GENREALITY

Carrie Vaughn has a new release this month.

#9 in The Kitty Norville Series By Carrie Vaughn

“Vaughn’s universe is convincing and imaginative”
–Publishers Weekly

“Fun, fast-paced adventure for fans of supernatural mysteries.”
–Locus

“Debut author Vaughn’s clever new take on the supernatural is edgy and irreverent.”
–Romantic Times

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Ken Scholes is doing an inpromptu road trip book tour.

June 23, Denver CO, Who Else Books, 7pm

June 24, Salt Lake City, UT, Sam Wellers, 7pm

June 25, Boise, ID, Rediscovered Books, 7pm

There will be group dinners in each city preceding the signing. Those who wish to attend need to email for details.

Just a brief note with a bit of news:

The nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards for science fiction were announced yesterday, and my short story “Amaryllis” is among them.  This means that more people than my mom and dad liked it enough to nominate it.  Woo!

I have to admit, I’m awfully excited.  As someone who’s read science fiction since I was a wee small girl, “Hugo” has always meant something special.

Also — I’m really glad I still write short stories!

“Amaryllis” is online at Lightspeed magazine.  The magazine and its editor, John Joseph Adams, were also nominated.

The random number generator picked number 29 so The Winner from yesterdays Anniversary giveaway is Jeanette Juan.

Congratulations, Jeanette. Please use the CONTACT link on my personal site to let me know what three books you’d like, and to send me your snail mail informtion. You have one week to claim your prize, or I’ll pick another winner.

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Rosemary Clement -Moore’s book Highway to Hell made the American Library Association’s 2010 List of Best Books for Young Adults. Highway to Hell is the third Maggie Quinn book, and the series isa favorite for many! YAY, Rosemary!!

Hey Folks, it’s time for us to touch base with you all and do an unofficial poll on what you would like to see here at Genreality. The blogs been up and running for eight months now and we’d like to know how you think we’re doing. What posts do you enjoy the most: Craft, business tips, personal life stories, behind the scenes writing stuff?

Nows the time to tell us what you would like to see us post about. Just post your questions, requests, thoughts in the comments, and we’ll see what we can do for you!

Hi Everyone,  and welcome to the GENREALITY blog.

There are plenty of group blogs out there that focus on the authors of a specific genre – genre -as in Romance authors at one blog, Mystery authors at another, Paranormal at one and so on.  This blog is Different!   Made up of Six authors, all from different genres. The GENREALITY authors are bestsellers in their chosen genres, and most also have experience with multiple formats such as short stories and novellas, as well as full length novels.

But more than that, we’re here to share what’s it truly like to make a living as a professional writer, and to give you a look at our lives.  GENREALITY will consist of a  good blend of posts on the writing life.   It’s about more than what we write.  It’s about how we write, why we write, and who we are.

Starting on Monday January 19th, this blog will be active, with new posts added every day,  from Monday – Saturday.

That means not only industry news and craft posts, but also some humor and day-in-the-life type of stuff.  Because one thing you need for sure if you work with, live with, or want to be an author, is a sense of humor.   This blog is for us, as well as other authors -published and aspiring- and readers who want to know authors, and the writing life, better.

See you on January 19th!

The GENREALITY Authors

MONDAYS:  Alison Kent, Romance and Contemporary Fiction Author
A published author of forty works including single title and category romance novels, novellas, a Smart Pop essay on the television show Charmed, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing Erotic Romance, Alison Kent blogs for free as many words as she’s paid to write.  She is also a partner in the author community Access Romance, the Website design firm DreamForge Media, and is the muscle behind RomancingTheBlog.com.
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TUESDAYS: Joseph Nassise, Horror novelist and Writing Coach
Joe Nassise is the author of several novels of horror and dark fantasy, including the internationally bestselling series The Templar Chronicles. He is a former president of the Horror Writers Association, the world’s largest organization of profession horror writers, a two time Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee, and a life/creativity coach who likes working with people to get them to realize their full potential in life.
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WEDNESDAYS: Carrie Vaughn, Urban Fantasy  Author
Carrie Vaughn writes a series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty. The fourth, Kitty and the Silver Bullet, hit the New York Times bestseller list. The fifth and sixth novels will be released in early 2009. Carrie has also published about 40 short stories (and counting) in various anthologies and magazines such as Realms of Fantasy, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and Weird Tales. In 1998, she attended the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop, and she earned a Masters in English Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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THURSDAYS: Sasha White, Erotic Fiction Author
Gifted with a salacious imagination, Sasha White’s  brand of Romance with Heat, and Erotica with Heart has earned her a loyal following.  With a voice that is called “distinctive and delicious” by The Romance Studio this national best selling author  of erotic fiction has published over a thirty erotic stories in multiple sub- genres’, and various story lengths.
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FRIDAYS: Lynn Viehl, Dark Fantasy and Science Fiction Author
Since 2000 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Viehl has published forty-two novels under eight pseudonyms in five different genres, including her StarDoc science fiction series and Darkyn dark fantasy series. She is the author of Paperback Writer, a popular publishing industry blog, and has been involved in the online writing community since 1994 as a teacher, mentor and occasional activist.
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SATURDAYS: Jason Pinter, Thriller Author
Jason Pinter is the bestselling author of the THE STOLEN, THE GUILTY and THE MARK, which was nominated for the Strand Magazine Critics award, the Barry award, the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award, and was optioned for film. His critically acclaimed Henry Parker series has been published in more than a dozen countries in several languages. Jason’s blog, “The Man in Black” (jasonpinter.blogspot.com) was named one of the top mystery blogs by Library Journal and one of the top writing and publishing blogs by Associated Content. He is a member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America, and is a founding member of Killer Year. He lives in New York City with his wife Susan and their dog Wilson, and is currently at work on a two-part Henry Parker epic that will be in stores Fall 2009.
Visit Jason’s website