Guess Who? Authors After Dark Edition! (E4)

Welcome to the fourth week of
  GUESS WHO? Authors After Dark Edition!

 hosted by 
 GCReading & A Book Lovers Review

Every Monday we will give you a clue about the author and/or of their book/series and you have to guess who the author is! Those who guess correctly will be entered to win a copy of that author's book.

Every Friday we will gather all the correct answers into one form, then visit Random.org and choose a winner randomly.

Best part? You can win EACH WEEK! So if you won the first week and then again our third week... it counts!!!

Wait, what is Authors After Dark?

Authors After Dark is a for readers by authors event, focused on the reader author relationship. No other convention lets you get this much quality time with authors in such a unique setting. Readers and authors alike are encouraged to let their hair down and get to know each other and talk about the one thing that really brings us all together: BOOKS! 

The Authors After Dark event has YOU, the reader in mind, from the authors right down to the price. In these hard economic times, you don’t have to break the bank to attend an amazing event!

Check it out here: www.authorsafterdark.org

For the first time ever Authors After Dark will be doing YA Day featuring the following authors...

Remember this list above as they are your authors for this edition of Guess Who!!

Ready to play????? :)

Can you please share 3 things (weird, funny or embarrassing) about your book that your fans probably don’t know?  

1. In the very first draft, the society in my book was completely different. It was Regency-based! Then another book on the same theme came out, and I ended up changing it...that was excruciating work!

2. I write about a part of the world I have no first-hand knowledge of, and rely quite a bit on research. Several times, though, I've found myself making something up -- only to find out later that the thing I made up actually exists. The animal sanctuary mentioned in book one, which becomes pivotal in book two, is actually precisely where I said it would be...I was honestly spooked when I saw that, because as far as I know I had no previous knowledge of it.

3. People ask me all the time about physical romance in my series, because my monsters aren't...ahem...the most palatable creatures to curl up with? I steer away from the issue entirely, so I'm always amused when it comes up. It's like, I know I'm dealing with historically gross monsters, so I'm trying to keep it clean -- and here people are all, "So, can they actually do it?!"

We have a copy of our secret author to giveaway! 

Think you know who it is? 

Leave a comment below with the following:

• Author's Name
• E-mail or a way for us to contact you

 Remember: Each person who gets the right author will be put on a form and we will use Random.org to pick the winner.

  

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Help spread the word and get other to play along!

Tweet or share on Facebook:

I am playing Guess Who? Authors After Dark Edition over at @GCReading's blog - Check it out www.goodchoicereading.com

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 Good luck!

Guess Who? Authors After Dark Ep2 (Giveaway)

Welcome to the second week of

  GUESS WHO? Authors After Dark Edition!

 hosted by 
 GCReading & A Book Lovers Review

Every Monday we will give you a clue about the author and/or of their book/series and you have to guess who the author is! Those who guess correctly will be entered to win a copy of that author's book.

Every Friday we will gather all the correct answers into one form, then visit Random.org and choose a winner randomly.

Best part? You can win EACH WEEK! So if you won the first week and then again our third week... it counts!!!

Wait, what is Authors After Dark?

Authors After Dark is a for readers by authors event, focused on the reader author relationship. No other convention lets you get this much quality time with authors in such a unique setting. Readers and authors alike are encouraged to let their hair down and get to know each other and talk about the one thing that really brings us all together: BOOKS! 

The Authors After Dark event has YOU, the reader in mind, from the authors right down to the price. In these hard economic times, you don’t have to break the bank to attend an amazing event!

Check it out here: www.authorsafterdark.org

For the first time ever Authors After Dark will be doing YA Day featuring the following authors...

Remember this list above as they are your authors for this edition of Guess Who!!

Ready to play????? :)

Can you please share one memorable (suprising, embarrassing or funny) moment that has happened to you since becoming an author?

I was in one of my local office supply stores a couple of years ago, buying a few things. I go up  to the cash register and give the clerk my credit card to pay for my items. She looks at the name on the card, then looks at me. Then, she says, “XXX, the author?”

Surprised, I say, “Um, yes …”

She smiles and tells me that she used to work in a bookstore and that she enjoyed my books.
That was the first time that I was ever sort of recognized like that, and it really just made my day.

We have a copy of our secret author to giveaway! 

Think you know who it is? 

