Interview: Author J.N. Duncan + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome debut author J. N. Duncan here at Book Lovers Inc today. His first novel, Deadworld will be released tomorrow and he’s here to tell us a bit about his book, his world and what makes worth reading. Please give him a warm welcome and be sure to stay tuned till the end for your chance to win the book. 

BLI: Jim can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Jim: Well, I’m a 40-something father of four, or eight if you include the pets in the house. I’m an aspiring middle school math teacher. I’m something of a fantasy gamer geek (yes, I play WoW), love astronomy, and generally I think you could call me something of a nerd. Hopefully in a good way. I’ve been writing since I was about 14, thanks …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Well after last week’s bonanza of news – things are pretty quiet this week, but I have some fantastic books/covers to watch out for and a few tidbits that will please a few people.

We have a bit of an update of Trisha Telep and the Wicked Pretty Things anthology.More authors have pulled out , Brenna Yovanoff, Seanan McGuire , along with Karen Mahoney and Lesley Livingston, Lisa Mantchev and Jessica Verdey. While Melissa Marr has announced she does not want her name to be associated with this anthology in any manner to recommend it. But that is not all, authors Ann Aguirre and Saundra Mitchell have also pulled out in a different anthology again edited by Telep. I definitely think now, Wicked Pretty Things anthology wont go ahead with its current form with only 7 of …

We Love Your Comments Giveaway: Winner & new Start

This winner of our We Love Your Comments Giveaway for March is……

JenM

who commented on our postpost “Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review“:

I know that most people don’t know about Agency pricing and don’t care, but after it started, I went from spending $150 or so a month on large publishers’ ebooks to spending about $20 or $30 a month on theirs. I still buy ebooks, but now the vast majority of my new book purchases are from Samhain, HQN, established authors’ self-published backlists, or Indie authors.

Furthermore, If I want a book from a large publishing house, instead of buying it new and generating revenue for them, I swap for it on one of the paperback swap sites. The large publishers have lost my business and until they choose to be reasonable about ebook pricing, they won’t get it back.

Congrats hon! Please …

Interview: Author Jill Sorenson + Giveaway

Photo by Ann Collins

We are very happy to welcome Jill Sorenson here at Book Lovers Inc today. A few weeks ago the wonderful Carolyn Crane wrote a post about how much she loves Jill’s writing so I thought I have to give her books a try and wow I was blown away. So I immediately grabbed my chance and asked her to come over. Jill has actually 2 new releases: Stranded with her Ex was just released and The Edge of Night will be released next week. Please give her a warm welcome and stay tuned for your chance to win. 

The Geeky Lover: Jill can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Jill: I write romantic suspense for Harlequin and Bantam Dell.

The Geeky Lover: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?

Jill: I …

My Wishlist: Samhain Edition

Hey All! Happy Thursday!! Here’s what’s on my “Take Home Thursday” post.

Today I choosing these new titles for my take home and enjoy Thursday. . . .Well, they are new to me. *wink*

Here are my top few choices for this week:

Run, Wolf by Keith Melton
Samhain Publishing
April 25th 2009
Book info and purchase links available here at:
Samhain Publishing, Amazon, B&N
Book Blurb:

One choice means heartbreak. The other, death.

Nightfall Wolf Clans, Book 1

Leah Kendrick is guilty of only one crime: loving her human mate, Tom, enough to give him the gift of The Bite. The Pack council is merciless, and the punishment swift. In an instant everything she’s ever known is ripped away, and they’re turned out into the long winter with nothing. No money, no car, and …

Genres 101: The world is ending!! (A.K.A. Dystopian and Apocalyptic Fiction)

As you may have noticed, Speculative Fiction is a pretty large bag of mixed tastes. Today, I thought (since I’m currently reading Wither by Lauren DeStafano and have recently read other books that fit into these categories) that we’d take a look at Apocalyptic, Dystopian, and, because it usually is linked with dystopian, the Utopian novel, too. Utopian aside for a moment, the other two sub-genres have a fairly common element: life is bleak, if there’s still any life around.

First up, there’s Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction. Apocalyptic novels, by definition, are set as the end of civilization is iminent, be it from plague, nuclear war, impending disaster (as I write this I have Aerosmith singing “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”, in my head, as a large meteor is …

New Releases: Mar. 28 – Apr. 3, 2011

Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward

Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, warrior cloth as her brother: A fighter by nature, and a maverick when it comes to the traditional role of Chosen females, there is no place for her on the Far Side… and no role for her on the front lines of the war, either.

When she suffers a paralyzing injury, human surgeon Dr. Manuel Manello is called in to treat her as only he can- and he soon gets sucked into her dangerous, secret world. Although he never before believed in things that go bump in the night- like vampires- he finds himself more than willing to be seduced by the powerful female who marks both his body and his soul.

As the two find so much more than an erotic connection, …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Wow this week has been choc-a-bloc with news, Google book developments and even a WTFERY or two. We also had major announcements from a popular author going indie/self pubbed route while an indie self pubbed author has recently sold a 4 book series in a MAJOR deal to big publisher plus a lot more!

The major news that broke this week was Google Books settlement has been rejected due to a class action suit about the scanning books and the automatic opt in issue with orphaned works. Dear Author covers the ruling comprehensively and lays out why it was deemed illegal in a great summary here.

This wont be the end of the matter but it has probably thrown a spanner in the works for their plans of scanning books especially with the matter of orphaned works.

I find this …

Guestpost Author Carol Oates + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome author Carol Oates here at Book Lovers Inc today. She lives in Dublin and is author of Shades of Atlantis, a Young Adult novel that will show you a world of Celtic Myth. Today she is here to tell how she comes up with her engaging characters. Please give her a warm welcome and stay tuned till the end for your chance to win your own copy of Shades of Atlantis.

Thank you to Book Lovers Inc. for inviting me along to the blog today. I thought I might chat a little about how I come up with the characters in my stories.

Every writer I’ve spoken to in the past has a different formula for coming up with their characters. Some start out with a physical description or maybe have an …

Bookish Rants or Raves: My Point of View on POVs!

Sometimes I see around the web an authors, reader or blogger say how much the Love/Hate a certain type of Point of View (POV) when it comes to novels and I thought this would be an interesting topic for discussion.

I personally, enjoy reading books written in first or third person. I feel that either POV has its qualities and bring something interesting to the table.

Like the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning”, where we get almost the whole story all told from the Heroine’s point of view. It might be constricting not getting to see any other characters actions for more of the time, but we get a deep insight in the Heroine’s mind and it makes understanding her that much easier.

“Every time I think I’m getting smarter I …