Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Liftoff: I’m pleased to announce a new book (and series) by Tyrean Martinson, released today! Liftoff (The Rayatana Series, Book 1) by Tyrean Martinson A spaceship in disguise, An Earth girl searching for a sense of home, And a Thousand
Today is the Cover Reveal for the final book in the Princelings of the East series: Princelings Revolution. I’m also kicking off the Launch & Anniversary Giveaway, which will run until midnight on October 23rd, to cover my tenth blogoversary
The Last Pilgrim is a new book about the early colonists of America. Noelle Granger has been sharing her research for this book on her blog for a long time. I’ve been more and more fascinated by it, and looking
I’m delighted to announce a third ghost: IT’S OUT TOMORROW… Voyagers: The Third Ghost An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology Journey into the past… Will the third ghost be found before fires take more lives? Can everyone be warned before
Damyanti Biswas writes cracking, atmospheric and immersive short stories. Today she launches her first full-length novel You Beneath Your Skin. I’m planning to review it later in the year – I’m a bit behind with my launch reviews at the
Leaves of Fall was published yesterday! It’s the latest from Patricia Lynne, who blogs beautiful words and writes a darn good plot. Read more about it: Leaves of Fall by Patricia Lynne genres: Teen & YA / post-apocalyptic Armory was
Flashback Friday is supposed to happen on Friday but I decided there was too much happening last week. Today is Thursday. I delved back into the archives for January posts and discovered Death By Trombone was launched in January 2016. I know
Galileo’s Theme Park is out today! It’s a science fiction anthology in which we were asked to feature other worlds in our solar system. I make no apology for pushing this on you as part of my #30DaysWild challenge, since
An ultimate Beach Reads book – Galileo’s Theme Park – is my prize for all you international giveaway hoppers out there. The Beach Reads Giveaway Hop is brought to you courtesy of Valerie at Stuck in Books, so when you’ve
Tick Tock: A Stitch in Crime is coming to bookstores near you! I’m delighted to inform you, in case you haven’t seen the news already, that Tick Tock: A Stitch in Time, the #IWSG Anthology for 2018 is nearly out
The Princelings of the North is launched today! Yes, it’s out on all platforms, for a special book launch price. I hope you enjoy it enough to leave a nice review at your purchase site! The Princelings of the North
I’m very grateful to the BookShelf Gargoyle for devising the opportunity to review my year in book titles. I hope this is funny enough to help you over your seasonal excesses 🙂 You can copy and paste these prompts (as
Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend is newly published by author Cheryl Carpinello. I’m delighted to welcome Cheryl, a fellow BookElf, through a BeachBound Books Blog Tour which runs from July 17 – August 7, 2017. There’s a giveaway for a
Willoughby starts with W. What better way to fulfil the W post of the #AtoZChallenge than launching my latest book. It’s out today on all platforms and should be in all the online stores. If you haven’t read any of
100 words isn’t much for a flash fiction story. I’ve tried it a few times, and as you know, I attempt Fiction in 50 each month. Today I’m doing #Flashback Friday with a very short story I did a long
I’m very happy to join in the launch party for the latest by Patricia Josephine (aka Patricia Lynne) ABDUCTED LIFE. Blurb Savannah Janowitz’s perfect life was destroyed the night she and her boyfriend vanished without a trace. When she reappears
Hold onto your hats, there’s another book in The Ninja Librarian series just hit the shelves! Yippee! In the unlikely event that you don’t remember, I’ve been raving about The Ninja Librarian ever since he first came to Skunk Corners
Yes, I know it’s Black Friday and all that, but it suited my purposes to bring out the first box set of the Princelings of the East series, Books 1 – 3. This volume combines the existing three ebooks of the
This month’s question from Mike d’Agostino, originator of the Question of the Month bloghop is: “What’s a decision you’ve made in the past that you know, logically, was the right decision to make, but which you still feel guilty or
Welcome to the Great Escapes Book Tour for Closed Casket (released 6th Sept), the second Hercule Poirot novel written by Sophie Hannah. I was lucky enough to attend a writers’ evening with Sophie last year, or was it the year before,
My A to Z Challenge theme this year is ‘world building’, and today we come closer to home. Jupiter is in the news, not only its amazing size, atmosphere, and what we’re learning about its weather systems, but also because
Tomorrow is launch day! Today you can pre-order it at Amazon, B&N, Apple, and Kobo. Tomorrow it will be for sale on Smashwords too. By the way, you can also vote for The Traveler in Black and White on AUTHOR SHOUT
I don’t feel the need to go for book blasts much since they aren’t people’s favourite post, but this one caught my eye – more especially because someone on the Goodreads Great Middle Grade Reads Group had asked about ‘off
Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating a Book Blast for the middle grade book, “Lionel’s Christmas Adventure: Lionel Learns the True Meaning of Christmas”, based on the lovable character, Lionel Snodgrass, created by Paul Hewlett. About the
Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating a Book Blast for the young adult book “Sons of the Sphinx” and “Tutankhamen Speaks”, The Quest Books companion to “Sons of the Sphinx” by Cheryl Carpinello. About the Books Title: