Today’s Latest Author News

Some of this is *slightly* old news, but still good stuff!

• Richelle Mead has an offer for us! She will write a short story about Dimitri and Rose going back to Russia to visit his family IF “Spirit Bound wins in the CBC awards”. So VOTE! She also states on her Facebook page:

Working on Bloodlines revisions is stressful, but Sydney is such a fun character. She speaks 5 languages and knows the periodic table backwards and forward–but is so oblivious to social and romantic stuff sometimes. 🙂

• Richelle also fills us in on her fun at this year’s Romantic Times Convention.
• An opportunity to be on True Blood!!! A “walk-on” role for charity. Current bid $11,500 😉
• Gena Showalter unveils her “Twisted” cover on her website.
• Rachel Vincent releases  her “If I Die (Soul Screamers)” bookcover. (scheduled release date Sept 20th)
• Larissa Ione’s new book cover for Immortal Rider (expected release date December 1st 2011)
• Michelle Rowen also presents the cover for her upcoming book the “Living in Eden” series (That Old Black Magic (A Living in Eden Novel – release date Dec 6th 2011). Hey!!! What happened to my Darrack? This guy… well. Ok sure, he’s plenty cute, but I want the old one back! *pout*
• Allyson James announces that some of her “Shareem” e-books have been temporarily lowered in price!
• Stacia Kane announces a rough date for her next upcoming release in the Downside Series (Sacrificial Magic – February 2012)
• Cassandra Clare answers questions about her latest City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments, Book 4) (stuff like the dreaded cliffhanger issues etc..) TWENTY TWO answers! I’m not reading because I don’t want to spoil the series for myself (I do intent on reading it eventually) but for those of you who are caught up, this might be an enlightening read.
• J.R. Ward excites us with little “tidbits” on her Facebook page.

“Anyone a gambler? I think we should take bets: Wrath vs. Beth. Baby showdown. What side you on? Personally? BETH”

“JEEEEEEEEEEZ Wrath really don’t want no kids *wince*”

“And now it’s time to finish Rhage and Mary’s slice of life :D”

• Jill Myles has just released another “Succubus Diaries” short story Slave To Her Desires (The Succubus Diaries) – You know I’ll be reading this! (and she says it’s works perfectly as a stand-alone read, however for us Noah fans, he’s sorta in there too)
• Kresley Cole announces some new projects:

“My next full length novel is Lothaire, which will be released January 10th, 2012 in hardcover”

“After that, the first installment in my new IAD spinoff series will be released August 2012 (in paperback), with my new YA series debuting that fall.”

• I found some FUN pictures of Sherrilyn Kenyon (on her Twitpic page) showing us where her Dark-Hunter series started (old blast from the past pics that I can so appreciate considering how much I love her books).

https://twitpic.com/4fyhi1 –> “The room where it all started. I wrote the 1st draft of Fantasy Love, Night Pleasures & Born of Night on that WP”

https://twitpic.com/4gmmyq –> “Me working on one of the Dark-Hunter stories in college. It’s the one where Ash set fire to Talon LOL. March 1987”

https://twitpic.com/4fyuaf and https://twitpic.com/4fyuvd –> “A page from the Dark-Hunter calendar we did for charity in 2003.”

https://twitpic.com/4fyph1 –> “This first ad I took out. It was all the promo I could afford for Night Pleasures.”