Focus On Fantasy Romance

Join Elle, AR, and Paulina as we interview Urban Fantasy Author Haven Cage. Mentioned in this podcast: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer: http://amzn.to/2qsgClx Meghan March’s Dirty Billionaire Trology: http://amzn.to/2oZbSUo Rissa Blakeley’s Shattered Lives Series: http://amzn.to/2qst1Wz Renea Mason’s Sympony of Light Series: http://amzn.to/2qst5Wp Find more about Haven and her work at her website: http://www.authorhavencage.com/

Join Elle, AR, Ishabelle, and Paulina as we interview Chris Allen-Riley from Round Table Author Services. Discover how an editor helps an author create the best possible book and how to avoid certain pitfalls. Mentioned in this podcast: Writing Slices; Reading the Books that Teach You to Write https://writingslices.wordpress.com/ Find out more about Chris’ writing as Bronwyn Green here: http://www.bronwyngreen.com/ And check out Round Table Author Services here: https://roundtableauthorservices.wordpress.com/

Elle, AR, Ishabelle, and Paulina discuss Jo-ann Carson’s A Viking Ghost for Valentine’s Day (Book 2 Gambling Ghosts Series). **THERE ARE SPOILERS.** To feed her three children, Widow Abigail Jenkins takes the only job available in Sunset Cove: night cleaner in the notorious, haunted tea-house. She figures the wild, supernatural rumors about the place are pure fiction. After all, ghosts don’t exist. Eric Eklund a sexy spirit from Sweden is over a thousand years old. Having missed his chance at Valhalla, the Viking spends his time roaming the world and gambling. That is until he sees Abby whose feisty earthly-spirit turns his ghostly world upside down. When the two meet sparks fly, but their romance is interrupted by a poltergeist hunting children. What happens when you mix a naughty, Viking ghost built like a Norse god, a strong woman who suffers no fools and a nasty poltergeist? Answer: another fun, Gambling Ghost story. A Viking Ghost for Valentine’s is a lighthearted novella filled with love, laughter a

Elle, AR, Ishabelle, and Paulina share news and discuss the use of non human heros in romance and where the line is between sexy hero and no go animal. Books discussed in this episode: Marjorie M. Liu – http://amzn.to/2ojLaYP Shelly Laurenston – http://amzn.to/2ociror Kresley Cole – http://amzn.to/2ocdjAT

Elle, AR, Ishabelle and Paulina discuss writers block and how we each cope with it.

Join Elle, AR, Ishabelle, and Paulina as we interview Karri @ Art by Karri. Karri is a cover art designer who’s worked in the industry for over 5 years and has designed award-winning covers for best selling authors. Find out more at http://artbykarri.com/ Books mentioned in the podcast include: Unyielding by Robert J Crane, Echelon by KKJacobs, & Rebirth by Skye Malone

Join Elle, AR, Ishabelle, and Paulina as they discuss Rescued by Tordin by Mychal Daniels. **THERE ARE SPOILERS.** BLURB: Curvy, intelligent and focused, Kyra Simmons has her eye on the prize. She’s locked her sights on becoming the top technical engineer for the most prestigious space program back on Earth. That is, until her life and plans are turned upside down in an instant on board a maintenance Space Station. Stranded on the now failing Space station, Kyra needs a miracle to survive. She has no idea that the ‘foreign’ astronauts who show up to rescue her are out of this world—literally. Warrior Lord Tordin, Crown Prince of Olodia, knows he’s outside of the Mandates of the Intergalactic Alliance when he intercedes to rescue the survivors of the Earth space station. But there’s something or someone pulling him in. He’s not prepared for what he finds in the unassuming Earth female. Try as he might to stay away, the pull grows stronger and stronger to be with her. His mission depends on his ability to

Elle, AR, and Paulina discuss a Kboards thread and an Amazon category restriction regarding no romance novels in the sci-fi and fantasy sections. Read the post here: https://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,247857.0.html

Elle, AR, Ishabelle, and Paulina interview Kim from Paranormaly Yours book blog and get the scoop on how a book blog works. Visit Kim @ http://www.paranormalyyours.com/ and join her Facebook group @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParanormalyYours/

