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Lots of winners!

5 copies of Must Love Lycans (Broken Heart 8) by Michele Bardsley


The Question: What is your favorite paranormal being?

1.  Amy who said...

I love the Broken Heart series.

My favorite paranormal being is a vampire. I think it is because of the old vampire movies I use to sneak and watch as a kid. Then I feel in love with the books about them. I love all paranormal beings but I am a sucker for a vampire. LOL :)

2.  Eli Yanti who said...

paranormal being i loved : fairies (ash - iron king is my fav, knife and many more), vampires (edward cullen, viper, styx, layel), werewolf (jacob), nymph (nymph king - gena showalter), dragons and angels.

3.  wanda f who said...

My favorite being is werewolves .\Michele I love your Broken Hearts series Ive read all of the previous books and cant wait to read Must Love Lycans .Its my most wanted to get book of the year .

4.  Megan@Riverina Romantics said...

I'm a vampire groupie!

5.  JoAnna who said...

I love shifters, cat shifters are my favorite!

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Paradise 21 (New Dawn 1) (e-book) by Aubrie Dionne


The Question: Do you listen to music when you write? Does the music affect how or what you write?? or if you don't write - Do you listen to music when you read?

Denise Z who said...

I listen to music when I do not have to concentrate on anything else. I love it and my toes tap, my body moves, and I will belt it out with the best of them. When I listen to music I cannot write or work, but I can read albeit with some toe tapping going on:) Thank you for sharing today. I would love to read Paradise 21 and appreciate the giveaway opportunity.

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The Savage Knight (Malory's Knights of Albion) by Paul Lewis (3 copies)


The Question: Arthur or Lancelot?

1.  Krystal who said...

I was never a huge fan of either one, but I supposed I'll choose Arthur.

2.  booklover0226 who said...

Between the two, I must choose Arthur; he was devoted and dedicated to his clause.

(side note - my favorite is Gawain!)

3.  Barbara E. who said...

I'd have to go with Arthur, he's definitely the man. Savage Knight sounds very intriguing and I'm looking forward to checking it out.

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Shadow Kin (Half-Light City 1) by M.J. Scott


The Question:  Light or Dark?

Lieder Madchen who said...

Definitely dark for me! I am a total night owl and I melt in the sun. :)

Thank you for the great interview and giveaway, I have to read this book!

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Stone Cold Seduction (Set in Stone 1) (e-book) by Jess Macallan


The Question: Gargoyles or Elves?

RachaelM who said...

I would have to say gargoyles. In the last few months I have seen many books featuring gargoyles and they all look very interesting.

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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern


The Question: If you could work at a circus, what would you like to do?

Angie who said...

This sounds so good! Putting it on my TBR list. If I were in the circus - animal trainer, but probably not the big cats. Maybe monkeys or something.

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Choice of e-book of Blood of the Demon (Demons of Infernum 1) or Mark of the Sylph (Demons of Infernum 2) by Rosalie Lario


The Question: Greek or Egyptian Mythology or both?

June M. who said...

I have read quite a bit of Greek mythology but right now I can't think of much Egyptian mythology that I have read. I will have to look into it.
These books have been on my wish list for a while now. I would LOVE to win a copy of the first book BLOOD OF DEMON.

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Choice of Deadtown, Hellforged or Bloodstone by Nancy Holzner


The Question:  If you were a demon slayer what sort of paranormal/supernatural being would be your sidekick?

erin who said...

I love, love, love thi series! I can't wait for and desperately want, Bloodstone :)

If I had a sidekick, I'd want it to be a shapeshifter who is very strong and fast to protect me! :)

Thanks for the great post and giveaway!

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Spellwright by Blake Charlton (2 signed copies of the Mass Market Paperback)  US Mailing Addresses Only!


The Question: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Epic Fantasy or all three?

1. Blissfulrains who said...

Epic fantasy! (:

2. RachaelM who said...

I like all three, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Epic Fantasy but my favorite seems to be Urban Fantasy. I love a good fantasy book to lose myself in and forget my troubles for a while. Thanks for the giveaway.

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Winners have been notified and have until 11:59 PM US Eastern Time on Sunday, October 9, 2011 to respond or The Qwillery will very randomly choose a new winner or winners.

