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Categories: Blog Hop, TTT

TTT: Top Ten Bookish People I’d Like to Meet

I’ve been lurking and watching the Top Ten Tuesday from The Broke and The Bookish for a long while and avoiding participating because of time—I need more time! Today I need to participate. The topic is too good!

 Top Ten Bookish People I’d Like to Meet

Ten won’t be enough, so I’m gonna cheat a little …

1. My writer-friends:

2. This one I’m stealing from Colin: “A Literary Agent Who Wants to Represent Me. Seriously. If you’re a literary agent and you want to represent me, I want to meet you. Really soon.” << Exactly!

3. Richelle Mead. She’s  my idol. I just LOVE everything, anything she writes. Need I say more?

4.  The author-friends Kiersten White, Beth Revis, Natalie Whipple and Stephanie Perkins. They are fun, they are curious, they are savvy, they have wonderful books (I know Natalie’s book isn’t out yet, but I KNOW it’ll rock).

5. Joss Whedon. Yea, not a book author, but an “author” nevertheless. He’s THE MAN. Period.

6. Sarah J. Maas. My newest idol. I’m in love with her book Throne of Glass, and seriously can’t wait for the next one.

7. Christopher Paolini. Love him and his books. You know a character who reminds me of him? Seth from the Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead. I’m dead serious. I think Richelle got inspired by him. Just saying.

8. The YA Highway ladies! They are awesome and their posts are dead on.

9. Paulo Coelho. Not really my style of reading, though I did read some of his books, but he’s Brazilian like me, and he’s super famous worldwide. Besides, I loved his book The Alchemist and the message I saw in it.

10. J.K. Rowling. Dude, she’s Harry Potter’s mother! And Hermione’s, and Ron’s, and Snape’s, and Dumbledore’s, and Neville’s, and Luna’s … need I go on?

 

How about you? Who would you like to meet in this writerly world?

Cheers,

Categories: Blog Hop, Entertainment

Genre Favorites Blogfest

Captain Ninja Alex J. Cavanaugh has done it again! Here’s his super fun blogfest, Genre Favorites!

List your favorite genre of:

 

Movie:
Romantic action (does that exist?) – what I mean is, action movies that have romance in it. What can I say? I love me some romance ;) Good examples: Prince of Persia, Avatar, and John Carter of Mars

 

Music:
I’m very, very eclectic and like almost everything, but I know that the genre I listen a tiny bit more than the others is Pop.

 

Books:
Romance – or anything with romance. It can be simply Urban Fantasy or Science Fiction with strong romantic elements, even if the end if not happy. At least the character loved/was loved during some part of the book …

 

And a guilty pleasure genre from any of the three categories!
Music – Reggaeton – love to dance it!

 

It was hard choosing only one song from them since I love them all, but here it goes. This is Reggaeton: The Siento by Wisin Y Yandel:

 

You should stop by and check out the others participating of the blogfest! Find the linky list here.

How about you? What are your favorite genres?

Cheers,

Categories: #ROW80

#ROW80 Checkin 09/16

Hello friends! It’s ROW80 update time. I think this the last update before the round ends and we share our how-we-did-overall posts. By the way, if ROW80 sounds like something you would like (I know you would like it), check the website—the next round starts October 1st!

So, remember my “amazing news” I mentioned last week? I blogged about it on Wed. You can read about it here ;)

My goals for last week and how it went:

  1. Writing: actually revising. Send my ms for first critique until Friday (but I hope to get it out the door by Wed). And I need to start working on the “amazing news” too. Monday I worked on the ms, then sent it for the first critique on Tues, actually. On Tues, I did the homework for my workshop, then broke a novella down in scenes to analyze them. Wed and Thu: pre-edits of the HHSW novelette. Sent the pre-edits back on Thu. Fri: re-read through a novella, analyzing if I could fix it, or edit it …
  2. Reading: finish book #51, read book #52. Done. And I’m halfway through book #53.
  3. Social media: blog at least twice and hop on Twitter from time to time. Done.
  4. Exercise: 3x at least. 6 times!!

My goals for next week:

  1. Writing: revise the novella (HAHP).
  2. Reading: finish book #53, read book #54, read a prologue from a friend, and at least half of a friend’s ms (I have to critique it too).
  3. Social media: blog at least twice and hop on Twitter from time to time.
  4. Exercise: 4x at least.

