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February 27th , 2013

The Dylan Morgan Show - Season 2 - Part 1 and Part 2 by Jenny Frame [Uber/Alt/Incomplete]
After being kidnapped by her ex partner. Emily Taylor is praying she will be rescued before Toni can do any lasting damage. Will Dylan, Jackson and the police reach her in time? Find out in Season 2 of, The Dylan Morgan Show.

Added Part 19 of Bless You by Lois Kay [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
In a quiet, rural town in New Hampshire, Pastor Sigrid Meyers finds a dead body in her church. It is the beginning of a maelstrom of events in which she will find new friends, discover enemies she didn't know she had and realize it takes a lot to stop a tenacious murderer.

Added Part 5 and Part 6 of Parcel of Trust by Kerry McNair [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
The book centres around two characters called Casey Alder and Jodie Flynn. Casey is a mid-twenties cycle courier in London and lives in the area of Finsbury Park which is in the North end of London. She rents a first floor flat from an older lady, who lives in the ground floor of the house. The lady insists that Casey calls her Aunt Essie and she treats her like another grand-daughter. Casey is known as a player though out the gay scene, and is happy with that. That way it is easier to be safe. A childhood in care can make you uneasy of relationships.

Aunt Essie, though feels that Casey could do with being in a relationship, and would love for her to meet her grand-daughter Jodie. This proves harder than she thought and the two girls keep missing each other. Then Casey is shot and sees another person killed as she does a late night pick up for her job.

Announcement from Sherri Rabinowitz
My guest this week is Times Bestselling Author, Kevin J. Anderson Co-Writer with Steven Sears for the graphic novel STALAG-X. He is the Co-Writer of the new DUNE series of books, Co-Creator of STAR WARS: JEDI ACADEMY for George Lucas, He is going on a national book tour and he will chat about his novels HELLHOLE AWAKENING and UNNATURAL ACTS! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ rithebard/2013/03/05/ chatting-with-sherri

February 24th, 2013

Added Part 23 of Hollywood Dreams by Fiur & Vlamme [Original/Alt/Incomplete]

Added Part 8 of Trouble Times Ten by JLNicky [Original/Alt/Incomplete]

February 22nd , 2013

Added Part 13 of A Chance Encounter by Bobbie Halchishak [Uber/Alt/Incomplete]
Things are going great for our lovely duo when Luce's troubles at work rears its ugly head. And both women come to a rather startling realization that terrifies both of them.

Added Part 5 of Afterglow by Stein Willard [Original/Alt/Incomplete]

Added Part 2 of Birdie's Song 11 - Six Moons by Onesockbard [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
( Part 11 of The Birdie Series ) Birdie's back and this time her challenge is to live through six months (six moons) apart from Rachelle. She has also been “grounded for life” after her adventures in the story “Gone”, but Birdie's boundaries are never too harsh; her famous parents make certain she is kept very busy. Meanwhile, Zephyr's son, Rain, is learning to communicate with Rach in similar fashion to how Zephyr works with Birdie. Both are gifts of Artemis. Singer, another miraculous gift from Artemis grows within Gabrielle, and she can already understand and speak a great deal with a chosen few members of her family.

Announcement from Q. Kelly
Today I release "Three's a Crowd," my first novel in nearly a year. Hard to believe, but true. This link takes you to a blurb and to the first four chapters (safe for work), and below are links to various purchasing sites:
Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BJACL1Q
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/288220
BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/threes-a-crowd-q-kelly/1046083158?ean=2940016229867
Kobo: STILL PROCESSING, WILL UPDATE WHEN AVAILABLE
Print: https://www.createspace.com/4179697 (will take a few days to reach Amazon.com)
Word count: About 59,000 words

Here's a link to a blog post that provides more info.
Hope those of you who buy this book enjoy it!
- Q. Kelly

February 19th , 2013

Added Part 18 of To Mend A Wild Heart by Mikaeli Hooper [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]

Announcement from the Academy of bards
We included 3 more stories to our Valentine's Invitational

http://www.academyofbards.org/valentine14/2013/cheynecurry_sergeantvalentine.html
http://www.academyofbards.org/fanfic/p/phineasredux_arainysunday.html
http://academyofbards.org/valentine14/2013/norsebard_theawakeningofsuzanne.html
http://academyofbards.org/valentine14/2013/norsebard_fourandahalfstepstoheaven.html

Announcement from Bedazzled Ink
Bedazzled Ink is extremely pleased to announce the publication of Tides by Anne Azel.

Anne Azel masterfully presents the sweeping epic that was the second half of the twentieth-century through the life and loves of Jackie Cunningham—funny, irreverent and unorthodox and always entertaining.