Thank you to everyone who participated.

Please welcome Aubrie Dionne to The Qwillery.


How a Symphony is Like a Novel

Music has always been the main focus of my life. I teach flute for a living and perform in orchestras and special events through New England. When I started writing seriously, I realized how similar these two creative arts can be.

1.Themes

Both music and stories have themes. The main theme in a piece of music can be several measures long, like the theme to Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overature, or just a few notes, like Beethoven’s fifth symphony. The theme is played throughout the composition, tying it together, making the piece make sense and mean something. So are themes in literature: redemption, the healing power of love, success against insurmountable odds. When you start a novel, you must think about your underlying themes and find ways to weave them throughout.

One of the underlying themes in Paradise 21 is free will.

2. Motifs
Wikipedia defines Motifs in the follow way:

A motif in music is a reoccurring fragment or succession of notes.
A motif in literature is a reoccurring element in a story that has symbolic significance.

Motifs are meant to stand out over time, bringing more depth/insight to the story.

A reoccurring motif in the New Dawn series is humankind’s relationship with computers/technology.

3. Dissonance and Resolution

Dissonance in music is clashing sounds that don’t resonant in harmony with one another. I would compare it to conflict in literature. Just as you must have dissonance in music to fully appreciate the resolution, so too must you have it in a story. Without conflict, there is no building tension, and no satisfaction at the end when it resolves.

The conflict in the New Dawn series is the race to find paradise planets after overpopulation, radiation, and zombies (you have to have those, right?) make Earth uninhabitable.

My question to you: Do you listen to music when you write? Does the music affect how or what you write?


About Paradise 21

New Dawn 1
(Entangled Publishing, August 2, 2011)
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance

Aries has lived her entire life aboard mankind’s last hope, the New Dawn, a spaceship traveling toward a planet where humanity can begin anew—a planet that won’t be reached in Aries’ lifetime. As one of the last genetically desirable women in the universe, she must marry her designated genetic match and produce the next generation for this centuries-long voyage.

But Aries has other plans.

When her desperate escape from the New Dawn strands her on a desert planet, Aries discovers the rumors about pirates—humans who escaped Earth before its demise—are true. Handsome, genetically imperfect Striker possesses the freedom Aries envies, and the two connect on a level she never thought possible. But pursued by her match from above and hunted by the planet’s native inhabitants, Aries quickly learns her freedom will come at a hefty price.

The life of the man she loves.

Excerpt:


His casual tone stung her composure. How could he talk of such mundane things when they’d almost been captured, when she’d touched him so tenderly?

“We’ll let them get farther away,” Striker explained, reasonable as always. “We’re going in their direction tomorrow.”

The sting of rejection grew, burning a hole in her heart. “Why?”

“Why what?”

Her lips trembled. “Why not kiss me like you did before?”

“I can’t.” He shook his head, and the air cooled between them; so much so, Aries wondered if the desert had turned into deep space.

He’d teased her with such affection before, it was cruel to take it away. “I don’t understand,” she said, wishing she didn’t care, wishing she could stop all the emotions he’d started in her heart.

Aries caught a glimpse of pain etched in the wrinkles around his eyes. Striker turned away and started pulling supplies out of his backpack. “I can’t do this.”

“Do what?”

Striker shook his head and Aries prompted, “Can’t kiss me, can’t trust me? What?”

“I can’t allow myself to get tangled up with someone. Not again.”

The thoughts of Striker with another woman confused her. On the New Dawn, everyone had one lifemate and that was it. “You mean you loved someone before?”

Striker’s hand tightened on the backpack. “I trusted someone a long time ago, allowed myself to love, if you will. She hurt me so much I lost my entire life and ended up here. I can’t experience that kind of pain again.”

Aries clasped her hand over her heart. “I’m so sorry.”

He waved her apology off as if it meant nothing. “It’s a tough world, Aries. And it’s dangerous to love. If I were you, I’d keep my heart well-guarded, because you never know when it will affect your decisions, when it will make you weak.”

Aries couldn’t take his advice. Watching him talk about his past made her realize she’d already given up her heart.

He had it.




