There is Poetry in Divorce

According to our good friend, Tracey West, There is Poetry in Divorce.

Tracey WestWAND (Women’s Action Network Dorset) have a very proud and vocal patron in Lyme based author, Tracey West.

She joined to elevate awareness of the organisation’s incredible work, helping countless women, many suffering as a result of poverty, ill health, or domestic violence and abuse.

At the recent ‘No Excuse for Abuse’ conference, Tracey performed a few poems from her new book, ‘Poetry of Divorce: for Women’.  She had an attentive audience, including the new Chief Constable Debbie Simpson, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset Valerie Pitt-Rivers, High Sheriff Jeremy Pope, Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset Martyn Underhill and the mayors of Dorchester, Bridport and Weymouth and Portland, plus many support workers from related sectors. Continue reading →

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April 7, 2013Permalink

Love in One Night – Rebecca Royce

Rebecca RoyceAs a teenager, Rebecca Royce would hide in her room to read her favorite romance novels when she was supposed to be doing her homework. She hopes, these days, that her parents think it was well worth it.

Rebecca is the mother of three adorable boys and is fortunate to be married to her best friend. They’ve just moved to Texas where Rebecca is discovering a new love for barbecue!

She’s in love with science fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal and tries to use all of these elements in her writing. She’s been told she’s a little bloodthirsty so she hopes that when you read her work you’ll enjoy the action packed ride that always ends in romance.

Rebecca loves to write series because she loves to see characters develop over time and it always makes her happy to see her favorite characters make guest appearances in other books.

In Rebecca Royce’s world anything is possible, anything can happen, and you should suspect that it will.

Read on for a word from Rebecca and an excerpt from her new book. Continue reading →

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April 5, 2013Permalink

Guest post: Jade Kerrion.

Jade Kerrion’s two newest novels, Earth-Sim and When the Silence Ends, are pulling in fantastic reviews. Please take a moment to check them out and take advantage of the book launch sale. Keep reading to find the coupon code!

EARTH-SIM

Amazon Rating: 4.8 Stars (13 reviews)

“Earth-Sim starts off awesome and just keeps getting even better…Ms. Kerrion has done an amazing job with her world-building…This is one book that I will find myself rereading over and over – and one that I will encourage all of my friends to read.”—Cara Drake, Amazon reviewer

Was the super-continent of Pangaea split because of a management dispute? Is the biblical flood the earliest evidence of why “technology and water don’t mix”? If you always suspected that mass extinctions, such as the Black Death, had an otherworldly reason, you just might be right. Is there a real message hidden in the mysterious manuscripts that human sages and savants have created through the generations? Is there life out there, beyond our planet, and why has none of it shown up on Earth yet?

Earth-Sim is a unique spin on the history of Earth and the history of mankind. What if Earth and the entire universe were actually part of a simulation program? What if the most iconic and memorable events in Earth’s history were decisions (or more frequently accidents) triggered by two college students, Jem Moran and Kir Davos, who are still sorting out the finer points of working together and more importantly, still arguing over the finer points of planetary management?

Bring your sense of humor. Earth-Sim is frequently whimsical and often irreverent. Either way, you finally have someone to blame for the state the world is in.

E-books available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords

Paperbacks available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository

BOOK LAUNCH SALE (50% DISCOUNT): Grab a copy of Earth-Sim for only $1.50 at Smashwords with coupon code MS68F. Valid until April 15.

 

When the Silence Ends

Amazon Ratings: 4.6 Stars (9 reviews)

“Wow! When the Silence Ends is captivating! I laughed, I cried, I could not put it down. Forget Harry Potter and Twilight…every young adult should read this book!”—KatRomeo, Amazon reviewer

When you choose your friends, you also choose your enemies.

Seventeen-year old Dee wants nothing more than to help her twin brother, Dum, break free from the trauma in their childhood and speak again, but the only person who can help Dum is the alpha empath, Danyael Sabre, whom the U.S. government considers a terrorist and traitor.

The search for Danyael will lead Dee and Dum from the sheltered protection of the Mutant Affairs Council and into the violent, gang-controlled heart of Anacostia. Ensnared by Danyael’s complicated network of friends and enemies, Dee makes her stand in a political and social war that she is ill equipped to fight. What can one human, armed only with her wits and pepper spray, do against the super-powered mutants who dominate the Genetic Revolution?

America, nevertheless, is ripe for transformation. Exhausted by decades of belligerence between humans and their genetic derivatives–the clones, in vitros, and mutants–society is on the verge of falling apart or growing up. Dee, with her sassy attitude and smart mouth, is the unwitting pebble that starts the avalanche of change. In her quest to help her brother become normal, Dee will finally learn what it means to be extraordinary.

