To Ride A Punca Tour with Heather McCorkle!

Hello, my pretties. Today I have a special treat, and I'm very excited about it. A very good friend of mine, Heather McCorcle's book ,To Ride a Punca, is making the rounds on the blogs for a tour. Give Heather a nice warm greeting, please, and maybe there might be a little something fun for you to win, if you behave yourselves!

Take it away, Heather!

Hi Lorelei and friends, thanks for having me over. Today I’m dropping by to celebrate the release of my young adult historical fantasy about the last of the druids in ancient Ireland, To Ride A Puca. Though parts of it were heartbreaking to write, this one was a labor of love that will always hold a special place in my heart. Here is a bit about it:



Invaders are coming to take what isn't theirs, again.

Neala wants to stand and fight for her homeland, but as one of the last druids, she may be standing alone.

Persecuted, hunted down, forced to live in obscurity, the druids have all but given up. Can the determination of a girl who has barely come into her power bring them together? Or, just when she finally finds her place among her kind, will they end up losing a homeland their very magic is tied to?

Disclaimer: This novel contains some violence and difficult subject matter. It is recommended for mature YA and up.



I’ll be giving away great prizes, a new one to a new winner, every week for the next four weeks. This week I’m giving away an eBook of BECOME by Ali Cross, a twist on a Norse tale that will leave you breathless, and RUNNING WIDE OPEN by Lisa Nowak, an adrenalin pumping ride with a hot tempered teen who loves car racing. Stop by this link to enter to win. The contest will be open until May 27th, the winner to be announced on the 28th.

Wow! This looks like a great read, Heather. And I know you are very passionate about your writing, Heather, as we've been pals from our beginnings here at blogspot! Thank you for coming over for a visit! It was great!

News from Me

Hello, my pretties. How are you all today? I've been busy with my usual Saturday stuff, and now I'm back in my office, and I need to work. But first some news.

First off, if you are into vampires and love free things, I want to send you over to Carole Gill's Official Author page. She has the prequel, "Dreams of a Vampire", to her book "House on the Blackstone Moor" up for free over on smashwords, plus if you wish to win her book you only need to leave a comment there. Get all the information on her giveaways at the link above.

I had the opportunity to read Carole Gill's book "House on the Blackstone Moor, and found it refreshingly different in a sea of cookie-cutter vampire novels. Set in Gothic England, a tale of madness and how a young woman thinks she has escaped it, only to be swept up by even more evil than she had ever thought possible, and also, amazingly, finds love. I enjoyed the book very much!

If you did not know it, Carole and I have teamed up on a sister blog called Bloody Good Vampires.

If you have not stopped by as yet, do so. I have only just begun blogging there, but it is filled with great flash fiction and other tidbits on or about vampires. Everything vampires is our motto! We each will be doing what we call our "Tales from the Vampire Vault". This will be our flash fiction pieces, so do drop in to see what we dig up.

I have other news. I am just pages away from finishing my third novel's edits, and will be sending it off to publisher in a week's time. I've also settled on a title.

Are you ready?

Vampire Nocturne.
I chose the word "nocturne", because it basically encompasses the novel's over-all feel. NOCTURNE means "a romantic or dreamy musical composition/thought appropriate to night." It is my steam punk/vampire novel which has more of a romantic slant to it than the first two. I hope to get this to my publisher quickly so that they have plenty of time to work on line edtis, etc, and you will be reading it before Christmas!

Hope your weekend is great. Ta, for now. 

Welcome To Vampire's Day Soiree!

Hosted by Holly's Horrorland! Oh, yes, my pretties. Fun, fun, fun. Do visit the link to find a buch of wonderfully creepy creative individuals with various things to give away.

And...to anyone who resides in the U.S., I'm giving away one autographed copy of Vampire's Trill!
But wait... there's more. I will also give away an ebook of Vampire's Trill to anyone anywhere!

Just leave a comment, and which you prefer. I will announce winner on the 15th for the Vampire's Day Soiree giveaway.

Oh, and Happy Vampire Valentine's Day!

Love Is In The Air....

Well, maybe.

Wow. Did you notice that your calendar changed over? It's February. What that means is I've got a few announcements as to what I'm doing and a few places I'll be this month. I've got a busy month ahead, and we'll see if I survive it.

First up, on the 6th I'll be hopping over to a good friend of mine from across the pond, Carole Gill (author of The House on Blackstone Moor). I'll be there just talking about writing in general, if you would like to join me for that.

Oh, and Valentine's Day--that week--I'll have two blog hops going at once. I'm going to also be giving away books--so you'll have to stop by and find out what and how to enter.

I'm doing the "Bloody Hearts Blog Hop" which goes on from the 13th through the 14th and the winner will be announced on the 15th










And I'll be on the Vampire's Day Soiree on the 14th, which also has a give away as well.

After that, on the 16th I've got an interview on Juniper Grove. And another give away.

Well, if that isn't enough, I will be live at a book signing in DeKalb's Barns & Noble, and hope to see a lot of my friends, family and local fans (and some not so local).

There you have it for my itinerary for this month. See you out there!