Once upon a time the only place you saw movie trailers was in your local theater, shortly before the movie started. These days, all you have to do is “Google” to find a trailer for an upcoming movie—any upcoming movie. Have you looked around out there? Now it’s not just movies getting their thirty to forty-five seconds in the spotlight, but books too! I’ve been writing for…let’s just say many years, and I’ve seen many changes in publishing. One of the most interesting aspects of being a published author in 2009 is book trailers. I consider myself incredibly lucky that my husband Michael has the time, the talent and the staff to produce my trailers as well as my video newsletters. Normally, we’re very on the ball and the trailers are planned out way in advance of a book’s release so that it can be sent to online book retailers, but Rainwater sort of snuck up on us. You see, Simon & Schusterbought the manuscript and then decided it would make a great holiday book. To read more about the making of the book trailer for Rainwater and to comment for a chance to win please click here. Visit FreshFiction.com…

December 2008On Sale: December 2, 2008448 pages ISBN: 045146236XEAN: 9780451462367Hardcover$25.95 Fantasy Historical Buy at Amazon.com The United States Of Atlantis by Harry Turtledove England has driven the French from Atlantis, giving King George leave to tighten his control over the colonies. The Redcoats have seized the continent’s eastern coastal towns, depriving the Atlanteans of the markets where they sell their goods as part of a strategy to bend the colonists to their will. Instead, England’s tactics have only strengthened the Atlanteans’ resolve to be free. As leader of the revolutionaries, Victor Radcliff will make the English pay for each and every piece of land they dare to occupy, and will stop at nothing to preserve the liberty of his people as a new nation is born—a nation that will change the face of the world. Previous Picks Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.

It’s the holiday season, yes I know that here in the States, Thanksgiving is still three weeks away, but we’re already doing the holiday shuffle. We have two birthday parties, one to attend and one to throw. We’re hosting the family for Turkey Day or in our case, Honeybaked Ham Day. There are school projects and writer’s conferences, a book release and school vacation, not to mention a panel on vampires, a tea, a readers group, NaNoWriMo – okay, I’m getting tired just thinking about it. But beyond all the things to do and the places to go, the holiday season is about downtime too. Down time where we get to watch movies, such as our annual viewing of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, a holiday classic when decorating the tree. Holiday Top Flicks It’s a time to revisit some of the best holiday and romantic holiday movies perfect for viewing anytime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. My daughter has so many favorites now that we literally have to stack the decks with the films so that everyone gets to watch the ones they want to see before the big C day when we watch the parades, open presents and kick…

Thank you for having me on your website today. It’s a pleasure to be here. Tell me, has a character in a book ever become so real that you wish you could interview her to find out a little more than what was written? Well, I have many times so I thought we would interview the heroine of ONE LUCKY COWBOY today. She had a big pair of ladies cowboy boots to fill after Milli Torres in Lucky in Love but I think she did a fine job of kicking up the Texas dirt when she inherited them. So let’s see what she thinks about her story in One Lucky Cowboy. Carolyn Brown: What did you think the first time you laid eyes on Slade Luckadeau? Jane Day: I thought he was a pompous ass who’d been spoiled his whole life and didn’t have a clue about me even though he thought he’d figured out the whole big picture that first two minutes. I wasn’t about to let him intimidate me. I needed a place to hide out for a few weeks and he could live with it or drop dead. Right then, I didn’t care which one he chose….

August 2009On Sale: August 11, 2009320 pages ISBN: 1416589120EAN: 9781416589129Hardcover$25.00 Thriller Buy at Amazon.com The Atlantis Revelation by Thomas Greanias From the New York Times bestselling author of Raising Atlantis and The Atlantis Prophecy comes an explosive new international thriller jam-packed with political and prophetic intrigue. Beneath the city of God,A centuries-old secret awaits.And every power on earth wants it. The adventure begins with the wreckage of a sunken Nazi submarine and a shocking legacy of Hitler’s quest for Atlantis. Archaeologist Conrad Yeats discovers in the ruins of the Third Reich the key to an ancient conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of every major government. Suddenly Yeats is plunged into a deadly race across the Mediterranean, hunted by the assassins of an international organization that will stop at nothing to ignite global Armageddon and revive an empire. And only Serena Serghetti, the beautiful Vatican linguist he loved and lost, can help him save the world from the Atlantis Revelation. Praised by the biggest names in thrillers, The Atlantis Revelation is an unforgettable blockbuster. Previous Picks Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.

Being an author of fiction, I suppose some people might find it hard to believe what I tell them at times. After all, I get paid to make things up. But in the online news today, I found an interesting post that was first reported by the BBC, that reminded me YOU CAN’T MAKE UP STUFF BETTER THAN REAL LIFE. A Somali man who claims to be 112 years old just got married. Now that’s a man who is optimistic about his future, but get this. He married a 17-year old girl-and he hopes to have more kids by her. The bride wouldn’t comment-no kidding (snort)-but her family told the press that she was “happy with her new husband” even though he is nearly a century older than she is. To read more about the news through Jordan’s rose colored glasses please click here. Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.

