A Present for YOU!!

It’s All Romance Ebooks BIRTHDAY

 
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It’s our birthday and we’re celebrating by giving you a present!
All Romance eBooks will be celebrating our second birthday on November 1, 2008 and we couldn’t think of a better way to mark the occasion than by passing on the gift of an eBook to as many readers, publishers, and authors as possible.
On November 1st all registered customers will receive a code good for one* free download! The customer picks the book, we purchase it, and authors and publishers earn their royalties. It’s as simple as that.
And, not only is it simple now, it’s simple every day to shop at All Romance eBooks. Simple category searches, simple checkout process, and a simple buy-ten-get-one-free reward program.
Help us sp! read the word to those that read eBooks and to anyone you think might like to try one. We have All the romance you need from all the publishers you love—and now we’re giving it away!

Lori James and Barbara Perfetti
All Romance eBooks

 
*one click buys and bundles excluded

HI

Hi,

To everyone who visit my blog.  I know I have been neglecting my blog lately.  It’s been down for couple of weeks.  But I’m back now and look forward for upcoming books reviews soon.  Take care and I will see you later.

 

Tonni

Thursday Thirteen #4

13 Things why I review books

1. Love reading
2. Free Books and/or ARCs
3. Finding New Authors
4. Meeting New Friends
5. Love giving my opinion
6. It might leads to other opportunites(e.g. beta reader, proofreader and/or editor)
7. Reading different genres and not just my favorite ones
8. Joining yahoo groups
9. Adding to my collection
10. Learning about different organization
11. Meeting other reviewers
12. Learning about readers/writers convention
13. Being the first to know about new releases

Thursday Thirteen #3

13 Blogs and/or Sites that I belong to or visit often

1. Night Owl Romance
2. Mrs. Giggles
3. Karen Knows Best
4. Dear Author
5. Smart Bitches
6. Nice Mommy-Evil Editor
7. Samhain
8. Romance Divas
9. Midnight Seductions
10. Romantic Times
11. Nice ‘n’ Naughty
12. Coffee Time
13. The Hussies

HI

I will be doing two Thursday Thirteen today

Thought for the Week (4/6 – 4/12)

“The Time is always right to do right” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.~

Thought for the Week (3/24-3/29)

“If he got up, then why are you still down” -Pastor Anthony

Samhain Submissions Update

We’ve hired a new content editor and are catching up on submissions, so if you’re thinking to submit, now is a great time.People have been asking about particular genres we’re looking for. One thing I know, we’ve gotten inundated with romantic suspense. If you write romantic suspense, it will need to be pretty great for us to consider it at this point, and something different than the cop catching a serial killer storyline unless you’ve got a unique twist on it. We’re kind of feeling played out there.

Paranormal is still hot, and we’ll still consider vampires, shifters (personally, I’m a fan of shifters), demons and otherwise. We like different, but we also know there are readers out there who still love vampires.

We like contemporary but it’s the genre we see most of (along with romantic suspense) so it needs to be special for us to want to sign it. That doesn’t mean don’t submit it, it just means make sure your writing is tight, the pacing is good and your manuscript clean (actually, that really can be said of every submission!)

Erotic romance of any genre is still something most of our editors love. But the kicker here is that there must be story and plot to your erotic romance, not just some sex scenes strung together. And the sex scenes should be hot, not clinical. There’s a difference!

We have several editors who love a great historical romance, so if you’re writing historicals: western, regency, ancient Egypt, whatever, they’d love to see it!

Some genres that we want to publish more of but get few excellent submissions in include: inspirational, interracial romance, GBLT (especially m/m but we do sign a great f/f when it comes along), urban fantasy and fantasy romance.

Remember, we’re no longer accepting non-romance submissions (except in the fantasy/science fiction categories, and they have to have romantic elements). That means no YA, no horror, women’s fiction, non-fiction, etc.

A couple key things to remember when you’re submitting: Please make sure you include a thorough synopsis–at least two pages but however many it takes to tell the story, including the end! Proofread and spell check. I know spell check seems useless, but it really does catch spelling errors. Having a book that’s fairly clean is going to work in your favor at all times, but even more so if it’s a genre we see a lot of. There’s no reason for us to take on a book that needs a lot of work when there are other submissions that come through in great shape. And last, please read our submissions guidelines before you send your submission. http://samhainpublishing.com/submissions

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Samhain-Hiring Editors/Copy Editors

Samhain Publishing is looking for content editors and final line editors.

At this time we are searching for motivated individuals interested in working part time (one to two releases a month) as an editor in all genres of romance and erotica. Preference for both positions is given to non-authors or to writers not actively seeking publication/pursuing a career in writing. Anyone accepting a position editing with us will not be eligible for future publication/submission to Samhain as an author.

Duties include but are not limited to reading and responding to submissions, contracting books, editing and finalizing manuscripts, communicating with authors, final line editors, other content editors and Samhain executives about various things such as cover art, excerpts, blurbs, promotion and more.

We are especially interested in finding editors who, once they’ve learned and been with the company for a period of time, would be interested in traveling and attending conferences/giving workshops and talks to RWA groups throughout the year as a representative of Samhain.

Compensation for content editors involves both monthly flat fees as well as royalty based pay on ebooks and print books. Residuals are paid on all of an editor’s backlist and pay is monthly.

Compensation for copy editors is on a per word basis.

Interested applicants for the content editor position should email Angela James at
CE-employment@samhainpublishing.com ( CE-employment AT samhainpublishing.com)
For the final line editor (copy editor) position: employment@samhainpublishing.com (employment AT samhainpublshing.com)

Hiring for content editors will be done as I find qualified applicants. I will close hiring once I feel I’ve found a sufficient number of editors. Hiring for final line editors is ongoing. Please check the employment page at Samhain Publishing if you are unsure if job positions are open. http://samhainpublishing.com/employment

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Submissions Call from Darkedenpress

Here is the Submissions call:

Pandora’s Box Special Project

Somewhere in the world sits the infamous relic which is Pandora’s Box. A
vessel containing all the evil of the world and one magical gift – hope.
Somehow it has been opened for a brief moment. It may be opened by one of
the characters or someone else simply opened it by mistake. The fact remains
evil personified now trolls across Earth.

The task – Write a 30K+ word romance revolving around the evil/s that
escaped the box. You must include the prop of the box as well.

Genre – paranormal romance (may be very light or very heavy elements)

Plot – an evil or evils have escaped from Pandora’s Box and must be returned
in some form or fashion. You may use any evil including sins, diseases,
famous or infamous murderers, etc…

Ending – must be HEA or HEA for now.

Heat Level – any (mainstream or erotica BUT erotica must focus on the plot)

Time Period – any

Prop that must be included – the box

*Note – The evil may be the antagonist, or protagonist.

These should be well-crafted stories with excellent characters and contain
an integral use of the plot as stated above.

Submissions must be in by June 1, 2008.

Please address all questions or submissions to submissions@darkedenpress.com

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Thank you!

Debra
Dark Eden Press

Susan White
Co-Owner Dark Eden Press
www.darkedenpress.com