Debbie and I will be writing the next book in the WICKED series because of the strong sales at Barnes and Noble AND the many emails we received. So thank you so much for your support and belief in the world of WICKED!
I am so proud to announce the anthology, SEX AS A WEAPON, is available from Moonstone Books today. It contains stories about the pulp noir heroine, Domino Lady. I am writing her comic book, but this is a collection of short stories. In my story, DL teams up with Sherlock Holmes.
There WILL be a WICKED #3 (or #5, depending on how you count.) We are in negotiations RIGHT NOW so I can’t say too much. But…yes!
I wish everyone a wonderful Valentine’s Day. It looks like Belle and I will be getting a furry little Valentine–our new puppy, Panda! I’m not sure if he will be home by then but we are getting ready for him.
I have had a lot of queries about sequels and books, and I have decided I shouldn’t say anything until I have something definite to say. Thank you all very much for your patience.
Fangs and kisses,
Nancy
My BtVS class starts at UCSD tomorrow night. That’s Wednesday, January 23, from 6:30 to 8:15 PM–a nice short class evening talking about our favorite Slayer! Five nights that are all about the fun!
January 23-February 20, Wednesday nights, from 6:30 to 8:45 PM. NOTE I HAD THE TIME INCORRECT YESTERDAY!
Check it out at UCSD Extension.
*CLARION SF&F WRITERS WORKSHOP CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
Applications are now being accepted for the 2008
Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop at
U.C. San Diego. Established in 1968 by Robin Scott
Wilson, Kate Wilhelm, and Damon Knight, Clarion is the
oldest workshop of its kind and is widely recognized
as a premier proving and training ground for aspiring
writers of fantasy and science fiction. The 2008
workshop will take place from June 29 to August 9 on
the UCSD campus. This year’s faculty features Kelly
Link, James Patrick Kelly, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Neil
Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson, and Geoff Ryman. Scholarship
aid is available. Deadline for applications is March
1. For further details, please
see our website at clarion.ucsd.edu
The best of 2008 to everyone. Clean slates, new hopes, old sorrows laid to rest.
I am finishing my paranormal romance, SON OF THE SHADOWS, for Nocturne ™ and I am in love with it. I hope to write more Gifted books at my new home.
I just turned in my revisions for NANCY DREW GHOST STORIES.
On the WICKED and PRETTY LITTLE DEVILS fronts…you have all been so patient, and I thank you. Keep watching this space!
Pround member, among other groups of: Novelists, Inc.
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate; festive Diwali, Happy Eid, Joyous Hannukah, and have a lovely Kwanzaa! I hope everyone is happy, warm, and safe.
Many Little Kisses,
Nancy
I’ve been telling myself that I would write a post after I responded to the many wonderful emails I’ve received, but I’ve been remiss. I’m working very hard on my paranormal romance, SON OF THE SHADOWS, as well as doing some revisions and writing a short story. AND trying to be a good mom for my daughter at this festive time of year.
I’m very excited to announce that my new dark fantasy, DAUGHTER OF THE BLOOD, has been hailed as a December Top Pick (4 1/2 stars out of 4) by Romantic Times.
Romantic Times says:
“Full of magic and supernatural beings, Izzy DeMarco’s life is far from what it used to be when she worked in the evidence department of the New York City Police Department. Now she’s in New Orleans to become Guardian of a supernatural family and deal with various beings out to kill her. Izzy gets help from Jean-Marc Devereaux, soon-to-be guardian of his own family. Daughter of the Blood (4 1/2) by Nancy Holder is a wild tale about magic families with a heritage dating back to Joan of Arc. Holder wonderfully maintains the tension from the first story in the series, and the book ends with a shocker.”
–Alexandra Kay
DAUGHTER OF THE BLOOD has been nominated for “Best Bombshell” by Romantic Times Magazine!
When a mysterious stranger helped her discover her family’s legacy of fighting evil, things began to make sense in Isabella DeMarco’s life. But could she marshal her newfound supernatural powers to fend off the formidable vampire hell-bent on bringing Izzy down in flames?
DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES is the story of Isabella (”Izzy”) DeMarco, a 26-year-old New Yorker who discovers that she is the long-lost heiress of a legacy of magic handed down to the women in her family by Joan of Arc. Not only that, but her family, the House of the Flames, is only one of the many Gifted clans, families, and tribes who operate under the radar of our (Ungifted) world. The Gifted world is in turmoil–and Izzy’s family is under attack. It falls to Izzy to save the House of the Flames, when all she wants to do is go to the NYPD Academy and work on her relationship with NYPD Detective Pat Kittrell. But Le Fils, the King Vampire of New Orleans, and sexy Jean-Marc de Devereaux, Izzy’s mentor, have other plans for her.
DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES made #8 on the Waldenbooks Bestseller list!
Gina Showalter loves DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES. Read her blog (and read her books!).
Harriet Klausner of amazon.com says DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES is “an incredible romantic fantasy…a must read superb thriller.”
COME ON OVER to the Bombshelter for more information.
There’s something troubling about Professor Caligari’s Traveling Carnival. Perhaps it’s that no one can recall the arrival of its hard-to-miss caravan of old-style wagons, countless performers, and horse-drawn carts. Maybe it’s the creepy calliope music that tirelessly beckons visitors. Let’s face it, an enigma that chooses Sunnydale nearly guarantees it’s up to more than wholesome family entertainment.
After a visit to the carnival’s Hall of Mirrors, a once-shy pair of homely sophomore twins parades the halls of Sunnydale High like diva supermodels on a runway. Intuiting the twins’ abrupt personality change as more than a self-confidence boost, Buffy — joined by Angel, Giles, and the rest of the Scoobies — decides to investigate the suspicious carnival firsthand. But soon it’s apparent that the price of admission is higher than she imagined. Those who enter the carnival’s attractions exit…changed. Each of the gang soon shows extreme displays of vice. Willow is wracked with envy. Cordelia’s greed consumes her. Xander unleashes his gluttony. Angel reveals a lusty new persona. And a dark anger rises in Giles. But it’s Buffy’s now-blinding pride that threatens to overpower her, and in the process destroy those she loves….
Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils. She’s got the style, she’s cool enough, so how did she end up at a lunch table full of high school C-listers?
Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody, when suddenly everything changes. Sylvia, queen bee of the PLDs, invites Hazel to one of the group’s famous soirees—held at the site of their babysitting jobs.
Before Hazel knows it, she’s in with the in crowd—and she couldn’t be more thrilled!
But popularity comes with a price. Especially when one of Hazel’s classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly jealous.
And you know how school gossip can just rip a girl to shreds . . .
QOTS is a publishing event for fans of Buffy. The story starts after Buffy and Company get back on the bus….no spoilers for those watching Season Seven for the first time, but suffice to say that it was both exciting and challenging to imagine the Buffyverse all the things that came to pass at the conclusion of the series.
QOTS conforms to the continuity of Angel Season Five–we can all recite the various tidbits about what the Scoobies were up to–astral projection, Rome, the Immortal–and also to what Willow and Buffy wrought, in their efforts to defeat the Biggest Bad they had ever come up against. Until, of course, the evils Buffy & Co. face in QOTS.
I hope you’re pleased by QOTS. I loved working on it.
In his first year in Los Angeles, Angel, the vampire with a soul, came across an inter-dimensional hunter named Jhiera. The seductive woman was only trying to protect other females in her culture from being stripped of their emotions–intense intense emotions that gave them dominance over men. Angel fell victim to her heat, but Jhiera had to return to her own dimension. Now “She” is back and searching for a lost young woman who may be the key to unleashing an interstellar war–a war that will be led by a powerful sorcerer, determined to free China’s terracotta army of fierce samurai from their long imprisonment…
In Sunnydale, Buffy Summers is casting about in her new life–as school counselor, guardian of Dawn, best friend, keeper of Spike’s sanity, and of course as Slayer–hoping to find something, anything, that will give her back that “finished” feeling. A demonic army with a dragon at its head is so not what she needs right now.
That can’t be a coincidence…can it?
“Full of the action and wit characteristic of the popular television series…. Sure to be a crowd pleaser.”
–Booklist on Nancy’s BTVS: The Book of Fours
Nancy edited this gathering of fine stories, including “Merlot,” by Laura Evans, the winner of the Emerging Writers contest; and “Slicks,” by Nancy’s former writing partner, multiple-award winning author Melanie Tem. Published by TripleTree Publishing, an exclusive publisher of uncommon fiction.
WAR. RAGE. MAGIC. LOVE. In May of 1756 war is formally declared between the British and the French. In this highly dangerous time and place, Isabella Stevens is traveling with her father to the British stronghold, Fort William Henry.
In the forest, Wusamequin, the young and handsome medicine man, looks to avenge the death of his wife and child at the hands of the British soldiers. When Wusamequin spots Isabella and her father, he alerts his warriors to capture them. But Wusamequin is quite taken with how bravely Isabella battles. He orders the warriors to spare her and her father, and they are dragged back to their village. However, many members of the Mohican tribe still want them to be killed. In a desperate plea to Wusamequin, Isabella vows to stay as his hostage if he lets her father go.