**THERE ARE SPOILERS.** ***WE GET OFF TOPIC*** BLURB: Can love take root in the cracks of time? Air Force pilot Andromeda “Andie” Kim dreams of being chosen to join NASA so she can go to space. Instead, she’s stolen by savage kidnappers from a dystopian future where fertile women are needed for breeding purposes. One of her kidnappers, a man named Mace, goes out of his way to protect her from the other slavers, but she’s not about to trust him. All she wants is to escape and find a way back to her time before she’s sold as broodstock and stuck in this ruined world forever. Colonel Aloysius “Mace” Theron of the Cascadian Alliance is a battlefield commander, not a spy, but after twenty years of service, he’s also trusted by his superiors. That’s why they choose him for a top-secret mission: to infiltrate an organization of thieves using a time machine to plunder the past. He’s supposed to find and destroy the machine, not fall in love with one of the captives, but Andie is as much of a fighter as he is, and

Elle, AR, Paulina, and Ishabelle talk about our busy lives and how we take care of ourselves through the week.

**THERE ARE SPOILERS.** ***WE GET OFF TOPIC*** BLURB: For some, rebirth is not a reward. Centuries ago the gods demanded Ashayna Stonemantle sacrifice her demon-tainted lover. She did, and then ended her own life, but it didn’t fulfill her obligations to the gods. Reborn into a new body, Ashayna has no awareness of her former life until her sentient magic manipulates her into seeking out Sorntar, Crown Prince of the Phoenix. The majestic and charismatic Sorntar reveals that she is host to a Larnkin—a spirit creature of vast power. If she can trust the word of a man who is part avian, he is host to her Larnkin’s other half. When their Larnkins awaken early and force them into an unbreakable bond, Ashayna and Sorntar are accused of being corrupted by an ancient evil. To prove their innocence, they must discover what happened in the past to pit bondmate against bondmate. As the search for the truth draws them closer together, Ashayna realizes she’s falling in love with Sorntar. But before she can tell him, hi

Elle, AR, and Paulina discuss what we want to get accomplished this year and some of the things that distract us from accomplishing them.

Elle, AR, Paulina, and Ishabelle talk about our accomplishments and missteps in 2016.

Tonight we have with us the cast from the upcoming web-series Alliance Chronicles which is based on characters and the world of School Nightz…a collection of three novellas from Author Michelle Cornwell-Jordan. This Independent video production comes from 4CWMedia and Under The Towers Productions. The web-series plotline follows the three main characters Angel (played by Brianna Jordan), Rafael (played by Angel Ray) and Elin (played by Allyson Womack) as they hunt the evil Wasiki and his rogue paranormals who escape at the end of novella three. The team is diverted to the 19th century where with the help of two new characters must face the their greatest enemy and stop him from bringing back an ancient enemy that would destroy the Human and Paranormal world. Read the books here: http://amzn.to/2idHuCz Check for updates here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/MCJordan-Books-288004677978367/videos/

Elle, AR, and Paulina discuss a recent trend in publishing eliminating some important steps in editing.

Author Mixer Discussing Stealing Books in the Age of Self-Publishing with Elle Clouse, AR DeClerck, and Paulina Woods. Links discussed in the show: Plagiarism in the age of Self Publishing: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/06/plagiarism-in-the-age-of-self-publishing/485525/ Rachel Nunes Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/standingagainstplagiarism

Join Elle, A.R., and Paulina as they discuss Jessi Gage’s Wishing for a Highlander and various topics that come up. **THERE ARE SPOILERS.** Blurb: Single-and-pregnant museum worker Melanie voices an idle wish while examining a Scottish artifact, that a Highland warrior would sweep her off her feet and help her forget her cheating ex. The last thing she expects is for her wish to be granted. Magically transported to the middle of a clan skirmish in the sixteenth-century Highlands, she comes face to face with her kilted fantasy man. Tall, handsome, and heir to his uncle’s lairdship, Darcy Keith should be the most eligible bachelor in Ackergill. Instead, thanks to a prank played on him in his teenage years, he is known for being too large under his kilt to ever make a proper husband. “Big Darcy” runs his deceased father’s windmills and lives alone at his family manor, believing he will never marry. But a strangely-dressed woman he rescues from a clan skirmish makes him long for more. When the woman’s claims

Elle, AR, and Paulina discuss our experience with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and our plans for this November. NaNoWriMo.org Also mentioned in the podcast: Take Off Your Pants: http://amzn.to/2fgYCdq Romancing the Beat: http://amzn.to/2dXBVoz Don’t forget a thumbs up and subscribe!

Hosts Elle, AR, and Paulina discuss a blog post title “Death of an Author” by Vanessa Booke. Here is the post we are referencing: https://vanessabooke.com/2016/10/11/death-of-an-author/