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Help us share BLISS...

Bliss Launches this Saturday, August 25th!
Find your bliss during this amazing launch celebration. Win an eReader from Entangled Publishing and prizes from the following author sponsored contests!
Grab our button and share on your blog. We’d appreciate the love!
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Coming tomorrow!

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LUCKY BREAK
by Kelley Vitollo

GET YOUR LUCKY BLISS BREAK
For readers and their sweethearts! We are inviting couples to share their love story with Bliss. Two winners will receive the following prizes: A cameo appearance in one of Kelley’s upcoming novels and a free signed copy of Lucky Break (via Kindlegraph), or a set of his and hers Lucky’s beers mugs.
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THREE RIVER RANCH
by Roxanne Snopek

SHOW YOUR WILD SIDE & WIN!
Service dogs and horses are a big part of Roxanne’s story so we’re asking readers to share their favorite picture of their pooch or horse for a chance to win one of the following prizes: A cameo appearance in one of Roxanne’s upcoming novels or a gift card to Pet Smart!
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SUGAR RUSH
by Rachel Astor

TEMPT US & WIN!

A chocolate competition is at the heart of this novel and we are asking readers to name a decadent chocolate confection. Entrants have the chance to win a gift certificate to Godiva !
Contest details will be announced right here on the Entangled in Romance Blog , author websites, and social media outlets beginning Tuesday, August 28th! Share the spoils with your readers! Follow and friend the authors to stay connecected during the launch celebration.

Find your Bliss at Facebook and on Twitter
And now a message from Stacy Abrams, Editorial Director of Bliss, the newest digital imprint from Entangled Publishing!
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SFR Brigade: One small step against Piracy?

SFR Brigade: One small step against Piracy?: A short while ago, author Allie Ritch did a post on ways for people to have free reads without using pirate sites and ripping off authors an...
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Science Fiction Meets Romance. Oh, Baby!

By Susan Taylor



With a new manuscript, really a new world, I wanted to discuss the subgenre or rather lack there of. Science fiction romance, also known as romance attached to timetravel, futuristic, dystopian, speculative fiction as well as YA subgenres. I belong to the Romance Writers of America (RWA) because of my interest in promoting the reading and writing of love stories. This is a place, online and within my community where I can find support for my craft.  But we need to pursue starting a charter that distinguishes science fiction romance. Now. 

Why? Unfortunately RWA does not provide a subgenre category yet for science fiction romance and still places futuristic tales within the subgenre of paranormal. According to RWA.org science fiction, "Romance novels in which the future, a fantasy world, or paranormal happenings are an integral part of the plot." http://www.rwa.org/cs/romance_literature_subgenres

Linnea Sinclair, RWA Member
Well, not that holding court with Twilight would ever be a bad thing, it's just that I'm not writing about a vampire or a shapeshifter or using magic.

My aim is the creation of technology to create worlds that are different from the one we currently inhabit. So before going on, we should further define what science fiction romance is before we delve into the topic.

From Science Fiction Romance Brigade (SFR Brigade) http://sfrbrigade.webs.com/aboutus.htmsure "Science Fiction Romance, within the context of this blog, is any original work of fiction that contains futuristic or imaginative settings where technology (not magic) and human or alien characters are the focus (not vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters or other traditional fantasy characters)."

Here's an article from Harlequin about sci-fi.Please visit Carina Press to learn more about science fiction romance available today.nLink: Carina Press Imprint of Harlequin

Sci-fi is for women, too



J. L. Hilton, circa 1978
I remember when the first episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” aired, and Patrick Stewart declared that the crew of the Enterprise would “boldly go where no ONE has gone before.” In the original Star Trek, they were only going where no MAN has gone before.
As a girl who grew up with Star Wars and Battlestar Gallactica toys instead of Barbies, that difference meant the universe to me. But guys didn’t get it. They would say, “When Captain Kirk said ‘man’ he meant the whole human race, OK?” OK. But with ST:TNG, I finally felt included in the ranks of sci-fi geekery.
Science fiction continues to be viewed by many as a man’s genre. Women, in their Federation-issue miniskirts and skinny cylon hotness, are just there as fanboy eye-candy. Did Han Solo ever end up in sexy slave garb? No, he did not.

It was important to me, when I wrote STELLARNET REBEL, that I created SF for everyone.
There’s technology, video games, lasers, aliens, fights and explosions. But the main character, Genevieve O’Riordan, is a woman. Not a man’s idea of a woman, like Robert Heinlein’s “Friday,” who felt just fine after being brutally raped and tortured. But an individual with realistic feelings, reactions and faults.
And Genny’s fellow heroes are not “typical” men—since they’re not men at all, they’re aliens. Duin and Belloc are Glin, a race in which the sexes are the same size and gender characteristics only appear after puberty. This not only shapes the dynamics of their culture, but affects how they relate to Genny throughout the novel.
My heroine is not just eye candy. Her genetic modifications might make her attractive by human standards. But that doesn’t mean much to aliens derisively called “frogs” because of their skin colors, large eyes and webbed fingers. It’s her personality, intelligence and loyalty that make her desirable. She’s no damsel in distress but saves her own butt and the butts of others—usually by some combination of wit, resourcefulness and courage, not just brute strength and a gun.
Who is your favorite SF heroine and why? Is SF still dominated by men, or is this changing? I’d love to hear your thoughts. One lucky commenter will receive promo items including your very own labradorite nagyx pendant on recycled sari silk cord—designed to look just like the “soul stone” necklace that plays an important role in STELLARNET REBEL—and a $10 gift certificate to ThinkGeek. Recipient will be announced in the comments on January 11.
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Welcome to Asteria, a corporate-owned, deep-space colony populated with refugees, criminals and obsessive online gamers. Genny O’Riordan has shifted in from Earth determined to find a story that will break her blog into the Stellarnet Top 100, and even better—expose the degradation of the colony’s denizens.
Duin is an alien—a Glin—a hero of a past revolution against the Glin royal family, yet branded a terrorist. Duin speaks every day in the Asteria market, hoping to spur humans to aid his home world, which has been overtaken by the evil, buglike Tikati.
When Genny and Duin meet, what begins with a blog post becomes a dangerous web of passion and politics as they struggle to survive not only a war but the darker side of humanity…
Read an excerpt of STELLARNET REBEL or buy it now.
Follow Genny and Duin on Twitter. Belloc will join them at the appropriate point in their timeline.
Follow the author at JLHilton.com or Facebook, Twitter, deviantART, Goodreads and Google+.
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Savvy Authors - Pitch your book to Susan Sipal and Ellen Brock, Editors at Musa Publishing

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Savvy Authors - Pitch your book to Carina Press!

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My recommendation for the holidays!

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