tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119812772014-06-03T08:51:50.717-04:00The Knight Agency BlogThe official blog for The Knight Agency, a literary agency representing both fiction and nonfiction.Deidre Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02543260043122520069noreply@blogger.comBlogger1131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-23987715882921806632012-03-02T11:07:00.001-05:002012-03-02T11:09:06.196-05:00New Blog for TKA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MEji0MuS7eQ/T1Dv2ltLC2I/AAAAAAAAB8o/sY6lkaCitWw/s1600/moving-van-636.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MEji0MuS7eQ/T1Dv2ltLC2I/AAAAAAAAB8o/sY6lkaCitWw/s200/moving-van-636.gif" width="200" /></a></div><br />We're packing up our bags and moving away from Blogger Town. From now on, TKA's blog will be hosted on our website. We hope you'll come visit us in our new digs: <a href="http://knightagency.net/blog/">http://knightagency.net/blog/</a>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-57304322848291256692011-12-07T10:02:00.014-05:002011-12-07T11:38:55.581-05:00Holiday Chat Alert! Party with THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT authors Cecil Murphey & Marley Gibson on Thursday, December 15th @ 9pm ET!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cc7Rp8TJYgc/Tt-BPdRh3mI/AAAAAAAAADI/JoWkaj6Jw-U/s1600/spiritofchristmas.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683403357321027170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cc7Rp8TJYgc/Tt-BPdRh3mI/AAAAAAAAADI/JoWkaj6Jw-U/s200/spiritofchristmas.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tis the season to be chatty! Join the co-authors of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312645015/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0312645015"><span style="color:#000099;">The Spirit of Christmas</span></a><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thekniage-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0312645015" width="1" height="1" /><br />Cec Murphey and Marley Gibson, along with the books contributors, for an online holiday chat. The authors will be taking questions, as well as giving away copies of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312645015/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0312645015"><span style="color:#000099;">The Spirit of Christmas</span></a><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thekniage-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0312645015" width="1" height="1" /> and other special holiday treats!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:red;">WHAT</span>: Holiday Chat with Cec, Marley, The Knight Agency and YOU!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#009900;">WHEN</span>: Thursday, December 15th at 9pm ET</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:red;">WHERE</span>: Chat Room--http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#009900;">HOW TO CHAT</span>: Enter any combination of username and password. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.</span><br /><br />The 411 on THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS: At Christmastime, it’s hard not to get caught up in the shopping, the decorating, the party planning and the family drama—and too we often to lose sight of the true meaning of the season. But sometimes, through God’s grace or a simple twist of fate, we’re able to step back and understand what the holiday is truly about.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://www.fairylandscape.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Christmas-Holly-1.png" imageanchor="1"><img style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 8px" id="il_fi" border="0" src="http://www.fairylandscape.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Christmas-Holly-1.png" width="200" height="100" /></a></div>Whitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818733460757292189noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-23187126199068214762011-11-30T08:28:00.008-05:002011-11-30T09:11:26.401-05:00Congrats Rosemary!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pRXOJng56EQ/TtYz0NLwNWI/AAAAAAAAAC8/vdzFbTOClHo/s1600/TexasGothic.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680784951959631202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pRXOJng56EQ/TtYz0NLwNWI/AAAAAAAAAC8/vdzFbTOClHo/s200/TexasGothic.jpg" /></a> The Knight Agency would like to give a big congratulations to <a href="http://www.rosemaryclementmoore.com/readrosemary/Home.html"><span style="color:#000099;">Rosemary Clement-Moore</span> </a>for her latest yound adult release, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385736932/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0385736932"><span style="color:#000099;">Texas Gothic</span></a><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thekniage-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0385736932&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" width="1" height="1" />, making it onto the Kirkus Review's Best TEnn Books of 2011 list! WOOHOO! We absolutely loved this book from the start here at TKA, and are overjoyed tha tit is receiving such well-deserved praise. Go Rosemary!<br /><br />The 411 on TEXAS GOTHIC: Amy Goonight's family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries her best to stay far outside the family business. Her summer gig? Ranch-sitting for her aunt with her wacky but beautiful sister. Only the Goodnight Ranch is even less normal than it normally is. Bodies are being discovered, a ghost is on the prowl, and everywhere she turns, the hot neighbor cowboy is in her face.<br /><br />"A deeply affectionate rendering of Texas landscapes and legends combines with an appealing cast of well-developed characters to give texture to this well-plotted mystery: truly scary moments are balanced by the humorous bumbles of the awkwardly developing romance between Amy and Ben, as well as Phin's sublime cluelessness about the way her eccentricities appear to other people. The mystery itself is a richly imagined interpolation on documented history and lore of the area; readers who've outgrown the silliness but not the adventure of Scooby-Doo will thoroughly enjoy this." --<a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_center_for_childrens_books/summary/v064/64.11.coats06.html"><span style="color:#000099;">The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books</span></a><br />"This engaging mystery has plenty of both paranormal and romance, spiced with loving families and satisfyingly packed with self-sufficient, competent girls." --<a href="http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rosemary-clement-moore/texas-gothic/"><span style="color:#000099;">Kirkus</span></a>, Starred Review<br /><br />"Teen looking for a rollicking adventure filled with paranormal events, dastardly evildoers, and laugh-out-loud moments as Amy and Ben argue and snipe their way to love will adore this book." --<a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/891698-312/texas_gothic.html.csp"><span style="color:#000099;">School Library Journal</span></a>, Starred ReviewWhitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818733460757292189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-52344416849546576832011-11-04T12:01:00.007-04:002011-11-04T12:50:10.389-04:00Knight Agency Clients Receive 24 Romantic Times Award Nominations!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TE6a_1yHCLo/TrQUjWY0ZuI/AAAAAAAAB8g/T-3RvVE9Wwc/s1600/ballons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TE6a_1yHCLo/TrQUjWY0ZuI/AAAAAAAAB8g/T-3RvVE9Wwc/s200/ballons.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BIG Congrats to all of the rockstar TKA authors that&nbsp;received <em>Romantic Times</em> BookLOVERS Award Nominaitons for 2011! We are beyond proud to have had so many clients nominated. Well deserved to all!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Career Achievement Nominees:</strong></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sci <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Fi</span>/Fantasy</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lynn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Flewelling</span></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urban Fantasy</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.N. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Elrod</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Erotica</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joey Hill</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Paranormal</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Nalini</span> Singh</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Reviewers Choice Nominees:</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Harlequin Nocturne</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jessica Andersen: Lord of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Wolfyn</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Nalini</span> Singh: Lord of the Abyss</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Steeple Hill Love Inspired</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Annie Jones: Home to Stay</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephanie Newton: Point Blank Protector</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>First Historical Romance</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monica Burns: Pleasure Me</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bronwen Evans: Invitation to Seduction</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Historical Fantasy Paranormal</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Melissa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Mayhue</span>: Healing A Highlander</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Historical K.I.S.S. Hero</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jade Lee: <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Wicked</span> Seduction</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Best Romantic Suspense</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shannon K. Butcher: Living on the Edge</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Futuristic Romance</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gena <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Showalter</span>: