Moonlight Romance Authors

Friday, March 7, 2008

Unity - a novel for Tease Publishing's imprint?

I just spent a bit of yesterday lurking around The Romance Room, watching as the ladies there handed it over to the authors of Tease Publishing. And I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed by the standard of work that seems to be there.

And the diversity.

So, I sent them my submission for their Dark Tarot imprint yesterday afternoon. I suppose now, I have to think of a kind of synopsis to give them if it's accepted. Maybe something like:

When obstinate Darcy and artistic Celeste lives first crossed, they couldn't have known that would start them on the path into the fantasy worlds they both had an interest in. In their sleep, that world comes alive for them, and they themselves are drawn towards true ladies, balls and gorgeous dark men inside cathedrals. The world of abusive stepfathers and depression is left behind them, and in their waking life, they find that they are changing for the experiences of their dreams.

Like all my favorite authors and poets at the moment, I have tried to tell a tale that mixes real life with fantasy elements to create the novel Unity. It is a little bit different to both my purely fantasy novels that I have with NCP or my singularly social realism that I had while Aphrodite's Apples was still open, but I kinda like it because it mingles the best of both aspects.

I finally chuffed myself up and made all the last edits I wanted in there, finished writing the cover letter, then pushed the send button. Then I heard back from the editor in chief at Tease this morning. She told me they are looking over submissions this week and I should hear back from them next week.

Holding my breath until then sounds like a plan, yes? :D

Nikki Watson.
http://nikkiwatson.blogspot.com/
Changeling: Of Elves and Men. Available Now! from NCP.
http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/changeling.htm

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Best Sellers

Being in the best sellers in the Times newspaper usually means that you have sold a lot of books. I am not yet sure what it means when an ebook is in the best selling list at fictionwise. At the moment I have Cassie's Sheikh/Linda sole at number six in the Red Rose Publishing list at Fictionwise. It has been up to four. In the amira Press section at fictionwise A Shameful Secret was at number one and is now at number two. A shameful Secret went to number two at the Historical Fiction section at Fictionwise it was between Ken Follet and Bernard Cornwall. Now at number three it is between Ken Follet and Phillipa Gregory. These authors usually make up most of the top ten ebooks (historical fiction). So I should know what that means soon and whether or not ebooks sell in anywhere near the numbers that mainstream press would. It will be interesting. I do know of an author whose latest sales with one particular publisher is a healthy four figure sum and that is encouraging for ebook authors. I always like to hear of someone doing very well.

Anyway, A Kind of Loving/Linda Sole/Red Rose Publishing should be out soon. The Lord's Forced Bride is out at Harelquin Historicals this month. It was requested for review but I haven't seen the review yet. At the moment I am writing a big saga and really enjoying it.

I am putting up the cover of A Kind of Loving for you. Love to all, Linda

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

New Newsletter and other Goodies...

I put out my February newsletter a few days late this last month, but I figure better late than never. LOL If you haven't already signed up for Regina's Universe, you might want to consider doing so now. I have posted two new chapters for Soul Memories, and added a new folder Free Short Stories. If you haven't yet read my holiday sequel Destiny's Holiday, then you can now find it there for your reading pleasure. There is also another short story called Alien Dreams which is a science fiction romance.

Alien Dreams is about a young woman who can travel astrally during dreaming and the alien she meets and falls for while doing so. I'm already getting some very good feedback on this one, so if you sign up and read it feel free to send me an e-mail at tiwatz@yahoo.com and let me know what you think of it or any of my other stories.

In addition if you enjoy Native American romance coupled with paranormal themes I now have eighteen chapters of my Native American reincarnation romance Soul Memories posted to the files section.

I've also created another piece of artwork that you can use as a desktop background, this one titled "Moon Priestess," and yes, she is levitating the pillars and herself! LOL You can check it out at the bottom of this post. Oh, and you can see a larger version in my Art Gallery on my website.

And...(yes there's more!) there is a new contest posted on my website for a pair of Native American beaded earrings created and designed by yours truly.

Feel free to check out my newsletter Regina's Universe and my website at your leisure. :-)

I'm a guest on Raven Radio-March 5th!

