Here is the latest tweak on two of my cover remixes. What do you think? Any last critiques before I officially change the cover for these two?
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It’s a cover-up!
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Tags: Author, book, cover, critique, DIY, ideas, reading, self-publishing
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I am FEATURED today on Ionia Martin’s Readful Things blog! Please visit and like! Learn the mystery of why I write. http://readfulthingsblog.com/2013/04/30/an-interview-with-kate-policani-author-of-dont-judge-a-book-by-its-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-5719
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A little silly for your Friday:
Discover Authors Discovery 2: My Twelve-Year-Old Baby will be Born in Eleven Days!
Fuller’s Curse has been twelve years in the making and there isn’t a strong enough word in the English language to describe my joy at its near arrival. After years of writing, rejections, rewriting, rejections, and more rewriting, finally a publishing contract landed on my desk only to be rescinded two months before the publication date. BUT, through it all my baby survived and it’s finally here. Or soon will be.
Fuller’s Curse is a psychological horror story about a family that is cursed. When you think psychological horror think Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Octavia Butler, Tananarive Due and others of that ilk. This is NOT a vampire, werewolf, slasher (i.e.-Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers), monster book. It is horror with intelligence and emotional impact (not that the other categories of horror don’t have these). In fact, at its core, Fuller’s Curse is a simple tale of good versus evil.
Read more: My Twelve-Year-Old Baby will be Born in Eleven Days!.
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Tags: Ann Fields, Author, book, discover authors, giveaway, psychological, reading, thriller
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Pirate Tales Giveaway
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Tags: Author, book, contemporary, giveaway, mystery, pirates, reading, Richard Stephens
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New Review: Run by Tahlia Newland
Run
by Tahlia Newland
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Short Story, Action/Adventure
Read my review here.
Nick runs from the hidden realm of Diamond Peak to the ordinary world to try to forget his failed battle with Cogin, head of one of the Rasa demon clans. Will immersing himself in the distractions of our world exorcise the terrible memory, and will making a new life for himself away from the hidden realm free him from the attentions of the demons?
This urban fantasy short story is a prequel to ‘Lethal Inheritance’, Tahlia’s young adult contemporary fantasy novel .
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Tags: ACTION, adventure, books, reading, review, short story, Tahlia Newland, urban fantasy
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New Review: Few Are Chosen by M.T. McGuire
Few Are Chosen
by M.T. McGuire
Genre: Fantasy, Humor
The Pan of Hamgee isn’t paranoid. There must be some people in K’Barth who aren’t out to get him it’s just that, right now, he’s not sure where they are. His family are dead, his existence is treason and he does the only thing he can to survive — getaway driving.
As if being on the run isn’t bad enough, when he finds a magic thimble and decides to keep it, he unwittingly sets himself on a collision course with Lord Vernon, K’Barth’s despot ruler.
Unwillingly The Pan is forced to make choices and stand up for his beliefs, beliefs he never knew he had until they were challenged. But when he is faced with a stark moral dilemma will his new found integrity stick? Can he stop running?
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Tags: book, books, ebook, Fantasy, HAMGEE UNIVERSITY PRESS, humor, MT MCGUIRE, reading, review
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BTSeMag Feature!
For the month of April, Gaele Hince has featured Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic in the BTSeMag, along with The Lustre and Compulsively Writing Fiction:My experiences in Self-publishing in 2011. Please visit the BTSeMag to see! (It’s on page 43.)
In honor of this feature I’m giving away a print copy of Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic on Goodreads!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic
by Kate Policani
Giveaway ends May 01, 2013.
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A new book!
This week I churned out a new 350000 word book! I can’t believe it, but here is my latest novel:
Talk and Cry
By Kate POlicani
Activia is a vibrant 42-year-old romance writer from upper Poop Creek Oregon. On her dream vacation to Bali she just wants to relax in the sun and write bestselling novels. Her peace is cruelly shattered when an archery club hijacks her exotic lunch cruise and invades her tranquility.
The darkly handsome captain of the team, Arto Jala, has Activia intrigued despite his moody cruelty and violent obsession with shellfish. His gritty sexuality is at odds with her pampered lifestyle, but he, too, finds her to be irresistible. Can she resist his smoldering advances?
In secluded Abalone cove by an artesian spring, as the coconuts sway in the breeze, he woos her. Drawn into his thrilling world, she soon is to discover his painful, haunting secret. Activia decides to use her vast knowledge of forensic psychology to uncover the mystery of his long, lost, missing baby sister and punish those who kidnapped her from their beach side chalet. If Activia brings back Arum, will it calm Arto’s angry soul and allow him to abandon his barnacled past and grisly lifestyle of archery and truly love her forever? Can an Indonesian archer and an Oregonian novelist find true love together in a tropical paradise? Or can they only talk and cry?
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Examiner Article: New Adult in 2013
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New Review: Stalking Shadows by Tahlia Newland
Stalking Shadows
Book 2 of the Diamond Peak Series
by Tahlia Newland
Genre: New Adult, Fantasy
Read my review here!
Synopsis: Ripped from the safety of our world and thrust into a strange hidden realm on a quest to save her mother, Ariel aims to confront the Master Demon, but first she must defeat Amic, the bodyguard that’s trying to kill her. In order reach the safe haven of Sheldra, she must pass through dangerous terrain and battle demons, spirits, rogue Magicians and her own conflicting emotions.
Ariel wants to retain a clear focus on the task at hand so, despite Nick’s protests, she insists of a friends-only relationship with him. But the very thing she hoped would simplify her quest only complicates it with emotional, energetic and hormonal turmoil.
Despite Walnut’s continued guidance, Ariel finds herself constantly forced to rely on her own resources. Will she find the inner strength and wisdom she needs to defeat Amic and continue her journey?
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Categories: Reviews
Tags: book, Diamond Peak, Fantasy, new adult, reading, review, Tahlia Newland
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More Books!
I’ve just published a second blog compilation book full of webby goodness and organized so you can read it through or reference just the topics that interest you! Please click the cover to visit Smashwords for my new FREE book!
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Tags: Author, blogging, book, free, publicity, reading, self-publishing, Writing
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A Little Animation
Click the picture to see a little video I put together on GoAnimate.com! It was a fun little exercise in creating a scene from my book’s descriptions.
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Tags: animation, book, cartoon, excerpt, GoAnimate, paranormal romance, reading, scene
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Book Cover Remix
After some good feedback from some authors, I remixed my book covers. Visit my Flickr set to see what I’ve done, and please comment below on what you think of what I have so far. I would love some specific feedback! These are not finished yet, and I’d love advice on how to improve them.