Melissa Marr Twitter Chat

Melissa Marr has a new book out, "Carnival of Souls". I know a few folk who have been eagerly waiting this book for months. Now that it's out, Melissa will be on Twitter this Saturday, chatting at 2Pm EST. Use the hashtag #Marrchat. BEWARE! This chat is not spoiler free! If you haven't read the book, it might be best to skip the chat. Melissa will be sharing a deleted scene from the book.

LoveSwept Heroes Twitter Chat Tuesday July 17th

Sue from Romance at Random will be leading a Twitter Chat about heroes from Random House's LoveSwept line, this Tuesday, 7/17, from 6-7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Follow the Twitter Hashtag, #LovesweptHeroes, and meet their debut Loveswept authors and learn about their heroes; find out what makes them tick! . . .

Spread the word & join in on Twitter using #LovesweptHeroes in your comment. They’ll also have lots of giveaways, so if you're around, stop by and join the fun.

Dec. 16th Twitter Chat With Adrian Phoenix

Urban Fantasy author Adrian Phoenix, whose books include the the Hoodoo series and The Maker's Song series, will be doing a twitter chat in conjunction with Pocket After Dark. The chat is tomorrow December 16, 2011 from 12:30PM EST to 1:30PM EST, on Twitter. She is open being asked either burning or silly questions so have fun with it!

Everyone who asks a question will be entered to win a free signed copy of BLACK HEART LOA.

In order to see the questions that Pocket After Dark will ask her, you need to follow both @AdrianPhoenix and @pocketafterdark.

I won't be there as I'll be at work. For those of you who do make, it have fun!

Armchair BEA and nurturing relationships

Continuing with Armchair BEA, today's topic is nurturing relationships. How, as a blogger and book reviewer, do I do that? To be honest, I think that's an area where I could probably improve. I enjoy, mostly, the socialization part - chatting on twitter or via IM's, exchanging emails, but I'm not a social butterfly and sometimes drop the ball.

Twitter, which I initially resisted joining (Silly Bea!) has been a great medium for me - I've met and connected with other bloggers and reviewers, editors, authors and publishing houses. I've gotten chatty with Moira Rogers, who is really two people, Donna and Bree; it's mostly Bree that I chat with and she's wonderfully silly, plus very, very generous. I've also gotten chatty with authors Sierra Dean and Krista D Ball; we get silly but we also talk about book reviews, blind drunk monkeys, books, and authors who behave badly in public.

Twitter has also led me to read authors that I hadn't been before, and many authors will seek out reviewers by tweeting, which has led me to several ARC's. I follow many publishers on twitter, which I find to be an easy way to keep current on trends, hot topics, new books, etc.

I also chat with other bloggers on twitter, and those conversations are also a blend of book-related and personal.  Has_bookpushers, of the Book Pushers site, was one of the people responsible not only for my joining twitter but also for becoming a revewer and blogger. She is, as I like to call her, the Lady of the Links; she has an almost supernatural knack for links. They range from links for wooden dildos to a TARDIS shaped murphy bed to articles about movie casting and hot new books. She has a wicked sense of humor and is knowledgable, and opinionated, about many things.

Other fun bloggers I chat with sometimes are @BookaliciousPam, one of Armchair BEA's organizers; @jacabur1 who has been supportive, and @Susi_Sunshine, who I work with on the Book Lovers Inc blog, she's just crazy. :D

Building relationships with publishers has been slow going for me but I'm getting there. I've made some contacts through the Book Lovers Inc site and through an awesome book blog collective site, Book Blogs. That is an area I need to focus on and one that will be a goal for me for the remainder of this year.

Calling All Smuthounds!!

     Now that I have your attention. :D I need your help. Earlier today I was sharing quotes from a paranormal romance that I was reading ( I finished it) over on Twitter and facebook, and someone on Twitter suggested that I do a post on hot quotes. I liked that idea so here I am, soliciting your help.

     I want you to send me hot quotes, your favorite ones. They can be from any book, any genre, and they don't have to  be sexual in nature. If it strikes you as hot, send it along. Whatever you send, please  include a brief note on why it's hot, what do you find hot about it. Also, I will need the name of the book and the author of the book, plus your name. You can be anonymous if you choose, or give me  your blog name, Twitter name, board name, etc., just something that I can refer to you as besides "hey you". :P

     PLEASE do not post your quotes in the comments, they will be deleted. Email me at baconnors AT gmail DOT com and put "blog quotes" in the subject line. I'd like to have your replies by Friday evening 5:30 PM EST so I can write up the post and publish it on Saturday. *note to self: stock up on ice and cold water*

     Oh, and if you are curious, the book that started this is "Undertow: Building Sanctuary" by the awesome writing team of Moira Rogers (two women writing together under one name).