Hey Everyone,
I'll be popping in to chat with Mandy and Michelle on Raven Radio tomorrow between 11 am and 12pm EST. My interview will run for twenty minutes! If you are interested in dropping by follow the link below!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ravenradio

~Marly

Come See Me this Weekend!

Be one of the first to get an autographed copy of LEADING HER TO HEAVEN, stock up on fun goodies, and just have fun!

Where:
USA FLEAMARKET
11721 US Hwy 19
Port Richey, FL 34668

When:
March 8 & 9th

Stop by The USA FleaMarket, 11721 US 19 in Port Richey FL. on March 8th and 9th between 10 AM and 4 PM to meet some of Florida's bestselling authors. There will be something for everyone to read in this multi genre event.

Chat with the authors, have your picture taken with them, and all of them will be autographing the books for you.

Authors attending Saturday and or Sunday will be:
Tiva Wallon, R.W. Langston, Veronica Towers, Scott Harper, Carol Bartolet, Cheryl Rogers, Skyler Grey, Kayleigh Jamison, Adra Steia, Susan Cronin, Valerie Washington, LeRoy Coffie and cover model Marc Kempe.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Happy Sunday

Good morning and happy Sunday to you.
Things are hard now. There is the fear of recession and a new thing called stagflation-- whatever that is. I'm not even sure what the difference between recession and depression is.
My parents lived through the Great Depression. They told us the way it was then. But for all that no one had any money, there was a real sense of community. People shared what they had. Even before that, in the years before the Depression, before the fall of the stock market, in the time when my book, THE VIOLIN, takes place, people took care of one another.
There was no social security, no medicare or medicaid, no government programs. People became inventive. They made clothes from flour sacks and put cardboard in their worn-out shoes. There was no shame in poverty and there was no whining about being poor. Everybody was poor. But they worked together to help one another and they enjoyed the kindness of their family, neighbors and friends.
So what if there were a recession or depression today? Would we rally toward each other? Would we console and help one another? Would we become like the characters in my book acting from a love of humanity?
The depression started an upheaval of social change. Would that kind of economic disaster do the same today? As humans, would we band together for the better good? What are your thoughts. What would you do?
All good things to your corner of the universe.
Sarah McNeal www.sarahmcneal.com

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Sick mummy :(

Hello darlings, I have no good news and posts to share this week. My mother had a minor heart attack a couple of days ago. Rest assured, she will be well. We have figured out what the causes were and she is going back home this weekend.

So there is a lot of time being spent around my mother this week. And so, less time online.

But I will be back soon, and will be posting many more wondrous things anon.

*hugs*

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Regina Paul

Natalie-Nicole Bates

Natalie-Nicole Bates may be new to the world of publishing, but she’s always been a fan of books and is an active book reviewer. Now she gets to see what’s it’s like on the other side of the book fence when her paranormal romance, Antique Charming, is released through Books To Go Now Publishing this fall and her contemporary romance, Change of Address, will be published in January 2012 by Secret Cravings Publishing.

In addition to her love of books, Natalie also has an uncharacteristic love of hockey which can be attributed to the fact she was born in Russia. Natalie now resides in the UK with a collection of Victorian and Edwardian era photography, her favorites being the post-mortem photographs. Visit Natalie-Nicole online at Natalie-Nicole Bates.com

Tara Fox Hall

I'm an OSHA-certified safety and health inspector at a metal fabrication shop in upstate New York. I have a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a double minor in chemistry and biology from Binghamton University. My writing credits include nonfiction, horror, suspense, erotica, and contemporary and historical paranormal romance. I am the author of the paranormal action-adventure Lash series and the vampire romantic suspense Promise Me series. I also coauthored (with Eric Dietrich) the nonfiction book Forbidden Conversations. I divide my free time unequally between writing novels and short stories, chainsawing firewood, caring for stray animals, sewing cat and dog beds for donation to animal shelters, and target practice. Visit me at Tara Fox Hall.com

Lindsay Townsend

Lindsay lives in Yorkshire, England, where she was born, and started writing stories at an early age. Always a voracious reader, she took a degree in medieval history and worked in a library for a while, then began to write full-time after marriage.

