New Year's Giveaway Hop

Disgruntled Bear is part of another wonderful giveaway hop. The next stop is the Doorkeeper (http://reneeannsmith.com/). I'm giving away a prize pack (open internationally) that includes:

A copy of UnCONventional, the new anthology from Spencer Hill Press...

... a Spencer Hill Press tote bag, and a bunch of SWAG, including bookmarks, guitar picks, stickers, a can jersey, and whatever I've got hanging around.

To enter, become a follower here at Disgruntled Bear and post a comment below. Write anything (clean) you want. I'll use random.org to pick the winner and announce it on January 4th.

About UnCONventional:

This is a great collection of stories in which the convention is just the cover from something paranormal.

"It's about to get weird... okay, weirder in here."

Alien ascensions in hotel ballrooms.
Mermaids on cruise ships.
Werewolves in dog shows.
Steampunk fairy time travelers.
A teenage superhero hitching a ride with a supervillain.
Comic books that absorb their readers.
Magical filk... and much more.

With stories by: LJ Berger, Vikki Ciaffone, Daniel Cohen, Gordon Dupuis, Anthony Francis, Justine Graykin, Randy O. Green, Melina Gunnett, Kate Kaynak, Danielle M. LeFevre, Kimberley Long-Ewing, Lauren Marrero, Will Morton, LS Murphy, Ira Nayman, KT Pinto, Jennifer Allis Provost, Patricia Puckett, Keshia Swaim, Sherry Thompson, Pamela van Hylckama Vlieg, and Trisha Wooldridge

Available through:

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository (free international shipping):

ANGELINA'S SECRET Book Trailer

New Spencer Hill Press book trailer!

Check it out:

What do you think?

Query Writing

Good advice: http://fictiongroupie.blogspot.com/2011/12/single-best-piece-of-query-writing.html

Best I've Read 2011

Megan over at Amethyst Daydreams has an interview with yours truly, as well as a Ganzfield book giveaway going on right now. Check it out here! http://amethystdaydreams.blogspot.com/2011/12/bir2011-interview-with-kate-kaynak.html

I'm so honored to have been picked for this; thanks again, Megan!

COVENANT Book Stuff

We have a few bits of Half-Blood related stuff here today at the Bear, and the first is...

A COVER REVEAL!

Here's the cover of the third book in the Covenant series, Deity. It's scheduled to come out November 6th, 2012.

We're pretty psyched about it.

Please, please, PLEASE vote for Alex in the YA Sisterhood tourney today! http://ya-sisterhood.blogspot.com/2011/12/match-11-nora-seed-10-vs-alex-seed-23.html

And finally, Half-Blood is up for a cover art award over at All Things Urban Fantasy (Best Object Cover, about halfway down). http://allthingsurbanfantasy.blogspot.com/2011/12/voting-is-now-open-3rd-annual.html. We'd love your vote there, too.

Happy Monday!

UNCON is here!

The first copies of UnCONventional, our new anthology, are now in my office and in our distributor's warehouse.

Yes, I *did* make a fort out of the boxes.

Anyhoo, we're all kinds of excited about this book. Check it out:

It's about to get weird... okay, weirder in here. 

Alien ascensions in hotel ballrooms.

Mermaids on cruise ships.

Werewolves in dog shows.

Steampunk fairy time travelers.

A teenage superhero hitching a ride with a supervillain.

Comic books that absorb their readers. 

Magical filk... and much more.

With stories by: LJ Berger, Vikki Ciaffone, Daniel Cohen, Gordon Dupuis, Anthony G. Francis, Jr., Justine Graykin, Randy O. Green, Melina Gunnett, Kate Kaynak, Danielle M. LeFevre,  Kimberley Long-Ewing, Lauren Marrero, Will Morton, LS Murphy, Ira Nayman, KT Pinto, Jennifer Allis Provost, Patricia Puckett, Keshia Swaim, Sherry Thompson, Pamela van Hylckama Vlieg, and Trisha Wooldridge 

Pre-order through: 

Amazon: 
http://www.amazon.com/UnCONventional-Kate-Kaynak/dp/1937053008/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315697667&sr=1-1

Barnes & Noble: 
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unconventional-kate-kaynak/1030781900?ean=9781937053000&itm=1&usri=unconventional%2bkaynak

Book Depository (free international shipping): 
http://www.bookdepository.com/Unconventional-Kate-Kaynak/9781937053000


And I had to share a picture of this awesome lightsaber candlestick:

 

And the winner is...