Warriors Of Poseidon #6July 2009On Sale: July 7, 2009Featuring: Alexios; Grace Havilland320 pages ISBN: 0425223221EAN: 9780425223222Paperback$7.99 Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Atlantis Unmasked by Alyssa Day Immortals: Three. Vampires: Zero.Alyssa Day’s Warriors of Poseidon series: A KNOCKOUT. Poseidon’s warriors swore an oath eleven thousand years ago to protect humanity from those who stalked the night. Yet when a woman with an ancient Gift dares to claim the heart of one of Poseidon’s fiercest warriors, the world teeters on the knife’s edge between desire and darkness. A warrior scarred…Alexios survived two years of unspeakable torture at the hands of a vampire goddess. Now he’s been ordered to team up with a beautiful warrior and take on the most dangerous mission of his life: to retrieve the Vampire’s Bane. Without it, Atlantis can’t ascend to the surface and take its rightful place in the world. But when evil threatens, will Alexios be led by duty—or his heart? A descendant of Diana…Grace is part of the rebellion against the vampires and shape-shifters trying to take over her world. She is deadly with her bow, because when she takes aim, she never misses her target. But suddenly she’s focused on a damaged Atlantean warrior…

You remember high school where you had to read the book the teacher assigned whether it was Silas Marner, The Old Man and the Sea or Cheaper by the Dozen? You remember having to finish reading it no matter how boring the tale or how dry the writing? I admit, I loved the idea behind Great Expectations, but there were passages when I wanted Dickens to just get on with it. In other cases, it was Shakespeare that I dreaded reading – Shakespeare was a playwright, his work was meant to be seen and acted out, not read. But that’s assigned reading, what happens when you’re reading for fun? Reading Books: The Struggle Reading for fun shouldn’t be a struggle, but sometimes, even the best books have their moments. I have occasionally come across books that I thought I would like, but when I got into reading them, I found it hard to sink into the character, the setting or the story. Those books aren’t a struggle to read because if I can’t get invested, I’m just going to set it aside and reach for another book. But what about the books that I am invested in? What happens when…

Hi, everyone! Big hugs to everyone here at Fresh Fiction for asking me to blog today. CAPTIVE DESIRES, my new paranormal romance and the sequel to CAPTIVE DREAMS, is published today! CAPTIVE DESIRES is about Alekhsiy, the younger brother of Mykhayl, CAPTIVE DREAMS’ hero. Thanks to dragon magic, he boldly crosses the void between worlds in order to stop the ultimate threat to his people. Unfortunately, this dumps him in the middle of a science fiction convention on Earth. His sole ally is Danae Livingston, the fan fiction writer he’s always adored from afar – and who just may be enough of a sorceress to wreck havoc upon his home… Somebody whose creativity becomes reality. When I wrote CAPTIVE DREAMS, it was so easy to make the heroine a writer and a magic worker at the same time. Talk about wish fulfillment! Of course, there are good sides and bad sides to that, which Corinne certainly got to experience. (Oh my gosh, the payback for making an ice serpent bite Mykhayl!) To read more of Diane’s blog and to comment for a chance to win please click here. Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.

Atlantis #1January 2009On Sale: January 1, 2009Featuring: Darius en Kragin; Grace Carlyle 384 pages ISBN: 0373773501EAN: 9780373773503Mass Market Paperback$6.99Romance ParanormalBuy at Amazon.com Heart Of The Dragon by Gena Showalter The Atlantis tale that started it all… Searching for her missing brother, Grace Carlyle neverdreamed she would discover a secret world populated bymythological monsters—or find herself facing asword-wielding being whose looks put mortal men toshame. But there he was, Darius en Kragin, one of a raceof shape-shifting warriors bound to guard the gates ofAtlantis, and kill all travelers who strayed within itsborders. Now Grace’s life was in his hands, and Darius hadto choose between his centuries-old vow and the woman whohad slipped beneath his defenses and stolen the heart ofAtlantis’s fiercest dragon. Other books in Atlantis Series Jewel Of Atlantis, February 2009Atlantis #2The Vampire’s Bride, March 2009Atlantis #3 Excerpt “He doesn’t laugh.” “He never yells.” “When Grayley accidentally stabbed Darius’s thigh with asix-pronged razor, our leader didn’t even blink.” “I’d say all he needs is a few good hours of bed sport, butI’m not even sure he knows what his cock is for.” The latter was met with a round of rumbling male chuckles. Darius en Kragin stepped inside the spacious…