Thanks to everyone who participated in my contest for three copies of Stephanie Meyer's sci-fi novel, The Host, and thanks to Hachette Books for contributing the prizes!
The winners of the random drawing are:
Elaine G -- who's not a scifi fan, but thinks she'll like this book
etirv - who got hooked on "Dr. Who"
Heather - whose fave scifi shows are "The X-Files" and "Roswell"
etirv - who got hooked on "Dr. Who"
Heather - whose fave scifi shows are "The X-Files" and "Roswell"
(This reminds me that for a long time I told my spawn that I was born in Roswell, New Mexico, and, no, I can't remember why I thought that was funny.)
Weiners, please send me an email with your mailing address and I'll forward it on to Hachette so they can send your prize.
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IN OTHER NEWS
I'm signed up for Google Alerts about my book titles and sites and I got one this morning for "Vampire Wire." It seems that two women started a "Vampire Wire Tours" a few months ago and are Twittering about "Twilight" and OMG! LOL! Rob Pattinson. Well, they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery -- but is copying imitation or copying copying? If they'd have asked me, I would have helped them think of other names for their site, like Stephanie Meyer Mania Tours, or Twittering Every Five Seconds About OMG Rob Pattinson Tours, or something pithy like that.
Well, Vampire Wire (since 2006) is often imitated, but never duplicated and my posts shall remain free of LOLs and OMGs unless I'm, you know, mocking something.
Derek Tatum reviews Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge. "Street Magic is one of the best opening novels to an urban fantasy series that I have read since Tanya Huff's Blood Price. In fact, this novel is so potent that I would recommend it to fantasy and horror fans who typically write off contemporary urban fantasy as being 'too girly.'" (Mondo Vampire) I think by "fans," Derek means guys.Speaking of all things fabulously Tanya Huff, Eagle Rock Entertainment gave me the "Blood Ties: Season One" dvds and I watched them all. I really, really like the series and will write about it later this week. I'm also going to pass the goodness along and have a contest starting tomorrow to give away the dvds.
Kimberly Swan's contest for a copy of the anthology Strange Brew runs through July 7. "There are 9 stories in this anthology by a very talented group of authors in Urban Fantasy. I’d love to hear which author’s story you’re most excited to read. The authors are: Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Karen Chance, P. N. Elrod, Charlaine Harris, Faith Hunter, Caitlin Kittredge and Jenna Maclaine." (Darque Reviews)
GRATUITOUS VIDEO OF THE DAY
Here's a Gerard Butler tribute from Catiadaniela, who hopes to someday clone the sexy Scot. Regular Vampire Wire readers know that I admire cloning and have been trying to clone my dead dog in my garage/laboratory with common kitchen appliances and test tubes. If I succeed in my scientific endeavors, I shall share my knowledge with Catiadaniela. Stockholm, Sweden (and the Nobel Prize), here we come!
6 comments:
I actually did mean "fans." Some of the most virulent detractors I know of "girly books" are female, and I was thinking of them when I wrote that sentence ;)
Thanks for the plug, and I hope that it helps what I feel is a very fine books.
Thanks for the clarification, Derek. I've heard the opposite -- men who won't pick up books written by women. Although the covers, etc., don't help. I was a little shocked when I suddenly became a writer of "women's fiction" after just being a writer.
men who won't pick up books written by women
Yeah, I tend to just ignore people who are that imbecilic. I figure they are just lost causes anyway.
Derek
I used to write satirical newspaper columns and I wrote under my initials. Most of my readers assumed I was a man: "He's pretty funny!" You don't know how I hate losing that readership.
Oh yeah, that kind of mentality pisses me off to no end. If people are smart enough to read in the first place, I wish they'd be smart enough to not be so callow. It's an issue I am trying to find a way to address over on Mondo Vampire, while staying on topic in some way.
Oh yeah, that kind of mentality pisses me off to no end.
People refusing to read a book based solely on gender, that is.
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