That’s it for now.

Want to check out the other ROWers? Click here!

Have a great week, everyone!

Cheers,

Categories: Decadent Publishing, My Books, New Adult

Happy News

Guys, I can’t believe that I’ve got more happy news to share in a little over two months! (For the first happy news, you can click here).

My New Adult Contemporary Romance novelette, Her Heart’s Secret Wish, will be published by Decadent Publishing in December!

It’s a Christmas short and it’s sweet and sexy!

Here’s the unofficial blurb:

With a renowned reputation as a player, she had everything figured out…
Twenty years old college student, Natasha is the life of every party and the reason behind many celebrations. The easiest girl on campus has all guys at her feet and more than a few in her bed.
…until he came into the game…
Having entered the academic world by chance, Professor Jason Stone is surprised to find one of his young students a huge temptation. The infamous Natasha has caught his attention. But is there more to her than meets the eye?
…and changed the rules.
As their unexpected friendship grows, so does their attraction to each other. When Jason’s Christmas plans are cancelled and he ends up at the same party as Natasha, sparks flare, destroying the safe zone around them. Will they figure out how to break through their self-imposed barriers to be together, or lose one another forever?

 

I would like to thank Jani Grey, Hope Roberson, and Andrea Teagan for critiquing/beta-reading the manuscript and telling me it rocked! THANK YOU!

I can’t believe my novelette will be out so soon! I can’t wait to share it with you!

Stay tuned for the cover reveal in a few weeks!

Squeeeee!

Cheers,

Categories: Covers, NA sisters, New Adult, SSP

Cover Love: STRENGTH

The reveal was yesterday, but I had to share it with you guys: my NA sister Carrie Butler and the cover for her book STRENGTH coming March 07 2013 from Sapphire Star Publishing.

 

Title: Strength
Series: Mark of Nexus – Book 1
Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing   
Category: New Adult (NA)
Genre: Paranormal Romance (PNR)
Release Date: March 07, 2013
Designer: Carrie Butler
Photographer: Yuri Arcurs

Short Synopsis:

When college student Rena Collins finds herself nose-to-chest with the campus outcast, she’s stunned. Wallace Blake is everything she’s ever wanted in a man—except he can’t touch her. His uncontrollable strength, a so-called gift from his bloodline, makes every interaction dangerous. And with a secret, supernatural war brewing among his kind, there’s no time to work it out. To keep Wallace in her life, Rena will have to risk a whole lot more than her heart.

Long Synopsis:

When college student Rena Collins finds herself nose-to-chest with the campus outcast, her rumor-laced notions are shattered. Handsome, considerate, and seemingly sane, Wallace Blake doesn’t look like he spends his nights alone, screaming and banging on the walls of his dorm room. Hell, he doesn’t look like he spends his nights alone, period.

Too curious for her own good, Rena vows to uncover the truth behind Wallace’s madman reputation—and how two seconds of contact had left her with bruises. Of course, there are a few minor setbacks along the way: guilt, admiration, feelings of the warm and fuzzy variety…

Not to mention the unwanted attention of Wallace’s powerful, supernaturally-gifted family.

They’re a bloodline divided by opposing ideals, two soon-to-be warring factions that live in secret among us. When Rena ends up caught in their crossfire, Wallace has no choice but to save her by using his powers. Now they’re really in trouble. With war on the horizon and Rena’s life in the balance, he needs to put some distance between them. But Rena won’t let go. If fighting is what it takes to prove her own strength and keep Wallace in her life, then that’s what she’ll do—even if it means risking a whole lot more than her heart.

 

Where to find Carrie:
WEBSITE  |  BLOG  |  SSP  |  TWITTER  |  FACEBOOK  |  GOODREADS  |  GOOGLE+

Where to find Strength:
BOOK PAGE  |  GOODREADS  |  FACEBOOK (New!)

 

 

Gorgeous, isn’t it? Congrats Carrie!!

Cheers,

Categories: Authors, Blog Tour, Lyrical Press

The Blackened Night by L.K. Below

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14 Days until the release of This Blackened Night, The Order: Book 3!

