What’s new this year—because it’s bigger and better than ever before! I’m celebrating Halloween, Samhain, All Hallows’ Eve and Dia De Los Muertos—what a great week for dark fantasy fiction! Plus, it’s time for another sneak peek at The Sworn, which will be in stores Jan. 25
- New interviews—including a look ahead at The Fallen Kings Cycle
- Digital Trick-or-Treat—download a new excerpt from The Sworn, a brand-new reading from The Sworn, and excerpts from 13 of my author friends, spread out across the partner sites!
- Contests to win a signed advance copy of The Sworn
- Contests to win a signed copy of Dark Haven, Dark Lady’s Chosen plus a Midnight Syndicate CD
- Limited Time and Quantity! Order a signed copy of Dark Haven or Dark Lady’s Chosen at http://www.chroniclesofthenecromancer.com/daysofthedead.html
- Guest Blog post: SciFiGuy.ca – http://www.scifiguy.ca/ and Double Dragon excerpt (10/27)
- Guest blog post: Orbit Books – http://www.orbitbooks.net/(two blog posts) (10/26)
- Guest blog post: When Gravity Fails – http://solaris-editors-blog.blogspot.com/ and Solaris excerpt (10/28)
- Register to win a free autographed advance copy of The Sworn—contest at www.Bookgasm.com
- 13 Free chapter samples from Double Dragon, Orbit and Solaris Books authors, spread out on my partner sites so you can trick-or-treat. http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/
- Brand new print excerpt from The Sworn at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist and a drawing to win a free autographed advance copy of The Sworn! http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2009/11/excerpt-from-gail-z-martins-dark-ladys.html
- Pre-order link for The Sworn with NEW bonus goodies: www.TheWinterKingdoms.com and three Solaris excerpts
- Brand new Q&A: www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com/DaysOfTheDead.html
- Totally new reading from The Sworn on The Broad Pod!
- Book and CD giveaway from Midnight Syndicate at www.MidnightSyndicate.com
- New reading from The Sworn at www.GhostInTheMachinePodcast.com
- Daily Q&A and Trivia questions on Twitter @GailZMartin, Facebook at The Winter Kingdoms, the Gail Martin on MySpace, and my pages on Shelfari and BookMarketing.ning
- Downloadable free excerpts from these 13 great books as well as The Sworn—my Trick or Treat goodies spread out on partner pages:
- The Sworn—Chapter 1 on OrbitBooks.net. Chapters 2 and 3 at www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com. Reading from Chapter 1 at ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com and Reading from Chapter 4 on The BroadPod
- Corvus by Paul Kearney (Trick-or-Treat goody#1 at SolarisBooks.com)
- Irons in the Fire by Juliet McKenna (Trick-or-Treat goody#2 on my newsletter/blog on ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com and MySpace)
- The King’s Bastard by Rowena Cory Daniells (Trick-or-Treat goody#3 at SciFiGuy.ca)
- Virtual Thought Stream by Lee Gimenez (Trick-or-Treat goody#4 at The Winter Kingdoms on Facebook)
- Manchester House by Donald Allen Kirch (Trick-or-Treat goody#5 at The Winter Kingdoms on Facebook)
- The Stanton Curse by Anita M. Whiting (Trick-or-Treat goody#6 on my author page at Shelfari.com)
- Axes of Evil by Michael A. Ventrella (Trick-or-Treat goody#7 on GhostInTheMachinePodcast.com )
- SilverMoon by J. Richard Jacobs (Trick-or-Treat goody#8 on Twitter @ GailZMartin)
- Vampires Inc. by Rick Taubold & Chris R. Hosey (Trick-or-Treat goody#9 on my author page at BookMarketing.ning)
- The Laughing Hounds by C.R. Daems (Trick-or-Treat goody#10 on Twitter @ GailZMartin)
- Soul Poacher by James Scott DeLane (Trick-or-Treat goody#11 on Twitter @ GailZMartin)
- Romanticism Lost by Jon Hartless (Trick-or-Treat goody#12 on Twitter @ GailZMartin)
- And chapters from The Summoner, The Blood King, Dark Haven and Dark Lady’s Chosen! (Trick-or-Treat goodies #13, #14, #15 and #16 at ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com and on Facebook and Twitter)
- Plus The Spirit Thief by Rachael Aaron (Trick-or-Treat #17 at OrbitBooks.net)\
- Bonus thank-you goodies when you pre-order The Sworn! Pre-order The Sworn on www.TheWinterKingdoms.com and get downloadable excerpts from these authors:
- Bloodring by Faith Hunter
- Mad Kestral by Misty Massey
- With Nine You get Vanyr by Jean Marie Ward and Teri Smith
- Cherry Red Rocket Ship by James Maxey
- The Reawakened by Jeri Smith-Ready
- Staked by Jeremy Lewis
- Stormed Fortress by Janny Wurts
- The Sorcerers’ Plague by David B. Coe
- Corvus by Paul Kearney
- The King’s Bastard by Rowena Cory Daniells
- Irons in the Fire by Juliet McKenna
Please check out all the goodies!
Here’s where to find the good stuff–the fun starts on Monday, 10/25!