I'd thought I'd wait before starting another book. Fugue Macabre: Ghost Dance was released November 5th, 2008. Fugue Macabre: Bone Dance was released Sunday, October 25th 2009(
www.sapphirebluepublishing.com), and Misty Dreams will be released by The Wild Rose Press (
www.thewildrosepress.com) November 20th.
Ghost Dance is the first book of the Fugue Macabre trilogy, Bone Dance the second. The last b…
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Added by C. J. Parker on October 30, 2009 at 2:15pm —
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I'm sure you know by now I'm the Chair for EPICon 2010. Hard not to know when I've written about it so much.
If you're not sure what EPIC is all about, I'll try to explain. We are a non-profit organization hell bent on making life easier for electronically published authors and getting the good word out there that we are "real" authors with great novels, short stories, and novellas you'd love to read. Once a year we have a conference to celebrate our best and brightest and award them with EPIC…
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Added by C. J. Parker on October 13, 2009 at 7:34pm —
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I receive this sad news in my email this morning. It brought tears to my eyes; I adored the woman.
Just received word, Kate Duffy, editorial director of Kensington Books
has died.
Kate was fighting cancer, having had surgery to remove the tumor. She
was hospitalized a few days ago in an effort to fight a serious infection.
That's all I know right now.
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Added by C. J. Parker on September 28, 2009 at 10:14am —
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I don't really don't have a topic tonight. Guess I just want to do something other than work on EPICon or read the first five pages of contest entries.
It's surprising how much you can tell about a book with just five pages. Out of the entries I've judged so far, two have great hooks. I mean "don't want this to end" hooks. Two others are bland. But one thing about judging a contest like this is it makes you rethink your own first few pages of your WIP. Do I have a good hook? Will I capture the…
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Added by C. J. Parker on September 8, 2009 at 8:03pm —
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EPIC's premier eBook competition needs YOU!
How you may ask? Let me tell you how...there are a few ways you can help this wonderful ebook contest out.
First, this contest is in need of entries. Last year you knew the contest as the EPPIEs but with the ever changing field of ebook publishing, EPIC has decided to revamp the contest and rename it more in line with what it has come to be to the industry as a whole. This is the best ebook competition out there and there are those within the finalis…
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Added by C. J. Parker on August 12, 2009 at 2:43pm —
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http://www.epic-conference.com/index.html
Want to know who the speakers are at EPICon 2010. Click on the link.
Want to know where to say while at EPICon 2010? Click on the link.
Want to sign up for EPICon, 2010? Click on the link.
Want to know what I look like? Sorry, the link won't help. LOL
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Added by C. J. Parker on August 9, 2009 at 1:11pm —
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I've not blogged for a while. At least that's what some of my readers have told me.
Excuses: I've been trying to get everything just right for EPICon 2010, which if you don't know by now, is in New Orleans, March 4-7 of 2010. I'm the Chair for the conference. Yes. I volunteered for this. Why? Because I really wanted it to be held in New Orleans and the only way for that to happen was for me to volunteer.
I've been working on speakers. I've signed two keynote speakers, Holly Jacobs (Romance Writ…
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Added by C. J. Parker on July 22, 2009 at 1:35pm —
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We'll be listening to the Eppies become EPIC show by Lara Zielinsky on
#BlogTalkRadio - http://tobtr. com/s/576382
Please join us.
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Added by C. J. Parker on July 2, 2009 at 12:33pm —
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Permission to forward is granted and appreciated.
Fourth Annual Dixie Kane Memorial Contest
New features and awards this year:
Top prize, $50 for the overall highest score in all categories;
Final Round Judges: both Kate Duffy, editor, Kensington Books and Pamela Ahearn, literary agent, Ahearn Agency will read the first place entry winners of each category with the hope of requesting a full or partial manuscript.
New prize classification: Honorable Mention in each category in addi…
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Added by C. J. Parker on May 8, 2009 at 3:53pm —
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Billie Jo, from Romance Junkies posted a review for my book Fugue Macabre: Ghost Dance. I just had to post it for you to read.
Title: Fugue Macabre Ghost Dance
Author: CJ Parker
DARK & EDGY - 5 out of 5
Blurb:
Dr. Tabatha Gray doesn't have a particular fondness for the dead, but the dead have a desperate affinity for her. Tabatha has always considered her ability a curse, but soon discovers it may be the only thing that can save her and her friends' lives.