Leave a comment below with the following:

• Author's Name
• E-mail or a way for us to contact you

 Remember: Each person who gets the right author will be put on a form and we will use Random.org to pick the winner.

  

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Help spread the word and get other to play along!

Tweet or share on Facebook:

I am playing Guess Who? Authors After Dark Edition over @GCReading Blog - Check it out www.goodchoicereading.com

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 Good luck!

 

Guess Who? Authors After Dark Ep1 Author/Winner Reveal!

Leanna Renee Hieber
 
An author, actress and playwright, Leanna grew up in rural Ohio, graduated with a BFA in Theatre, a focus in the Victorian Era and a scholarship to study in London. She adapted 19th Century literature for the stage and her one-act plays have been produced around the country. Her novella "Dark Nest" won the 2009 Prism Award for excellence in Futuristic, Fantasy, or Paranormal Romance. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, first in the "Strangely Beautiful" saga of Gothic Victorian Fantasy novels (Barnes & Noble Bestseller) won two 2010 Prism Awards (Best Fantasy, Best First Book) and was optioned for musical theatre adaptation currently in development. DARKER STILL: A Novel of Magic Most Foul, begins a Gothic paranormal saga set in 1880 New York City, named an INDIE NEXT title; a recommended buy by the American Book Association, a Scholastic book fairs "Highly Recommended" title and is a finalist in the 2012 Daphne du Maurier awards for excellence in Mystery/Romantic Suspense.

Website / Blog / Twitter / Facebook

BOOKS

 Our winner is 

DONNAS

 you've won a copy of

THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART

Guess Who? Authors After Dark Edition! (E1)

Hello, Hello, Hello!!!

Today, GCReading and A Book Lovers Review kick off a really super fun game called GUESS WHO? Authors After Dark Edition!

Every Monday we will give you a clue about the author and/or of their book/series and you have to guess who the author is! Those who guess correctly will be entered to win a copy of that author's book.

Every Friday we will gather all the correct answers into one form, then visit Random.org and choose a winner randomly.

Best part? You can win EACH WEEK! So if you won the first week and then again our third week... it counts!!!


Wait, what is Authors After Dark?

Authors After Dark is a for readers by authors event, focused on the reader author relationship. No other convention lets you get this much quality time with authors in such a unique setting. Readers and authors alike are encouraged to let their hair down and get to know each other and talk about the one thing that really brings us all together: BOOKS! 

The Authors After Dark event has YOU, the reader in mind, from the authors right down to the price. In these hard economic times, you don’t have to break the bank to attend an amazing event!

Check it out here: www.authorsafterdark.org

For the first time ever Authors After Dark will be doing YA Day featuring the following authors...

Remember this list above as they are your authors for this edition of Guess Who!!

Ready to play????? :)

Three random, nifty things about my series readers may not know:

1. I kissed Oscar Wilde's grave in Paris (before they closed it off from visitors) and asked for his blessing on the first book in my latest series, as his work inspired the novel.

2. Book 1 was at least in part inspired by a very old Sesame Street movie: "Don't Eat The Pictures" which took place in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, like my book does.

3. The sequel (Releasing Nov. 2012), features what I might imagine a 19th century Goth club to be like, and the cover art certainly helps that vision...

We have a copy of our secret author to giveaway! 

Think you know who it is? 

Leave a comment below with the following:

• Author's Name
• E-mail or a way for us to contact you

 Remember: Each person who gets the right author will be put on a form and we will use Random.org to pick the winner.

  

____________________________________________________________________

Help spread the word and get other to play along!

Tweet or share on Facebook:

I am playing Guess Who? Authors After Dark Edition over at @GCReading blog - Come play! www.goodchoicereading.com

____________________________________________________________________

 Good luck!

  

Authors After Dark 2013 - Calling all YA Bloggers!

Calling all YA Bloggers!

As most of you know AAD 2013 is having -- for the first time ever -- YA Day! We have a list of some amazing authors who will be joining us! *squee*

Those who register for the convention get YA Day included in their registration, and on Saturday the doors will open to an additional 100 YA lovers who live GA. 

For those who were thinking of attending AAD on YA Day only, I just wanted to let you all know that if you register for the entire convention, on Friday, August 16th there is a two hour YA blogger party. 

• You get to meet and mingle with all the YA authors ahead of time. 
• You can bring all of your books from home and have them signed at the party. 
• Q&A's for your blogs. 
• Pictures with your favorite YA authors.
• Games 
• There will be goodie bags, giveaways, and lot's more!

