B&N Is OnBOARD!

Yeah, baby! BIG update here and one I'll be looking forward to the lasting repercussions.

The giant, and probably Amazon's only competitive match, Barnes & Noble has nabbed THE CAIN LETTERS on e-book. Word.

Look for it online, or walk into your friendly neighborhood Barnes & Noble with your nifty "nook" and purchase a copy!

THE CAIN LETTERS Synopsis

(In reviewing some of my contacts and links between promotional sites and such, I realized that the link to my synopsis for THE CAIN LETTERS is now gone :-). Obviously because of the change in blog URL. So on my site, I have to change the link by adding this post in. We now return you to our regularly scheduled program.)

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ALEXANDRA GLADE (POV), a vengeful and bloodthirsty vampire hunter, discovers a terrifying secret: the origin of vampirism, the biblical figure, CAIN. She’s faced with her deadliest mission, tracking two vampires, MASON and NIKOLAS, who uncover that true source of evil. They plot to kill Cain to gain his power. She deals with a terrible decision knowing that mankind’s existence actually hangs on Cain’s survival thanks to God’s covenant with Cain as written in the book of Genesis.



With the help of a young college student, MARCUS, Alexandra and her comrade KYAN discover a secret book revealing the truth about Cain and then realize the danger in keeping the book in their hands, knowing vampires stalk them for it. Mason and Nikolas apprehend Marcus along with the book, leaving Alexandra and her team of hunters alone to face the evil.


Mason and Nikolas find Cain and free him from an eternal sleep, leaving Alexandra with her horrible choice: save Cain, allowing a true child of Satan to possibly damn the world to agony; or allow Cain’s death, ending mankind. Alexandra slaughters Mason and Nikolas, saving Cain’s life, but at the greatest risk: the antichrist’s reign over the world. Deep within the ancient words of the book, Marcus realizes what he must do to save mankind from the likes of Cain.


He validates Cain, understanding him. According to the book of Genesis, Cain looked for God’s favor. He never received it. Marcus gives it. Marcus offers the earth to Cain in the same way Cain offered the work of the earth to God. That one act shatters all of Cain’s fury. That one selfless, trusting act—stops Cain from raging against the world.


As it stands, Cain lives. He vanishes without any knowledge of his whereabouts, but Alexandra knows he walks the earth. Whether or not Cain chooses to return to his eternal sleep—that itself is a mystery begging to be solved. She is faced with the decision to go on with her life as a vampire hunter. Holding onto the book that nearly ended all life on earth, naming it the “Cain Letters”, she lives on to face another set of fangs in her life as a hunter. Only this time not a hunter born of rage or blood. But of faith.

The Tough Life

I gotta tell ya...........

There are just some days when the author life hits you hard. And you feel like you're struggling.

This is one of those days.

To all you authors out there suffering the same, I tell you-- All you can do is muscle through it. That's what I'm trying to do myself. And it's going to be a long, hard road. I can only hope the end of the road is full of the riches (not necessarily money, though! But would be nice....)

Hello from Rebecca Royce!!

So, first off, I’d like to thank the amazingly talented author Pierre Roustan for asking me to guest blog here today. If you haven’t read the Cain Letters you really need to. (I have!) and they’re amazing! I can’t wait for the next installment. (My Kindle is waiting Pierre!!!)

I’m so happy to be here!

It’s been an exciting week for me. Just yesterday, my story “Simon’s Fate” which is a novel of The Strange Hollow released with Liquid Silver Books. For any of you who don’t know, and have somehow missed The Strange Hollow authors doing promo for this world, let me tell you what it is!

Strange Hollow is a place for the extraordinary to become ordinary. Odd shifters, powerless witches and vegan vampires feel free to apply. Outcasts welcome, elitists will be eaten on sight.

All residents of Strange Hollow are misfits and rejects. From mixed shifters to dragons without the ability to breathe fire to a chameleon shifter who’s colorblind. These residents have been shoved from their packs, prides, clutch and covens. They have been searching for a new place to call home. That place is Strange Hollow. Be loved for who you are and become comfortable with who you aren’t.

Are You Strange?