Detective Derek Bainbridge trie…
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Added by C. J. Parker on April 14, 2009 at 9:04pm —
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It was first draft drivel. I should have known better. But I did it anyway.
I went to a workshop over the weekend in Houma, Louisiana. Overall, I had a good time. Really didn't do much but sit back and listen to other writers talk about the business. But it was more entertaining than watching gulf or ladies basketball.
Now, you're asking why I'm down in the dumps, right?
The organizers of the workshop asked for the first page of a WIP. I've just started one and it's really in the "just write…
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Added by C. J. Parker on April 6, 2009 at 11:58am —
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As most of you know, I have a workshop each week at http://xat.com/wordbox 8 Eastern, Tuesday nights.
This week's guest will be Lea Schizas. This is a link to her Web site. http://www.leaschizas.com/
A lot of you will remember Lea from the online conference. Those who don't, check her out. It's going to be a great evening filled with fun and we just may learn something.
Also, we have a few openings for guest speakers for the month of May and June if you're interested.
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Added by C. J. Parker on April 2, 2009 at 3:45pm —
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Self, you need to get your butt in gear. If you don't write, you can't sell. If you can't sell, you can't make it to the NY Times best seller list. Oh, but wait. Newspapers are in trouble. Soon they will be no more.
I have a hard time seeing a world without my hubby sitting on the couch with a newspaper in front of him. Will he actually have to talk to me? Ha! There's always TV. I have no right to complain. If I'm not in front of this computer, I'm in some dream land trying to work out a scene…
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Added by C. J. Parker on March 17, 2009 at 9:37pm —
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Why is it that some days you can sit down and the words flow from your brain to your fingers and onto the page so easily? While other days you sit in front of the computer and everything that comes off your fingertips is crap. Today is one of those days. I've gone back to my plotting notes. I've reread what I've written so far. Nothing is helping.
I think I know the problem. I'm waiting for one final thing to come in so I can fill in my budget for the EPICon bid. Why the hurry? Well, they like…
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Added by C. J. Parker on February 27, 2009 at 2:44pm —
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Things were going so well. I have to go in for minor surgery tomorrow. Nothing too serious. I have to have a stint removed and replaced. More of a pain in the butt than anything else. So, I'll be away for a few days but I shall return.
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Added by C. J. Parker on February 5, 2009 at 5:27pm —
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Fugue Macabre: Ghost Dance finished in the top ten of the P&E Poll.
Considering who I was up against, finishing in the top ten is really an honor. Woohoo!!
C. J.
www.cjparker.net
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Added by C. J. Parker on February 3, 2009 at 3:54pm —
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*Full permission to forward!*
For those of you who may not know, many authors were disqualified from the
RITAs this year due to the phrase "mass-produced" being slipped into the
rules. That small phrase effectively eliminates all those who are epubbed,
but have a print book. There are other inequities in RWA that have yet to
be addressed as well. Until now.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ChangeRWA/index.html
I've created the above petition in the hopes of changing these inequities
for the…
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Added by C. J. Parker on January 15, 2009 at 3:18pm —
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I just found out my book, Fugue Macabre: Ghost Dance, is up for best Horror novel on Preditor and Editor's poll. If you are of the mind would you mind voting for me? It would be appreciated more than you'll ever know.
Char
http://www.critters.org/predpoll.novelh.shtml
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Added by C. J. Parker on January 13, 2009 at 10:55pm —
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More than a million and a half copies of Holly Jacobs' books have sold worldwide. Her category romances have made Walden’s Bestseller List and won numerous awards such as the National Readers’ Choice Award, Holt Medallion, Bookseller’s Best, Golden Quill, Golden Leaf, More than Magic and Madcap Awards. She's won two of Romantic Times' Reviwers' Choice Awards and also won their prestigious Career Achievement Award for Series Love and Laughter. She’s presented more than forty workshops across the…
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Added by C. J. Parker on January 9, 2009 at 4:12pm —
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Would you like to win an E-copy of Fugue Macabre: Ghost Dance? Just send me your name and e-mail addy and I'll put it in the drawing. Winner will be announced on Feb. 2. (cjparker@fictionwriters.ws)
Fugue Macabre: Ghost Dance
Dr. Tabatha Gray doesn’t have a particular fondness for the dead, but the dead have a desperate affinity for her. Tabatha is a necromancer who can not only resurrect the dead, but hear the souls of the recently departed. This ability she has always considered a curse may b…
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Added by C. J. Parker on January 2, 2009 at 4:02pm —
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