We're still working out the details so there is much more to come! 

So get ready for the time of your life! Especially if you love adult romance and YA as much as I do, this is going to be an event you will not forget! 

You will also get to attend lunch/dinner, parties, as well with your favorite YA and Adult authors.

In case you missed it... here is your list of YA Authors!

Lia Label

Leanna Renee Hieber

Kelly Keaton

Kristi Cook

Amalie Howard

Mary Janice Davison-Alongi

Jennifer Estep

Darynda Jones

Inara Scott

Trisha Wolfe

Kate Kaynak

Sophie Jordan

Mary Lindsey

C.J. Redwine

Meagan Miranda

Rachel Harris

Colleen Houck

Jeri Smith-Ready

Elizabeth Langston

J.A. Souders (NEW)

You don't want to miss it! More details, and registration information can be found here: http://authorsafterdark.org/index.html

My time at Authors After Dark in New Orleans & giveaway!

Hi GCReaders!

So I finally have sometime to share my experience at Authors After Dark with everyone! When I got home I literally just sat around all week. Then this week I attempted to catch up with e-mails, blog post etc. It's been a very crazy month for me LOL.

We arrived at AAD (Debbie and I) three days before the convention so that we could sight see and eat at almost every restaurant possible. Yeah, I gained about seven pounds off that trip LOL! Once the convention started it was no sleep for us. Not that I was sleeping very much before that anyway, but it was just pure excitement for four days straight.

The convention started with a Welcoming party. The welcoming party was a lot of fun and I finally got to put faces to a lot of bloggers that I talk to on Twitter and Facebook. I also got to meet some of my favorite authors like Cynthia Eden, Alexandra Ivy, and Kelly Gay/Keaton. They were super nice!(See Video Below)



I attended AADNOLA this year as a Featured Blogger, and because of this I got the chance to attend a Blogger ARC Party. When I got there, the room was filled with boxes of books, and at each table sat an author. It felt almost like speed dating. It was fun! I got to jump around and chat with Joey W. Hill, Melissa Schroeder, Alexandra Ivy, Leanna Renee Hieber, Suzanne Johnson, and about three other authors. We got lots of goodies and books!

There were lots of panels and one of my favorite panels that I enjoyed a lot and for some reason it sticks out the most in my head was the self-publishing panel. Authors Melissa Schroeder, Eliza Gayle, Cat Johnson, Tina Folsom were a part of this panel and I have to say, it was very informative. I learned a lot about self-publishing that I never knew before and now I have so much more respect for self pub authors.

Oh, and any panel that Dakota Cassidy was on, I enjoyed a lot. That woman needs to be my best friend! She is just so much fun to be around. That was one of the first things I told Debbie and my friends. Any panels with Dakota Cassidy on, you need to go too! You will laugh your little booty off! LOL!


I also went on authors Suzanne Johnson's Post-Katrina Royal Street Tour. This tour for me meant a lot. It wasn't a huge tour, in fact it was only Suzanne, me, and three other girls. AND WE GOT TO RIDE IN A CAR LOL! Avoiding the HEAT! The heat in NOLA is not a joke! I was warned by tons of people how hot it can be and thought Please, I hate the heat. So anything in the 80's in bad weather to me. Oh no, the heat down there was always in the 90's and SUPER humid! It was bad!

Anyway, this tour was a bit sad for me, but fun at the same time. And I say that because Suzanne Johnson took us to some parts where Katrina hit and where it hit the worse. It was very sad hearing the stories. If you don't know, Suzanne Johnson actually lived in NOLA when Katrina hit. Luckily she manged to evacuate, but she was a resident there at the time. She also took us to parts that are in her book , Royal Street, and showed us DJ's (her main character) house.

Sorry if I am jumping here, but I am trying not to make this post so SUPER DUPER long. There is just so much to share. Debbie will be sharing her time at AAD as well, so be in the look out for her post.

I will let the photos/videos do the rest of the talking ;-)

Author Kelly Gay/Keaton and me having dinner at JAX'S Brewery. I swear, that is Apple Juice I am drinking ;-).

The blogger party where I got meet authors Kristen Painter and Sylvia Day.

This was our view from our hotel room.

 Author Joey W. Hill, Master of Ceremonies, welcoming everyone!

Welcoming Party!

A video of the Welcoming Party...

