| I'm chatting NOW at Erotic Readers and Their Authors until 5pm EST! |
[Nov. 13th, 2008|12:38 pm] |
If you’ve been missing the chats–or just want more great excerpts and recipes–do feel free to stop on by at some point today:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eroticreadersandtheirauthors
I’ll be posting some never-before-posted excerpts from Blood of the Dark Moon and a sneak peek look at the sequel to Blood and Mint Chocolates, and some good news about the latest information about upcoming releases!
Love & Magic,
-A
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| Chat with me LIVE about the Dark Moon series TONIGHT @ Night Owl Romance! |
[Oct. 13th, 2008|10:28 am] |
I'll be chatting live tonight at 8pm EST about the latest developments in the Dark Moon series, including Blood of the Dark Moon and Blood and Mint Chocolates:
http://www.nightowlromance.com/nightowlromance/chat/chat.asp
Other Midnight Seduction Authors will be there too, so do stop by!
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| I will be doing a booksigning at Arisia 2009! |
[Oct. 2nd, 2008|09:22 am] |
I will be doing a booksigning at Arisia 2009!
Arisia is a huge sci-fi/fantasy convention that will be held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge in Cambridge, MA Jan 16-19th. More details on precisely when the booksigning will be as the time draws near!
Love & Magic,
-A
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| Website design tweaks! |
[Oct. 1st, 2008|09:22 am] |
I chose a different background image and color layout for my website last night, and I really think that it goes well with the new cover art for Blood of the Dark Moon!
But don’t take my word for it–see for yourself:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/main.html
Love & Magic,
-A
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| Oct and Nov events have been posted, plus updates for the Dark Moon series! |
[Sep. 30th, 2008|07:45 am] |
Check it out: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/events.html
November’s will be the one to be under high amounts of change no doubt, but do tune in to October! I have one booksigning taking place on Oct 26 in Cambridge, MA. Stop on by and get the last of the out of print copies of Blood of the Dark Moon while supplies last and before its re-release! You never know…could be worth lots of money someday. 
Also, Oct 1 is busy, busy, busy for me. I’ll be not on one or two but THREE loop chats throughout the day! Do stop on by any of them and find out the latest in the Dark Moon series.
I also want to give a heads-up: just about finishing editing Blood and Mint Chocolates, and Shadows of the Dark Moon is also underway. Blood and Mint Chocolates takes place in between the two books and has a few important plot details amidst lots of really sexy vampire girl action! Shadows of the Dark Moon is where the battle between the Order of the Dragon and the Rose and the Order of the Golden Cross really heats up…along with Amanda and Jesse’s relationship.
In the meantime, Blood of the Dark Moon is now in the editing stage with my editor. Once that finishes up, we’ll have some idea of its release date.
So, stay tuned, watch this space, you get the idea.
Love & Magic,
-A
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| New cover art for Blood of the Dark Moon! |
[Sep. 24th, 2008|09:29 am] |
Check it out! :D
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| Calling all readers of Blood of the Dark Moon! |
[Sep. 18th, 2008|09:25 am] |
Who here would like to see a short story of the REAL story of how James became Janius?
In short, who here would like to read Vlad/Janius pr0n?
Anyone? 
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| Calling all local artists and businesses! Here’s a promo opportunity for you. |
[Sep. 9th, 2008|10:44 am] |
Are you looking to bring some business to your shop or craft of choice? Every booksigning I do, I look for local artists who wish to promote their wares and use a donated item that they themselves made which is then given away as a prize. Gift certificates to your shop are also acceptable.  </p>
People are entered to win when they buy a copy of my book on CD. I usually offer 2-3 prizes per booksigning, and it helps to get some good cross-promo going.
Last booksigning I had a gorgeous framed photograph and a beautifully made beaded choker. At Mass Morgue 2008, I’d be looking for anyone local or willing to mail me an item that they wish to have entered as a prize. I also request flyers, business cards, and anything pertinent that I can put on display with your donated prize so others can see where it came from.
If you are at all interested, email me at adrianne(at)adriannebrennan(dot)com or reply to this post with your contact info.
Love & Magic,
-A
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| Chatting @ Night Owl Romance tonight at 8pm EST! |
[Sep. 8th, 2008|07:52 pm] |
A little last minute, but the Midnight Seductions Authors, including yours truly, will be there for probably about 1.5-2 hours, so do feel free to stop on by!
http://www.nightowlromance.com/nightowlromance/chat/chat.asp
I’ll be chatting about the latest developments in the Dark Moon series as well as upcoming works in progress!