Dark Taste of Rapture</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Vampire Romance</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blood Hunt: Shannon K. Butcher</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Archangel's Blade: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Nalini</span> Singh</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Paranormal Romance</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kiss of Snow: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Nalini</span> Singh</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Erotic Romance</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kate Pearce: Simply Forbidden</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Erotic Paranormal Fantasy</strong>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joey Hill: Vampire Instinct</span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harlequin Romantic Suspense</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beth <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Cornelison</span>: Special Ops Bodyguard</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>First Historical Romance<br /></strong>Vicky <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Dreiling</span>: How to Marry a Duke</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Urban Fantasy Novel<br /></strong>Rob Thurman: Blackout</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Urban Fantasy Protagonist<br /></strong>Diana <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Pharoah</span> Francis: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Maz</span> in Crimson Wind</span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Science Fiction&nbsp;&amp; Fantasy Novels 2011</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">N. K. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Jemisin</span>: The Kingdom of Gods</span>Whitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818733460757292189noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-71780873568742433922011-11-04T10:30:00.001-04:002011-11-04T10:33:07.805-04:00Bryan Andersen on MSNBC<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iraq vet, triple amputee and Purple Heart recipient Bryan Andersen has lived an extraordinary and inspiring life, and now he is sharing his experience in&nbsp;the memoir&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425243559/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0425243559"><span style="color: blue;">NO TURNING BACK</span></a>, written with David Mack. Recently, MSNBC interviewed him to talk about his November release and new television show.</span> <br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="245" id="msnbc2065ae" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=45137099&amp;width=420&amp;height=245" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc2065ae" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="420" height="245" FlashVars="launch=45137099&amp;width=420&amp;height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br /><div style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 420px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">breaking news</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">world news</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">news about the economy</a></div>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-80447493382981331952011-10-28T12:13:00.000-04:002011-10-28T12:13:30.845-04:00Kristen Painter Chat Transcript Available<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night we had a fabulous time with <a href="http://www.kristenpainter.com/">Kristen Painter</a>, author of BLOOD RIGHTS, in the *haunted* Knight Agency chat room. Per our usual, there were plenty of laughs and prizes. If you've never been to one of our chats before -- you are missing out! Check out our </span><a href="http://www.knightagency.net/misc/kristen_painter_chat.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chat transcript</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to get the deets from last night's event.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kdObt_JAh-Y/TqrT-To3rpI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/FXOokaDadM0/s1600/skeleton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kdObt_JAh-Y/TqrT-To3rpI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/FXOokaDadM0/s200/skeleton.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><img height="75" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kdObt_JAh-Y/TqrT-To3rpI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/FXOokaDadM0/s200/skeleton.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 565px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 60px;" width="96" />Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-39237416518552250052011-10-17T09:04:00.004-04:002011-10-25T10:53:14.840-04:00Halloween Chat with Kristen Painter, author of BLOOD RIGHTS! This Thursday @ 9pm ET!!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DC-prYI2MQs/TpwpJYwFnhI/AAAAAAAAACw/jKrPKxjgqKA/s1600/bloodrights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664447672564948498" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DC-prYI2MQs/TpwpJYwFnhI/AAAAAAAAACw/jKrPKxjgqKA/s200/bloodrights.jpg" style="height: 200px; margin-top: 0px; width: 132px;" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> BLOOD RIGHTS author Kristen Painter will be taking over the </span><a href="http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TKA chatroom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>and declaring it the Halloween-only zone in just a few days! Bring your best "costumes" (read: funny usernames) and make sure to read up on Kristen's website and your spooky holiday trivia. We have plenty of fun games and prizes planned for those that are full of the All Hallow's Eve spirit! Bwhahaha!&nbsp;<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>WHAT:</strong> Chat with Kristin Painter</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>WHEN:</strong> Thursday, October 27th at 9pm ET</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>WHERE:</strong> TKA Chatroom<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>&lt;</span><a href="http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&gt;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>HOW:</strong> Enter any combination of username and password to enter…if you dare!&nbsp;<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 411 on BLOOD RIGHTS:</span></strong></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle's body bears the telltale marks of a comarré -- a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world...and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks. </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, Chrysabelle and Malkolm must work together to stop a plot to merge the mortal and supernatural worlds. If they fail, a chaos unlike anything anyone has ever seen will threaten to reign.&nbsp;</span></div>Whitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818733460757292189noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-38374070964500138852011-10-03T08:50:00.007-04:002011-10-03T08:59:28.365-04:00Chat Transcript for Royal House of Shadows<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lhzok3ocY2o/Tomw-EjpeBI/AAAAAAAAACQ/1JDfoviw2LU/s1600/showalter.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659248987189377042" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lhzok3ocY2o/Tomw-EjpeBI/AAAAAAAAACQ/1JDfoviw2LU/s200/showalter.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Gena Showalter, Jessica Andersen, Nalini Singh and Jill Monroe joined our chat this past Thursday to talk about thier collaborative series ROYAL HOUSE OF SHADOWS. We has an amazing time talking about thier new books and how they liked working together!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sv-rjG87NFA/TomxCQxLXZI/AAAAAAAAACY/399Z0e_os0I/s1600/singh.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 148px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659249059186826642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sv-rjG87NFA/TomxCQxLXZI/AAAAAAAAACY/399Z0e_os0I/s200/singh.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://knightagency.net/misc/royalhouseofshadows_09.29.11.doc">Click here</a> to view the chat transcript.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7TIFAkpH5rQ/TomxK_9DepI/AAAAAAAAACg/oL-q_NDdiA0/s1600/andersen.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659249209292061330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7TIFAkpH5rQ/TomxK_9DepI/AAAAAAAAACg/oL-q_NDdiA0/s200/andersen.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9BL9zHnAieI/TomxVkHEJpI/AAAAAAAAACo/fdf3DvP6aEY/s1600/monroe.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 169px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659249390796416658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9BL9zHnAieI/TomxVkHEJpI/AAAAAAAAACo/fdf3DvP6aEY/s200/monroe.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Whitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818733460757292189noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-12692586468491734482011-09-26T08:29:00.023-04:002011-09-28T10:18:51.874-04:00Chat with Royal House of Shadows Authors--Gena Showalter, Nalini Singh, Jessica Andersen and Jill Monroe--THIS Thursday @ 9pm ET!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o-DcwcVRngY/ToB-BB21vNI/AAAAAAAAABo/GwLlgcEwKZA/s1600/lordofthevampires.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656659688120761554" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o-DcwcVRngY/ToB-BB21vNI/AAAAAAAAABo/GwLlgcEwKZA/s200/lordofthevampires.jpg" style="height: 200px; margin-top: 0px; width: 126px;" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9vvKoU78TR8/ToB-mV6DXFI/AAAAAAAAAB4/kHuxu6c2lgo/s1600/lordofrage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656660329158106194" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9vvKoU78TR8/ToB-mV6DXFI/AAAAAAAAAB4/kHuxu6c2lgo/s200/lordofrage.jpg" style="height: 200px; margin-top: 0px; width: 126px;" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9vvKoU78TR8/ToB-mV6DXFI/AAAAAAAAAB4/kHuxu6c2lgo/s1600/lordofrage.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o-DcwcVRngY/ToB-BB21vNI/AAAAAAAAABo/GwLlgcEwKZA/s1600/lordofthevampires.