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Posts Tagged ‘Kelley-Armstrong’

Publishing Deals for August 27th – September 3rd

By Jane • Sep 24th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

We’re all over the board this week. (I know, I’m a week or three late here).
Remember that controversial book that wouldn’t be published here? Other countries don’t seem to share that view.
Sherry Jones’s THE JEWEL OF MEDINA, to Newton & Compton Editoria in Italy, by Vicki Satlow, on behalf of Natasha Kern. Rights sold previously [...]



REVIEW: My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon edited by P.N. Elrod

By Jia • Jan 4th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, B- Reviews, C Reviews, C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, D Reviews, Reviews

Dear Authors,
While many readers dislike anthologies because the good stories are often outnumbered by the bad, I’m not one of them. I love anthologies. They let me sample many different authors at once — old favorites and new-to-mes. And sometimes all it takes is one perfect story to make an anthology worthwhile.
The [...]



REVIEW: No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

By Jane • May 1st, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Armstrong:
I first fell in love with you when I read Bitten in 2001. Since then I believe I’ve read the book, oh 10 times. Throughout the Women of the Underworld series, one man has been present–quiet, strong, steady. Jaime Vegas is a necromancer with a crush on said man, the [...]



Kelley Armstrong Believes in Investing in Her Fans.

By Jane • May 1st, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Kelley Armstrong’s No Humans Involved is her latest release and unfortunately for avid readers, it’s in hardcover. Armstrong understands her readers and knows that buying a hardcover is a sacrifice for them. She is offering up a Goodie Bag for anyone who buys her hardcover before May 15 and sends her a copy [...]



Interview with an Author: My First Sale by Kelley Armstrong, the woman who made werewolves sexy

By Jane • Apr 27th, 2007 • Category: Interviews, Misc

I never was interested in werewolves until I read Bitten by Kelley Armstrong. Her evocative tale of a girl lost suffering the worst betrayal at the hands of her lover but ultimately growing strong enough to take back her life and accept the beast within her was seductive and I became part of her web [...]



REVIEW: DearAuthor Recommends for May 2007

By Jane • Apr 17th, 2007 • Category: Reviews

No Humans Involved is the latest entry in Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld Series. Jaime Vegas, necromancer, confronts her past while trying to literally put some ghosts to rest. Armstrong brings a new twist to the necromancer mythology by making Vargas one of the weaker paranormal creatures. She can’t [...]



Publishing Deals for Upcoming Books

By Jane • Mar 20th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Lauren Fox makes me think Chick lit.
Two new novels by STILL LIFE WITH HUSBAND author Lauren Fox, recently praised by Michiko Kakutani, to Jennifer Jackson at Knopf, by Julie Barer at Barer Literary (NA).
Love Patricia Wrede. Here’s a western historical, ladies.
Patricia Wrede’s fantasy trilogy FRONTIER MAGIC, set in an alternative version of the 1800s [...]