Signing Today!
June 23, 2007 by Melissa · 2 Comments
I’ll be signing copies of Grace Under Pressure at the Book Rack in Wichita Falls, Texas from 2-4 today! Come by and get free magnets and bookmarks.
If you are not in the area, I will be posting pics of the signing when I return home next week:)
As seen on Olbermann
June 22, 2007 by Melissa · Leave a Comment
on the road
June 19, 2007 by Melissa · 1 Comment
Tomorrow, and will be out of town for a few days. I have been hit or miss lately but it has been just crazy and I am trying to finish up my western.
I should have a trailer for Lessons in Seduction next week sometime:)
and here is someone to keep you busy
Reviews and news
June 18, 2007 by Melissa · 2 Comments
Got another great review for The Accidental Countess!
It was an amusing tale of two people and how they muddled through figuring out that what they really wanted was each other. I loved this book, and had a great time reading it.
4 cups from LeeAnn at Coffee Time Romance!
And here is a great one for Sinner’s Delight.
Sinner’s Delight is one dangerously-hot, sexually charged read!
4 hearts from Contessa at The Romance Studio.
And, I just found out that The Accidental Countess is now number one over at Mobi Pocket for romance! Also, A Little Harmless Sex and The Accidental Countess are now on sale at Fictionwise.
When Graphic Artists get bored
June 13, 2007 by Melissa · 1 Comment
Via Water Tiger but I believe she got it from one of her readers.
Pray for me
June 9, 2007 by Melissa · Leave a Comment
I am going to Cabela some huge sporting goods store in Buda, Texas, on a SATURDAY.
UPDATE: We never made it to the store. The little one hurt her foot, which then swelled and so we spent today at Brooks Army Med Center ER. Nothing major, some some antibiotics and tylenol, but it was a long 3-4 hours.
I’ve been busy
June 8, 2007 by Melissa · 2 Comments
Just big old crazy busy. I have been filling out forms for upcoming books with Samhain and finishing up The Seduction of Widow McEwan. Kids tend to slow me down.
But in the spirit of nekkid men for the weekend here are a few:
I love this commerical
June 5, 2007 by Melissa · 1 Comment
It isn’t the best quality of film, but I love this little commercial from Guinness. Hat tip to America Blog for posting it.
Still off writing, I am buried and I now have kids to yell at. Will return later this week.
First Line Contest
June 1, 2007 by Melissa · Leave a Comment
Thanks to inspiration from the Romance Divas and author Karin Tabke,
Samhain Publishing is going to be holding a Best First Line contest on
our blog (http://www.samhainpublishing.com/blog).
Starting Monday, June 4th at 8am Eastern, authors are invited to leave
the first line of a previously unpublished work (of 12,000 words or
more) in the comments of the Best First Line blog post. The contest is
open to published and unpublished authors not currently contracted
with Samhain Publishing.
On Friday, June 8th at noon Eastern, we will close the comments and no
more entrants will be admitted into the contest. Only those who enter
by posting on our first line contest blog post between 8:00 a.m. EST,
June 4th 2007 and 12:00 Noon EST, June 8th will be eligible to
participate in the first line contest.
Samhain editors will choose a group of entrants for the next round and
the “winning” first lines will be posted on Monday, June 11th. Winners
of the first round will have until early noon Eastern on Friday to
post their first and second lines (both must be posted together) in
the comments of that blog post—we will not email those who move on to
the next round, you must check back at the blog. The contest will run
in a subsequent manner(with previous lines plus the new line, being
posted), with editors paring down the entries and asking for the next
line in the entry, for a total of 5 lines. The contest will end on
July 6th and a minimum of three entrants will be invited to submit
their manuscript (first three chapters and complete synopsis, minimum)
to Samhain Publishing for consideration for publication on our 2008
schedule.
A few rules:
1) One line only (a dialogue tag is allowed, but make sure you’re
punctuating things correctly. We’re editors. We’ll know if you cheat
and use an action tag making it a second line, instead of one whole line)
2) If you move on to the second round, you cannot change that first
line in any way. Each line posted must remain as written as you move
through the rounds.
3) If we close the comments before you’ve had a chance to post your
next line, we’re very sorry, but you will be eliminated from the
competition. We must make this fair for everyone and still make it
workable for us, and the only way to do that is to post a deadline.
4) This contest is for new material only. No previously published material
5) Samhain is a general publisher, you may enter material of any genre!
This is an opportunity for everyone who’s been waiting for submissions
to open. Submissions are due to remain closed until later in the
summer, so we’re giving at least three people the chance to get their
work in front of a Samhain editor before submissions re-open. If
interest in the contest is high, we will give this opportunity to five
authors.
*permission to forward granted*
A Two FER
June 1, 2007 by Melissa · 1 Comment
Well, interesting enough, I had two reviews this month from Fallen Angel Reviews!!!
First, for the omnibus of Voices Carry:
Voices Carry is a great collection of futuristic stories with marked paranormal influences. The stories are each enjoyable on their own, but as a composite book there is a cohesiveness to the telling, tone and content that ensured this reader enjoyed Voices Carry from start to finish.
Amanda, Five Angels
And, The Accidental Countess got a RECOMMENDED READ from FAR this month.
Hats off to Melissa Schroeder for one of the most amazing books that I’ve ever read. It 
was full of enough suspense, romance and humor to set the book writing industry on its ears. Missy, Five Angels