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you love fairytales? Would you love to read amazing retelling of your favorite childhood stories with the added twist of paranormal romance? Join us this <strong>Thursday September 29th</strong> at <strong>9PM </strong>to chat with Gena Showalter, Nalini Singh, Jill Monroe and Jessica Andersen. If you love&nbsp;any of&nbsp;these authors'&nbsp;books, imagine what they created all together! We will be doing some fun give aways and these four ladies will be ready to answer all of your questions.</span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Join us Thursday!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #274e13;">WHAT:</span></strong> Chat with Royal House of Shadows authors.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #274e13;">WHEN:</span> </strong>Thursday September 29th, 9PM ET</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #274e13;">WHERE:</span></strong> </span><a href="http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545#"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Knight Agency Chat Room</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #274e13;">HOW TO CHAT:</span> </strong>Enter any combination of user name and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat!</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656660592364318402" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TyyFByvXQrs/ToB-1qbTbsI/AAAAAAAAACA/kT556qDA7ew/s200/lordofthewolfyn.jpg" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 126px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sQnP2Zkf-kE/ToB_Do16VvI/AAAAAAAAACI/dEChoJgVQvc/s1600/lordoftheabyss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656660832457217778" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sQnP2Zkf-kE/ToB_Do16VvI/AAAAAAAAACI/dEChoJgVQvc/s200/lordoftheabyss.jpg" style="height: 200px; margin-top: 0px; width: 126px;" /></a></div>Whitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818733460757292189noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-65002694475486798192011-09-02T09:17:00.005-04:002011-09-02T09:29:15.393-04:00TWISTED Tour Stop!<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/rclementmoore/twisted_cover_small-2011-08-24-10-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://homepage.mac.com/rclementmoore/twisted_cover_small-2011-08-24-10-03.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've finally made it to the last day of the TWISTED Tour! Along the way we've learned Rachel Caine had an affinity for butterfly necklaces as a teen, Marley Gibson owned a zoot suit (yes, seriously), Linda Gerber once dreamed of being a travel agent/historian, Chloe Neill had aspirations of becoming a famous artiste, and to this day anytime&nbsp;Love Shack by the B52s is played Rosemary Clement-Moore&nbsp;immediately reports to the nearest dance floor. Also, Tina Ferraro reminisced about dancing under the stars with the cutest boy ever on her best night ever, and&nbsp;Jonathan Friesen recalled a little local phenomenon known as Prince&nbsp;being the toughest ticket in town. We also visited the sites of the ah-mazing PC Cast, Julie Kagawa, and of course, our headlining act -- TWISTED author Gena Showalter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope you enjoyed rocking out with us because we thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with you! Below, you'll find the last ticket we're handing out on this ride, and as a special treat a&nbsp;few folks from the TKA team&nbsp;are sharing some of their own teen pics. So, get a good laugh in before you grab name of the image and make haste to </span><a href="http://www.knightagency.net/twistedtour.php"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.knightagency.net/twistedtour.php</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Entries will be accepted up until Sunday, September 4th at 11:59pm ET.&nbsp;Next week we will find out who will be&nbsp;the&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">winner of an epic prize --&nbsp;a $250 Ticketmaster Gift Card, $100 American Eagle Outfitters Gift Card, a $100 Visa Gift Card for Dinner and a Glam Urban Decay Makeup Gift Set!</span></strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NjQIMVJZG3Q/TmDUqypNcMI/AAAAAAAAB8U/aSDM7RFUwiw/s1600/twistedtix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NjQIMVJZG3Q/TmDUqypNcMI/AAAAAAAAB8U/aSDM7RFUwiw/s320/twistedtix.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-od8NhbUOiLA/TmDPZoUKZPI/AAAAAAAAB8A/rDA5uq-ddYM/s1600/Deidre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-od8NhbUOiLA/TmDPZoUKZPI/AAAAAAAAB8A/rDA5uq-ddYM/s320/Deidre.jpg" width="218" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deidre Knight accepting her diploma in super shiny stockings. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tAO1GZErHGk/TmDPcsQ5x4I/AAAAAAAAB8E/_UYse160ZMA/s1600/elaine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tAO1GZErHGk/TmDPcsQ5x4I/AAAAAAAAB8E/_UYse160ZMA/s320/elaine.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elaine Spencer showing her early love of interior design with super cool matching bedding, curtains and valances. So chic!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rb7EI9NCnlQ/TmDPf0tMfCI/AAAAAAAAB8I/rrJ-n09QCEw/s1600/lucienne_cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rb7EI9NCnlQ/TmDPf0tMfCI/AAAAAAAAB8I/rrJ-n09QCEw/s320/lucienne_cropped.jpg" width="130" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently, Lucienne&nbsp;Diver was a a big hair fan. Those bangs are reaching for the sky.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4k0UUTVv0dk/TmDPjIAv9qI/AAAAAAAAB8M/wQbkxaLlpXU/s1600/melissa.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4k0UUTVv0dk/TmDPjIAv9qI/AAAAAAAAB8M/wQbkxaLlpXU/s320/melissa.JPG" width="241" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Melissa Jeglinski thinks (and looks like) she's tough stuff in her jazz outfit.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S6PKj-0hct4/TmDPmWF8uYI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/C6fT-Nrw69A/s1600/jia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S6PKj-0hct4/TmDPmWF8uYI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/C6fT-Nrw69A/s320/jia.jpg" width="163" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marketing Director Jia Gayles, overly excited at the time about recent weight loss,&nbsp;chose a way too short shirt. Somewhere a small child is missing their sweater. Sadness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TWISTED TOUR FULL INSTRUCTIONS:</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do you define the “Best Night Ever?” Does going on a mini shopping spree for a chic new outfit, dinner out with your bestie and seeing your favorite music act live in concert sound like it would do the trick? If so, read on!<br /><br />To celebrate the release of, TWISTED, the third book in her Intertwined series featuring Aden Stone, Gena Showalter is rocking out with her author buds on The TWISTED Tour. The tour spans almost two weeks and 11 author websites, including this one, from August 22nd through September 2nd. The Grand Prize winner will be awarded all the essentials for a perfect night out, including:<br /><br />- $250 Ticketmaster Gift Card<br />- $100 American Eagle Outfitters Gift Card<br />- $100 Visa Gift Card for Dinner<br />- Glam Urban Decay Makeup Gift Set<br /><br />A Second Prize winner will receive an autographed set of Gena’s Intertwined series, including INTERTWINED, UNRAVELED and TWISTED.<br /><br /><strong>HOW TO PLAY:</strong> Visit <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.knightagency.net/twistedtour.php"><span style="color: #cc0033;">www.knightagency.net/twistedtour.php</span></a></span> and check the tour schedule. Visit the sites of each author on their assigned tour date and locate the concert ticket image.<br /><br />At the end of the tour, fill out the form on the aforementioned TWISTED Tour contest webpage by matching the images you found to the authors’ websites that they were located on <strong>before</strong> Sunday, September 4<span style="vertical-align: super;">th</span> at 11:59pm ET. The winners will be randomly drawn and notified on or around September 9<span style="vertical-align: super;">th</span>, 2011.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><strong>The 411 on TWISTED:</strong> His vampire girlfriend might have brought him back to life, but he's never felt more out of control. There's a darkness within him, something taking over…changing him. Worse, because he was meant to die, death now stalks him at every turn. Any day could be his last.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span>Once upon a time, the three souls trapped inside his head could have helped him. He could have protected himself. But as the darkness grows stronger, the souls grow weaker—just like his girlfriend. The more vampire Aden becomes, the more human Victoria becomes, until everything they know and love is threatened.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span>Life couldn't get any worse. Could it?</em></div>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-35861434163631355892011-08-22T10:56:00.003-04:002011-08-22T12:20:03.073-04:00Join Gena Showalter's TWISTED Tour and Win a $250 Ticketmaster Gift Card, Mini-Shopping Spree, Moolah for Dinner and an Urban Decay Gift Set<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N43_T4xjREg/TlJtkfls_NI/AAAAAAAAB78/T9JlDTQerw0/s1600/twisted_cover_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N43_T4xjREg/TlJtkfls_NI/AAAAAAAAB78/T9JlDTQerw0/s1600/twisted_cover_small.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To celebrate&nbsp;the release of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373210388/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0373210388"><span style="color: blue;">TWISTED</span></a>, the third book in her Intertwined series, Gena Showalter is throwing a mega contest and several young adult authors are joining her for the ride, including: Julie Kagawa, PC Cast, Rachel Caine, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Tina Ferraro, Jonathan Friesen, Marley Gibson, Linda Gerber and Chloe Neill. Plus, our very own Knight Agency blog will host one day of the contest.