Lisa Kessler here! These days I read everything on my Kindle or my phone. The last time I opened a paperback it was to judge RITA books at the beginning of the year. But recently I’ve discovered some new about my reading… Because I don’t have a pretty book sitting on my shelf saying “Read … Continue reading
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What we’re reading – Patricia Briggs & Kelley Armstrong
Hey there Unbounders! Lisa Kessler here! I’ve been deep in the writing cave, but I do treat myself during lunch breaks to precious Kindle time. Now that all the RITA and PRISM contest books are read and judged, I can sink back into my comfort zone with books and worlds I LOVE to lose myself … Continue reading
Genre Talk – Turning our favorite paranormal fiction into television
Hi everyone – Have you watched BITTEN on Syfy yet? The show is based on Kelley Armstrong’s NYT Best Selling Women of the Otherworld Series and I’m really enjoying it overall, however not all her readers feel the same. You see they’re deviating from the books. It started out in episode two when a minor … 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
What are we reading? Christmas Eve edition
Hi everyone – Lisa Kessler here on Christmas Eve! I hope all of the paranormal lovers out there are set to enjoy a warm holiday full of fun and family… Since we’re so close to Christmas and New Year’s, I thought I’d share a little gem of a holiday novella with all of you. It’s … Continue reading
Genre Talk – Deadline Hell and Sleepy Hollow
Hi everyone – Okay so I’m in a crazy end of the year deadline hell… (I should really shower… *ahem*) And I just realized today is my day to talk about our fabulous genre. Whee! Since I’m under the gun, I’m going to keep this short… Have you all been watching Sleepy Hollow??? I realize … Continue reading
Just in time for Halloween – Hunter’s Moon hits the virtual shelves
Hi everyone – Monday was the big release day for Hunter’s Moon! This is the second book in the Moon Series, but it reads all right as a standalone too… Welcome to Reno, Nevada, the Biggest Little City in the World and home to a Werewolf Pack whose future is on a collision course with … Continue reading
Genre Talk – Let’s talk paranormal tropes
Hi everyone – Since Moonlight came out in July, I’ve learned a lot about the shifter genre that I hadn’t really considered before. There is a major trope in shifter books especially werewolves, that makes debates break out… Fated mates! dun-dun-dun! It has been interesting hearing from readers on both sides of the fence. Many … Continue reading
Paranormals … Living in the Real World
Should science fiction and fantasy explore real events? Should speculative fiction address tragedies recent enough to still be part of the world’s collective consciousness? Should certain subjects be sacrosanct or relegated only to “serious” (i.e., literary) fiction or to historians? When I set out to write Royal Street, the first book in my Sentinels of … Continue reading
Genre Talk – Urban Fantasy vs. Paranormal Romance
Hi everyone – My latest release, Moonlight, is written in alternating first person point of view. First person is generally frowned on in Paranormal Romance, but for my Moon Series, it was the only point of view that felt “right” for the feel of the series. My agent pitched the series as “Urban fantasy pacing … Continue reading