Author Stella Price giving us a fun welcome!

 Author Stella Price and Me!

I got to present an award at the Bookie Awards! I was so freaking nervous! lol

 I attended the Masquerade Ball as Ari from Kelly Keaton's Darkness Becomes Her.

My creator, Kelly Keaton, and Me (Ari) Kelly actually made the little crescent moon on my face. :-)

Sam (my partner in crime for the night) and Me (Ari) See that corset, when I first put it on, I put it on UPSIDE DOWN! LOL! Author PJ Schnyder actually pointed this out and helped me with my crisis. Thank you!!

PJ Schnyder, Lia Habel and Girl, whose identity will forever be a mystery to me, in their awesome costumes. I have no idea who was under that mask LOL!

 Some more awesome costumes!

Video of the Masquerade Ball...

All videos were shot using my iPhone.

After the ball some of the authors and us went walking the streets of NOLA in costume!

I also got to meet Laurie London. She attended the convention as a reader. I love her! We talk all the time on Twitter, so I was so happy I finally got the chance to meet her in person!

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For pictures, check out our Facebook page... http://facebook.com/GCReading

Registration for next year's Authors After Dark, which will be held in Savannah, GA, is now open! http://authorsafterdark.org/pages/registration.html

Next year is going to be even more crazy! There will be three PARTIES! Plus, for the first time ever there will be a YA Day, and guess who was asked to help out on YA Day? You guessed it.. ME!! I am super excited and cannot wait to share with everyone the list of authors that will be joining us for YA Day next year. We are still adding to it. :-)

In the meantime, check out the list of the adult FEATURED AUTHORS: http://authorsafterdark.org/pages/authors.html

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GIVEAWAY TIME!

I know, finally right? LOL!


Here is what I am giving away from Authors After Dark...

• AS DARKNESS FALLS SAMPLER signed by Katie Reus!
• Shadows Before The Sun by Kelly Gay
• Alpha Instinct by Katie Reus
• The Naughty List by Donna Kauffman, Cynthia Eden, and Susan Fox
• Demons Prefer Blondes by Sidney Ayers
• Night Seeker by Yasmine Galenorn
• Phoenix Rising and The Janis Affair by Philippa Ballantine & Tee Morris

Plus, a cute little swag bag!

RULES:

• US ONLY
• Must be 18 or older to enter
• Contest ends one week from today
• Winner will be announced on our FACEBOOK and TWITTER accounts
• Winner has 48 hours to reply to our e-mail and claim their prize, or we will pick a new winner. 
• Enter via Rafflecopter below.

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#AADNOLA Author Spotlight: Melanie Card + ebook giveaway!

Enjoy this excerpt from Ward Against Death:

Her eyes narrowed and her hand snaked under the pillow. “It’s not wise to enter a lady’s bedchamber without her consent.”

Ward plastered on his calmest, gentlest expression. The newly wakened dead often assumed they had just roused from sleep. “You’ve been unwell.”

Her icy blue eyes examined him, her gaze jumping from his face, to his wig, to his jacket, and back to his face. “Unwell? Is that what my father told you?”

“In a manner of speaking.” She wasn’t acting the way she was supposed to.

Noblewomen, particularly those around his age, were usually demure or aloof—not suspicious.

“Well, I’m fine, and I’m sorry my father troubled you.” She threw back the covers, sat up, and stepped onto the thick rug. “Now go, be a good doctor, and tell my family I’m healthy and sleeping.” She punctuated her last word by pulling her nightdress over her head, revealing a slim waist, athletic muscles, and pale skin marked with the purple bruises of livor mortis along her back. And no other clothes.

“But—” He flushed and spun around to face the wall. “What are you doing?” No. Wait. What was he doing? He’d seen a dead naked woman before. Just never like this.

She chuckled. “I’m going for a walk.”

“A what? No—You can’t.” She really wasn’t acting the way she was supposed to.

“I beg to differ.”

The situation was spiraling out of hand. Damn it, he had to take control. He was the necromancer, she the newly awakened. She was supposed to listen to him.

He turned to confront her. Thankfully, she was fully dressed—in men’s clothes, but at least she was dressed. “Listen, I—”

She slipped her hand under her pillow and removed a sheathed dagger.

Great Goddess! She kept a dagger under her pillow? Ward inched toward the door to block her escape without appearing obvious, although he had no idea what he’d do if she fought him. Why did he always get stuck with the difficult corpses?


