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 TBR2010 - August Theme - Author(s) you've never read before



"You hate me but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself."



Frankenstein is as part of the pop culture zeitgeist as much as Dracula and all the sparkly goodness that descended from Stoker's creation. Mary Shelley is often cited as the mother of horror and science fiction and it's no doubt why from her wonderful first novel.



I'm a huge fan of the Universal movies from the 30s and still watch them to this day...

The Little Prince is a beloved classic French children's story that many continue to love well into their adulthood. Even today I hear friends and peers of mine talking about wonderful memories they had of the little prince that came from outer space. I still have fond memories of the animated movie that I grew up loving.



That's why I jumped on the chance to check out a recent incarnation of The Little Prince in graphic novel formats, also considering I love GNs.



That said, I would say thi...

Heads up!



If you haven't grabbed a copy of the first two books in my Ashen Twilight series, now's your chance to win printed versions of both! Today I'm guest posting at Book Faery's for Day 24 of the Battle of the Sexes. I invite you to come on down to check out my post, Rascals, Rogues and Really Bad Boys: The Allure of the Alpha Hero and enter to win both copies in the series.





Click the pick to zoom on over to the website! Contest ends Sept. 4, 2010!

A mini belated message. ;-)



All my books available at the Amazon US store are now available in the Amazon UK! A few readers were interested in grabbing the books in their area and I hope this will make it more accessible to them. The prices should be in the equivalent of the US prices. Plus there is no DRM whatsoever! So feel free to trot on over to grab yourself some reads.



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Lately I've been MIA offline taking care of somethings. Sometimes when I write, I usually take 'extended leaves from offline' to get the clutter out of my head. (Apologies to all who had comments in moderation. I put the modding up due to some of my posts being spammed. Argh).



While away, I started getting back to the things that I really enjoyed as a kid. One of them is checking old horror movies and books. In addition to my SFR books I'm currently reading, I started reading Frankenstein af...

Apologies for my lack of posting! My internet has been down for the past few days and I've been doing some massive catchup time before the end of the month. I have one short story deadline and also an author appearance in Second Life which I'm very excited about. Also some finishing touches on my website for some new pages that will premiere at the beginning of the month and a few reading related goodies once I get organized.



Stay tuned for more updates!

Boy, is it good to have Teresa D'Amario back! I lost count of the many times I read SheWolf since the first time and I've been waiting for Nora's story as well as Ryland's. I was very interested in seeing how a villain could be turned into a hero for the next book as its one of things on my wishlists for romance themes.



D'Amario doesn't disappoint! Dark Succession is a sexy paranormal romance but it's also a gut wrenching fantasy and suspense all rolled into one. After being captured...

Heather is hosting Parallel Universe in conjunction with this week's RWA Conference in Florida. Check out a conglomerate of posts from different authors discussing the theme of SFR and how diversity is tied in with the subgenre. Click the banner to check out the posts and keep an eye out for yours truly's post on SFR and diversity in film.

Hey folks! If there are any military SF fans, you'll want to check out this month's edition of the Broad Pod which is sponsored by the Broad Universe. Yours truly is the guest host for this edition and I had a blast organizing and introducing such great authors. For those SFR fans, there's a bit of romance in some of these books so be sure to check out the excerpts read by the authors themselves. :-)



Trot on over to listen and/or download the episodes at





http://broadpod.posterous.com  or ...

For 2010 reading that is. Eek.







Lately I've been feeling more action/futuristic lately so I'm going to try to shift a little away from contemporaries and paranormals and head straight into the future.  The SFR challenge will definitely help get me going on that. I'm still reading (and loving!) Dark Succession and I'm trying not to read too fast so the story will be over too soon (don't you hate it when that happens while reading a good book).



As for other challenges:



The POC (people of co...