Hailing On All Frequencies!

To all our American Brigaders, I hope everyone had a relaxing/satisfying/exciting/wonderful/crazy Thanksgiving holiday with family or friends!

Just a reminder, Brigaders - please send me your news as you'd like it written in the post. I'd like to avoid misquoting you or giving misinformation when I have to fill in the blanks.

NEW RELEASES

Frances Pauli's new SFR release, THE DIMENSIONAL SHIFT, was released on Nov. 24th from Awe-Struck Publishing.

Pauline Baird Jones' new release, TANGLED IN TIME, is available from L&L Dreamspell Publishing in digital and available for pre-order in print.










Sara Creasy's CHILDREN OF SCARABAEUS (sequel to SONG OF SCARABAEUS) will be out in March 2011 with Harper Voyager.

E.D.Walker has a new release out this week, HEIR TO THE UNDERWORLD, from Sapphire Blue Publishing. It's a YA fantasy novel dealing with ancient gods, the Wild Hunt, fairies & other supernatural shenanigans.









Robert Appleton has two books due for release shortly - CLAIRE DE LUNE - an erotic SF mystery novel from Amber Quill Press, co-written by Robert Appleton & Sloane Taylor & releases as as eBook on November 28th (paperback in December).








And THE MYSTERIOUS LADY LAW, a steampunk mystery novella from Carina Press on January 31, 2011.








Jess Anastasi's SANCTUARY will be released from Noble Publishing on November 22nd. 










BLOGGING
Marcella Burnard was interviewed this week over at The Galaxy Express. Click here for the interview.

Over at Kylie Griffin's blog this week...
26th Nov. - Guest Author: Maree Anderson shares some insights and more on her latest release FROM THE ASHES.
29th Nov. - Interview with...Nalini Singh, NYTimes best-selling paranormal romance author.
30th Nov. - FROM THE ASHES winner announced (give-away from Maree Anderson)
2nd Dec. - Romance Rocks! Some statistics about romance sales.

Pauline Baird Jones is a guest blogger over at Literary Escapism. She has a give-away as a part of it. 

BOOK REVIEWS, SIGNINGS & GIVE-AWAYS
Brigader Jess Anastasi with her debut release, SANCTUARY, has an e-book giveaway at the Dark Side DownUnder blog Wed.24th Nov. 

Mel Teshco received this week's Top Pick review (4.5 star) over at Night Owl Reviews for her novel, ICE-COLD LOVER. To read it click here. Congratulations, Mel!

The Manic Readers have reviewed T.K.Toppin's book, THE LANCASTER RULE.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Knight Agency president and founder Deidre Knight is on the hunt for a fresh, unique voice to add to her personal client roster. Are you the one she's looking for? Find out by joining her on The Knight Agency blog for "Speed Dating with Deidre."

Beginning Tuesday, November 30th, Deidre will whittle down the first 125 entries to one lucky winner.* The contest opens at 8:00am ET on the blog, so set your alarms!

Oh, and there’s a special bonus, one randomly drawn winner will receive a first chapter critique from Deidre – drawn from all entries.**

Check the Knight Agency blog for more details.

INFORMATION OF INTEREST
The Galaxy Express tackled the topic SFR Needs to Get High on...Concept. A great post on lifting the profile of SFR outside romance reading circles.

We've all heard of Amazon, Borders, Angus & Robertson, but what about The Book Depository, an online bookstore based in the UK. If you're looking for a book - fiction, non-fiction, romance, e-books, try this site.

Behind the Scenes at a Pub Committee Meeting was an eye opening and scary post at agent, Rachelle Gardner's blog this week.