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I can now show off the beautiful cover for my forthcoming paranormal romance novel, Soul Fire. The artwork is by Anne Cain and is, as ever, amazing. She's done it again, completely capturing Daire and Rowan as I imagined them.
Iron born and iron bred. Trust not iron, it will see you dead.
Rowan Blake could really use a magic wand to keep her struggling art gallery afloat. But the faerie key she stumbles across is far from a lucky charm. It's a magnet for danger, and by touching it she's unwittingly put herself in the middle of a war between the forces of light and dark. And in the arms of its rightful owner, Prince Daire.
While searching for his brother, Daire finds himself trapped in the Iron World with a mere mortal woman who ignites his passion like no other. Each stolen kiss deepens their attraction and sends him spiraling closer and closer to the edge of his inherent dark desires. Desires that act as a homing beacon for the Dark Sidhe, who are intent on forcing him to fight on their side.
The longer he lingers in her arms and in her bed the closer his enemies get to her door. And the greater the risk that the gateway to the Faerie Realm will shift, destroying not only his power to protect her, but his very life.
Iron born and iron bred. Trust not iron, it will see you dead.
Rowan Blake could really use a magic wand to keep her struggling art gallery afloat. But the faerie key she stumbles across is far from a lucky charm. It's a magnet for danger, and by touching it she's unwittingly put herself in the middle of a war between the forces of light and dark. And in the arms of its rightful owner, Prince Daire.
While searching for his brother, Daire finds himself trapped in the Iron World with a mere mortal woman who ignites his passion like no other. Each stolen kiss deepens their attraction and sends him spiraling closer and closer to the edge of his inherent dark desires. Desires that act as a homing beacon for the Dark Sidhe, who are intent on forcing him to fight on their side.
The longer he lingers in her arms and in her bed the closer his enemies get to her door. And the greater the risk that the gateway to the Faerie Realm will shift, destroying not only his power to protect her, but his very life.
Warning: Contains enchantments, danger, some very scary monsters, a trip to the dark side and hot, soul-transforming sex with an immortal prince.
Soul Fire comes out on July 7th, 2009.
| Originally published at R. F. Long. |
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Just got word that my paranormal romance Soul Fire will be released from Samhain on the 7th July this year as an ebook. The print version should follow about 10 months later, all being well. Some of you may remember f-list queries such as "if your house was to be attacked by hoards of angry fairies, what would you do?" Well, the answers ended up in here.
So here’s the blurb:
Iron born and iron bred. Trust not iron, it will see you dead.
Rowan Blake could really use a magic wand to keep her struggling art gallery afloat. But the faerie key she stumbles across is far from a lucky charm. It’s a magnet for danger, and by touching it she’s unwittingly put herself in the middle of a war between the forces of light and dark. And in the arms of its rightful owner, Prince Daire.
While searching for his brother, Daire finds himself trapped in the Iron World with a mere mortal woman who ignites his passion like no other. Each stolen kiss deepens their attraction and sends him spiraling closer and closer to the edge of his inherent dark desires. Desires that act as a homing beacon for the Dark Sidhe, who are intent on forcing him to fight on their side.
The longer he lingers in her arms—and in her bed—the closer his enemies get to her door. And the greater the risk that the gateway to the Faerie Realm will shift, destroying not only his power to protect her, but his very life.
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But I will be going away soon, I promise.
Just wanted to let you know that the Book Trailer for The Scroll Thief is in the New Covey Trailer awards this month. I think you can vote. I am not sure how.
It was fun to make and contains the beautiful artwork by Anne Cain.
In other news I think I have (almost) everything sorted to be able to go to PCon this year, although I will have to run away on Saturday early as it is![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
e_w_h 's birthday. Can't miss that. But Friday night and Saturday day should be possible. Sunday... well, we'll see what happened on Saturday night, shall we? ;)
I have fine line edits in for Soul Fire which I will be turning my attention to shortly and blurb to tweak. I thought I was going to take some time off, but all I did was stress and eat so I'm back writing as soon as possible! MUCH healthier.