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Grand Prize is being hailed as "The Best Night Ever," and with concert tix to your fave music act, an American Eagle gift card for new duds, a glam Urban Decay makeup set for a "new" face AND cash (in the form of a Visa gift card) for dinner, how can it not turn into the best night you ever had?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">The TWISTED Tour spans almost two weeks and 11 author websites, including this one, from August 22nd through September 2nd. The Grand Prize winner will be awarded all the essentials for a perfect night out, including:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"> - $250 Ticketmaster Gift Card <br />- $100 American Eagle Outfitters Gift Card<br />- $100 Visa Gift Card for Dinner <br />- Glam Urban Decay Makeup Gift Set<br /><br />A Second Prize winner will receive an autographed set of Gena’s Intertwined series, including INTERTWINED, UNRAVELED and TWISTED.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #660000;">HOW TO PLAY:</span></strong> Visit </span><a href="http://www.knightagency.net/twistedtour.php"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">www.KnightAgency.net/twistedtour.php</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and check the tour schedule. Visit the sites of each author on their assigned tour date and locate the concert ticket image. <br /><br />At the end of the tour, fill out the form on the aforementioned TWISTED Tour contest webpage by matching the concert ticket images to the authors’ websites that they were located on before Sunday, September 4th at 11:59pm ET. The winners will be randomly drawn and notified on or around September 9th, 2011.</span>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-76374384798450333132011-08-03T16:33:00.000-04:002011-08-03T16:33:27.235-04:00Don Piper on ABC Special "Beyond Belief" Tonight @ 10pmET!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.donpiperministries.com/images/don_piper2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.donpiperministries.com/images/don_piper2.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tune in tonight&nbsp;for Don Piper's apperance on ABC's <em>Beyond Belief</em>. Bob Woodruff is interviewing the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, co-written with Cecil Murphey,&nbsp;about his life after death experience. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More details at </span><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/beyondbelief/describing-heaven-pastor-don-piper-pronounced-dead/story?id=14214140"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABC</span></a>!Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-17816980466634782642011-08-03T14:23:00.000-04:002011-08-03T14:23:31.979-04:00First Impressions For AugustIt's time for the monthly First Impressions critique.&nbsp; If you'd like the opportunity to have your first page receive feedback, be sure to follow the submission guidelines below.&nbsp; Everyone should feel free to add their constructive thoughts in the comments section.<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">The Willow<br />Young Adult<br />Leah Burroughs<br /><br />&nbsp;Prologue</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Before you die, there’s always some kind of to-do list.<span style="color: red;"> (See comment below on first sentence.)</span> For some, that list might contain becoming rich or famous. For others, it might include having a family and growing old. But what if you died before you had time to even think about setting any lifetime goals? What if fate didn’t plan on letting you live past sixteen?&nbsp; </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">I’d always been afraid of the water, and I couldn’t swim to save my life. But I tried...and I failed miserably.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">I was drowning, I knew that much. The water was deepening, the coordinal directions muddled<span style="color: red;">&nbsp;(What does this mean--her sense of direction was muddled?)</span>&nbsp;and lost in a dark cave of blue. The muted anguish swashed through my eardrums, leaking into places it was never meant to go<span style="color: red;">.(I'm not&nbsp;sure what this all means. How can&nbsp;anguish swash through eardums?)</span>&nbsp;My body was weak now, my useless kicking slowing as I felt myself go limp.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">There was only so much time left; only so much air my lungs could hold on to. The breath I was fighting to hold was getting tighter, and I wanted to ease that pain, even if the escape was death. <span style="color: red;">(Nice.&nbsp; Simply stated but very meaningful.) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">There was one thing I regretted, and it might haunt me in any otherworldly place my soul was sent to. I regretted not finding true love, and <strike><span style="color: red;">conclusively</span></strike> decided that’s what would’ve topped my bucket list. I’d never even been kissed…</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Fate is cruel. We all know this. But sometimes it decides to give up on you, and in the instant it does, a miracle can happen. <span style="color: red;">(Not of fan of this heavy foreshadowing.&nbsp; Simpler to say: I'd given up hope and then a miracle happened.)&nbsp; </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Just as my eyes fell heavy with defeat, my lungs about to <span style="color: red;"><strike>cave under the pressure of constricted air</strike> collapse</span>, a relentless grasp fastened <span style="color: red;">around </span>my waist&nbsp;<span style="color: red;"><strike>to</strike> with</span>&nbsp;a godlike strength I’d never <span style="color: red;"><strike>dreamt of</strike> imagined… (Toning down the descriptives makes the paragraph easier to read.) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Comments:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">The first sentence is a bit unclear.&nbsp; I know what you're trying to get across but it's worded in a way that made me read it several times.&nbsp; Maybe something like: Everyone has a to-do list they want to complete before they die.&nbsp; </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">I'm not a big fan of the narrarator speaking directly to the reader as done in the first paragraph (and again in the penultimate paragraph).&nbsp; It's so important that the opening have a bang.&nbsp; If you start with the second paragraph I believe it would hold more impact. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Also, pull back on the flowery language.&nbsp; The use of some phrasing here was very confusing and felt like you were using words just for the sake of flow and not meaning.&nbsp; </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">I was eager to see what happened next; if in fact we would find out who was rescuing her (I am guessing this is a female protagonist) or if we would then jump to chapter one and be presented with a different scene.&nbsp; So my attention has been captured. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">&nbsp;<span style="color: black;">_____</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To enter First Impressions, email your first page (300 words or less) to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net with “First Impressions” in the subject line. Include the title and genre in the email, as well as the name you wish us to use when referring to you publicly. All genres are welcome. Do not send your entry as an attachment; it must be within the body of the email. Winners are randomly selected using </span><a href="http://www.random.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.random.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Disclaimers, Rules, Stipulations, What Not, and All That Jazz: By emailing your entry to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net, you agree to have your first page posted on our blog for critique. Entrants will remain in the selection queue indefinitely, so your number could come up tomorrow or two years from now. Such is life. We will drop you a line if your email is pulled out of the hat. Maybe. It’s best to just swing by our blog often and check things out, no? Winning a first page critique does not in any way indicate an interest or offer of representation by The Knight Agency, and we reserve the right to delete any material that we find improper or offensive. Though we encourage blog readers to offer positive, thoughtful feedback, we cannot control their opinions with Imperius Curses. However, we will promptly banish nasty, mean-spirited comments to the outer limits of cyberspace. Dontcha wish you could do that with people in real life? Addendum (11/03/2010): In order to give everyone a fair chance, only one entry is allowed per person. If you've submitted more than one first page, your initial email will be added to the queue; however, subsequent emails have been deleted</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">﻿</div>Melissa Jeglinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872585516583314691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-41650973093218864682011-08-02T10:13:00.003-04:002011-08-03T15:59:18.326-04:00Guest Blogger Janet Mullany Shares Details on TELL ME MORE + Giveaway!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LDjPxRN-Ke0/TjgEoU-9AEI/AAAAAAAAB7w/ndSKqEOe2Sk/s1600/janetmullany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LDjPxRN-Ke0/TjgEoU-9AEI/AAAAAAAAB7w/ndSKqEOe2Sk/s200/janetmullany.jpg" width="152" /></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UPDATE: The winner of TELL ME MORE by Janet Mullany is Lolarific! Congrats! Please email your addy to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What does C.S. Lewis have to do with erotic romance, you may well ask. One thing I find fascinating about writing is how my reading cross-pollinates my writing, particularly books I read long ago. The C.S. Lewis link to my recent release <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373605587/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0373605587"><span style="color: blue;">TELL ME MORE</span></a> is a little obscure, but here’s how it came about.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I was writing the book I read Lev Grossman’s THE MAGICIANS, a brilliant and complex novel that starts out at a sort of Potteresque school for magicians. The book becomes darker and more dangerous as its characters travel to a fantastical land invented by a writer who wrote a series of children’s books. Just like Narnia?