When the Silence Ends is a Young Adult novel in the award-winning Double Helix series.

E-books available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords

Paperbacks available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository

BOOK LAUNCH SALE (50% DISCOUNT): Grab a copy of When the Silence Ends for only $1.50 at Smashwords with coupon code FL93Y. Valid until April 15.

 

Find Jade Kerrion at Website / Facebook / Twitter

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March 25, 2013Permalink

Tolomay’s World and The Pool of Light

If you’re looking for a fiction book that’s not quite as soft as a YA, but still carries the intriguing ‘feel’ that YA books offer, check out newly released Tolomay’s World and The Pool of Light.  This is the first book of a series of novels by author M.E Lorde ( book two is scheduled for a March 2013 release).  The premise of this plot is that mankind is being re-introduced onto the planet a thousand years into the future- after an apocalyptic event has wiped all living things from the earth.  When the first candidates arrive from the past to their new earth- the one that is once again green and liveable- it’s a peace filled paradise.  Unfortunately, things do not stay that way for long.  Check out the first chapter and the book links below.  Look for the second book, Tolomay’s World and The Mountain of Tegi, coming soon to kindle and nook.  While the first book may seem suitable for YA readers (there is no cursing or sex in this series), keep in mind that the plot thickens and grows in books two and three and will not be appropriate for the younger YA readers due to adult content and social situations.  While there seems a science fiction element, this book will lead you into raw and pure nature, where you will meet both the best and the worst of men.  Genres = Fantasy/ Romance/ New Adult.

Chapter One

tolomays world and the pool of light “Peace of life,” said the Chideman as he poured the blue water from the glass urn into the pool.  It was surreal.

“Peace of life,” my response was automatic.

My heart pounded.  For thirteen years I’d trained for this.  Still I was not ready.  The machine’s copper pipes gave off a warm smell that drifted to my nostrils as if precious biscuits were baking in the eating room.  The calming scent only made it worst. Continue reading →

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February 22, 2013Permalink

Hell’s Gift Release by K. S. Haigwood – a Guest Post

A guest post from Kristie Haigwood, announcing her latest release, Hell’s Gift.

About the Author:

Kristie Haigwood (a.k.a. K.S. Haigwood) is currently writing her 8th novel. She lives in Arkansas, US. She is the mother of 2 awesome kids and 2 great dogs. She is happily married to her soulmate who thinks reading is a solid waste of time. Opposites attract. Kristie’s works include ‘Save My Soul’, ‘Forbidden Touch’, ‘Eternal Island’ and ‘Hell’s Gift’ (available on Amazon in ebook and print). ‘Eternal Immortality’, ‘Eternal Inception’, ‘The Last Assignment’ and ‘Good Side of Sin’ are all releasing soon. Continue reading →

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February 15, 2013Permalink

From Commissioned Author to Self-Published and Fancy Free

A very warm welcome to old friend, Tracey Smith Wright West today. Tracey is a fantastic author and broadcaster, having penned the still popular Book of Rubbish Ideas and having sparked the growing Downshifting movement. We’ve known her for years, in one form or another (hence the many names.) She’s always worth a listen on Apple radio – you can listen online if you’re not local.

She’s multi-talented as well as a multi-tasking whirlwind and we’re honoured to say she’s found a moment to scribble us a post.

Tracey West

I’d been writing about sustainable living for some time and was truly delighted to be contacted by Alastair Sawday and asked to write The Book of Rubbish Ideas.

I duly completed the task and having been asked for 40,000 words, delivered 57,000! It was so hard not to wax lyrical about the topic I’d been living and breathing for so long. A website was built to support the additional material and I got to work sliding in all the extra bits into it.

I had the use of a lovely PR company who organised press releases and that sort of thing. I also had advice about how to organise book signings and appearances at literary festivals, which was easy to do and to be honest, pretty much organised by me. Continue reading →

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January 20, 2013Permalink

Happy New Year

Yes, we know, it’s a bit late, but would you really have wanted a cheery Happy New Year amid all the others? Or would you rather spend some quality time with us, now the music has died down and your ears have finally stopped ringing from the fireworks?

Lame excuse, we know that too. Can we say we were all to busy partying?

No, not really. We just took a short holiday but we’re back in the saddle again now and raring to go.

So, a few days late, Happy New Year and welcome to 2013. It’s looking to be a bumper year at Osier Publishing with releases from Morgan Gallagher, our favourite nightmare provider, and a new talent who we’re nagging constantly to hurry up and get her first manuscript to us. There are two to choose from so far and we love them both. Will you love airships or a new world?

Morgan’s new book, Bedlam Maternity is already available in ebook form and we’re waiting for the final details to be signed off on the paperback release.

