A couple of things.
AAR’s Annual Poll is still ongoing (until mid-February). Apparently, voting is slowing down early — don’t forget to cast your vote for your favorite book of 2007 (but, uh, not just that favorite book, because you have to enter several categories, and straight-ticket ballots are deleted, I think.)
Okay, and this is interesting — it looks like angel/demon romances are no longer “paranormal” but “fantasy” according to their new genre guidelines. Does that make DEMON MOON, which is set in the world of angels/demons, but stars a vampire hero, a fantasy or a paranormal romance? I don’t know. I’m guessing it’s the SF/F category? (Okay, lol — yes — it’s there, even though DEMON ANGEL was apparently in the paranormal? I’m so confused.)
Also, don’t forget about the DEMON NIGHT contest lisabea is having over at Nose In A Book. And she said some really wonderful things about Charlie that pretty much had me bawling.
There’s a special excerpt of DEMON NIGHT over at the Good, the Bad, and the Unread. And there might be another neat announcement going up at that site sometime today. I’m not sure what their posting schedule is, but as soon as it goes up, I’ll link and edit this post.
Holly from the Book Binge put up a review of DEMON NIGHT. Here’s what she said.
I hate this book.
Nah, I’m just kidding.
There were times whilst reading this when I truly felt like my heart would break. My palms got clammy and a knot formed in my stomach. Other times I was so emotionally overcome I felt tears welling in my eyes. It was…amazing.
I’m also Guest Authoring over at the Book Binge the first week of February.
Finally — the funniest, strangest, most WTFiest thing I’ve seen lately is at Gennita Low’s blog: probably NSFW.
“Probably NSFW”?
Probably?
“You keep saying that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means”
(and I’m still giggling at “mine is broken”)
lol! Well, at MY work, it’s okay
And they were blurred out!
Meljean -
You’ve hit upon a snag in the process that we hadn’t anticipated when we decided to take one all-encompassing Paranormal category and make it into two, one for SF/F, and Futuristics and the other for Paranormals and Time Travels. As a general rule, vampires are part of the paranormal world, but angels and demons are part of the fantasy world. When they are all together, I tend to consider them paranormal as it is the all-encompassing category, but clearly this is an issue that needs further pondering.
Some readers have gotten around this by voting for the same book in both categories, which we totally discourage, but most readers are choosing two different books for the two categories. Were it that they were leaving one category blank, it would simple enough to email them to make sure *I* could move the category for them, but since most have voted for two different books, there’s nothing I can think of to do in that situation.
This is SIMILAR to a problem we’re having in the Luscious Love Story category versus the Erotic Romance category, and it is reminiscent of what happened last year in the Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction category wherein many readers voted for a contemporary romance that was NOT a Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction category.
I thought that by alloting two categories for SF/F and Paranormals this year, I was doing a smart thing. Only now it’s giving me a headache.
TTFN, LLB
I love Charlie.
What a wonderful review! Can’t ask for much more than to have readers so wrapped up in the book.
Weeelllll Thank you Meljean for that insightful link to the skeeve me out fest. Though LMAO funny.
OMG
How can it not be safe for work?! Didn’t you see the safety gloves and hats?! And masks! Only thing that might not pass OSHA is no safety glasses. I mean, haven’t they watch Deep Throat? If I remember, there were fountains of the stuff splashing everywhere. In slow motion.
Voting in the poll was hard! How can I only pick one book for each category??!!? The pressure!! ACK….:boggle:
I’m happy to say I haven’t watched Deep Throat either, but I still think it’s NSFmostkindsofW environments.
I mean, those poor guys! *cough*
OMG! How much do they get paid to do that?? I’ve seen Deep Throat and it is nothing like that… *whistle away denying whenand where she saw Deep Throat…”:shock:
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That thing at GL’s blog? O.M.G. Totally LMAO!
Well, the truth is, I did hate the book. I just made up that nice stuff about it because I knew you were guest blogging.
Ha.
Seriously fabo book. Is the next one done yet? LOL