The giveaway winner is...

A.J.!

Congrats, A.J.! I'll send you an email to get your mailing address.

Book Launch!

FACT: Jennifer Armentrout is an amazing writer, and we should encourage her by buying her books.

FACT: Obsidian is wicked good.

FACT: You should get a copy of this book today.

Starting over sucks. When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, outhouses, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring. Until I spotted my hot neighbor with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up. 

And then he opened his mouth. 

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens. The hot alien living next door marked me. 

You heard me. Alien. 

Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and the mark he left on me has me lit up like Las Vegas strip to the bad guys. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. If I don't kill him first, that is. And then things got really bad…

BOOK DEPOSITORY: http://www.bookdepository.com/Obsidian-Jennifer-Armentrout/9781937044237


AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Obsidian-Lux-Novel-Book-One/dp/1937044238/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3


BARNES & NOBLE: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/obsidian-jennifer-l-armentrout/1105621066?ean=9781937044237

Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway Hop

Disgruntled Bear is part of this ginormous (more than 250 participating) giveaway hop. The next stop is at the blog of Michelle Madow, whose book, Remembrance, looks all kinds of awesome!*

*And I hope she sends me a signed copy for saying so. 

But first...

I'm giving away a prize pack (open internationally) that includes:

An early copy (signed) of the new edition of Minder... 

... a Spencer Hill Press tote bag (ooh, stylish!), and a bunch of SWAG, including bookmarks, guitar picks, stickers--and maybe a candy cane or something, in honor of the holidays.

To enter, become a follower here at Disgruntled Bear and post a comment below. Write anything (clean) you want--"Happy Holidays," "I hope I win," "Kneel before Zod!"--whatever. I'll use random.org to pick the winner and announce it on December 7th.

Easy, right? 

If you're a first-timer here and are wondering about this Minder book, it's the first book of the Ganzfield series, and #5, Operative, will be released next March: 

Sixteen-year-old Maddie Dunn is special, but she needs to figure out how to use her new abilities before somebody else gets hurt. Ganzfield is a secret training facility full of people like her, but it's not exactly a nurturing place.

Every social interaction carries the threat of mind-control. A stray thought can burn a building to the ground. And people's nightmares don't always stay in their own heads. 

But it's still better than New Jersey.  Especially once she meets the man of her dreams…

Read an excerpt.

Best YA Series of the Year 
"Clever and creative...this book sucked me in and would not let me go--not that I would have wanted it to." – Escape Between The Pages
http://escapebetweenthepages.blogspot.com/2010/07/review-minder-by-kate-kaynaks.html

A Reading Teen "What to Read This Summer" Pick
"Absolutely flawless!" – Reading Teen
http://www.readingteen.net/2010/06/arc-giveaway-of-minder-by-kate-kaynak.html 

A Reader's Choice Awards Top 5 pick for "BEST YA SERIES OF 2010," "BEST YA BOOK" (Minder), "BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE" (Adversary), "BEST SECONDARY CHARACTER" (Trevor), and "BEST COUPLE" (Maddie and Trevor) – Mindful Musings
http://themindfulmusingsbookblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/winner-best-ya-and-adult-series-of-2010.html

AMAROK Cover reveal!

Amarok

Life has been hell for seventeen-year-old Emma since she moved from sunny California to a remote Alaskan town. Rejected by her father and living with the guilt of causing her mother's death, she makes a desperate dash for freedom from her abusive stepfather. But when her car skids off the icy road, her escape only leads to further captivity in a world beyond her imagining. 

Dragged across the tundra by a crazed mountain man and his enormous black wolf, she finds that her gentle touch and kind heart earn her the wolf's friendship, and she names him Amarok, not knowing he was once a young man. When a vicious madman--trapped in bear form by an ancient Shaman--attacks the travelers and injures Amarok, Emma must find the strength to confront her fears and free the wolf she's come to love. But there's a catch--she must face down the evil shaman, a powerful Siberian mammoth hunter from the ice age, and he has no intention of giving up his power to her.

Title: Amarok

Author: Angela J. Townsend

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press (www.SpencerHillPress.com)

ISBN: 978-1-937053-22-2

Release Date: November 20, 2012

List Price: $12.95

Formats: Trade Paperback, e-book

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy and Magic, Thriller

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We LOVE this book over at Spencer Hill. I read the MS in one sitting and ADORED it--it's edgy, scary, and beautiful. I hope you'll add it to your TBR ASAP!  

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13136967-amarok