—no, Narnia gritty and grownup and cruel.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I had THE MAGICIANS on my mind and that led to me thinking about C. S. Lewis’s books which I read and loved as a child, totally oblivious of the rather heavy-handed Christian subtext.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But back to my book and my heroine and her adventures. At one point in the book she becomes involved in a community with a rigid social structure that gets together for various sexual activities. Jo, as a newcomer, is one of the apprentices who serve the higher levels, but she finds a way into the main part of the house, seeking her fascinating mentor who she’s spoken to only on the phone. Almost immediately she takes refuge in a coat closet. This coat closet does not lead to enchanted lands. Instead, she finds herself an unwilling voyeur when a couple uses the closet for other activities:</span><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clothing rustled. A zipper slid down.</span></i><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of her hands emerged from between the coats and almost smacked me in the nose.</span></em><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ducked.</span></i><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her hand grasped, fluttered, and grabbed the coat rack. I squeezed myself away from them.</span></i><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a bit too late to reveal myself to them at this point; what the heck could I say?</span></i><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gqR1OUT1f0E/TjgEu2GAsCI/AAAAAAAAB70/zfCJzga9xgc/s1600/cslewis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gqR1OUT1f0E/TjgEu2GAsCI/AAAAAAAAB70/zfCJzga9xgc/s320/cslewis.jpg" width="191" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jo escapes from the closet and explores the rest of the house. Here’s an excerpt from THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER by C. S. Lewis.</span><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now she had come to the top of the stairs, Lucy looked and saw a long, wide passage with a large window at the far end. Apparently the passage ran the whole length of the house. It was carved and paneled and carpeted and very many doors opened off it on each side. She stood still and couldn't hear the squeak of a mouse, or the buzzing of a fly, or the swaying of a curtain, or anything--except the beating of her own heart.</span></em><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There isn’t much similarity between the two but I was definitely channeling C.S. Lewis now, remembering how spellbound I was as Lucy walked down that passage, seeing mysterious magic symbols on the doors and at one point a mirror that has a frame of hair and a beard, making her reflection strange and sinister. She’s in a magician’s house to find a spell and solve a mystery. Here’s mine:</span><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A corridor led off at the top of the stairs and I peered down it. The smell of food was stronger now. As I hesitated, there was a muffled thump and a ringing sound, and two wall panels slid apart—an elevator. Waiters emerged with a rolling cart of food. They took no notice of me, but pushed the cart and its covered dishes into a room. I peered around the door. Masked people, Jake and Cathy among them, sat at a long banquet table with an elaborate centerpiece, laughing and talking…</span></i><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the table a guy wearing a mask that gave him the face of a lion, stood, and headed for the doorway and me, cellphone at his ear. He was tall and slender, a few threads of gray in his dark hair. As he passed me, I heard a few words, to my surprise apparently about investments.</span></i><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“But of course…” He sounded slightly annoyed.</span></i><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He sounded familiar. Very familiar.</span></i><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Mr. D?” My voice rose to a squeak.</span></i><br /><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He turned and looked at me and the lion’s eyes gazed at me, unreadable, in his mask.</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aha! A lion mask! You may remember that the central deity in the Narnia chronicles is a lion called Aslan (the Persian word for lion), and that little detail just wrote itself in there.</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leave a comment answering the following question, and enter to win an autographed copy of TELL ME MORE: Which books did you enjoy as a kid that have stayed with you or even come back to surprise you?</span></span></strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uXxxXCyQGkY/TjgE1Us51UI/AAAAAAAAB74/9qcrLlGD2Sc/s1600/tell_me_more.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uXxxXCyQGkY/TjgE1Us51UI/AAAAAAAAB74/9qcrLlGD2Sc/s1600/tell_me_more.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The winner will be randomly selected and announced tomorrow morning.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What people are saying about TELL ME MORE:</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">… a deliciously naughty novel with an intense steamy narrative. Jo's humble yet enthusiastic attitude makes the bedroom scenes fun and provocative, with more than enough tension to make your heart race. This novel is a hot, spicy adventure you shouldn't miss! --RT Book Reviews</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This novel is erotica at its best. A good, strong story driven by interesting characters, and steamy scenes that will leave you smiling secretly to yourself. --The Raunch Dilettante</span></i></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-5346613412304965252011-07-29T12:54:00.001-04:002011-07-29T12:55:46.387-04:00Our Digital Letter to Clients<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the inception of our agency in 1996, we have taken every step possible to ensure that we advocate for our clients by offering a broad spectrum of services. For instance, we were one of the first pioneering agencies to hire a full-time marketing director and have maintained that position for the past six years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>We take our position as advocates for our clients very seriously, and so it was only after six months of intense research and planning, involving conversations amongst ourselves and with our clients that we decided to start an assisted self-publishing program. Additionally, we've brought in outside consultants and developed strong relationships with representatives from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony and Kobo; we also continue to reach out to and develop relationships with others.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did not enter into this lightly, but felt that is was necessary to create this service as an <u>option</u> for our clients. This program is an extension of our current services meant only for current clientele, not a publishing arm. We are taking our standard 15%, and will pay all upfront costs with the exception of copyediting. This is in no way a mandate or a requirement for those wanting to self-publish. They can take advantage of our program or choose to handle the self-publishing portion of their career alone; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>regardless of their choice, we fully support their decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>But we felt that in the current climate, we’d be remiss to not supply an option in this arena, for those clients wishing to self-publish without handling the details, marketing, publicity, social media, content editing, and such on their own.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our clients are fully aware of our plans. We surveyed them to gauge their interests in such a program because we treasure their input and want to make sure we are giving them the best and most comprehensive representation possible. Many of them have lined up to participate in the initial launch this coming September, and we are thrilled to be able to assist them in this way.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today an author stated on a blog that we are “becoming publishers,” which is wholly untrue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In light of that miscommunication about our plans for the future, we felt it was critical that we post the letter sent to all Knight Agency clients to further clarify our position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>You can view the letter below.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">____________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Authors:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you know, The Knight Agency has been working on a very exciting assisted self-publishing initiative that will aid authors in digitally republishing backlist titles, as well as allow clients to publish select front list titles which the author and agency will hand-pick together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>For example, clients and agents may select novels, collections, or shorts that mainstream publishers may not consider remunerative enough for acquisition, or that the authors and agents believe would be better served by our sleek new system, which will allow us to monitor and act quickly in terms of pricing, promotion, bundling, etc.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ll be taking our standard agency commission of fifteen percent (15%), absorbing all costs except those associated with copy editing. As always in our work as your agents, our objective is to allow you as the author to focus on what you do best, which is writing the most wonderful books possible while we take the time-consuming and tedious business elements off your shoulders. For our fifteen percent commission, we will provide self-publishing assistance in the following areas:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Content editing – the agents will act, as we regularly do, as editors, reading material and offering suggestions for revision.