Category Archives: Promotion

Paranormal WorldBuilding Workshop

Writing & Publishing, Promotion

Writer’s Workshop: World Building
The Northeast Ohio Chapter of RWA is pleased to announce our May Online Workshop:
***********************
FUNDAMENTAL WORLDBUILDING
INSTRUCTOR: Jaci Burton and Mandy M Roth
WHEN: May 5 to May 16, 2008 (6 lessons posted over 2 weeks)
WORKSHOP

So you want to write a paranormal romance. Where do you start? With World Building, of ourse. No easy task, but we hope to help. World Building is an all encompassing part of the aranormal. From characters to geography to weapons to social dynamics, to the creatures or magic contained within your world, everything in a paranormal must be created by you, the writer. And once you create your world, you and your characters must abide by those rules. We’ll show you where to start, the step by step process for creating your world, and how you and your characters can easily learn to live within the boundaries you’ve set.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Jaci Burton is a National Bestselling author of contemporary erotic romance and paranormal romance. She writes for four publishers, so her life is spent juggling deadlines and trying to keep the characters straight in all her books. Jaci is an award winning author, and has won the Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Award. Jaci makes her home in northeast Oklahoma with her husband and more dogs than she can wrangle. To date she has published over thirty-five books. http://www.jaciburton.com

Mandy M. Roth grew up fascinated by creatures that go bump in the night. From the very beginning, she showed signs of creativity. At age five, she had her first piece of artwork published. Writing came into play early in her life as well. Over the years, the two mediums
merged and led her to work in marketing. Combining her creativity with her passion for horror has left her banging on the keyboard into the wee hours of the night. Mandy lives with her husband and three children on the shores of Lake Erie, where she is currently starting
work on her Master’s Degree. She was nominated for Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal Erotic. http://www.mandyroth.com

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Cost for each workshop is $15 for NEORWA members, $20 for all others. You do not have to be an RWA member to take our workshops! Please email [email protected] or
[email protected] with any questions– list the title of the workshop in the subject line.

Visit the NEORWA website for more information.

Nothing But Red

Promotion

My wonderful Samhain editor, Angela James, had a small part in editing this wonderful project. Please support it by buying a copy now. The below info is copied from her blog post about the project. Read on.

The purpose of Nothing But Red is to bring attention to the issue of violence against women worldwide, as well as the continuing need for equality, through art—both written and visual—and by raising money for a charity that strives to help women of all faiths, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds, with the support of dedicated volunteers who share a desire to promote equality.

From the Press Room section of the Nothing But Red website:

Nothing But Red, the anthology of literary and visual arts inspired by the impassioned plea of Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon in response to the “honor killing” of 17-year-old Du’a Khalil Aswad, is now available for purchase. Sales of the anthology, which is currently available in multiple formats at www.lulu.com/nothingbutred, will benefit the international human rights organization Equality Now.

“I’ve met some amazing people who’ve worked incredibly hard to put this book together over the last year, whether as contributors or volunteers,” said Skyla Dawn Cameron, originator and editor-in-chief of Nothing But Red. “We can’t change Du’a’s fate – but we can let the world know that there are people who still care. That’s where this fight really happens: with each of us, challenging ourselves to do something to make the world better.”

The 313-page collection, which can be purchased as a trade paperback for $15.95 or as a pdf-format e-book for $5.95, is being released on the one-year anniversary of the death of Aswad. An Iraqi adherent of the Yazidi religion, Aswad was stoned to death by family members and neighbors; her brutal beating and murder was captured in a graphic video and spread on the Internet.

Shortly after learning of the murder, Joss Whedon, creator of the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, penned an emotional response on the website Whedonesque.com. His post, which built from the topic of Aswad’s murder to the contemplation of misogyny’s transcendence of culture, religion and era, ended on an appeal to his fans to do something active to change the cycle.

“True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself…” Whedon wrote. “Her face was nothing but red.”

Taking its title from those words, Nothing But Red is a response to Whedon’s call to action, which is included as an essay in the volume. A full list of contributors can be found at nothingbutred.wordpress.com.

Equality Now was chosen as the recipient of the anthology’s proceeds due to Whedon’s public support of the organization and its mission to “[voice] a worldwide call for justice and equality for women,” as stated on Equality Now’s website.

Please buy a copy of Nothing But Red and help raise awareness for violence against women. Visit www.lulu.com/nothingbutred to purchase your copy! The full colour eBook is $5.95, and the black and white trade paperback is $15.95. All profits (about $4 per book) will go to Equality Now.

Special on Jaci Burton e-Books at Diesel

Promotion

The groovy folks at Diesel e-books are offering a special on my books! :boobie:

Diesel ebooks is running a special on my ebooks that they have listed there, including my Bantam Dell Demon Hunter books, also available in e-book.

If you click here, this will take you to all of my ebooks that they carry.

I’ve also put the link over on the right hand top sidebar on my blog.

For the next 45 days they’re offering a 20% off coupon on your order for my e-books.

simply key the following code at checkout:

BURTcaf52

to get the 20% off your order.

Rockin huh?

Thanks Diesel! :sasmokin: