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
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Haven’s Book Birthday – Scene Reveal & Giveaway
Hello Dear Readers! Happy Birthday, Haven It’s Haven’s one-year book birthday! I’m celebrating with a book tour right now. Stop by to read character interviews, excerpts and reviews, and enter the birthday giveaway for e-gift cards and more. Scene Reveal As part of the birthday celebration, I have a deleted scene to share with you … Continue reading
Fairies, djinn and undead guys
Note that I say ‘undead’. Not ‘zombie’. For some reason, whenever I say ‘zombie romance’, people jump on a chair like a rat just ran up their skirt and start screaming, ‘Eww! Body parts falling off!’ Which is TOTALLY unfair and lacking in imagination. If that was you, just a second ago? SHAME ON YOU. … 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
Happily Ever After–From a Different Angle
Writing is an odd occupation in my family of salt-of-the-earth Southerners. My people work hard for an honest wage, watch Southeastern Conference football on Saturdays in the fall, and take casseroles to church fellowships. My people don’t do weird. Then there’s me. I spend my days writing and editing at a university―a vague concept among … Continue reading
Haven by Celia Breslin
Hello Everyone! I’m happy dancing all over my home office today, celebrating release week for my debut novel, Haven. Yay! 🙂 My release week party started on Monday when I visited (Laura Kaye’s blog for a chitchat and giveaway. Today, I’m pleased to be here on my group blog home, Paranormal Unbound, for another discussion … Continue reading