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Line and copyeditor referrals – since none of us are copyeditors ourselves, we’re creating a database of quality freelance editors who can provide line and copyediting services.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●ISBN Number assignment – we’ll take care of the cost and work of getting an ISBN assigned to your work. Not all venues require an ISBN, but many do, and of course you’ll want the widest possible distribution for your work.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Copyright registration – in the event that a book is backlisted, this may already be taken care of, but if a work predates automatic extension or is a new work that requires initial registration, we’ll have it covered and absorb the cost.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Cover copy – although previously published titles will have cover copy, it will be proprietary to the publisher of that edition, and new copy will have to be written.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>We’ll handle writing or provide feedback on author-written copy.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Cover design and consultation – we’re well aware that it takes good, professional quality covers to indicate high quality works, and can handle cover design in consultation with the author.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●File conversions to ePub and mobi – this is where a good deal of the work comes in, and it’s something we’re equipped to handle.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Uploading files to major retailers – there are many places self-published authors can’t reach on their own, but we’re establishing relationships with e-tailers to make works widely available.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Dynamic pricing – as mentioned above, we’ll have detailed pricing plans and will be able to move quickly to change pricing to build sales momentum.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Metadata – the agents, in conjunction with the authors, will develop a list of key phrases to serve as tags to increase title visibility on various retailer sites and search engines.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;">●Search engine optimization </span>— <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;">When promoting e-book titles, TKA will employ the latest techniques in SEO to maximize search rank visibility </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Marketing plan – one of the advantages to the assisted self-publishing program is that The Knight Agency will help promote the works in various formats, including a digital newsletter, a new digital showcase area on KnightAgency.net, on Twitter, in blogs, etc.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Subsidiary rights – as with all titles we represent, we’ll work on the subrights for these books, including film, foreign, audio, etc. at our standard commission rates.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Royalty tracking and payments—collecting and tracking revenue with a variety of digital outlets will require vigilance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>If any problems arise, authors will have TKA as their advocates.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Oversight of existing contracts and obligations—non-compete and option clause language will become even more important in existing print contracts. TKA will have full career oversight, making sure that authors are covered and clear to enter into digital self-pub arrangements.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">●Down the road, TKA has long-range plans to help clients arrange for print publication of these titles via print-on-demand or other avenues.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’re developing a simple agreement that states our terms in writing so that our responsibilities and yours are clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>We have our first wave of titles in the works and anticipate launching the first books in September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Please let us know if you have any material you’d like to discuss putting into this program and also, of course, if you have any questions.</span></span></div>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-82346423930853238842011-07-29T10:48:00.000-04:002011-07-29T10:48:52.685-04:00The Real Scoop on our New Program<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reposted from Lucienne Diver's Blog:</span></em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Knight Agency has started up a very exciting program to facilitate e-book publication for those of our authors who want to take advantage. To be clear, we’re NOT becoming a digital publisher. We’re not taking a publishers' cut or submissions or doing anything but working collaboratively with our authors who want to take advantage of the program. We’re doing all the legwork in getting books scanned, putting together a database of copyeditors and arranging for cover art, ISBNs, new cover copy, etc., much of it at the agency’s expense and for only the agency’s regular commission. And ONLY for our authors.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are NOT giving up on traditional publishing. Rather, this program is for backlist which is no longer available or had never been digitized to begin with or for projects that have not found a home with publishing houses but which the authors and agents agree should absolutely be in the hands of readers who will adore them as much as we do. We’re not telling anyone they have to go through us. Rather, we’re providing a whole lot of really exciting incentives, like marketing and promotion.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our first titles will launch in September. We’ve got an incredible line-up, with backlist from bestsellers like Stephanie Rowe, Rachel Caine, writing as Roxanne Conrad, Cecil Murphy, Susan Sizemore, Christie Golden and others. You’ll definitely be hearing more about this as the launch approaches.</span>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-84073205322117773642011-07-07T09:45:00.001-04:002011-07-07T09:46:27.060-04:00Read Stephanie Rowe's KISS AT YOUR OWN RISK for Free!<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://knightagency.net/images_tka_newsletter/jan2011/kissatyourownrisk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://knightagency.net/images_tka_newsletter/jan2011/kissatyourownrisk.jpg" width="195" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From now until July 11th, paranormal romance fans can download a digital copy of the first book in Stephanie Rowe's Soulfire series, KISS AT YOUR OWN RISK, free of charge. This promotion is available at various retailers, including </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004DCB2TO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=B004DCB2TO"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: blue;">Amazon</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kiss-at-your-own-risk-stephanie-rowe/1030289164?ean=9781402261459&amp;itm=1&amp;usri=stephanie%2browe"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: blue;">Barnes and Noble.</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Stephanie's second book, TOUCH IF YOU DARE, releases this month.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The 411 on KISS AT YOUR OWN RISK:</strong> Trinity Harpswell is a cursed Black Widow-death and mayhem are all part of the job description. If she can manage to go just one more week without accidentally killing someone, she'll break this killer curse and put her Black Widow days behind her. When sexy Blaine Underhill III shows up at her door and asks for her help rescuing his friend from the clutches of Death's evil grandma, Trinity gets pulled into a daring high stakes adventure. As Blaine and Trinity join forces to take down a series of underworld assassins, they may just learn that love is the deadliest game of all.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>"Rowe's gift for ironic humor will make any reader's day. The cast of characters is unique and fun with a magical kind of romance the genre needs more of." RT Book Reviews Top Pick of the Month</em> </span></div>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-50292176239246075612011-06-24T13:53:00.001-04:002011-06-28T09:15:15.058-04:00Happy Freebie Friday!<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UPDATE: The winner of THE CEO'S SECRET BABY by Karen Whiddon is Diane! Congrats! Please send your physical addy to Contests(AT)knightagency.net.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had an awesome time last night with Rosemary Clement-Moore who stopped by to chat with us about her upcoming release, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385736932/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0385736932"><span style="color: blue;">TEXAS GOTHIC</span></a>. For those of you that missed out, you can check out the <a href="http://bit.ly/jS1xwG"><span style="color: blue;">chat transcript</span></a>.&nbsp; To be notifed of our next chat event, sign up for The Knight Agency newsletter here: <a href="http://www.knightagency.net/newsletter/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.knightagency.net/newsletter/</span></a>. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, onto our Freebie Friday!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Leave a comment to win a copy of </strong></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373277326/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0373277326"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>THE CEO'S SECRET BABY</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> by Karen Whiddon.</strong> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The winner will be announced on Monday afternoon.