![]() A signed hardcover copy of ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE. ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE bookmarks, mini notebook, and Listerine pack. *Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn prize pack: ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE t-shirt. ![]() CommentersĪre entered to WIN one of two awesome prize packs. All comments are entered to WIN one of two awesome prize packs.Įach day, there will be excerpts and more posted on the same blogs. History will never know for sure who threw down first, but Kate and Eve's Smacktalk ramped up with each email exchanged, until The Smackdown was born (in blood and fire and pain.well, not really, but you get the picture).Įach day from June 10-14, there will be video/gif challenges posted on the following blogs listed below. ![]() They discussed options including guest blogs, contests, tweets, status updates, and then things turned dark. ![]() When Kate and Eve realized their books come out on the same day, they decided to give a shout out to each other's titles. What is the SMACKDOWN all about? Kate Karyus Quinn's ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE and Eve Silver's RUSH are release-date mates, June 11, 2013. ![]() It's release week for both RUSH by Eve Silver and ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE by Kate Karyus Quinn! It's SMACKDOWN TIME! ![]()
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"She was scary, kind of weird," said Ito at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in May. ![]() ![]() Halloween, a girl's magazine, simultaneously baffled and inspired him to create Suchi, one of his most terrifying characters, based on one of the models that appeared in one of the fashion magazines he'd purchased to research the story. He started his adult life as a dental hygienist, working on his drawing after work. ![]() ![]() Some of his best-known stories include Tomie, Uzumaki and Gyo, but his influence spans across all media. His work is a mix of body horror, uncannily detailed pictures and cosmic terror. ![]() ![]() Wendy's Twenty Reasons by Shelley Shepard Gray She has to give up something, and Micah worries that it will be their faith. They bond over their love of music, but soon it appears that Priscilla's dreams of fame just might be coming true. As the community comes together to build a new schoolhouse, Priscilla and Micah are thrown together. Micah Wagler recently moved there as well to put the past behind him. Now, she's moving to Birch Creek to be a schoolteacher. ![]() ![]() Priscilla Helmuth left her Amish community twelve years ago to pursue her dream of being a country singer, but she's missed her faith and her family. Will Laurel and Glen push through the obstacles and fight for love? Now she can't bear to think of leaving Glen and her beloved students, but she's beginning to feel like she's out of options. However, she never intended to stay in Colorado, and his family worries Glen may choose to follow her back to Pennsylvania or be left with a broken heart. ![]() She stays with handsome Glen Troyer's family, and they become close. Three charming stories of new school years and new romance.Īdventurous Laurel Weaver leaves Pennsylvania to answer a newspaper ad for a teaching position in Colorado. ![]() ![]() Who refers to birds as 'feathered songsters', for heaven's sake? Dame Iris's philosophical alter ego is also much in evidence, and we are treated to long disquisitions on art and love which, while emphasising the self-reflexivity of the novel, also contribute to the protagonist 's verbosity and (pace this is an audio book) love of the sound of his own voice. ![]() The ponderous literary style, characteristic of the protagonist, is nonetheless so pompous and elaborated that I laughed out loud sometimes - when I wasn't telling him get on with it, we've got the point. The author knows what she's doing, but for me certainly, what she's doing is dated and irritating in the extreme. This is not to belittle the liveliness of the characters' exchanges or the cleverness of the plotting. Perhaps back then we were more tolerant of a self-centred middle-aged man droning on and on about his obsessions, but it makes for tedious listening now. It seems the way we read, and the way fiction is written, have changed a lot since 1973. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The bulk of the material (1880s-1970s), however, dates from the period when the publisher bore its most familiar name, "Charles Scribner's Sons." There is also material related to early publishers' organizations and international copyright. While there are gaps in most of the series or record groups, there are records representative of all of the firm's former permutations: Baker & Scribner, Charles Scribner & Co., Scribner, Armstrong & Co., Scribner, Armstrong & Welford, Scribner & Co., Charles Scribner's Sons. Included are files of editorial correspondence with authors, manufacturing records about book production, advertising records, author contracts, a collection of dust jackets, book catalogs, ledgers, and photographs. This collection consists of virtually all of the surviving records of Scribners (1846-1984), the New York City publisher, and reflect aspects of all of its publishing functions (soliciting and acquiring books, editing manuscripts, printing and manufacturing books, advertising and publicizing publications) and business concerns (book and magazine publisher, retail bookstore, subscription books department, educational books department, printing press and bindery, rare books department). ![]() ![]() ![]() Which means upping her newly acquired princess game. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 7-10 working days. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother's lack of pedigree. Her parents' engagement hits a brick wall. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi's life is a Tokyo dream come true. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. ![]() Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Now, she's overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. ![]() When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean's New York Times bestseller Tokyo Dreaming, the sequel to beloved rom-com Tokyo Ever After! ![]() ![]() ![]() She has also littered her house with pens and notebooks so she can jot down ideas for scenes whenever they come to her, regardless of her location in the house. It allows her to record her ideas before they disappear. She developed a quirky shorthand for this very reason. Though, sometimes, her thoughts are running at a faster pace than her hand can write. She writes faster and more efficiently in longhand. And in doing so, she believes that her books will touch the hearts of her readers, giving them the strength to persevere on their spiritual journeys.ĭani writes her first drafts in longhand. ![]() She wants to write stories that make God happy. She believes that God blessed her with the heart of a writer, and she looks at him as her first and most important reader. ![]() The author is a dedicated Christian, and her books reflect her faith. ![]() She would tell her friends to wait until the show was done.ĭani is thankful to God that, as an adult, she gets to write the stories she loves, tales filled with romance, hope, redemption, and shocking twists. When she wasn’t reading mysteries, the author could be found watching Scooby-Doo, a show she loved so much that she would refuse to play with her friends when Scooby-Doo was on. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I have mentioned this recently, and personally feel that the illustration didn’t need to feature the squished-together cleaveage. The cover evidently ‘showcases the sensual explorations of women trapped in their alien environments’. (Personally, I’d much rather do without ‘Dragons!’) The layout certainly looks similar to the likes of other sfnal mags like Starlog/SFX, although I’m not sure how many people browsing the shelves will spot that the top strapline ‘Aliens! Murder! Celebrities! Dragons! Sex! Food!’ is tongue in cheek. The masthead and cover layout have been changed following professional advice, with a view to Interzone sitting more comfortably on the bookshelves. With the previous regime a smoky bar in Brighton seemed to be the only way of keeping abreast of plans (although the plans were evidently to keep on doing what had been done for the last 180 issues).Ĭosmetically, this issue is as big a step forward as there has been in the magazine’s near 20 years. TTA Press took over Interzone last year, and it has made a refreshing change to be party to the thoughts behind what publisher/editor Andy Cox and his team have in mind with regard to the direction of the venerable title, through the TTA Press Discussion Boards. ![]() |