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| Booksigning @ Mass Morgue 2008 info now posted! |
[Sep. 7th, 2008|10:10 pm] |
I just posted the flyer and press release to my website here:
Feel free to take a look! Lots of great bands and vendors are going to be there.
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| Come join me and the rest of IWOFA at a loop chat at the Haunt! |
[Sep. 5th, 2008|08:53 am] |
Come join me and the rest of the Infinite Worlds of Fantasy Authors for a loop chat at the Haunt at PNR!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_haunt_at_pnr
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| Finished at last! |
[Sep. 3rd, 2008|10:38 pm] |
And once again, my manuscript has been turned in to my editor. YAY!
I am hoping that the edits will be done in a timely fashion, say a few weeks or less.
Whenever things look good for knowing when a release date will be scheduled, I'll be keeping people posted.
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| Come celebrate my birthday with me today at The Romance Room! |
[Apr. 22nd, 2008|10:34 am] |
Originally published at Love & Magic. You can comment here or there. My birthday is today (yay for Earth Day!) so I’m celebrating that along with my new contract over at The Romance Room!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theromanceroom
Stop by anytime today and read some great excerpts from my upcoming re-release of Blood of the Dark Moon along with a few teases from works in progress!
I may have a contest going on too (hint, hint) so if you stop by be sure to pay attention!
Love & Magic,
-A
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| More about the new contract and upcoming works.... |
[Apr. 9th, 2008|03:45 pm] |
I've been crossposting quite a bit from my blog on my main site, but wanted to post more about the good news in a separate post.
Yes, I'm thrilled...yes, I'm excited...yes, the potential is there for the book to be out in print. Once I have my other two WIPs finished, I'll be submitting those with FB as well, so rest assured you'll hear more about the first AND second books sometime in the future--not to mention the novella I'm working on in the same universe.
There's a lot going on and I've been a seriously busy gal. I'm glad to receive some good news today--it makes me feel like all of the hair pulling isn't for nothing, lol. |
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| Blood of the Dark Moon novel has been offered a contract! |
[Apr. 9th, 2008|02:18 pm] |
Originally published at Love & Magic. You can comment here or there. I am VERY pleased to announce that Blood of the Dark Moon has been offered a contract with Freya’s Bower.
It is thrilling to know that my book has found a good home, and that I will have news for my readers on its future release date–plus that of its sequel and novella–sometime within the reasonably near future.
Thank you all of your support after my former publisher closed. It really meant (and means) a lot to me.
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| Interested in paranormal romances, current and upcoming? I'm chatting live with Romance Junkies! |
[Apr. 8th, 2008|12:04 pm] |
Originally published at Love & Magic. You can comment here or there. 4/8/08 9-10pm EST
Stop by to ask questions about upcoming releases and current works in progress. 
Unable to make this event but would like to attend others? Click here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/events.html
Love & Magic,
-A
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| Night Owl Romance gave Blood of the Dark Moon a 4 star review! |
[Mar. 12th, 2008|09:09 am] |
Night Owl Romance gave Blood of the Dark Moon a glowing review! Check out what they have to say on the reviews page of my site! |
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| I'm chatting over at FallenAngelReviewChatters today! Get your blood-sugar-vampire-sex-magick there! |
[Mar. 5th, 2008|08:03 am] |
If you missed me over at Forbidden Fruit yesterday, now's your chance. :)
I'll be posting excerpts both naughty and nice from Blood of the Dark Moon and my WIP f/f vampire erotic romance novella Blood and Mint Chocolates, which takes place in the same universe as Blood of the Dark Moon and features some of its characters.
If you have the chance, stop by and see me there anytime today!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FallenAngelReviewChatters
Love & Magic,
-A |
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| New reader reviews! |
[Mar. 4th, 2008|01:31 pm] |
I have new reader reviews! So far my book has four 5-star reviews on Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2772920.Blood_of_the_Dark_Moon
You'll see that two of the reviews left more details as to what they thought of the book.
I'm squeeing. :D I'm very glad that people are enjoying my book! |
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| EPICon! |
[Feb. 19th, 2008|08:19 pm] |
I will be at EPICon, a wonderful conference for epublishers and ebook authors, March 6-9. It's in Portland, OR.
If anyone's local and is curious to meet up for lunch or something, do let me know. My plane ges in uber late on the 6th but I know that I'll have time, somewhere.
