Welcome along!

Another two fabulous authors joining the ever-growing MWiDP fold are featured here on SMoD&L today.

Both very different books and writers but prefect for this blog!

First, here’s Prue Batten with ‘A thousand glass flowers‘

Two people… one an extraordinary young woman, the other an embittered immortal man. Both seeking concealed spells that could annihilate Life.
In a quest through a world where Others lace their way in and out of the lives of mortals, this is a story of legend, love, and clashing ideals. A story of murder, regret and revenge… a story that journeys across a world too hauntingly like our own.

‘A sweeping, gorgeously written tale of magic, adventure, intrigue–and the very human power of enduring love. It held me spellbound.’ – Anna Elliott, author of The Avalon Trilogy

‘A magnificent evocation of a parallel world whose joys and sorrows are our own. Beautifully done.’ — Ann Swinfen, author of In Defence of Fantasy.

And with his story of friendship, love and loyalty, here’s G.S. Johnston with Consumption: A Novel

Who can a girl with a broken heart rely on if not her gay best friend?

Sara Sexton and Martin Blake are besties so it was natural for her to flee to him after breaking up with a Greek lover. But Martin has changed, preoccupied with his new business. In Hong Kong, he’s a high-profile, high-dollar interior designer.

When Sara meets Andy Harris, a romantic with a bubble-butt, Martin’s still on the market and not happy. Seems Martin’s only happy when Sara’s alone and miserable. Got any ‘friends’ like that? Now Sara has to juggle a consuming old friendship and a blossoming romance… And how does a girl do that? And what happens when she’s forced to choose between the past and the future?

For more, visit www.gsjohnston.com

CONSUMPTION: A NOVEL is 85000 words

Both are available from Amazon, now.

I am so excited by the wonderful tribe of writers joining us at MWiDP  next week, I will be featuring books from Sarah Woodbury, Anne R. Allen and Karin Cox.

Look out for the fab new series (among others) The Beautiful People by Danielle Blanchard Benson too!

Have a great Sunday!

Saffi

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Aid an indie writer #15: Eye of The Wizard by Daniel Arenson

GENRE:  Fantasy

BOOK TITLE:  Eye of the Wizard

PEN-NAME: Daniel Arenson

BOOK BLURB:

On the longest night of the year, a dark wizard murders a knight and his wife.

The knight’s children survive and swear revenge. Sam and Jamie vow to
become knights like their father. Neev, the middle child, vows to
become a wizard.

Five years later, things look grim. Sam is useless with the sword.
Jamie is denied knighthood because she’s a girl. Neev cannot cast a
spell without growing donkey ears, a monkey tail, or an elephant
trunk. The siblings feel like failures.

That’s when the dark wizard strikes again.

Are the siblings powerful enough to defeat him? Or will they too die
at his hands?

Links to books:

Kindle US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LLIC3Q

Kindle UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LLIC3Q

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/40088

Links to blogs/web sites:

Website: http://www.danielarenson.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/daniel.arenson

Twitter: http://twitter.com/danielarenson

Aid an indie writer #12: Manifesting Daddy by Donna Butler

GENRE: Women’s Fiction

BOOK TITLE:  Manifesting Daddy

PEN-NAME:  Donna Butler

BOOK BLURB: 

For wife and mom, Melanie Brodie, the path to wholeness is full of surprises. And a few obstacles. The “You Suck Chorus” has taken control of her mind, convincing her that she’s unloved, unfit and undeserving of a life worth waking up to. Depressed and fed up, all she wants to do is tell her troubles to “Daddy”, her hero, but he’s been dead more than thirty years. Her young, Chinese shrink tries to help her. So do her best friends with their pep talks and supernatural ceremonies. But it is Austin, the sexy, black, new neighbor who shows her that where her bliss lies, so does her self-esteem. It would be so easy to fall in love with him, especially with a marriage as rocky as hers. But that odd, familiar spark in his eyes holds clues to a metaphysical mystery.

LINKS TO BOOKS:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/24271

LINKS TO BLOGS/WEB SITE:  http://www.donnabutler.com/
ANY ADDITIONAL INFO: 

Donna lives in the Kansas City area suburbs with her fiance and two cats. In addition to writing, she loves animals, gardening, cooking, fireworks, drag queens, cute purses and most things described as “out there” or metaphysical. In her second novel, Clutter, to be released in March, 2011, the girl who has everything becomes the girl who can’t part with anything, when tragedy turns her into a hoarder.

Nalini Singh

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Greetings fellow fantasy fans!

Apologies for it being Tuesday already and me not posting for a few days. I have an excuse – honest!

Well, there hasn’t been a great deal in the news that I consider worthy of our pondering’s this week so far, so here’s a question for you:

Has anyone out there read any Nalini Singh books?

At first glance, they seem to be a cross between the fantasy/erotica genre,  but I having not read anything in its entirety, I am unsure.

If you have come across her, I would love to hear your opinion of the world that she has created, where apparently, “Angels rule and vampires serve”……..

Anyway, must get back to MY world, where NOTHING is ever quite that black and white!

Saffy. xx

Forgive and forget?

Good morning!

Well, it seems that Mrs. Rooney has allowed Wayne back into the marital home and judging by the cheesy grin splashed across today’s papers, they are going to survive this one.

Was she right to do so? Who knows? Will he do it again Ashley Cole-stylee? Probably…..but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Whilst writing Equilibrium I have been forced to think outside the box when it comes to human nature and emotions (for a variety of obvious reasons!) and try to get my head around how each character would behave/react to certain situations. Ok, the betrayals in Eq. lead to far more menacing outcomes, granted, but even so, I have had to explore all sorts of possibilities.

Can someone love two people at the same time?

Is it possible to completely forgive such a betrayal?

And finally, is that betrayal bad enough to drive someone to kill? Now I am speaking hypothetically of course, but history tells us that many a ‘woman scorned’ or a ‘jilted husband’ have indeed resorted to murder, so…. can love kill?

Saffy. xx