Showing posts with label urban fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban fantasy. Show all posts

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Hi, I'm Jennifer James


And yeah, I'm new here. And I'm also rather Squee! excited about it. 

The last few months have been rather crazy for me, landing my first two publishing contracts with Decadent Publishing, finding myself being asked to write guest posts on blogs, and getting to know some of the coolest people on the planet. 

Who are these super cool people? Authors. yeah, I'm a geek for words and chatting with other authors gets me completely stoked. They're my rock stars. Probably why I like to write. :)

I write pretty much every sub-genre of romance, from PNR to UF to Contemporary to Western to full bore Erotica.

My first release with Decadent is called LOVE KINECTION, it's a contemporary filled with geek references and jokes and sexual tension.


I also recently contracted with Decadent in their line The Edge, my short BDSM erotica piece called MARKED. That's about Jack and Kayla, two werewolves who are meant to be together. Kayla took off and left poor Jack for five years while she figured out what she was running away from. But she's returned to him and is ready to make the ultimate commitment. And no, I don't mean marriage. This goes deeper than that. :)

Right now I'm working actively on two pieces, one is a contemporary western with paranormal elements (ie. two ghosts who are determined to help foster some lovin' between the hero and heroine.) and a novella with a heroine who has the ability to blend into her background chameleon style and a hero who happens to be a police detective. He can see the heroine when she uses her ability. No one else can, which is good for her since it only works if she's naked. (Yep, she's gotta be au naturel)  How does he do this magic? Well, you'll have to wait and see.

So, what are you reading currently? Are the vampire/werewolf markets saturated or is there always room for one more like a Lay's potato chip? How about ghosts? Too scary/cheesy/there's nothing left in that after Paranormal Activity? 

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Guest Bloggers Wanted for Wicked Jungle



Hi All

It has been a while since I posted but I wanted to share with you an exciting new update. We are in the process of transitioning all guest bloggers onto a Yahoo Group and actively seeking new guest bloggers for the spring and summer. This is not an active discussion loop, nor is it high traffic. I'll be sending out updates once per month to let authors know about blogging and promotional opportunities on the site. Group Members will also be able to access the calendar feature to view vacant slots and reserve guest blogging dates weeks, or even months in advance. 

On the group you will also have access to the guest blogger guidelines and detailed instructions for submitting your posts, excerpts, cover images, and author photos. 

We hope you will join us! You can send a request to join the group by following the link below.

As always, if you have any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback on the process let me know. We are learning as we go and want to make it as easy as possible for authors to contribute to Wicked Jungle!

Thanks,
Melissa 
www.wickedjungle.com
www.melissaannlong.blogspot.com


Permission to forward & share outside of the group!!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Are you a purist?

I recently saw a post about how romance was ruining urban fantasy. What's your take? Do you like a little romance in your urban fantasy? Or would you prefer it straight up?

I'm about 10k into what I think is an urban fantasy, but I'm on the fence about the romance part. I'm actually leaning toward leaving out the romance, especially if it turns out this could be the first of a series. Would a romance muddy it up? If there's a romance, should it continue throughout the series? Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Looking for Writers to Promote

Aside from my own writing blog, I manage another online community, (Wicked Jungle) and we are looking for paranormal romance and urban fantasy authors to do guest blog posts on our site!  Recent guest post authors include, Laura Bickle, Megan Crewe, and Carolyn Crane. If you are interested please email me  melissa@wickedjungle.com and we can discuss! Also, because we feature YA, we do not promote erotica on the blog. Most of the authors have books in print but we are also willing to promote ebooks too! Don't be scared off. I don't bite.

The other great thing about getting on our guest blog calendar for May...We just attended RT Booklovers Convention and have a ton of great goodies to give away, including signed copies of some books by NY Times Bestselling authors. Would love to bundle your signed SWAG or books with these other books and we will coordinate it with your post date.