Huge E-Book sale! Until midnight tonight, AllRomance and OmniLit are offering ebooks at 50% off, including The Bride and the Buccaneer and my other titles. This is partly in response to Amazon's price war with Macmillan, and you can read the details at the Smart Bitches, Trashy Books site. The code is SBTBARe1. It's only good until midnight tonight (Mountain Time) so act fast! The Mobipocket format works on Kindles as well as other units.
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New Review! "Mrs. Giggles" reads The Bride and the Buccaneer : "The strongest aspects of The Bride And The Buccaneer are the chemistry, banter system, and likability of its two adorable main characters.... a wonderful time reading this story because Jack and Sophia are simply too much fun to follow." Rating: 84 Read the full review here .
My Boskone 47 Schedule Boskone is February 12-14 at the Westin Boston Waterfront. You can still buy memberships here . Friday 7pm Seriously, Where * Do * Your Ideas Come From? Lois McMaster Bujold David Anthony Durham (M) Darlene Marshall Paul G. Tremblay Mary A. Turzillo We know ideas don't come from a mail box in upstate New York. So, seriously, where do they come from? Do you muse on "what if's"? Are there personal inspirations for your tales? Do you find a particular setting evocative, and just waiting to be detailed in a story? Friday 8pm Paranormal Romance: Threat or Menace....Or?? Ginjer Buchanan (M) Rose Fox Toni L. P. Kelner Shariann Lewitt Darlene Marshall It seems that they're beginning to dominate the shelves, doesn't it? Many people find this fusion of the romance and sf/fantasy field * wrong * ....but is it really? Will it exp...
Image via Wikipedia Love your library--and the people who fund it. I was at a meeting today of the ACLD Trustees, thanking our local legislative delegation for their work in keeping state library funding alive this year. The Representatives there, Democrat and Republican, got an earful about what our Library District is doing in tough times. It's way more than books. In some communities, the public library is the only place where people can get free broadband and access to computers. Librarians are trained to help people fill out their government forms online to receive state and federal assistance. At our Partnership branch library, which is located in one of the poorest zip codes in the county, children can pick up rolling backpacks on Thursday and Fridays so they have food to eat over the weekend when they're not getting free student lunches. So if your lawmakers have worked to keep your public library going, thank them. They need the feedback. They need to know how i...
Book Clubs I had the privilege last week of speaking to "The Happy Bookers" book club, a group of local ladies who gather to, not surprisingly, discuss books. They'd picked Pirate's Price as their novel for this month's meeting, and it was fun to talk with them about the writing process, my work habits--or lack thereof--and the processes that go into my novels. One of the ladies brought a rum punch made with a 200 year old recipe. The potion was deceptively smooth, and I knew after a few sips that much as I'd love to drink more, I'd have a hard time making the words come out ungarbled, much less drive home afterward. One of the questions that evening, as usual, was who I would cast in the movies of my books. That's an idle pasttime I usually indulge after I've finished writing a novel. For The Bride and the Buccaneer I don't have a specific actor in mind to play Jack Burrell, though I'm leaning toward Ryan Reynolds. For Sophia Defor...
Image via Wikipedia Boskone 47 Got my Progress Report for Boskone 47 , a delightful regional SF convention in Boston this February. I'll be there, along with an amazing array of talented writers, editors, artists and fans. It's a mix guaranteed to produce a lively weekend. Only a group like this could convince me to fly to Massachusetts in February. Fortunately, I have a return ticket that says "Florida".
Reviews of The Bride and the Buccaneer! Reviews are coming in! Here's a link to today's posting at Dear Author: "A fantastically matched couple, fun and adventure, seeing Captain Sinister again = a happy Jayne when I electronically flipped the last page. B+" And from Pirates and Privateers : "Laced with a host of unique characters, intriguing clues that reveal the depth of Marshall’s research, and humorous lines, this spellbinding tale snares the reader from the opening page to the end."