I also plan to bring a few CDs of my book with me. Great way to beat the s/h cost right now. :) |
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| Calling all local artists! Still accepting items for promo. |
[Feb. 15th, 2008|03:58 pm] |
I'm going to be vending a table for book sales/signings for Blood of the Dark Moon at the 7th Annual New England Darksidewalkers Ball, and typically what I do is give away prizes during such events. Anyone who buys a CD can have their name entered into a drawing. I like to give out more than one prize, and I like it to be local artists and craftsmen.
People who provide anything in the way of prizes in the form of their crafts can give me flyers, business cards, or whatever for their store. That way people who stop by know who donated them, and it supports people who do any form of crafts, whether it be jewelry, clothing, handbags, bookmarks, metalwork, woodcarving, et cetera.
If you are not local to Boston but are willing to ship your item(s) and/or business cards, that's fine too--I've had one person who has done that already.
Email me at adrianne (at) adriannebrennan (dot) com if you're interested, and we can work out something. I have a few donations already from locals but would gladly accept more. Please forward this to anyone who might be interested. |
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| Update on Blood of the Dark Moon |
[Feb. 14th, 2008|12:15 pm] |
I have a limited number of out-of-print copies of Blood of the Dark Moon on CD--but enough to put the offer up on my site for people who want them and don't want to wait until another publisher takes my book.
They still have the cover on them from Aphrodite's Apples--which is a gorgeous cover, btw--and every book I sell, I will autograph. If you have any requests in that regard (for gifts to friends, family, et cetera), then just let me know when you place the order.
It's $14.10 for each CD (including s/h and Paypal fees) and you can buy one here:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
I'm expecting a shipment in for the book sale/signing next Saturday, Feb 23rd. If you are local, you will save money by buying them from me in person at that sale. Otherwise, you can arrange to meet me at some point and buy a copy. Just email me at adrianne (at) adriannebrennan (dot) com.
Offer lasts while supplies last. |
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| Pray for me, lol |
[Feb. 13th, 2008|01:47 pm] |
I just submitted Blood of the Dark Moon to another publisher. Wish me luck! |
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| Aphrodite's Apples is closing. |
[Feb. 13th, 2008|09:01 am] |
Aphrodite's Apples, my publisher, is closing effective today.
What does this mean for me and my book? Here's a quick FAQ.
Q: Is there a way we can still buy your book?
A: Yes, there is. Fortunately unlike many, I bought a bunch of advance copies on CD directly from my publisher to resell at booksignings and events. Once Aphrodite's Apples closes, I will be selling them on my website for the price that they were on the website plus shipping, handling, and Paypal fees. They will be for sale while supplies last.
Q: Will you still be at the booksigning?
A: Yes, of course. Nothing changes that; I still have everything I need in order to be there--otherwise I wouldn't even be able to sell the books on my site.
Q: Can't you just put out your book yourself?
A: No, because I have no desire to be self-published.
Q: How about starting up your own company?
A: No. I want to be a writer, not a publisher.
Q: What publishing companies are you looking into?
A: There are a few that I've narrowed it down to, but unfortunately a few of them require that I have an original published work with them before I can take a reprint to them to be republished. It depends on what company I feel is best to represent my book and whether or not I have a chance at it going into print.
Q: When you get republished, will it be in print as well as ebook?
A: Depends on the publisher that takes it. Ideally, yes--even if down the road at some point depending on sales.
Q: What other writing projects do you have going on? What about that short story that was going into an AA anthology? Will you be submitting those elsewhere as well?
A: The short story will be expanded into a novella and sent off to another publisher. I also have another series in the works, the sequel to Blood of the Dark Moon in the works, plus other short stories that will be taking place in either universe of the series.
Like I said before to others, I'm trying to look at this as an opportunity, not a setback. It's more than likely I can get my book off to a really well grounded publishing company that could take it places. It's just what happens to it in the meantime and how long that will take that is the setback. |
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| Calling local artists--care to do some promo? |
[Feb. 7th, 2008|01:20 pm] |
I'm going to be vending a table for book sales/signings for Blood of the Dark Moon at the 7th Annual New England Darksidewalkers Ball, and typically what I do is give away prizes during such events. Anyone who buys a CD can have their name entered into a drawing. I like to give out more than one prize, and I like it to be local artists and craftsmen.
People who provide anything in the way of prizes in the form of their crafts can give me flyers, business cards, or whatever for their store. That way people who stop by know who donated them, and it supports people who do any form of crafts, whether it be jewelry, clothing, handbags, bookmarks, metalwork, woodcarving, et cetera.
