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    Monday Briefs

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    2 days ago in Urban Fantasy Land · Authority: 80

    AUTHORS C.E. Murphy discusses Her First Sale over at Dear Author and is interviewed over at Miladyinsanity’s blog. Kimberly interviews Rachel Caine. Here is a snippet: Can you tell us how long you’ve been writing, and how many books you’ve had published? RC - I started writing when I was 14, but I didn’t sell anything until I was nearly 30 – long learning curve, I suppose! I published my first book, Stormriders, in 1992. Since then, I think the total is about 25 novels to date, with three more still to do this year. BOOK REVIEWS Kimberly reviews The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter and Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine.. Graeme reviews The Host and Scooper reviews Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Jes Battis reviews Hotter than Hell and AztecLady reviews Hell’s Belles by Jackie Kessler. Book Smugglers reviews Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. LesleyW reviews Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews. Joyfully Reviewed reviews Hell’s Belles by Jackie Kessler and has chosen it as one of their May Recommended Reads! Congratulations Jackie! Sidhevicious reviews The Devil’s Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow and Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready. Dear Author reviews Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr. COVER ART Here is the cover art for Bite the Bullet by L.A. Banks. It is the second in the Crimson Moon series and will be released September 30, 2008. CONTESTS Richelle Mead is giving away an ARC of Storm Born on her blog. Just determine which questions are NOT true and comment before 11:59 PDT on Saturday, May 17.

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    My First Sale: C.E. Murphy, There I Was, With The Chocolate-Chip Cookies…

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    6 days ago in snippetaroo · Authority: 1

    Jane wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt I first heard of C.E. Murphy when Luna publishing put out Urban Shaman. It was an intriguing (and actually not very romantic which is a huge deal for me) urban fantasy. Over time (cough 3 years cough), Murphy has penned 10 novels and now has a million words in print. Born in Alaska and now living in Ireland, Murphy’s latest book, The Queen’s Bastard, is in bookstores now. *** It was only in retrospect I realized how completely absurd I’d been when I got The Call. I’d queried two publishing houses that took non-agented material, and one had come back quickly, asking for the full manuscript of URBAN SHAMAN. I sent it on, and several weeks later the other also responded, asking for the full. Not wanting to tread on toes, I called House #1 to ask if they minded me submitting the full to another house, and explained to House […] Read the rest of this great post here