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPLIwFxieis/TgTOsqL6PVI/AAAAAAAAB7s/c4NZTrCjywI/s1600/ceossecretbaby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPLIwFxieis/TgTOsqL6PVI/AAAAAAAAB7s/c4NZTrCjywI/s320/ceossecretbaby.jpg" width="202" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPLIwFxieis/TgTOsqL6PVI/AAAAAAAAB7s/c4NZTrCjywI/s1600/ceossecretbaby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPLIwFxieis/TgTOsqL6PVI/AAAAAAAAB7s/c4NZTrCjywI/s1600/ceossecretbaby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: left;" unselectable="on"></div></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The 411:</strong> Seeing Tucker Drover—the man she loved more than life itself and presumed dead in a plane crash—shakes Lucy Knowlton's world. How will she tell him about their baby boy—and her engagement to his best friend? Her heart has only ever belonged to Tucker…but how can they go back to the way it was?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once a successful CEO, Tucker had the misfortune of getting tangled up with a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Now on the run, seeing Lucy again and meeting his son makes him long for them to be a family. And when shattering betrayals are revealed and danger closes in, the only thing that matters is keeping mother and son safe….</span></span>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-26815335229256133442011-06-23T10:23:00.000-04:002011-06-23T10:23:51.052-04:00YA Lit Chat with Rosemary Clement-Moore TONIGHT @ 9pmET!!!<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.knightagency.net/images_tka_newsletter/june11/rosemaryclementmoore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.knightagency.net/images_tka_newsletter/june11/rosemaryclementmoore.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Young adult lit appeals to 15 years olds, 55 years olds, and everyone else in between. As the author of five YA novels, Rosemary Clement-Moore certainly knows a lot about the mechanics of writing for a teen audience and why this area hold such an allure. Tonight at 9pm ET,&nbsp; join Rosemary for a chat about her upcoming release, TEXAS GOTHIC, career and future projects.&nbsp; She will also be giving away signed copies of TEXAS GOTHIC and books from her backlist, including the Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil series and THE SPLENDOR FALLS. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">WHAT:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Chat with Rosemary Clement-Moore <br /><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">WHEN:</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Thursday, June 23rd at 9pm ET </span></strong><b><br /><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">WHERE:</span></strong></b> The Knight Agency Chat Room - </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="color: #1e66ae;">http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545</span></span></a><br /></span><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">HOW TO CHAT:</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Enter any combination of username and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5R55pAPveHo/TftsEXqP_dI/AAAAAAAAB7o/oX8x4Qg2MwA/s320/txgothic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5R55pAPveHo/TftsEXqP_dI/AAAAAAAAB7o/oX8x4Qg2MwA/s320/txgothic1.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </div></span><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-42858111260107191532011-06-17T11:08:00.004-04:002011-06-21T08:18:03.473-04:00Happy Freebie Friday!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5R55pAPveHo/TftsEXqP_dI/AAAAAAAAB7o/oX8x4Qg2MwA/s1600/txgothic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5R55pAPveHo/TftsEXqP_dI/AAAAAAAAB7o/oX8x4Qg2MwA/s320/txgothic1.jpg" width="211" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">UPDATE: The winner of TEXAS GOTHIC by Rosemary Clement-Moore is NoraA! Congrats! Please send your physical addy to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net. Everyone else, Rosemary is giving away signed copies of her books during the <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545">chat</a></span> on Thursday @ 9pm ET&nbsp;-- so come hang out with us to get another chance!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, we're giving away an advanced reading copy of young adult author Rosemary-Clement Moore's upcoming release, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385736932/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0385736932"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TEXAS GOTHIC</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;(Random House, July 2011), as a special preview for&nbsp;her upcoming online chat with us Thursday, June 23rd at 9pm ET. Rosemary is also the author of four other titles, including the Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil series and THE SPLENDOR FALLS. TEXAS GOTHIC is a spin on the "southern gothic" subgenre with layers of romance, mystery, magic and dark motivations... Is your interest piqued? It should be.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">You can read&nbsp;more about Rosemary in the June issue of our <a href="http://www.knightagency.net/images_tka_newsletter/june11/tkanewsletter_june2011.html"><span style="color: blue;">newsletter</span></a>, and don't forget to mark your calendar for pub convo, trivia and MORE giveaways with the author next Thursday!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">WHAT:</span></strong> Chat with Rosemary Clement-Moore <br /><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">WHEN:</span></strong> <strong>Thursday, June 23rd at 9pm ET <br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">WHERE:</span></strong> The Knight Agency Chat Room - </span><a href="http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">HOW TO CHAT:</span></strong> Enter any combination of username and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The 411 on TEXAS GOTHIC:</strong> Amy Goodnight's family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries her best to stay far outside the family business. Her summer gig? Ranch-sitting for her aunt with her wacky but beautiful sister. Only the Goodnight Ranch is even less normal than it normally is. Bodies are being discovered, a ghost is on the prowl, and everywhere she turns, the hot neighbor cowboy is in her face.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;"><strong>Freebie Friday Rules: A winner will be randomly selected from the comments on Monday morning (June 20th).</strong></span>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-34454916082171937512011-06-10T12:11:00.001-04:002011-06-13T18:31:37.092-04:00Happy Freebie Friday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dQ7J61vfHCo/TfJA3HOkWtI/AAAAAAAAB7c/GyG5ziZQ1Sk/s1600/kiss_of_snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dQ7J61vfHCo/TfJA3HOkWtI/AAAAAAAAB7c/GyG5ziZQ1Sk/s320/kiss_of_snow.jpg" width="211" /></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UPDATE: The winner of KISS OF SNOW by Nalini Singh is Karen H! Big congrats! Please send your physical addy to contests(at)knightagency.net. </span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Friday we have an especially exciting giveaway! The tenth book in Nalini Singh's Psy-Changeling series, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425242099/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0425242099"><span style="color: blue;">KISS OF SNOW</span></a>, marks her hardcover debut. The release has already earned a rarely awarded Top Pick GOLD review from <em>Romantic Times,</em> and it hit the <em>New York Times</em> hardcover bestseller list in the #9 spot. To win a copy, leave a comment with your name. The winner will be announced Monday afternoon.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>The 411:</strong> Since the moment of her defection from the PsyNet and into the SnowDancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness. Hawke. Alpha and dangerous, he compels her to madness.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hawke is used to walking alone, having lost the woman who would've been his mate long ago. But Sienna fascinates the primal heart of him, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Then Sienna changes the rules-and suddenly, there is no more distance, only the most intimate of battles between two people who were never meant to meet. Yet as they strip away each other's secrets in a storm of raw emotion, they must also ready themselves for a far more vicious fight... </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">A deadly enemy is out to destroy SnowDancer, striking at everything they hold dear, but it is Sienna's darkest secret that may yet savage the pack that is her home-and the alpha who is its heartbeat.</span>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-53132723746854250482011-06-08T11:55:00.003-04:002011-06-08T11:58:22.565-04:00Agent Q&A!Have burning questions about how to get an agent? Wondering whether your manuscript is ready to submit? Feeling a little overwhelmed by the process? Well, ask your questions and I will attempt to answer. <br /><br />Agent Q&amp;A works like this: Post your questions on this thread, and I will come back later today or early tomorrow and provide some responses. I can't promise to answer all the questions--the thread can get a little long sometimes--but I will answer at least three and I'll do my best to get a good range of answers out there for you.<br /><br />So? What would you like to know?<br /><br />~NepheleNephele Tempestnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-14843134769838873902011-06-03T15:59:00.001-04:002011-06-08T12:12:20.496-04:00Happy Freebie Friday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www2.dearauthor.com/newreleases/Jessica%20Andersen/Storm%20Kissed_%20A%20Novel%20of%20the%20Nightkeepers%20(FINAL%20PROPHECY)%20(6670)/resizedcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www2.dearauthor.com/newreleases/Jessica%20Andersen/Storm%20Kissed_%20A%20Novel%20of%20the%20Nightkeepers%20(FINAL%20PROPHECY)%20(6670)/resizedcover.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The winner of STORM KISSED by Jessica Andersen is Sheree! Congrats! Sorry for the delayed annoucement. :-) Sheree, please email Contests(AT)knightagency.net with your physical addy.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leave a comment to win a copy of </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451233751/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thekniage-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217153&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=0451233751"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">STORM KISSED</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thekniage-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0451233751&amp;camp=217153&amp;creative=399349" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Jessica Andersen. The winner will be announced on Monday.