"I'm a degenerate, sneaky, old coot and proud of it," Jackie Cunningham proudly proclaims. With outrageous honesty and an unorthodox approach to life, Jackie embarks on a last important mission--giving her favorite niece the opportunity to engage in her own oceanographic research. While preparing for her niece's future, Jackie takes a final journey through her own memories as a child in WWII England, growing up in post-war Canada, and covering the most monumental and remarkable events of the twentieth century as a journalist.

Tides is available in paperback and ebook.

Visit our Tides page for links to your favorite booksellers and to read an excerpt.

http://nuancebooks.bedazzledink.com/nuance-tides.html

February 17th , 2013

A Rainy Sunday by Phineas Redux [Über/Alt/Complete]
This is an Uberfiction set in Britain in 1943. Zena Mathews & Gabrielle Parker spend a boring Sunday at Scapa Flow.

Added Part 22 of Hollywood Dreams by Fiur & Vlamme [Original/Alt/Incomplete]

February 15th , 2013

A Conversation With Gabrielle by DJ Belt [Mel&Janice/Alt/Complete]
In a late-night conversation with Gabrielle, Jan learns of her 12th Century ancestor Wynnfrith: outlaw, huntress, smithy's apprentice, daughter of nobility, and the first to hold the Covington name.

The Wrong Place At the Right Time by M.E. Tudor [Original/Alt/Complete]
It's an erotic romance about a legal assistant, Mary, who goes into a sex bar looking for her roommate and runs into the UPS woman, Jackie, who delivers to the law office where Mary works. Their relationship starts out with just hot sexual encounters, but grows into a romance.

Announcement from Sapphire Books
New Release from Kim Pritekel and Sapphire Books Publishing

After Shadow
by award winning author – Kim Pritekel

Available at Sapphire Books Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo Smashword

It's finally here, Kim's newest book in two years, After Shadow.

Clara always knew she was different, but just how different she was was to be seen. She will be forced on a journey to places that, though nightmarish to some, make perfect sense to her. While living a life in darkness and shadow, massaging the ghosts we all want to hide from beneath the covers, she will discover her own light of day. But, can she discover her heart?

February 14th , 2013

Please join us for a special evening of love!

http://www.academyofbards.org/valentine14/2013/

This special is dedicated to all those who believe in love, even in the darkest of times. And for my special person who changed my life and stole my heart. For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. ~ steph

February 13th , 2013

Added Part 17 of To Mend A Wild Heart by Mikaeli Hooper [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]

Added Part 10 of Surviving the Storm by Alice D. [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
Alex and Jamie were an item in high school, but a choice that Alex makes separates them for years. Years later they meet again only to find their worlds colliding. Alex is now an a-list actress in Hollywood, constantly swarmed by paparazzi and rumors. Jamie a motivational speaker who leads a humble life with her best friend. When they meet up again will it be an easy reunion or a fight to get what they had back. It's all about surviving the storm.

Announcement from Sherri Rabinowitz
Hi, I have an announcement, I will be interviewing Bard Carrie Carr for my Blogtalk Radio Show, Chatting With Sherri.
My guest is the talented author Carrie Carr of alternative fiction. She is writer of one of my favorite series; The Lex & Amanda series. Her latest is a stand alone novel entitled, Heart's Resolve. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rithebard/2013/02/19/chatting-with-sherri

I would love for all my fellow Fan Fictions fans to tune in on Teusday, Feb 19th at 1030am to this talented bard. If you can't make the live broadcast just hit the link on hour later and you will be able to listen to the podcast.
Thanks, Ri

February 10th , 2013

Added Part 21 of Hollywood Dreams by Fiur & Vlamme [Original/Alt/Incomplete]

February 6th , 2013

A new bard joins us today. Please welcome Christine McIlroy!

The Xena Following by Christine McIlroy [Classic/Alt/Complete]
Hera has been ripped from the spirit world to prevent her sister (and part-time husband stealer) from wreaking havoc on the known world. Demeter is playing un-holy tricks on nature and only Hera and two unlikely allies can stop her. Xena and Gabrielle once again find themselves pitted against the purest evil to protect the world, and this time they are going to need some help.

The WASP and the Honeybee by Geonn Cannon [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
A bush pilot in Alaska and her lover struggle to maintain their small business.

Announcement from Bedazzled Ink
Every year we go to the Xena Convention and sell books. Every year our customers ask us when the next Barbara Davies' book is coming out. We ask them which stories do they want to see published, and the response is unanimous–the Ash and Jemma stories.

Well, the wait is over. The adventures of Ash and Jemma are now available in Licensed to Spy.

While the rest of the Canary Islands celebrates Carnaval, British secret agents Ashley Blade and Jemma Jacobs try to unravel a Libyan terrorist plot against the United States. If they don't succeed, it's goodbye to Boston and the U.S. eastern seaboard. Then the Libyan terrorists launch a new nefarious plot in Brazil, and Ash and Jemma scramble to save the world from a deadly sarin attack.

