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January 15, 2013
Guest Interview: Celia Breslin
I’m not currently doing a theme of interviews, but today’s guest is up-and-coming Champagne Author, Celia Breslin, and she’s here to talk to us today about her debut novel, Haven!
Celia Breslin lives in Northern California with her family. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance about vampires, mermen, The Fae, and assorted other sexy and mysterious creatures of the Otherworld. Her debut novel, HAVEN, releases July 2013 from Champagne Books (BURST imprint).
You can connect with Celia v...
January 11, 2013
Winnipeg Sci-Fi Author wins Prestigious Award
Ask and you shall recieve! I just got this message in my email, and I’d like to pass along some congratulations – I’m not going to blather, I’ll pass the message along, italics means it was lifted in its entirety out of the email I recieved from the EDGENewsletter. I got zero affiliation with the author and/or EDGE besides my appearing in the last Tesseracts.
http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/alphanauts/an-catalog.html
Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing is delighted to announce that autho...
January 9, 2013
Release Date Hiccup/Free Reads
Tower of Obsidian‘s release date has been postphoned for another month – we ran into some technical issues (I blame shawmail) and none of us wanted to give up on quality so I’ll post something official when it’s up and we’re good. (Well, maybe I wanted to give up on quality a little but the good shoulder angel smacked some sense into me).
I was putting on my thinking cap as to how to keep this blog entertaining – I like to support Canadian-related publishing stuff, so I think one of my things...
January 1, 2013
Writing Resolutions
I might as well jump on the bandwagon.
My usual deal in terms of writing has just been write a novel every year – which I’ve pretty much done consistently post-uni besides last year, but I’m just finishing up the last manuscript. I started a new one for nanowrimo in November but I’m kinda meh about it – honestly, my bigger drive has been working on my digital coloring (for whatever reason, my penciling has gotten way better – it’s like I’m getting more fluid). I think if anything, I need to ge...
December 28, 2012
The Twelve(ish) Days of Authors – Day 12, Cotton E. Davis
Today brings us to our last scheduled interview – I really enjoyed doing this, so I might try this again in a few months.
Anyhow, up last is Burst author Cotton E. Davis, and he’s here to talk about his science-fiction novel, TimeWarp, Inc. I’d like to welcome Cotton and thank him for agreeing to be interviewed!
In his own words:
My sci-fi novel TimeWarp, Inc. is basically the story of an agnostic ex-soldier who travels back in time, where he meets and becomes Christ’s best friend. It was publ...
December 27, 2012
The Twelve(ish) Days of Authors Day 11, Graeme Brown
Today’s author is another from the Burst Books line, Graeme Brown!
Graeme Brown is a Winnipeg writer, artist and student of mathematics. Being a long-time fan of epic fantasy and suffering from an overactive imagination, he has been writing stories for more than twenty years. He also enjoys running, yoga, and classical piano.
You can check out more about Graeme at his website, twitter account, and blog.
So, without further ado, I’d like to welcome Graeme to this interview and thank him for agre...
December 26, 2012
The Twelve(ish) Days of Authors – Day 10, Jane Toombs
Next up on this author-celebration is romance author, Jane Toombs! Jane is joining us for her birthday, so I’d like to first extend to a Jane a very happy birthday!
Jane Toombs is a retired R.N. who was first published Tule Witch, a gothic novel, in 1973 while still working as a nurse, which is probably why the heroine of this book is one. Currently, Jane is the caretaker at home for her Life Partner who has Parkinson’s Disease and is in a wheelchair. This has cut down her writing time, so she...
December 25, 2012
The Twelve(ish) Days of Authors – Day 9, Pippa Jay
Happy St. Stephen’s Day, everyone! Hopefully you’re reading this from somewhere cozy after the festivities yesterday! Where I am, it’s been really cold all week (I’m from a place nicknamed Winterpeg, FYI).
Next up is yet another up-and-coming Burst author, Pippa Jay!
Pippa is a mum to three little monsters, is a scifi author, and is a devoted fan of alternative rock band The Rasmus. Her debut novel – science fiction romance Keir – released from Lyrical Press Inc. in May 2012.
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
I hope the best for you and yours throughout for whatever you celebrate throughout this holiday season – laugh, be safe, and spend time with the ones you love.
Merry Christmas!


December 23, 2012
The Twelve(ish) Days of Authors: Day 8, Pt. II: Heather Geoffries
Joining me Next is Carnal Passion’s Heather Geoffries.
In her own words:
Heather Geoffries is a pen name that me and my husband write under together. We have been married for almost ten years and we have two beautiful daughters and five crazy cats. We are very similar and we are best friends who do everything together. With that in mind, we decided to write a steamy short story and have another we will submit soon. We live in Northeast Ohio, right in the heart of the snow belt and therefore we...