Her first unpublished historical found her an agent and the second got a publisher in London interested. They wanted her to write with a modern setting, which she did – several romantic thrillers set in Greece, Italy or on Dartmoor in the English West Country - and enjoyed it, but historicals are really her first love. Lindsay is currently writing medieval romance for Kensington, who published ‘A Knight’s Vow’in 2008 and are following it with ‘A Knight’s Captive’ in spring, 2009.

She is also fascinated by the ancient world, especially Rome, Egypt and the Bronze Age. ‘Flavia’s Secret’, set in Roman Britain, came out from Bookstrand in 2008, and two more historicals, ‘Blue Gold’, set in ancient Egypt, and ‘Bronze Lightning’, set in Bronze Age Greece and the Britain of Stonehenge, have also just been released early in 2009.

Please visit Lindsay's blog.

Linda Sole

Linda writes as herself and under several other names. As Linda Sole she iscurrently published by Severn House of UK and USA. She also writes as Anne Herries for Harlequin Mills & Boon. She is happily married and lives in England with her husband. Linda enjoys visiting Spain where she loves to walk, swim and lie in the sun. Writing is her passion and she manages a few words every day, but she also loves animals and especially squirrels. She is known as the squirrel lady at her local supermarket because of all the nuts she buys for them!

Visit her website for more information.

Sarah J. McNeal

I became interested in writing at a young age. My parents didn’t allow us to have a television so my sisters and I became avid readers. We read everything from Shakespeare to my mother’s True Detective Stories that, by the way, scared the hell out of me. I submitted my first story and received my first rejection when I was thirteen years old.

I am particularly drawn to writing fantasy and time travel and have created a magical place called Valmora where winged people with various magical abilities are in constant struggle against the evil forces of the Dark Isle. Two of the books in this series are presently available at New Concepts Publishing: THE DARK ISLE and LAKE OF SORROWS. I am writing the third now: THE LIGHT OF VALMORA. I have written a time travel novel in which a woman goes back to the 1920’s to save a man from dying in THE VIOLIN that has been submitted to New Concepts Publishing. I intend to write a series of musical instrument stories including THE PIANO and one that I intend to start in the near future titled, HARMONICA JOE’S RELUCTANT BRIDE.

Until recent years, I wrote short stories, two of which were the early inspiration for the Valmora series and three other stories that were sci-fi and paranormal.

I have also written nonfiction including an article in The Charlotte Observer and a monthly newsletter from the emergency department of CMC Mercy Hospital that, unfortunately, I no longer have time to write.

Writing brings me a joy and fulfillment that nothing else can. I love creating magical worlds and people who want to make a difference. I hope that anyone who reads them will love them, too.

Please visit her website for more information.

Patricia Richardson

My desire to write began at a young age; my mind was always filled with great stories. However, my dreams, and aspirations were put on the back burner and even at times forgotten after I became married with children. Later the divorce came, which meant I had to become both mother and father to my children. I worked overtime and weekends just to support my family. The struggle to survive and give my children a healthy, loving home lasted until they were grown. Late author, Gracie Cornish, Ph.D. inspired me to follow my destiny. I met her at a place of employment, "just sit down and start writing," she told me and I did just that. I wrote every chance I got; at work, on the subway, and in my spare time at home. This all started in the latter part of 1998. That very same year God impressed upon my heart to relocate from New York to Maryland. I was obedient and moved.

The move meant that once again I had to put my writing on hold to become familiar with my new environment and learn to cope with the conditions of a highly stressful job. Most evenings when I arrived home the only thing I wanted to do was turn the ringer off the telephone and sleep. I seldom picked up my manuscript, which was kept under my bed just waiting for me not to be too tired and stressed to write. The time for writing again did not come until late in 2001 when I finally came to the realization I would always be stressed and tired from working and if I did not use the gift God gave me I would never achieve the independent financial freedom I wanted. After this epiphany I set a goal for myself; to have the manuscript completed and sent to my editor in March of 2002. Finally, in March of 2003 the book cover for my first novel, "A Place for Ida," was approved and I was published! This of course came with a price. I lost work, I cried, and I virtually had no social life. I was on a personal lockdown. I was on a mission. Most of my spare time was spent researching publishers, cover letters, and anything else I felt was pertinent to my success. Since then I established Leap of Faith Publishing and republished "A Place for Ida" and soon after published the sequel, "A Time for Jonathan."