Naughty or Nice November #Giveaway!

Today I'm taking part in a $100 #Amazon #GiftCard #giveaway organized by author Jessica Hawkins, with bonus prizes from 29 other #authors, including yours truly. :P

For your chance to win, just enter the rafflecopter below! The giveaway is open for the next two weeks.



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Keir - Official Release Day!

So it's finally here! My first ever full-length novel officially releases today with Lyrical Press Inc. Squeeee! To say I'm excited would be an understatement of EPIC proportions. Somebody pinch me!

If you've missed the virtual book tour so far (and where have you been?!), Keir is a science-fiction romance set across various alien worlds with a tortured hero, a time-traveling heroine on a mission and dark forces at large in the galaxy. Not enough information? Then here's the blurb. :-)

Outcast. Cursed. Dying. Is Keir beyond redemption?

For Keirlan de Corizi--the legendary 'Blue Demon' of Adalucien--death seems the only escape from a world where his discolored skin marks him as an oddity and condemns him to life as a pariah. But salvation comes in an unexpected guise: Tarquin Secker, a young woman who can travel the stars with a wave of her hand. 

But Quin has secrets of her own. She's spent eternity searching through space and time with a strange band of companions at her back. Defying her friends' counsel, Quin risks her apparent immortality to save Keir. She offers him sanctuary and a new life on her home world, Lyagnius. 

When Keir mistakenly unleashes his dormant alien powers and earns instant exile from Quin's home world, will she risk everything to stand by him again?

For the first week all new titles are 30% off at Lyrical Press Inc so go and grab a copy! It's also available at Amazon. If you've been following the tour, hopefully you've commented to win a free copy - if not, all the blogs on the tour are listed below. And as a special prize for release day, I'm offering a swag bag to one random commentator on here, which I will ship to anywhere in the world. This will remain open until the tour ends on the 14th May at midnight (and that's BST - British Summer Time - so earlier than in the US!)

The swag will include a special charm bracelet made up by yours truly with KEIR on it, two bookmarks, a temporary tattoo similar to one described in the book, a blue scarf (because blue is the only color) and an Amazon Gift Card worth $20 (or UK/AUS/EUR equivalent at the time of the draw). Worth a comment? :-)

Keir Virtual Book Tour - see the sites!

May 1st-14th
1st - guest post on Writing Demons into Science Fiction with Chantal Halpin
2nd - guest post on Casting Keir with Lauri Owen and interview on the TBR blog
3rd- guest post on Tattoos at Kerrianne Coombes blog
4th - an interview with Lyndi Alexander and a guest post on Time-Travel with Gayle Ramage
5th - Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday and a guest stop with review at The Masquerade Crew's blog
6th - Six Sentence Sunday
7th - official release day on this blog and announcement on SFR Brigade blog.
8th - interview up at The Galaxy Express and guest post on Naming Keir at Layna Pimentel's blog. and a guest post on World Building at Sonya Clark's blog
9th - guest post on why Keir is oh so blue on the Spacefreighters Lounge and guest post on Falling into SFR at Backward Momentum
10th - guest post with Misa Buckley on Doctor Who
11th - guest posts with Kaye Manro on Science Fiction with a Medieval Twist and Laurel Kriegler on the Origins of Quin
12th - Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday
13th - Six Sentence Sunday
14th - guest post with Liana Brooks on Red Hair and an interview with Jessica Subject

15th - The draw will take place for all the prizes offered on the tour and winners will be notified.

I'm at Backward Momentum's 1st Annual Valentine's Day Bash

There's a Love, Lasers and Light Swords party going on over at the Backward Momentum blog for Valentine's Day, with posts on all things SFR-related and giveaways galore from a gang of authors including yours truly. Pop over and say hi! :D

1 Year Anniversary Book Giveaway!

I've had my blog for a year now. A whole year! I can't quite believe it. So, to celebrate a year of blogging, I'm going to hold a book giveaway this month. And the prize? A book of your choice up to a value of £7.50 (or US $12.50, Canadian $12, Aus $12 - if you need it in another currency please let me know) posted anywhere in the world. Cool huh?


All you have to do to enter is leave a comment with an ID, the title of the book you would like to own (preferably with a link to Amazon or similar where you know it's available to buy) and a way for me to contact you, whether that be a blog or website, twitter ID or e-mail. If you would rather keep your contact details private, please feel free to e-mail them to happarose(at)googlemail(dot)com - no spam I promise!















The contest will be open from the moment this post goes live until midnight GMT on the 31st May. Winners will be announced on the blog, the Facebook page and via Twitter - if you would prefer to remain anonymous please state so in your comment/e-mail. Best of luck to everyone! :)

All I want for Christmas is ...

... well, pretty much everything I'm going to list here! I made the big mistake on Saturday of starting to look up scifi Christmas gifts and decorations to post on my Facebook page, and found myself compiling my own wish-list. So, I'm going to post my top ten from the drool-worthy gadgets and gizmos that I found, knowing that I'm not likely to find a single one of these under the tree this year. :(



Number 1 - Star Trek Tricorder iPhone 3G Hard Case.
OK, I don't even have an iPhone, but if I did, then this is the case for me!












Number 2 - ST: Make It Sew! Mug
Not on my list as such, but my husband laughed so hard when he saw this that I had to include it for the amusement factor.








Number 3 - Tribot Cufflinks
For him or for her - no sexism on this page! Although not any specific scifi, I love the industrial/steam punk look of these. A touch on the pricey side though.






Number 4 - Polished Stainless Wing Earrings

OK, OK, slightly sexist - earrings! And not exactly scifi either, but again, there is the general feel of it. And I can imagine any of my characters wearing these!







Number 5 - Doctor Who Classic Series Eleven Doctors Box Set

Again, too expensive when I have three children to buy for, and who would happily rip open the box to play with these (aaarrrrggghhhh! - collectors' worst nightmare!)








Number 6 - Farscape - The Definitive Collection + The Peacekeeper Wars [DVD]
My husband and I promised ourselves this set as our Christmas present, but it hasn't worked out that way. sigh. Ah well, maybe next year.








Number 7 - Five Sci-Fi Children's Books

Sadly, these are mock-ups and not real titles - click on the link above to see the other four. But if anyone did manage to produce and print these, they would definitely be on my shopping list.




Number 8 - Real-life Tron Lightcycle

Now, this really is entering the realms of the highly unlikely. Yes, you can buy this. For real. But at a limited edition run of 5, with a price tag of $55,000, (plus the small matter of this not fitting under my tree at 8ft long!) it'll remain something to dream of.



Number 9 - 'Trust me I'm a Jedi' Hoodie
This may be a little too geeky, even for me. And I think it's a bit expensive for what it is. But still ...








Number 10 - A lightsaber

This links to a website for a very talented person who makes them. These are as much a work of art as they are a piece of technology, and I've dreamt of having one since I first saw Star Wars at the age of seven. I'll still be dreaming on for a few years yet ...





There are so many other desirable things I'd like to add, but I've limited myself to ten of the best. And these are in no particular order either. So what are you hoping to find under the tree this year? Or have I just added to your list?

May all your Christmas wishes come true. :)

NB. All items listed on this page are copyrighted to the owner/maker/store marketing them and may not be copied without permission. I am in no way endorsing or recommending any of the products on this page.