For someone who doesn’t consider herself to be a young adult fiction writer, I have spent a lot of time in recent months thinking about what young adult means and how to define it as a genre. The reason is simple: Quite a few of my readers are calling Cassie Scot YA. Even my publisher […]
Author Archive: Christine
Top Ten Things I’m Sick of Reading About
Last week I compiled a list of things I’m stick of reading about. I asked around for inspiration, but I did not take a poll. These are my personal conclusions. Feel free to reply with some of your own! 🙂 1. Rich people. It often seems to me that 99% of the stories are about […]
Guest Blogger Aaron Paul Lazar – “I Do Believe in Spooks!”
I Do Believe in Spooks! by Aaron Paul Lazar Living in an antique home has its problems, especially when you’re not a handyman. My father taught me all sorts of wonderful things when he was alive, including passion for the arts, gardening, nature, gourmet cooking, and a good mystery. But he didn’t know much about […]
Book Review: The Midnight Bride
In the final volume of the St. Leger series, Kate is in love with Val. But Val has been told by the bride finder in no uncertain terms that there is no one for him. That he will always be alone. And St. Legers have to marry whoever the bride finder chooses for them — […]
…And Love Conquers All
The idea that love magically conquers all is quickly becoming my second least favorite ending. Deus ex machina does, of course, take the prize, but despite the fact that there is a genre expectation in romance that love can conquer all, I wonder if it is not a little “god machine” itself. It’s magic. Whether […]
Help me BOMB Secrets and Lies (Cassie Scot #2)
The much-anticipated sequel to Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective is available NOW in ebook format. The *official* release, which will mark the availability of the print version, is still November 15th. I cannot wait to see what my fans will think of the second volume in the Cassie Scot saga. Friends, family, and fans…. I am organizing […]
Guest Blogger Scott Eder on Urban Fantasy vs Contemporary Fantasy
 Genre Confusion (Doh!) – Urban VS. Contemporary Fantasy By Scott Eder Hello. My name is Scott, and I write Urban Fantasy. Wait, no, that’s what I did a few weeks ago, before the revelation, before DragonCon. Today, in my post-DC era, I write Contemporary Fantasy. And the funny thing is that I haven’t changed a […]
Book Review: The Night Drifter
In this second book of the St. Leger series, the bridefinder presents Lance St. Leger with his destined bride, a fanciful lover of Arthurian legends who first meets Lance while he’s night drifting — leaving his body behind at night to wander the earth. She mistakes him for Sir Lancelot and his lost sword for […]
Virtual Tour Service Review: Bewitching
I hired Bewitching Book Tours in September as part of my continuing promotion for Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective. Since Cassie Scot came out in May, this book tour was several months on from its release. Sales were good, but certainly not as strong as they had been in the first few weeks. My goal with […]
Book Review: The Bride Finder
The St. Ledgers are all possessed of strange magical powers. Anatole moves things with his mind and sees visions of the future — visions that warn him against a red-haired woman. But when he sends the family bride finder for his intended bride, with a detailed list of what he needed, he is presented with […]