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Small news update for my mailing list readers, the winners of the G for... contests will be announced Friday so stay tuned! I'll be picking winners between now and then and will be announcing it here on this blog so be sure to check back for the announcing post!

It's been a slow news day for the past few months so I haven't dug up much in the way of publishing news. That always unnerves me because the moment there IS some news, it's usually some heavy duty one. Besides the fact that we lost Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon just last week alone is trippy in itself. I loved me some MJ tunes because they always got you right down to the bone and even if you KNOW you can't dance you would get up and shake it to his music cause it feels so good

This month we have a new author spotlight and this is a hot one to enter the month of July and welcome some great summer reads.

A Writer's Dream would like to welcome author Michael H. Hanson. recently published his first volume of poetry, "Autumn Blush" (under the imprint "YaYe Books"). During the past eight years he has written and published over fifty short stories in the fantasy, horror and science fiction genres.

A transplanted New Yorker, he recently acquired dual-citizenship with his name b

The industry has been taking a hit from all sides and us writers (and the editors I'm sure) are feeling it as we speak. I haven't been posting a lot about it because frankly it's been depressing! So I've been catching up on my reading as you noticed from the flurry of book reviews. I'm also hunting around for good free reads (as you note from my latest review) and I'm always happy to share them with my fellow bloggers and readers.

I came across a special case of free read that ties into what aut

On this blog I like to recommend great reads and alert you of free reads as well. In this post, we got a two hitter as I just finish an online free novel that has turned into one of my favorite books I've ever read.

I came across this online novel in a google search and decided to take a look at it with plans to just read the first chapter one night. Soon I found myself diving into the story and absorbed in the lives of the characters we meet throughout the story.

The story focuses on Kate Collins

Wow. I really enjoyed reading this book. It is very rich in scenery, language, world-building and characters. It kind of reminded me of Vampires of the Scarlet Order in that it deals with a group of vampires throughout the centuries but there in lies the only similarity. Sort of Anne Rice's vampire world-building with the language of Gabaldon's Outlander presenting a new addition to classic gothic literature. I mention this because I love books of this kind that takes vampire lore and creates a

I forget where I had first heard of this show somewhere they mentioned the creators of Xena Warrior Princess had a new show. I'm a huge Xena fan and was so jazzed to see Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert returning to their fantasy roots.

I taped the show here and there but kept missing episodes in between. From what I saw it was pretty good but I can tell it was a show to see one right after the other. After I finally caught all episodes, I was hooked and I can say I flippin' LOVE this show!!! The firs

You know you've been out of it when your phone has to remind you of appointments!

Guest blogging time!

Today I'm over at the LPI blog chatting about Queries. Yep, that all important calling card to selling your manuscript to agents and/or publishers. Or is it really that important? If it's a rejection, is it one of the query letter itself or the manuscript was "just not right for them"?

All that and more over at:

On my hunt for May/December romance reads I came across this little charming book that was a reissue from the Harlequin Silhouette Intimate Moments line. Boy I'm glad I came upon this line! Right away it read like it could be a 50s movie starring a young Audrey Hepburn and an older William Holden and then I realized it had a very Sabrina type of feel to it even though the story was different.

Lauren Howard is a young women recovering from a car crash that ended in her gravely injured and ending h

I'm so excited to see the Indie/DIY industry blooming. Not only is it rising with the advent of indie authors in publishing but the long standing tradition of film is on the rise as well. Filmmakers are making works outside of the system as they explore different avenues of storytelling in the new media. The awesome thing is how open the internet is for this communication. Much of it wouldn't have been available years ago but now bloggers, fans, readers, filmgoers and entertainment lovers can fo