Every author has a set of characters more dear to their hearts than any others. In most cases, this stems from these characters being among the first ever created. I won’t claim Lori and Terrence were my very first, but they did come close. Their first book, Stalking Shade, which released in 2011, was originally written in 2007. And rewritten. And rewritten.

And now it feels like a dear friend is moving away. With the release of This Blackened Night on September 24th, 2012, the trilogy will come to an end. Lori might be a prickly character, not easy for anyone but Terrence to love, but I had a lot of fun with her. When I wrote this third book late last year, I dragged my feet to see it finished for the same reason. I didn’t want to let the pair of them go. A not-so-secret part of me is hoping for an overwhelming response from readers asking me to continue so I have an excuse to revisit my favorite characters.

For now, I’m counting down the days until the third book releases. Maybe you’ll fall in love with Lori and Terrence every bit as fiercely as I have. Lori might be stubborn in pushing people away, but Terrence is the most persistent character I’ve ever written. Good thing, too.

Join me in celebrating the release of the third book a bit early with this short, sweet teaser excerpt:

 

This Blackened Night by L.K. Below

With murders cropping up all around, who should she trust?

After months of searching, Lori finally scrounges up a clue as to the whereabouts of the missing leader of her secret organization. But her vision isn’t encouraging–it points to her vampire companion Terrence as the culprit.

Terrence is adamant that he isn’t at fault. Even though she knows she might be walking into a trap, she follows his lead to a shabby island port. When her informants start turning up dead with puncture wounds in their necks, Lori wonders just how well she knows Terrence. And why does he act different during the search than in their hotel room?

Lori doesn’t know who to trust anymore. She only hopes that she won’t be the next victim.

 

Six Sweet Sentences from the book:

Another death. She wouldn’t let that smug, persistent bastard get away with it. Not when her indecision might cause someone else’s death. Drawing her stake from her boot, she picked her way out of the station. Then she gunned for her rented motel room.

Terrence would pay, if it meant her last breath.

Learn more about the series as a whole on the Lyrical Press, Inc. website: http://bit.ly/TheOrderSeries.

Read a longer excerpt from This Blackened Night at http://bit.ly/ThisBlackenedNight.

 

Bio: If L.K. Below gets far too attached to her characters, well, that’s because they’re interesting people. Read two of her favorites in her urban fantasy series, The Order. Join her online at www.lbelow.net to learn more. Want to keep up to date with her tour stops? Follow her on Twitter or Facebook.

 

Cheers,

Categories: #ROW80, News

#ROW80 check-in 09/09

Hello friends! It’s ROW80 update time.

My goals for last week and how it went:

  1. Writing: revising Amber Energy. Giving myself until Sept 15th. I’m being bad with this. Yes, I’m revising and adding more words (cause I can’t revise without upping the word count). I added 2000 words Tues, and 3000 Wed. And on Thurs I broke the manuscript down scene by scene and analyzed each scene, focusing on important element and keys, if I was missing any or presenting them too late or too soon. Complex work, but I like doing this. On Fri, I employed all I had done on Thurs (switching scenes order and adding/cutting scenes, etc).
  2. Reading: finish book #51. Again, I got to 40% of a book and gave up. It’s frustrating! Now I’m 21% into another one but I think I’ll finish this since it’s great so far …
  3. Social media: blog at least twice and hop on Twitter from time to time. Done.
  4. Exercise: 3x at least. Four. Monday was a holiday and I had plans to go, but woke up with a headache and couldn’t =(

It was a good week, I think. BUT my mind keeps wandering to other projects. Several other projects. I want to work on several projects at once and I’m sure it won’t work out nicely if I try it. First, because it’ll take longer to finish one thing, second, because it’ll give room for more distraction or down time while switching from one to another.

On the bright side, Friday night I received some amazing news … I’ll probably be able to share more on that some time this week. And, with that news, came more work. Stay tuned because there’ll probably be a post this week about it ;)

Moving on … my goals for next week:

  1. Writing: actually revising. Send my ms for first critique until Friday (but I hope to get it out the door by Wed). And I need to start working on the “amazing news” too.
  2. Reading: finish book #51, read book #52.
  3. Social media: blog at least twice and hop on Twitter from time to time.
  4. Exercise: 3x at least.

That’s it for now.

Want to check out the other ROWers? Click here!

Have a great week, everyone!

Cheers,