Just wanted to let you know that the Book Trailer for The Scroll Thief is in the New Covey Trailer awards this month. I think you can vote. I am not sure how.
It was fun to make and contains the beautiful artwork by Anne Cain.
In other news I think I have (almost) everything sorted to be able to go to PCon this year, although I will have to run away on Saturday early as it is
e_w_h 's birthday. Can't miss that. But Friday night and Saturday day should be possible. Sunday... well, we'll see what happened on Saturday night, shall we? ;)I have fine line edits in for Soul Fire which I will be turning my attention to shortly and blurb to tweak. I thought I was going to take some time off, but all I did was stress and eat so I'm back writing as soon as possible! MUCH healthier.
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So, for Saint Patrick's day I put some photos of our Knocksink Woods walk together with some good ol' diddly-eye. It's a beautiful place, and strongly caputres the landscapes that inspired my forthcoming novel "Soul Fire".
Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everyone.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everyone.
Sadly I didn't make the Gaiman signing last night - I wimped out due to a combination of the disaster that is Dublin traffic in rush hour (which now appears to start at 4pm) and my innate inability to stay upright and conscious in large crowds. When I found out how busy it was at 4.20 (thanks for the headsup irishkate - we will meet up on Friday!) I chickened out. I know. Wimp!
Instead we went to Ragazzi in Dalkey, had a most excellent dinner and watched my 4yo daughter flirt with the Italian waiters with frightening efficiency.
It sounds like everyone had a ball in Chapters though and I am still slightly jealous.
After dinner we went home and I did ALL the edits for Soul Fire because we thought the digital box was on the fritz again. After a long and fairly agonising phonecall of complaint that went absolutely NOWHERE (yeah, surprise, right?) we gave up. (And found out this morning that a cable had been knocked out of the back of the box. Ahem. Anyway, moving on...)
I worked,ewh sorted papers and then, to my surprise, I was FINISHED! So I sent it back to the wonder-editor!
It was back to me this morning for FLEs and apparently my new name is Speedy Gonzales! So I will get on to the FLEs this evening. Did have great fun with a pronunciation guide though, and the need to point out that when pronouncing Irish names it depends where you come from so Ulster Irish and Munster Irish can sound like different languages (well, almost) and I only speak School Irish. And not for almost twenty years at that).
I also found one of the best Wolf pictures EVER!
Becuase we all need a wolf every now and then for backup.
irishkate - we will meet up on Friday!) I chickened out. I know. Wimp! Instead we went to Ragazzi in Dalkey, had a most excellent dinner and watched my 4yo daughter flirt with the Italian waiters with frightening efficiency.
It sounds like everyone had a ball in Chapters though and I am still slightly jealous.
After dinner we went home and I did ALL the edits for Soul Fire because we thought the digital box was on the fritz again. After a long and fairly agonising phonecall of complaint that went absolutely NOWHERE (yeah, surprise, right?) we gave up. (And found out this morning that a cable had been knocked out of the back of the box. Ahem. Anyway, moving on...)
I worked,
ewh sorted papers and then, to my surprise, I was FINISHED! So I sent it back to the wonder-editor!It was back to me this morning for FLEs and apparently my new name is Speedy Gonzales! So I will get on to the FLEs this evening. Did have great fun with a pronunciation guide though, and the need to point out that when pronouncing Irish names it depends where you come from so Ulster Irish and Munster Irish can sound like different languages (well, almost) and I only speak School Irish. And not for almost twenty years at that).
I also found one of the best Wolf pictures EVER!
Becuase we all need a wolf every now and then for backup.
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This week so far I have edited
a short story and shined it up like a shiny thing
checked a fine line edit on a novella and passed it back - all is well.
and I'm now editing Soul Fire (formerly known as To Regain Heaven). These are first round edits, always fun, so as well as all the grammatical bits I'm into "should the name change", "should this be capitalised" and "What does this mean?"