Ash and Jemma finally return home to London for some much needed rest and relaxation. Unfortunately, where Ash and Jemma go, trouble is not far behind.

Available in ebook everywhere and will be in paperback the beginning of February.

More info:
http://nuancebooks.bedazzledink.com/nuance-licensed.html

Yippee!
Claudia
www.bedazzledink.com

Announcement from Edith Zeitlberger
Imperial Whites

It is the year 1903 and Eleanor, the Duchess of Darnsworth, is the envy of many – a beautiful and sophisticated woman, happily married mother of three, well-respected lady of society and an accomplished horse-breeder. But beneath the perfect surface lurks the memory of a tragic loss that haunts Eleanor's every waking moment.

On a visit to Vienna , she encounters the independent-minded and strong-willed Countess Sophie von Hagendorf, who, with her academic pursuits and unconventional lifestyle, has chosen to break through the rigid confines society has set out for her. She, too, has had to create a façade towards the world; loss and a fateful accident have left their scars.

Sophie's brusque manners both exasperate and intrigue the Duchess, but with closer acquaintance, the two women discover a sympathy beyond anything expected and the prospect of a love that could redeem them both…

The book is available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Whites-ebook/dp/B008VUM97S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1360699678&sr=8-2&keywords=zeitlberger), as an e-book or paperback, as well as in different bookstores such as Barnes and Noble(http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/imperial-whites-edith-zeitlberger/1112569153?ean=9781479108794).

February 4th , 2013

Stories from the City Series: Piper's Serenade by Weebod [Original/Alt/Complete]
One woman's love of her craft is another woman's source of frustration. Can a Piper and an uptight businesswoman reconcile their differences?

Added Part 20 of Hollywood Dreams by Fiur & Vlamme [Original/Alt/Incomplete]

Added Part 4 of Afterglow by Stein Willard [Original/Alt/Incomplete]

Added Part 16 of To Mend A Wild Heart by Mikaeli Hooper [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
The Conqueror leaves Greece to visit Cleopatra and meets a slave/gladiator named Gabrielle but all is not what it seems.

Announcement from Capt_esq
Hi, Capt_esq here. I am currently in need of some beta assistance. I am working on a new story for posting. I have already gotten several chapters done. However, I will admit I am dealing with a topic I know only a little about. Therefore, I am in desperate need of a beta reader to help me out. The story is a medical/police setting. I need some on who has knowledge, or can research basic facts and procedures for me. If someone also wants to work with editing, basic general ideas and motivating this sorry soul, that would be a great bonus. If you are interested in either or both, please drop me a line at capt_esq11@yahoo.com .

Thanks in advance. -- capt_esq

Announcement from Sapphire Books
New Release from Linda Kay Silva and Sapphire Books Publishing

In the Nick of Time
by Award winning author – Linda Kay Silva
Paperback 16.95
e Bundle Price: $ 9.99 - all eBook formats

Available at Sapphire Books Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo Smashword

Jessie Ferguson has her hands full. Between sending her soul to the jungles of Viet Nam and visiting the oak groves of Merlin's backyard, Jessie races against the clock to save her little brother caught in a time and body she does not know. With danger lurking around every soggy corner for American troops slogging through the bug-infested rain forest, Jessie must find who Daniel was and get to him before he becomes a casualty. If that isn't enough, she must return to the Druids and face the wrath of Morgana. Jessie has slipped through time again and again, but never has so much been at stake. Can she reach Daniel before a bullet finds him first? And does she have the power to face a foe as deadly as Morgana? As sand falls through the hourglass, can Jessie get to both In the Nick of Time?

Announcement from Bedazzled Ink
Every year we go to the Xena Convention and sell books. Every year our customers ask us when the next Barbara Davies' book is coming out. We ask them which stories do they want to see published, and the response is unanimous–the Ash and Jemma stories.

Well, the wait is over. The adventures of Ash and Jemma are now available in Licensed to Spy.

While the rest of the Canary Islands celebrates Carnaval, British secret agents Ashley Blade and Jemma Jacobs try to unravel a Libyan terrorist plot against the United States. If they don't succeed, it's goodbye to Boston and the U.S. eastern seaboard. Then the Libyan terrorists launch a new nefarious plot in Brazil, and Ash and Jemma scramble to save the world from a deadly sarin attack.

Ash and Jemma finally return home to London for some much needed rest and relaxation. Unfortunately, where Ash and Jemma go, trouble is not far behind.

Available in ebook everywhere and will be in paperback the beginning of February.

More info:
http://nuancebooks.bedazzledink.com/nuance-licensed.html

Yippee!
Claudia
www.bedazzledink.com

 

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