We’re all very excited about Morgan’s next book in the Dreyfuss trilogy too. Lucifer’s Stepdaughter will be gaining its (her?) page here as soon as Morgan is over her throat infection – we wish you a speedy recovery! To say we love Morgan’s Dreyfuss would be wrong, he’s just not loveable (really, he’s not, read Changeling.) But the story has us gripped and we really, really need to know what happens next…..

If you’re a reader we hope you’re as excited as we are. If you’re a writer… we hope you read too! And if you have a manuscript you think could have us as excited as this then why not get in touch?

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January 5, 2013Permalink

Character Bootcamp – Prue Batten

Have you ever wondered how well a writer knows their characters? Today’s post comes from author, Prue Batten.

Character Bootcamp.

Prue Batten
Prue Batten

Having just released the fourth in a fantasy series (The Chronicles of Eirie) and having just begun to re-immerse

myself in the twelfth century in order to write the second in a historical fiction saga, (The Gisborne Saga), I have to keep reminding myself what will give the greatest veracity to my characters. Will they be real or fake? In order to achieve reality, it requires that I feel firsthand what they must be feeling, do what they must be doing. Continue reading →

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December 23, 2012Permalink

Bedlam Maternity at Winter Solstice.

From today the dark days start to get lighter, the sun rose unexpectedly this morning, as it does every morning and the world continues to turn. The end of the world failed to happen, as it so often fails to happen.

However, some worlds did end, some journeys did take their final step and for those we have mixed feelings.

So, in the light of a continuing world around us, we bring you a tale of dark and ghosts…… Over to popular author, Morgan Gallagher.

Morgan GallagherIt’s a very odd feeling, finally publishing a book. Because of all the other things that occur, such as beta-reading, editing, cover design and formatting, it takes several months from finishing the book, to getting it out there. So you feel as if you are in half and half space – you are not actually finished, especially whilst editing is ongoing – but it is ‘done’.

Just now, on launch day, I moved my ‘Bedlam Maternity’ files from the ‘current’ to the ‘archive’ folder on my computer. This is a very odd feeling. Just as everyone else is getting excited about a book, and going ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ over it, you are moving it to the ‘archive’ area of your life. It’s a moment of final transition for something you’ve worked so hard on, for so long. It also leaves the remaining file in the ‘current’ folder – Lucifer’s Stepdaughter – looming over you like a cliff. Somehow, it’s much more comfortable to be working on two novels at the same time. One sitting there blinking at you, is rather terrifying. Continue reading →

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December 21, 2012Permalink

Next Big Thing: Blog Hop

I’ve been tagged. That hasn’t happened since I left school… which was far too many years ago to admit. I’m Isobel Herring, this is the “Next Big Thing” blog hop and I’ve been tagged by good friend, and fellow author, Sarah Barnard – her post is on her website, and someone will make a link there …. I’m a Luddite and don’t understand these things. (Note from Osier Publishing: We did…. there’s your link.)

So, I have some questions to answer and then someone will make this post appear on my publisher’s website. It’s like magic!

If you’ve been tagged there will be a link to your blog at the end of this post and you have one week to answer these same questions and post them on your blog – tagging more writers in turn.

What is the title of your latest book?


Tea with the Demon

Where did the idea come from for the book?

The original idea came from a conversation in an online chat room, known at the time as “The Padded Room” Someone said, “What if…” and the idea grew from there. But the end result is a universe away from the original concept.

What genre does your book fall under?

Tea with the Demon is classed as Paranormal Erotica.

What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?

Tom Hiddleston
Tom Hiddleston

David Tennant as Dez. Or Tom Hiddleston. Actually, Tom Hiddleston. Can someone make pictures appear here please?
(Note from Osier Publishing: Yes, we can!)

Emilia Fox
Emilia Fox

And for Angel, Emilia Fox. I’m not sure about Helen, suggestions would be welcome.

What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?

Fate, lust and tea collide steamily in the sleepy, market town of Wingate.

Is your book self-published or represented by an agency?

Tea with the Demon is published by Osier Publishing.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?

The very first draft took under a year.

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

Some parts of the descriptions and more intimate scenes have been compared to the Anita Blake series, but I’m not sure I see the similarity.

Who or what inspired you to write this book?

Someone I bumped into on the internet a couple of years ago: Valerie Maarten. She was the person in the chat room who sparked that first idea. Valerie is a talented writer herself and an inspiration to more than she realises.

What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?

Tea with the Demon is a story of secrets – both the plot inside the book and the story behind the creation of the book.

Tagging in turn:

Catrina Taylor

Ben Miller
Can someone… (note from Osier Publishing: Yes, we can – look, links.)

Thanks for reading,

Isobel Herring

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December 18, 2012Permalink