Email me at adrianne (at) adriannebrennan (dot) com if you're interested, and we can work out something. |
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| Want a chance at winning my book, Blood of the Dark Moon? |
[Feb. 6th, 2008|09:33 am] |
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| Update on short story, and paganism and occult in fiction |
[Jan. 31st, 2008|08:12 am] |
Happily, the edits to my short story for the GLB anthology have gone off to the main editor. Yay! I should be hearing official word at some point on the whens/ifs of my story going out, and it's looking pretty good. I really want to treat everyone to lesbian vampire erotica, and the Babalon ref I suspect may be a draw as well.
I haven't seen an awful lot of references to Thelema in fiction with the exception of writers like Piers Anthony and Alan Moore. There's one other I recall, but it's all any association being bad, evil, et cetera. Sometimes I wonder if people just don't bother doing research before using a wide brush. When I talked with my reviewer, one comment he made about my book was that it was a great book written by someone who obviously was either genuinely involved in paganism and the Mysteries or by someone who did a LOT of research--and most people who attempt writing such a book wind up going Hollywood. One thing I had tried to do in my book was place real elements within a fantasy setting. People write about Christians, doctors, lawyers, and all sorts of REAL things within fantasy novel. Why should the realms of pagan religions, witchcraft, and Western Mystery trads in general be any different? In any event, I didn't want to write the next "Charmed" for magicians, and I'm glad to hear that those who have read my book thought I succeeded in avoiding just that.
In the meantime, I has chai. This is good. |
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| The book signing party! |
[Jan. 26th, 2008|12:41 pm] |
On the whole, a very successful event. Despite the conflict with a major goth club night that evening, about twenty people showed up.
The first--and earliest--to arrive was none other than Mike Gleason, who had reviewed my book and wanted the chance to meet me! I was pretty psyched, not to mention flattered. Very nice guy. We babbled for a while on trad paganism and cats and I've decided quite naturally that he's good people.
A bunch of other people arrived, some of whom I knew from meeting them at other places, some who were good friends of mine, and others whom I had never before met but wanted to check out my book. We all had a great time, and a LOT of wine was consumed. I was greatly amused to find that much of the soda I purchased was barely touched, but I think about 7-8 wine bottles went buh-bye. In fact, someone had to go out and buy more wine! LOL LOL
It was a lot of fun, and something I'd definitely do again.
And as suspected (and secretly hoped) I have some books leftover from the event, so I will be attending other parties with them and I suspect will make a few sales. Just call me Your Local Vampire Smut Vendor.
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| w00t! |
[Jan. 24th, 2008|06:06 pm] |
Not only did my business cards arrive earlier, they are seriously cooler than the ones I made on the computer.
:D Yayness!
Now I can pass them out tonight at the goth meetup.
Oh and uh... I'm exhausted. When this is all over, I want to curl up into a little ball in the corner, get stupid, and drink lots of wine. Not necessarily in that order. I want/need/crave a serious break from promo for a bit. For serious. I'm working on lesbian vampire pr0n for the Masquerade: Collier House at AA, but it's totally not enough. I need to get drunk off my ass, stare at the ceiling and be useless for a few hours. |
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| Book signing party is TOMORROW NIGHT |
[Jan. 24th, 2008|11:59 am] |
Come meet me in Salem for my book signing! Here are the details:
Jan 25, 2008 8pm
175 Essex St, Salem MA
(between Samantha's and Goddess Treasure Chest)
The first fifty people who show can buy an autographed copy of my ebook, Blood of the Dark Moon, on CD. CDs are $7.99 each and I accept cash or check made out to Adrianne Brennan. There will also be prizes to win, more goodies to buy, plus some cool freebies! Every person who buys a CD is automatically entered to win either a beautiful handmade metal amethyst-beaded bookmark or a pair of handmade silver and amethyst earrings! Please support your local pagan authors and craftsmen by attending this event.
Blood of the Dark Moon is a modern sensual vampire novel written about romance and erotica among magicians, secret societies, paganism and mythology, and features quotes from Liber AL (The Book of the Law) as well as references to the Golden Dawn. For more information on this book, visit this url: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
There will be drinks and refreshments--feel free to bring some of your own as well! |
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| Two more days until the Book Signing Party in Salem!! |
[Jan. 23rd, 2008|06:57 pm] |
Stop by and meet Adrianne Brennan, author of Blood of the Dark Moon, the first in the Dark Moon series! You'll get to purchase a CD of her book plus get it autographed!
175 Essex St
Salem, MA
(between Samantha's and Goddess Treasure Chest)
CDs are $7.99 each. Cash or check made out to Adrianne Brennan accepted. There will also be various other goodies both free and for sale.