I might sound like I'm moaning (I'm sleepy, cold, cranky and possibly coming down with something) but I'm not really. I love this part. Absolutely adore it. Because this, to me, is the time when the bare stone of the story starts to get that final finish. This ia part of my writing as a sculpture analogy - where the first (and even second or third) draft is the roughing out, and this part is the details, the sanding, the polish, the finishing of the piece.
Now I love the first part, the creation of the story itself, but now, with a wonderful editor's help, the rough shape becomes much more and begins to shine.
There are a number of other stages to come, other rounds of editing (I think we ended up doing 5 on The Scroll Thief in the end), but this time, the first time, is so much fun!!!
a short story and shined it up like a shiny thing
checked a fine line edit on a novella and passed it back - all is well.
and I'm now editing Soul Fire (formerly known as To Regain Heaven). These are first round edits, always fun, so as well as all the grammatical bits I'm into "should the name change", "should this be capitalised" and "What does this mean?"
I might sound like I'm moaning (I'm sleepy, cold, cranky and possibly coming down with something) but I'm not really. I love this part. Absolutely adore it. Because this, to me, is the time when the bare stone of the story starts to get that final finish. This ia part of my writing as a sculpture analogy - where the first (and even second or third) draft is the roughing out, and this part is the details, the sanding, the polish, the finishing of the piece.
Now I love the first part, the creation of the story itself, but now, with a wonderful editor's help, the rough shape becomes much more and begins to shine.
There are a number of other stages to come, other rounds of editing (I think we ended up doing 5 on The Scroll Thief in the end), but this time, the first time, is so much fun!!!
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Just a quick post today.
Looks like I am going to be a bit swamped in the coming days.
I have crits which I am about to turn my attention to once I finish faffing about on the internet.
I'm in the middle of a short story which yesterday turned from a paranormal to the contemporary it actually wanted to be. Which is good because the market apparently prefers contemporaries at the moment. Many thanks tocrystaljordan for the brainstorming! :) So I'm rewriting it.
In the mean time my edits for Soul Fire (To Regain Heaven that was) arrived. Among other things I have to either find a way to make Aoife easily pronouncible for an American reader or find another suitible name from Irish legends which is (that isn't Morrigan and Emer as I'm already using them). This particular Aoife is a villain. Any suggestions? :)
And sadly, we had a death in the family so I will probably be travelling to the UK at the end of next week. No dates as yet. Work, writing and renaming ancient Irish sorceresses will have to fall in around that.
Looks like I am going to be a bit swamped in the coming days.
I have crits which I am about to turn my attention to once I finish faffing about on the internet.
I'm in the middle of a short story which yesterday turned from a paranormal to the contemporary it actually wanted to be. Which is good because the market apparently prefers contemporaries at the moment. Many thanks to
crystaljordan for the brainstorming! :) So I'm rewriting it.In the mean time my edits for Soul Fire (To Regain Heaven that was) arrived. Among other things I have to either find a way to make Aoife easily pronouncible for an American reader or find another suitible name from Irish legends which is (that isn't Morrigan and Emer as I'm already using them). This particular Aoife is a villain. Any suggestions? :)
And sadly, we had a death in the family so I will probably be travelling to the UK at the end of next week. No dates as yet. Work, writing and renaming ancient Irish sorceresses will have to fall in around that.
Now that the ink has dried on the contract...
Samhain have accepted my paranormal romance novel "To Regain Heaven". (Or "To Regain Heave" as it became affectionately known due to my typos here.) The title is changing to "Soul Fire" and it will be released in ebook next summer, probably July or August, with a print release ten months following, in May or June of 2010.
Happy dance. Jumping elephants, bouncy bouncy song. Etc. Join in with me!
Samhain have accepted my paranormal romance novel "To Regain Heaven". (Or "To Regain Heave" as it became affectionately known due to my typos here.) The title is changing to "Soul Fire" and it will be released in ebook next summer, probably July or August, with a print release ten months following, in May or June of 2010.
Happy dance. Jumping elephants, bouncy bouncy song. Etc. Join in with me!
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