Strange Hollow is a world that Liquid Silver authors share. If you are already published with LSB, you can submit a story and, if you’re lucky, have it contracted for publication. To be counted with Celia Kyle, Marisa Chenery, Selena Illyria, Sandra Sookoo, and Vivian Arend was something I wanted very badly.

Of course when I read this description, I was immediately intrigued and even more excited when Liquid Silver picked up Simon’s Fate and agreed to publish it.

Here is my story:

Moira has lived in Strange Hollow for almost a year, unable to touch anyone, lest she should see their future. Moira is a former Fate who chose to leave her job, not liking the competitive, outlandish destinies the Fates were bestowing on humanity. Always nervous, she is accepted but lonely. That is, until she stumbles upon Simon who is hiding in the basement of the Strange Hollow Visitor’s Center. A vampire, Simon is on the run from his brothers, but hampered by his blood phobia, which makes him pass out at either the sight or smell of it–a difficult situation for a vampire to find himself in.

Together the two will discover that with just a little help from the person you love, anything is possible–especially in Strange Hollow.

In any case, I was recently having a conversation with another writer about how much I love the whole process of getting a book published in the e-publishing world. Well. Maybe LOVE is actually too big a world.

Waiting to hear back on submissions is hard.

Getting a gulp—Rejection—is hard.

But let's say that you get accepted (as I was thrilled to be with Simon’s Fate) then the process that starts then is fantastic.

I love edits. Maybe I’m odd but I am a writer, right? I love the back and forth exchange, I love the way the book seems to glow after it’s been polished up by someone as dedicated to the story as I am.

I love receiving cover art. I love seeing the representation of my work done by an artist. I love it.

And I love Release Day.

Who wouldn’t? If you’re writer who chooses to publish your work you have the desire to see someone else read it.

Anyway, I’d like to thank Pierre for letting me come here today and talk about Simon’s Fate with all of you.

Am I alone? Does anyone else LOVE the whole process of publication, even the edits?

Guest Blogger! Rebecca Royce!

This is a first on "Writing and Reading". A guest blogger. And not just any guest blogger. We're talking about the Queen of Colloquialism-- the Dame of Dynamic Writing-- the Baroness of Bountiful Words-- the Seraph of Simile and Metaphor--

None other than.... REBECCA ROYCE

Fellow author of Eirelander Publishing and all-around wild girl will be writing here tomorrow--that's right, tomorrow, mark your calendars, boys!--writing about her newly released book! Who knows what other goodies awaits. Chuck Stake, keep your bloody hands off. Freak Quincy, lay off the cheesy '80s romance music. She's got a hard edge to her. She'll cut you like butter. She'll whip you like butter, too. Hell, she'll spread you like butter. She'll spread you, whip you, and cut you. Like butter. Be prepared to be churned! Be prepared--

I'll shut up now. Getting too excited. Anyhoo--

Be here tomorrow for the world's greatest butter spreader, shipper, cutter, churner, REBECCA ROYCE!!!

I Write Like.... PART TWO

I had a curious idea. That turned into an experiment. The experiment turned into a profound discovery--

So I decided to enter in my SECOND chapter into the web site "I Write Like", and it came up with this:

I write like
Stephenie Meyer

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Find that kind of funny! This tells me something simple:

We Who Write Are Not Carbon Copies Of Those Before Us. Those Before Us Write a Small Copy Of Themselves Unto We Who Write.

There's a little bit of every kind of author in us. That's what makes us writers out there striving to be great...unique.

What I think is really funny is that I've never read one word of Dan Brown or Stephenie Meyer. Go figure.

I Write Like....

Isn't this insane?? It's a site called "I Write Like", and here's the link to who I write like. I also posted it right here, because I think it's hilarious and ironic given the subject matter of THE CAIN LETTERS and the whole Revenants of Anarchy series. Curious as to who you write like? Stephen King? Ernest Hemingway? J.K. Rowling? Edgar Allan Poe? Find out!

I write like
Dan Brown

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

CHIMERA FALLS Update!

A little news for you here at "Writing and Reading": Editing has resumed on the 1st of July for the highly anticipated sequel to THE CAIN LETTERS, one of the most lush and horrific novels--

CHIMERA FALLS!

Look for it late this year. And be sure to have a happy Independence Day!!