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The 411:</strong> When sexy Nightkeeper Dez goes rogue, the bounty hunter enlisted to catch him is Reese, his former lover. The sexual energy between them is hotter than ever-but the life-and-death stakes attached to the chase may pull them apart for good.</span>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-74125422019843507132011-06-01T08:45:00.000-04:002011-06-01T08:45:43.548-04:00First Impressions with Melissa Jeglinski: June<div style="text-align: left;">June's First Impressions selection is now up.&nbsp; As always I've marked my notes/edits in red and ask that you feel free to comment with your constructive critiques.&nbsp; Submission instructions are posted below should you care to have your first page reviewed.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Veil</div><div style="text-align: left;">Paranormal Romance</div><div style="text-align: left;">By Julie Anne <br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">&nbsp;“Another shocking death amps suspicions of something sinister in the city.” <span style="color: red;">(Good opening although it's not quite as pithy as a newscast might sound.) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">The eleven o’clock news brought Ava Draikar stumbling from her closet. <span style="color: red;">(Can't help but wonder why she was in her closet?&nbsp; Could be an interesting avenue to explore later on but if you don't then I don't see the point.)</span> Comfortable in her pajamas, she stared at the tiny television on her kitchen counter. <i>Here we go again</i>. <i>Reporters will be all over the hospital tomorrow. </i>Ava increased the volume<strike><span style="color: red;">, only</span></strike> slightly<span style="color: red;"><strike>, for</strike></span> to better hear the details.&nbsp; <span style="color: red;">(Because the tv was loud enough before to bring her out of the closet.) &nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Sipping wine from a large stemmed glass, she nearly choked.<span style="color: red;"> (Did she have the wine with her in the closet?&nbsp; Where did it come from?) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: red;">There, on the television screen, was a photo of the latest victim.&nbsp; And Ava knew him. <strike>A photograph of the latest victim was lodged securely in the left corner of the broadcast. Ava knew him. </strike>(Rather confusing the way orginally written.)</span> Sort of. <span style="color: red;"><strike>She saw</strike> She'd seen</span> him every day for the past week and had toiled uselessly with lustful fantasies <span style="color: red;"><strike>wherein</strike> with him playing <strike>he played</strike></span> the leading role. <span style="color: red;"><strike>The man was gorgeous, but Ava was prone to neither, lust nor fantasy.</strike> (Which is it?&nbsp; She had lustful fantasies or she's isn't prone to lust and fantasy?&nbsp; Or maybe it's just not worded the way you mean.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strike><span style="color: red;">Pensively, she</span></strike> She lowered the remote and turned away from the television. She was missing her favorite show.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">The city was fascinating from her window. Even in darkness, and despite the rain that streaked her view, nothing ever seemed to remove the city’s <span style="color: red;"><strike>vast complexity, or its</strike></span> irrefutable draw. Separating herself from it would be like removing her own skin. If she could survive the process, she’d never be the same. <span style="color: red;">(A bit overwritten here.)</span> &nbsp;To Ava, the entire metropolis was alive, and she was a part of it. The city was one enormous, pulsating<strike><span style="color: red;">,</span></strike> entity<strike><span style="color: red;">,</span></strike> and it was that image that kept her at her window most nights.&nbsp; <span style="color: red;">(The change in direction between this paragraph and the previous one is quite confusing.) </span></div><br /><span style="color: red;">My thoughts:</span><br /><span style="color: red;">The story has a good opening and I was hoping to get more from the first page.&nbsp; The sudden change from Ava watching TV to looking out the window and waxing poetic about the city left me very confused.&nbsp; I really suggest staying with the topic initially brought up which is that of the latest victim.&nbsp; </span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;">There are a lot of extraneous commas thoughout.&nbsp; </span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;">I felt there were some interesting directions this story could go but the writer needs to continue with a thought rather than allude to it and move on.&nbsp; Answer the questions that are&nbsp;being brought&nbsp;up while they are still fresh in the reader's mind rather than having to explain them again later.&nbsp; </span><br /><span style="color: black;">_____</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To enter First Impressions, email your first page (300 words or less) to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net with “First Impressions” in the subject line. Include the title and genre in the email, as well as the name you wish us to use when referring to you publicly. All genres are welcome. Do not send your entry as an attachment; it must be within the body of the email. Winners are randomly selected using </span><a href="http://www.random.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.random.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Disclaimers, Rules, Stipulations, What Not, and All That Jazz: By emailing your entry to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net, you agree to have your first page posted on our blog for critique. Entrants will remain in the selection queue indefinitely, so your number could come up tomorrow or two years from now. Such is life. We will drop you a line if your email is pulled out of the hat. Maybe. It’s best to just swing by our blog often and check things out, no? Winning a first page critique does not in any way indicate an interest or offer of representation by The Knight Agency, and we reserve the right to delete any material that we find improper or offensive. Though we encourage blog readers to offer positive, thoughtful feedback, we cannot control their opinions with Imperius Curses. However, we will promptly banish nasty, mean-spirited comments to the outer limits of cyberspace. Dontcha wish you could do that with people in real life? Addendum (11/03/2010): In order to give everyone a fair chance, only one entry is allowed per person. If you've submitted more than one first page, your initial email will be added to the queue; however, subsequent emails have been deleted</span>Melissa Jeglinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872585516583314691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981277.post-52184673093282760962011-05-27T10:32:00.001-04:002011-06-01T08:42:49.803-04:00Happy Freebie Friday!<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UPDATE: The winner of LIVING ON THE EDGE by Shannon K. Butcher is <strong>mromero</strong>! Congrats! Please send your physical addy to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night we had an awesome chat with Chloe Neill, <em>New York Times</em> and <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author of the Chicagoland Vampires series. Thanks to everyone who came out. The room was PACKED! For those that weren't able to make it we have a consolation prize -- </span><a href="http://www.knightagency.net/misc/tkachat_chloeneill_5.26.11.doc"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chat Transcript</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before we jump into today's freebie, we here at TKA want to wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday weekend. We hope your summer gets off to a rollicking great start! </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RQXYdXcB74c/Td-1UcPVWxI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/Mjr6uBzHj0A/s1600/happymemorial.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RQXYdXcB74c/Td-1UcPVWxI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/Mjr6uBzHj0A/s1600/happymemorial.gif" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leave your name in the comments to win a copy of LIVING ON THE EDGE by </span><a href="http://www.shannonkbutcher.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shannon K. Butcher</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, May 31st.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.shannonkbutcher.com/assets/images/covers/LivingontheEdge500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.shannonkbutcher.com/assets/images/covers/LivingontheEdge500.jpg" width="198" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The 411 on LIVING ON THE EDGE:</strong> After a devastating injury, Lucas Ramsay knows he's finished as a soldier.But when the general who saved his life asks him for a favor, he says yes. All Lucas has to do is keep the general's daughter from getting on a plane to Colombia -- which is easier said than done...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Independent to the core, Sloane Gideon is a member of the Edge-a group of mercenaries for hire. But she's not on the clock for this mission. Her best friend is being held by a vicious drug lord, and Sloane must rescue her -- no matter how many handsome ex-soldiers her father sends to dissuade her.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With little choice, Lucas tracks Sloane to Colombia-where she reluctantly allows him to aid her in her search. But as they grow closer to the target, they grow closer to each other. And before the battle is over, both will have to decide just what they are willing to fight for.</span>Jia Gayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969346108646249710noreply@blogger.com16
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