Nocturne (4); Flirting With Darkness

Just wanted to stop by and let everyone know that the authors in the Midnight Cravings anthology are holding a special contest this week on our blogs. We're each giving away a copy of Midnight Cravings to one lucky commenter on our blogs, plus some other cool stuff.

Each day one author will have a post about the contest. The schedule is:

April 6 - Michele Hauf

April 7 - Bonnie Vanak
April 8 - Karen Whiddon

The drawing is held this Sunday, April 12.

Good luck to everyone who entered the Bites pitch! Looking forward to seeing who won!

Bonnie

Have you seen the seven successful pitch entrants?  They're over on the Bites Pitch thread...

Yay for you, Mawilson (Michaela!), you're very quiet up there...

Congrats to all, and good luck. 

Hugs for those of us, too, who will submit the old-fashioned way...  E x

New room--nice.

Is there any way to list the threads in a descending order? Or is it ascending order? What I mean is the most current is at the beginning instead of buriied. And could there be an indication that a thread is closed?

 I'm trying to participate and am getting a bad case of frustration.

Yes, this is my first time commenting. But I've been lurking for a while. After weeks spent trying to get my profile straightened out I finally just created a new Yahoo account and started over.

Thanks for tolerating of my whining! LOL

Mandy--

Thanks so much for picking up a copy of EOH when you saw it!! :) It feels really weird not being able to go to a bookstore and search for it on the shelves. But the series is going to be released here in the UK this summer as Super-Nocturnes, so that will be fun! I was so excited when I found out that they're going to be a part of the Nocturne family, too. :)

Thanks again!

~Rhy

Mandy, the Super Nocturnes are Nocturnes released in the UK.  They have the Intrigue logo on them and also the Nocturne logo.  It's very interesting.  They use the same artwork, but add some sparkles.  I got a UK copy of Familiar Stranger recently and they reversed the artwork for the cover (switched hero with heroine) and then added some little gold sparkly doo-dads, and there you go!  Super Nocturne!

 Michele 

I thought the UK cover for Familiar Stranger looked beautiful!

It's been a lot of fun seeing the different Nocturne titles come out here. And the distribution has been great, which can't be said for a lot of romances here. So far, Borders is about the only place that I've found a really good selection of romances--especially paranormal ones. But the Nocturnes are showing up everywhere!! :)

~Rhy

Hey, thanks, Elove!  Have you submitted your Bite, yet?  Also, have you heard from NY regarding you last submission?

Now that the pressure is off, I've put my ms away for a few weeks to stew.  I prefer to do that, and was a little uncomfortable with the possibility of sending it off 'uncooked'!

Nothing from NY yet, but it's only been a month...

All the very, very best with your pitch.  We're all cheering for you!

E x 

I just remembered about the chat...it's like 7:45, but I've spent the last ten minutes searching the sight to find the 'chat' button, and nothing.  I have no idea how to find the chat room.  Sigh...   I tried.

COuldn't they make it easy, like put a CHAT button on the home page? 

Michele 

It really was difficult to find.  I think if you click on "Talk" at the very bottom of any page, it will take you to where the chats are.  Then click "here" just above the chat listings.  I think that is how I did it...

I am there, Vivi!!!  No way I can pass that up!

ROFL, Vivi!  I have been searching this entire website for the blog!  Yeah, I'm that desperate to read Midnight Cravings and the Vampire's Quest.  I just noticed the link on your post.  You have no idea how long it has taken me to discover this, and I'm way too ashamed to tell you.  :)

I missed the chat, but all these giveaways have me thinking . . . and realizing that, through following blogs and entering contests, I've been doing wrong by my favourite authors by rarely actually purchasing their books!  My wallet is happy, but I feel somewhat guilty about it.

Not that I'm going to stop, mind -- the autographed copies have a place of honour on my shelf -- but I think I'll start picking up an extra copy and donating it to the hospital or giving it to someone who'd appreciate it. 

I'd have to say the author is the first thing I look for, then a good blurb on the back of the cover.  Cover art not so much, even though they look good, it doesn't matter to me if  the cover's great or not because it doen't change the story at all.  And of course word of mouth is good also.  I've discovered several author's I've come to love(hint hint Patrice and Rhyannon) because of word of mouth.  And for instance, because of Wayne, I'm really looking forward to reading Rebecca Brandywine's Nocturne debut in the June books.  It sounds fantastic, and I hope she does more with Nocturne.

Leanne

LOL, Lou!!  Hey, you never answered my last question in the chat room!!  The hockey is gonna rot your brain.  :)

Author and blurb determine which ones I pick up . . . if the premise doesn't grab me, I'm not that likely to buy it.

Wow, I finally found this message board again!  I was confused by the folders and now the new list of topics.  Anyway, what influences my buying decisions is a great cover.  (I know, sometimes the covers can be so good and yet the story can be so bad; I'll never learn.)  Back cover blurbs.  And if I've heard a lot about it online.  I have a handful of favorite authors.  Gena Showalter!  And I like different stuff.  Original creatures I've never heard of before, I'll give a try.  THe tried and true, like vampires, have to have a new kind of twist to interest me now.  Or an amazing hero.  

MIchele 

A big thank you Misty!!   I loved writing Kellen's story.  And yes, the next book is Olena's story. 

Congrats Vivi......and so well deserved!!!!

Congrats Vivi!  Veiled Truth was an awesome read.

Hi everyone.  *waves*  I followed Michele Hauf from Luna to the Nocturnes because she's such a spectacular writer.  Now I'm hooked on the series as well as the writer.  I'm working my way to obtaining the backlist bit-by-bit.  I just found four of them at my local used bookstore and have ordered four more from eHarlequin.  I can't wait 'til they arrive.  When I saw a book package in the mail today, I ripped it open right away!  Unfortunately, it belonged to my co-worker.  Ooops! 

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Seraphim was my first Luna.  I loved the book. However, I absolutely adored Baldwin.  I wonder if Sera ever named one of her children after him.  Maybe his spirit can cycle back as one of her decendants.  That would be fitting. 

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