Drinks and refreshments will be provided!
More info about Blood of the Dark Moon can be found here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html.
-A |
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| Reviews! |
[Jan. 21st, 2008|03:53 pm] |
Aphrodite's Apples now has a feature where you can write reviews for their titles. If you've read Blood of the Dark Moon and would like to recommend it to others or just have feedback on it in general, then I would encourage you to please take advantage of this feature:
http://www.aphroditesapples.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9&products_id=15
You'll find a link for creating a review on the righthand side of the page. To any who participate, thanks in advance! Your support/feedback/comments are always welcome. :) |
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| More information on book signings/parties on website! Please read. |
[Jan. 21st, 2008|01:54 pm] |
I have two book signings coming up, one in Salem, MA on 1/25 at 8pm and another in Arlington, MA on 2/23 at 8pm.
Please view my website for more detail on these book signings/sales and parties here:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/events.html
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| Book signing/sale of Blood of the Dark Moon in Salem, MA 1/25 8pm! |
[Jan. 21st, 2008|01:37 pm] |
Stop by and meet Adrianne Brennan, author of Blood of the Dark Moon, the first in the Dark Moon series! You'll get to purchase a CD of her book plus get it autographed!
175 Essex St
Salem, MA
(between Samantha's and Goddess Treasure Chest)
Drinks and refreshments will be provided!
More info about Blood of the Dark Moon can be found here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html.
-A |
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| Realms of Fantasy! |
[Jan. 20th, 2008|05:56 pm] |
For those of you who are familiar with the Realms of Fantasy magazine, look for my ad in their June issue as well as later months.
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| Ebooks, epublishing, and the erotic romance novel industry in general |
[Jan. 16th, 2008|03:33 pm] |
Someone on an emailing list asked a few really good questions:
1) What are the pros and cons of ebooks over print?
2) Have you ever been dismissed by potential readers for being in ebook format versus print?
3) Have you ever been dismissed for writing romance as opposed to "more serious" fiction?
I'm going to tackle these one by one because I run into this often--the first two even more than the third.
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| More info on my book signing/sale at the 7th Annual NEDSWB on 2/23! |
[Jan. 16th, 2008|10:45 am] |
7th Annual Darkside Walkers Ball
When: 2/23/08 8pm-12am
Where:370 Mass Ave, Arlington, Ma 02474 (Arlington American Legion)
Who:Featuring various vendors and:
DJ Vudu
DJ Krztov
DJ Pet
DJ xTIMMYxCOREx
and a performance by: Seppuku
There will also be an after hours party from 12am til whenever for
ball attendees. Location will be announced at ball.
$10.00 cover 21+
I'll be there for the duration of the event at my own table. Please stop by and get your own copy of my book on CD! I'll even autograph it for you if you like. :) |
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| Only one day left in the Preditors and Editors Poll!! |
[Jan. 14th, 2008|12:24 pm] |
Today is the last day to vote in the Preditors and Editors Polls!
Blood of the Dark Moon is up for a number of nominations, including Best Horror Ebook of 2007:
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelh.shtml
Blood of the Dark Moon is published by Aphrodite's Apples, and is the first in the Dark Moon series.
If you have a chance, please cast a vote for me before the polls end!
You can read more about it or purchase it here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
Why vote, you ask? Because good, intriguing plot combined with hot vampire pr0n isn't always easy to find!!
Have a sample... and vote for me!
( NSFW!! ) |
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| Only two days left to vote in the Preditors and Editors Polls! |
[Jan. 12th, 2008|11:59 am] |
I'm up for a number of nominations, including Best Horror Ebook of 2007:
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelh.shtml
If you have a chance, please cast a vote for me before the polls end!
Thanks,
-A |
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| Polls are still open until the 15th! |
[Jan. 11th, 2008|11:35 am] |
Still plenty of time to cast a vote!
I'm #5 so far in the tallies... again, not that I'm compulsively refreshing or anything... lol
You can cast a vote for Blood of the Dark Moon here:
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelh.shtml |
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| Book signing/sale at the 7th Annual NEDSW Ball in Arlington, MA! |
[Jan. 10th, 2008|11:09 pm] |
If you miss me for my first book signing (or just want to see me again), I'm signed up for another event!
7th Annual New England Dark Side Walkers Ball
The Arlington American Legion
370 Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington, MA
Saturday night, Feb. 23rd
8 pm - 12 mid
Mark your calendars!! |
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