About Aubrie

Aubrie is an author and flutist in New England. Her stories have appeared in Mindflights, Niteblade, Silver Blade, A Fly in Amber, and several print anthologies including Skulls and Crossbones by Minddancer Press, Rise of the Necromancers, by Pill Hill Press, Nightbird Singing in the Dead of Night by Nightbird Publishing, Dragontales and Mertales by Wyvern Publications, A Yuletide Wish by Nightwolf Publications, and Aurora Rising by Aurora Wolf Publications. Her epic fantasy is published with Wyvern Publications, and several of her ebooks are published with Lyrical Press and Gypsy Shadow Publishing. When she’s not writing, she plays in orchestras and teaches flute at Plymouth State University and a community music school.

Website:  http://www.authoraubrie.com
Blog:  http://authoraubrie.blogspot.com


The Giveaway

THE RULES

What:  One commenter will an ebook of Paradise 21 provided by Entangled Publishing.

How:  Leave a comment answering the following Aubrie's question:


Please remember - if you don't answer the question your entry will not be counted.

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3) Mentioning the giveaway on your on blog or website. It must be your own blog or website; not a website that belongs to someone else or a site where giveaways, contests, etc. are posted.

There are a total of 4 entries you may receive: Comment (1 entry), Follower (+1 entry), Facebook and/or Twitter (+ 1 entry), and personal blog/website mention (+1 entry). This is subject to change again in the future for future giveaways.

Please leave links for Facebook, Twitter, or blog/website mentions. In addition please leave a way to contact you.

Who and When: The contest is open to all humans on the planet earth with a mailing address. Contest ends at 11:59pm US Eastern Time on Monday, September 19, 2011. Void where prohibited by law. Must be 18 years old or older.

Happy 2nd Monday in September. It's a busy week at The Qwillery.

Monday:  Guest post from Aubrie Dionne - Paradise 21 (New Dawn 1) .

Tuesday: Interview with debut author Paul Lewis - The Savage Knight (Mallory's Knights of Albion).

Wednesday: Interview with debut author MJ Scott - Shadow Kin (Half-Light City 1).

Thursday: Interview with debut author Jess Macallan - Stone Cold Seduction (Set in Stone 1)

Friday: Interview with debut author Erin Morgenstern -The Night Circus.

Book releases for this week are below. A book shopping list in PDF format may be found by clicking here. Click "File" on the left and then "Print (PDF)." Anthologies and book trailers are below.


September 13, 2011

Spellbound	Charlton, Blake	F -Spell 2
Blood and Other Cravings	Datlow, Ellen (ed)	H - Anthology
Sunrise of Avalon	Elliott, Anna	F - Twilight of Avalon 3
Crack'd Pot Trail (ri)	Erikson, Steven	F - Bauchelain and Korbal Broach 4
Prospero Regained	Lamplighter, L. Jagi	F - Prospero's Daughter 3
The Savage Knight (d)	Lewis, Paul	F - Mallory's Knights of Albion
The Night Circus (d)	Morgenstern, Erin	F
The Highest Frontier	Slonczewski, Joan	SF
Red Velvet and Absinthe: Paranormal Erotic Romance	Szereto, Mitzi (ed)	PER - Anthology

September 15, 2011

Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes	Campbell, J.R. (ed) Prepolec, Charles (ed)	H/F - Anthology
Tesseracts 15: A Case of Quite Curious Tales	Czerneda, Julie (ed) MacGregor, Susan (ed)	SF - Anthology
The Battle Sylph	McDonald, L.J.	PNR -Sylph 1
Queen of the Sylphs	McDonald, L.J.	PNR -Sylph 3
The Shattered Sylph	McDonald, L.J.	PNR -Sylph 2
Tastes of Love and Evil	Monajem, Barbara	PNR -Bayou Gavotte 2
The Rafters	Montgomery, AC	F - Somnambulist Saga 1
Briarpatch	Pratt, Tim	F
The Pattern Scars	Sweet, Caitlin	EF

d - Debut
ri - Reissue


EF - Epic Fantasy
F - Fantasy
H - Horror
PER - Paranormal Erotic Romance
PNR - Paranormal Romance
SF - Science Fiction


Anthologies






Book trailer:

The Night Circus by Erin Morgentstern