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Eternal Kisses in Mean Streets : Giveaway

Jun 26, 2009 16:28

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 ( Read more... )

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Short Stories lemmythewolfboy June 26 2009, 23:22:48 UTC

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Re: Short Stories suzannemcleod June 28 2009, 18:50:24 UTC

Chuck Palahniuk just came up in a book I'm reading as a writer 'who gets it right!' so he's on my list of authors to check out. Some great stories there, thanks :-)

Re: Short Stories lemmythewolfboy July 3 2009, 19:35:00 UTC

You gotta love Chuck.

I'd be intrested to know which book you read first and at what point you find yourself squirmming. Oh, and I suppose also what you think of said book :o)

Lemmy

Re: Short Stories sarkysnarky June 29 2009, 21:43:39 UTC

Oh, Chuck Palahniuk is really good. I found Invisible Monsters from a song reference, and went on to read Choke. I keep meaning to read/watch Fight Club.

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chimera1973 June 27 2009, 02:52:55 UTC

Banana Yoshimoto. Through a collection of short stories my father got for me in Italian. The collection and my favourite story are both titled "Lucertola".

suzannemcleod June 28 2009, 18:52:08 UTC

Sounds interesting *makes note to look up* thanks :-)

donnas1 June 27 2009, 02:53:46 UTC

I have found many new authors though anthologies. It is one of my favorite ways to do it. You get to experience their writing style while reading some of your other favorite authors.

suzannemcleod June 28 2009, 18:54:21 UTC

I agree, I've found some great writers through short stories. I do read them, but I never have quite the same excitement before hand :-)

unpissenlit June 29 2009, 04:48:45 UTC

Did I ever! I read the anthology, My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding edited by P. N. Elrod and was totally delighted with Charlaine Harris' contribution, "Tacky", after which I practically inhaled her Sookie Stackhouse series(in which "Tacky" was set).

suzannemcleod June 29 2009, 21:11:41 UTC

I was already a big Sookie fan when MBFSW, came out, it was one of the reasons I bought the anthology :-)

unpissenlit July 1 2009, 05:10:41 UTC

I read it for Jim Butcher's Dresden Files contribution. :)

branquignole June 29 2009, 05:56:52 UTC

Greaat, a giveaway! (Found this thanks to SRB's tweet.)

1st Entry: In fact, I find new authors through short stories all of the time, as I am an avid reader of anthologies. My favourite example (although nothing fantasy-related) is German author Rabea Edel. I read one of her short stories and ended up buying her debut novel, Das Wasser, in dem wir schlafen (The Water We're Sleeping In), which didn't let me down. :)

2nd Entry: Twittered!

3rd Entry: Blogged!

suzannemcleod June 29 2009, 21:13:39 UTC

SRB is a sweetie :-) I'm really looking forward to reading her story. Thanks for commenting, and the tweet and blog :-)