About WARD AGAINST DEATH - CHRONICLES OF A RELUCTANT NECROMANCER - Book One

Ward de’Ath expected this to be a simple job—bring a nobleman’s daughter back from the dead for fifteen minutes, let her family say good-bye, and launch his fledgling career as a necromancer. Goddess knows he can’t be a surgeon—the Quayestri already branded him a criminal for trying—so bringing people back from the dead it is.

But when Ward wakes the beautiful Celia Carlyle, he gets more than he bargained for. Insistent that she’s been murdered, Celia begs Ward to keep her alive and help her find justice. By the time she drags him out her bedroom window and into the sewers, Ward can’t bring himself to break his damned physician’s Oath and desert her.

However, nothing is as it seems—including Celia. One second, she’s treating Ward like sewage, the next she’s kissing him. And for a nobleman’s daughter, she sure has a lot of enemies. If he could just convince his heart to give up on the infuriating beauty, he might get out of this alive…

Get your copy of Ward Against Death at:

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books On Board | Diesel | iTunes | The Book Depository

About Melanie Card

Melanie has always been drawn to storytelling and can't remember a time when she wasn’t creating a story in her head. Her early stories were adventures with fairies and dragons and sword swinging princesses.

Today she continues to spin tales of magic in lands near and far, while her cat sits on the edge of her desk and supervises. When she’s not writing, you can find her pretending to be other people with her local community theatre groups.

Connect with Melanie:

Facebook  /  Twitter @melaniecard  /  Goodreads / MelanieCard.com

Giveaway!

Melanie Card is giving away one eBook Copy of WARD AGAINST DEATH to one of our readers! 

This giveaway is open INTERNATIONAL as long as you have a way of reading the book. 
This giveaway ends one week from today.
Must be 13 or older to enter.
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Authors After Dark NOLA book signing/YA reading & early signing!

Hey guys!

As most of you know in a week in a half I will be on New Orleans attending the Authors After Dark convention! I am super excited and cannot wait!

Every convention there is a book signing that is open to the public. So if you couldn't make it to the con, but live in the area, stop by!

Note: the following was taken directly from 

authorsafterdark.blogspot.com

Cant make the con but wanna meet the authors? AAD has a booksigning that is open to the public! To include the following authors:

Joey W. Hill

Eliza Gayle

Erin McCarthy

Adrian Phoenix

Kelly Gay

Theresa Meyers

Diana Rowland

Suzanne Johnson

Kristen Painter

Jaye Wells

Philippa Balantine

Judi Fennell

Alexandra Ivy

Allison Pang

Shayla Black

Mari Freeman

Darynda Jones

Nicole Peeler

Amanda Carlson

Jeaniene Frost

Stephanie Julian

Katie Reus

Dakota Cassidy

Erin Kellison

Jessa Slade

Manda Collins

Lia Habel

Jade Lee

Sasha White

Carolyn Crane

Jess Haines

Kelly Meding

Virna DePaul

Mark Henry

Tee Morris

Cynthia Eden

Leanna Renee Hieber

Pamela Palmer

Louisa Bacio

Cat Grant

Lacie Nation

Mia Watts

Abigail Barnette

Bronwyn Green

Kris Norris

Beth Williamson

Tilly Greene

Sophie Oak

L.A. Witt

Boone Brux

Andrew Grey

S.A. Price

Melanie Card

Jessica Jarman

PJ Schnyder

Diana Castilleja

Cat Johnson

Melissa Schroeder

Kris Cook

Samantha Kane

Teresa D'Amario

Stacey Kennedy

Damon Suede

Jae Lynne Davies

Pearl Love

Sandy Sullivan

Li & De Beaumont

Robyn Mackenzie Ariel Tachna

Delilah Devlin

Lissa Matthews

Julia Talbot

Gayle Donnelly

T.J. Michaels

B.A. Tortuga

AUGUST 11th, 2-4pm at the ROYAL SONESTA HOTEL, 300 BOURBON ST. NEW ORLEANS!

AND FOR YOU YA LOVERS: 1pm: YA reading and early signing with Lia Habel, Danny Marks, Kelly Keaton, Darynda Jones and more! This is ALSO a open to the public event.

SPREAD THE WORD! There might even be some special goodies about!


www.authorsafterdark.org

Woohoo! AADNOLA is going to rock! Hope to see you there! ;-)