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Welcome! We weave dreams, some dark, some not, but all fantastic.

We are authors of Fantasy, Romance, and much more. Enter our infinite worlds....

On this blog, our visitors will find advice and opinion from published authors on much more than just world-building. We'll tell you in Craft and Opinion posts what we do, how we do it, and what we think works for us.

Authors with A-names post on the 1st of each month, B-names post on the 2nd, C-names on the 3rd etc.
The 29th, 30th, and 31st are free-for-all days.




Sunday, May 19, 2013

Her Fated Cowboy by Donna Michaels

Her Fated Cowboy by Donna Michaels
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For the Love of Military Romance: Guest Author Donna Michaels

For the Love of Military Romance: Guest Author Donna Michaels: Hello everyone, Thank you so much FTLOMR for allowing me to Guest Blog today. My name is Donna Michaels. I’m an author of Rom...
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Urbanfantasylite

From a Kindle promo website comes this definition of urban fantasy:
magical elements set within the real world.

Many UFs are very dark, grim, serious. As none of my novels contain these elements, it seemed appropriate to add the word "lite" to my site. Not "light" as in bright and shiny and enlightening, "lite" as in beer, entertaining.

Skol!
Phoebe
http://phoebematthews.com
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Free short stories

Valentine Vampire is a short ebook with two stories about Dominic, a character in the Turning Vampire series. If you like a little history with a vampire romance, Valentine Vampire is set in Chicago on the night of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre in 1929 which happened two blocks from my grandmother’s house and yes, she heard the machine guns. Back then, nobody went running out into the street to investigate gunfire.
FREE for nook, Smashwords, Kobo.

Enjoy!
Phoebe Matthews
http://phoebematthews.com
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

My latest hobby -

Because I have all this free time to procrastinate -
Writing has led me to a new hobby. I have no photo skills, but fortunately modern cameras do all the hard stuff. This gives me a chance to snap locations of scenes in my books. Some of my photos get incorporated into the book covers. Now some of my amateur shots are at http://mudflatbks.blogspot.com.

Why am I procrastinating? Well, I just finished the third book for my Turning Vampire series for Dark Quest and must now get busy on the fourth book in the Sunspinner series. And maybe a seventh book for the Mudflat Magic series, but probably not until 2014. Currently, I have a novel and two short story collections FREE at several sites. You can find the link to your specific ereader on my website at http://phoebematthews.com,  The free novel is Tyrant Trouble.

Hugs and happy reading,
Phoebe Matthews
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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Exciting new video for Paris Bites!



This so cool that I had to share it! I just got a book trailer video for my new book Paris Bites. Now that it's done you can tell me what you think.

You can rate the video or follow me on You Tube too if you want to see all of my book trailers.

Enjoy and thank you!

http://youtu.be/odudGeYDdhs

PARIS BITES  is still 15%  off if you pre-order this week and release day is tomorrow!
http://www.bookstrand.com/paris-bites

See all my books available at Bookstrand here:
http://www.bookstrand.com/missy-lyons

Lots of love to you all,
Missy


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Thursday, October 25, 2012

John Mellancamp speak out against piracy


John Mellencamp




"Tell me where, under today's conditions of de facto indentured servitude, will the new artists come from? If I were a young songwriter today, I would definitely be looking for another way to earn a living. The same would go for the young screenwriter or novelist. And what about the guy who only had one or two hit records 10 or 50 years ago? What happens to this guy who depends on that income to support his family if people are stealing those songs now? Tough luck, right? This is the thread of failure in front of all artists today. Art exclusively as a hobby -- that's the "new model" it seems. And to all you bloggers who have prophesized that this new way is going to somehow provide sustainable careers? Your prophecies did not and will never come true. If there is the occasional sparkle of success, it usually turns out to be nothing more than a novelty, not a new business model. We need to restore intellectual property to its rightful owners and reconstruct the business that has lost thousands and thousands of jobs plus billions of dollars in revenue."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mellencamp/online-piracy-search-engines_b_2018332.html


Read the whole article.

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

Vampire chapter

The first chapter of Vampire Disaster by Phoebe Matthews is now featured on Zenobia Renquist's site. Thanks, Zenobia! If you like to read first chapters, this is a great place to find new books to sample.

Vampire Disaster ebook is available for nook and iPad,
and in print everywhere.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Shark's Mate (m/m) just released!


So I am just doing a happy dance. My book Shark's Mate is finally available and up on the Siren website. I've included an excerpt for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!  


SHARK'S MATE IS NOW AVAILABLE
AT SIREN BOOKSTRAND


Shanghai Shindu lives a carefree life in the tropics as a shape-shifting shark, hunting the land and the sea. He shows up with the rest of his pack of shape-shifting sharks at the wedding party for his brother. Shanghai never expects to meet his mate at a party full of werewolves and vampires, and is even more shocked to find he is human.
Cain Castle is working undercover as a handyman on the private island, but he is a psychic and a healer helping to keep an eye on the wedding guests. It’s a dangerous job, but there is also the crazy, overwhelming attraction to Shanghai, who doesn’t even acknowledge he exists until the day Shanghai stops a vampire from having him as lunch. Suddenly Cain is swept up in a world full of dark pleasures and sinful delights.

Excerpt:

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If you enjoyed reading the excerpt, you can find out more or pick up your copy here:
http://www.bookstrand.com/sharks-mate

See all of Missy Lyons book on her Siren author page here:
http://www.bookstrand.com/missy-lyons

Lots of Love,
Missy Lyons

Website: http://www.missylyons.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMissyLyons
Twitter: @missylyons
Blog: http://missylyons.blogspot.com/

EDGE OF DARKNESS
A shifter can only find safety within the arms of her sworn enemy
Coming Soon from Sugar and Spice Press
http://www.sugarnspicepress.com/


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