Eternal Kisses in Mean Streets : Giveaway

[suzannemcleod]

20 days, 2 hours 46 mins and 23 seconds - tick, tock - [as I write this] until The Cold Kiss of Death :: Spellcrackers.com book 2 :: is published, and Woot! am I getting excited? You bet I am *g*. And nervous too, as I hope everyone will love it as much as I do*. This week to continue my celebratory giveaways to help get the word out, I'm going

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[madmiss]

"if you've ever found a new author through a short story or not"

Yes and, yes...
I used to love buying the Daw Science fiction anthologies, or the Daw Fantasy anthologies.
But my major weakness was the Chicks in Chainmail series of anthologies, more parodies than stories, but I found some of my favourite authors through them...:)

[suzannemcleod]

'Chicks in Chainmail' sounds interesting? Any particular titles?

[madmiss]

:) Whoops, Okay so,

The Chicks in Chainmail series is produced by Baen, so a lot of Baens core writers are in there, Eric Flint, Elizabeth Moon etc.
Two writers in particular from the anthologies that I've made sure to keep up with when I could are :

From 'Did you say Chicks?!' Laura Ann Gilman and
from 'Turn the other Chick' Wen Spenser.
(The other 3 book in the series being. 'Chicks in Chainmail','Chicks n' Chained Mails' and 'The Chick is in the Mail')

It was a freak accident that while looking for Laura Ann Gilman novels I came across LUNA books and got totally swept up in a new genre of book.

Though from the 30th anniversary Daw Anthology I did end up buying the entire back catalog of Tanya Huff and Irene Radford.

[suzannemcleod]

Thanks so much :-) Wen Spencer and Laura Ann Gilman *nods* both authors I read!

[ex_kaz_maho]

*beaming*

You are SO lovely. Also, I will link to this Right Now on twitter! :)

*lowers voice* It's actually 13 stories - Amazon & co. have it wrong. Another story got added late in the publication process.

[suzannemcleod]

Thanks for the tweet :-) And A Baker's Dozen? Sounds great :-) Can't wait to read them all [inc yours, of course *g*]

[ailsa_cf]

I'll enter! (Especially as Karen was rightfully berating me for not reading short stories just the other day.)
I've got one anthology of short stories - the Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance, and I really enjoy it. There are several authors that I now plan to check out as soon as I get to a slightly bigger library than my local one. C. T. Adams & Cathy Clamp for a start, and also Caitlin Kiernan. Although I'd heard good things about them before, the anthology persuaded me that I should check them out.
I will post links very soon. *g*
EDIT: Oh, I tell a lie! - I also have a lovely collection of short stories by Garth Nix, which were wonderful. But I was familiar with him as an author before that, so that didn't really lead me to new authors. *g*

[suzannemcleod]

Garth Nix is wonderful, I love his Old Kingdom books :-)

[ailsa_cf]

Ok, links:

http://dragon-crier.livejournal.com/70421.html

http://thebookbundle.blogspot.com/2009/07/sweet-scent-of-blood-by-suzanne-mcleod.html

On my facebook, although I'm not sure the link will work:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1306721949&ref=nf

And here:
http://thewriterschronicle.forumotion.net/off-the-script-f7/competition-be-quick-t278.htm

[suzannemcleod]

Thank you, and thank you for the great review :-) I will add a link to it from my website if that's okay with you?

Short Stories

[meghanstrain]

I'm not sure if they classify as "anthologies", but books like LJ Smith's Nightworld series definitely leave me hooked on the characters and wanting more!

Re: Short Stories

[suzannemcleod]

I've been contemplating LJ Smith for a while now, so it probably won't be long before I break down and buy one LOL! [so many books, so little time ...]Thanks for commenting :-)

[suzannemcleod]

Ray Bradbuy and Edgar Allan Poe! Two of the greats! Thanks for the link :-)