Hi Paranormal Unbounders! Author Holly Hunt joins us today to chat about recent trends in paranormal fiction. Enjoy! — Celia The Monster Evolution by Holly Hunt Anyone else noticing that the comic-movie industry is trying so hard to keep paranormal movies relevant that they’re trying to adapt the old monsters into heroes (whether dark and … Continue reading
Hello Dear Readers! I’m happy dancing in the book blogosphere this week, celebrating release week for DESTINY, the second book in The Tranquilli Bloodline Series! Excerpts As part of the celebration, you can read three excerpts this week. Opening Scene (PG-13) My day moved from ordinary to interesting when the deliveryman handed me a box … Continue reading
Hello Paranormal Unbounders! I’ve been head down, eyes on galley (focus, focus, focus!) for the third book in my vampire series (aka “Destiny, out in November, yay!), so when I noticed it was my turn to post for Genre Talk, I had to bring the vampires to the blog. As a reader and writer of … Continue reading
Earlier this summer, I attended the Romantic Times Booklovers convention in New Orleans, and among the many workshops being given on the business and craft of writing, there was one that particularly interested me. The title was “Writing in the Badlands,” and the topic was books that are hybrids between paranormal romance and urban fantasy. … Continue reading
It’s Wednesday, and that means Books by Unbound Authors Day. Hence, behold SCORCHED, my new urban fantasy novel! Stroke it! Admire it! Feed it cookies! Done that? Great. You’ll get a chance to win a copy at the end – so just scroll to that bit now, if you need to go pee or something. … Continue reading
Amanda Quick holds a special place in my romance-reading heart because she was my gateway author. It was her straight-up early historicals that showed me strong, smart female characters with agency, interesting and smart male heroes who were more than Alpha he-mans, engaging external plots, and humor (the last was a big influence on me). … Continue reading
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
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
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
I picked up Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz the other day when I was in the bookstore looking for the new Mark Lawrence. I’d never actually read a Dean Koontz – I’ve always meant to try his Frankenstein series but never gotten around to it – and I’d heard good things about this series too. … Continue reading
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