Another early review of Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic is already live on Fox Cutter’s book blog. Thank you, Fox, for reviewing my book! Fox was a Kickstarter superhero! Be sure to check out his other reviews and check out his other work at http://www.chaos-keep.com/
Please visit Fox Cutter’s review: http://foxcutter.livejournal.com/172716.html
Thank you, Rebecca, for the lovely review! I’m glad you were finally able to connect with the main character and that you enjoyed the book!
Please read Rebecca’s review here: http://www.abookloverslibrary.com/paranormal.html
Please join me for the next few days for giveaways, great guests, and lots of fun. If you’re wondering what is coming up, please visit the Party Page where all the action starts. Don’t worry though. I’ll be sure to post when something wonderful is going on.
To learn more about the book, including updated purchase links as the book goes live, visit the book page:
https://katepolicani.com/books-for-sale/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-magic/
Starting NOW and for the next three days you will have a chance to WIN an ecopy of the book, as well as several paperback copies. For all contest guidelines, please visit the Party Page. I’ll be sure to post about all the contests as they start!
Were you thinking of participating but weren’t sure? Now is your chance! Visit the party page to see how you can join in. Guests of all kinds are welcome, and I’ll announce your guest posts via the party page and my blog.
You are cordially invitedto the Virtual Release Party for Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic.
This online soiree will feature contests, giveaways, freebies, featured reviewers, guest books, and a great celebration of the people who made the first book of my first series possible.
Yes, it’s all online! Visit when you like, participate, and have fun, all without any tiresome travel or diet-busting treats. Anything you want to know about what’s happening is right here: https://katepolicani.com/release-party/
The party will last for three days from Oct 26-28 here at katepolicani.com. Please join in the fun!
Huge thanks to Fox Cutter, who has reviewed my upcoming book here: http://foxcutter.livejournal.com/2012/10/18/ Fox was my Kickstarter hero, contributing the amount that made the difference and I got my funding! He’s written a very insightful review with a lot of great detail.
Guest spots available! Please email katepolicani(at)gmail.com to join the party as a guest!
Here is what my editor Kathleen Firstenberg has to say about my upcoming book: http://kathleenfberg.webs.com/apps/blog/show/14688705-how-to-win-friends-and-influence-magicians
A review by the Bookworm Extraordinaire: http://www.thebookwormextraordinare.blogspot.com/2012/09/review-dont-judge-book-by-its-magic-by.html
I’m a normal girl. I am. I love shoes, fragranced body care, and hair products. I love all the chick flicks that have come out in the theaters in the last 2 years (and a lot of the old ones) and I obsess about my wardrobe. I respond positively to most of the marketing directed at females in my age group.
My name is Colleen Underhill, and the only abnormal thing about me is that I just discovered I am, or I transformed into, a magician; not the disappearing bunny kind, but the power-shooting-out-of-your-hands kind of magician.
My problem now is that I do NOT believe in magic. Well, I believe in it. I have seen it shoot out of my own hands, but I oppose it in a moral sense; no hexes, no spells, no incantations, no potions, no amulets, no tomes, no casting circles, no eye of newt, none of that. I have to be very clear because people pressure me about it. Whatever they say about “how it’s done,” this is a morality issue for me and I will not cave in to their pressure.
But what do I do now?
Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16045564-don-t-judge-a-book-by-its-magic
Journalist Memphis Zhang isn’t ashamed of her Wiccan upbringing—in fact, she’s proud to be one of a few Chinese American witches in San Francisco, and maybe the world. Unlike the well-meaning but basically powerless Wiccans in her disbanded coven, Memphis can see fairies, read auras, and cast spells that actually work—even though she concocts them with ingredients like Nutella and antiperspirant. Yet after a friend she tries to protect is brutally killed, Memphis, full of guilt, abandons magick to lead a “normal” life. The appearance, however, of her dead friend’s sexy rock star brother—as well as a fairy in a subway tunnel—suggest that magick is not done with her. Reluctantly, Memphis finds herself dragged back into the world of urban magick, trying to stop a power-hungry witch from using the dangerous Flower Bowl Spell and killing the people Memphis loves—and maybe even Memphis herself.
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Read my review here: http://katepolicanisreviews.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/open-heart-by-emlyn-chand/
(Open Heart is the second book in the Farsighted series.)
Simmi Shergill’s life is a mess. Her powers of psychic feeling are on the fritz, and Grandon Township’s sudden population boom has brought quite a few unsavory characters to town. She also looks like an over-blown balloon in her size 14 pants, but not even starving herself seems to be working as a diet plan. Well, at least her boyfriend, Alex, loves her so much he’d do anything for her. Last summer he even risked his life to protect her from the mysterious boy everyone was convinced wanted to kill her.
The problem is, she’s not so sure she feels the same way. Is Alex really the man of her dreams? And why can’t she stop fixating on her would-be killer, Dax? Whenever he’s around, part of her wants to run screaming in the other direction while the other part longs to run into his embrace, no matter who she’d hurt or what she’d risk.
Simmi’s loyalty is on the line. Who will she choose–the blind seer who loves her, or the charming telekinetic with “bad idea” written all over him? Emotions run high as the tension mounts in book two of the Farsighted series.
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Emlyn Chand emerged from the womb with a fountain pen clutched in her left hand (true story). Since then, she has always loved to hear and tell stories. When she’s not writing, she runs a large book club in Ann Arbor and is the president of author PR firm Novel Publicity. Emlyn enjoys connecting with readers and is available throughout the Internet world. Visit EmlynChand.com for more info. Don’t forget to say “hi” to her sun conure Ducky!
Take a second to check out my Kickstarter project if you are thinking about buying my next book! I’ve got discounts and some fun ways to get my book before it’s available for sale.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/523666041/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-magic-book-launch
If you’re feeling adventurous or would like to get featured in my upcoming Virtual Release Party, there are some options there too.
Bought as a child to slave at an inn, Lyneth suffers under a terrible curse. Her frightening transformations can only be stopped when a priest puts a silver collar around her neck. The collar stops the change, but makes her ill. Her dangers increase as she matures into a beautiful and desirable woman. When a mysetrious nobleman visits the inn,her life changes forever.
This is the short story that I posted recently on Wattpad. I’ve finished it and I have posted it on Smashwords as a free ebook! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/153927
It is on Kindle too. I’ll be posting it here and there and everywhere that allows free ebooks!
Be like Lorenzo: patronize an artist like me!
Kate Policani 