Shea Meier

Melissa at Dark Divas Reviews has been kind enough to review our Halloween Sip, "You Speak In Memory", and has given it 4 divas out of 5!

Click here to read the review and leave a comment.

We almost missed our day here in the spotlight! The family has been out decorating the front yard, refilling the fog machine, and picking apples so we can make caramel apples later this evening.

Our release today is "You Speak In Memory", a semi-ghost story. Surely you know there's a difference between all dead and mostly dead? (Fun Fact: with all dead, all you can really do is rifle their pockets for loose change.) Greg is rather surprised to find himself in a situation where that slight distinction means something to him, but when his new guide to near-death, Lorena, shows up to help him remember his way out of the mess, he's willing to follow her. Especially if it means getting home to Andy, even if his best friend isn't taking their new relationship as lovers very well.

( He's not so sure about Lorena either...(Read an excerpt!) )

Greg can't remember how he got stuck in between, and he doesn't know how to get out, but with Lorena's help, he might make it home- and home is Andy.




Happy Halloween!

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Sindustry: Volume 1 was reviewed at Dear Author today! Fin de Siecle received an A- rating, the highest in the book! (Along with lenorejblack's Fun and Games, which is my personal favourite.)

You can find the full review here.

For the giva-a-crap impaired, here's the full text of the review for my story:

"“Fin de Siècle” by S. Reesa Herberth
The only historical story in the anthology, this is an amazingly well-written glimpse into the turn-of-the-century encounters between an artist and a prostitute in Paris. Gabriel becomes Jean’s muse and they tentatively establish a relationship. The atmosphere and feeling of the story are brilliantly done, melancholy yet optimistic. And I actually like that although Jean and Gabriel find their way to each other by the end of the story, there is no talk yet of Gabriel giving up prostitution. Very well done. Grade: A-"

Thanks to Dear Author, and Joan/SarahF for the lovely review!

We just got the nicest rejection letter ever from an editor. The bad news was that she didn't want our story for her space opera anthology. The good news was that she asked us to expand it into a novel!

There will be little to NO sleep tonight, I can guarantee you that!

Who sold two more stories today?

Awwwww yeah. That's right.

I think I might be too cynical. Sometimes when I read about a person who loves their partner's innocence, I have to wonder what happens to them after that gets worn away.

Bad romance writer, no biscuit!

Dreamspinner Press, publisher of the anthology that includes my latest work, is having two great promotions this month!

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Might I suggest a copy of "Sindustry: Vol. 1"? The S. Reesa Herberth half of the Shea Meier team has a story in it,and the entire anthology is really good, with strong stories throughout. Particular favourites are lenorejblack's "Fun and Games", and jl_merrow's "As Beauty Does".

And HEY! Enter to win a free iPod Touch, just by purchasing said anthology!

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* For every $10 you spend before 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 31 EST, you will receive one entry into the drawing.

It's all going down (heheheh...) over at Dreamspinner Press, so check it out!

-S. Reesa Herberth

Neil Gaiman's drunken twitters activate my "awwwwww!" face.

Not only is part of his tail the same colour as my hair, but I am totally guilty of this.

WHAT? My shampoo smells good!

DON'T JUDGE ME.


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Wheeeeeeeeeeee! Next story submission is off to the races!

How the HELL is it JULY?

Good gods.

Ah, an afternoon filled with rubber duckies, writing, and Andrew Bird. Thanks goodness there is only the fox running through the backyard to witness my silly dance.

I suspect the cat is only giving me odd looks because he didn't see "feeding Malcolm more Greenies" in that list.

So in this new story we're working on, we've got both an Angel reference and a Shirley Jackson rif, just in the title and the first paragraph.

I wonder what other pop (and not-so pop) culture we can mangle?

First off, that wonderfully written, masterfully edited "Magnets" anthology!  Not that I'm biased or anything...  *grin*

But my newest form of crack?  Jordan Castillo Price's PsyCop series.  I'm addicted!  Gripping characters, very cool story premise, a good dollop of humor.  Right up my alley!  I'm hoping she writes quickly, because at the rate I'm going, I'll be out of reading material soon.

Mauka/Makai is now available in the eXcessica Press anthology Like Magnets, We Attract! It was due for release tomorrow, but it's come out a day early, and is doing very, very well!

There are several sites where the ebook can be purchased, cheif amongst them, the eXcessica site itself. I've posted some links below so that everyone can go buy our book!!!!! you can check it out. The paperback will be available within the next day or so, and I'll be sure to post a link to that as well, in case you want to hold a copy in your hand as much as I do. (I note that this is -very- unlikely. I want to hold a copy in my hand pretty darn bad!)

eXcessica Publishing - Our publisher, and the best place to buy the book!

AllRomanceEbooks.com - Where as of 6 p.m. EST on 4/12, we are ranked #3 in the new release section!

Smashwords.com

A Kindle edition will be available through Amazon tomorrow (you can pre-order it now), and Fictionwise will have us soon as well. However, if you are wanting a version sent directly to your Kindle, you can also do it through AllRomanceEbooks.

And in case you've been wondering what all the fuss is about? I've included an excerpt below the cut. It's NSFW, but don't let that stop you!

( An excerpt from Mauka/Makai by Shea Meier )

Alexander McCall Smith on the intense personal relationships readers form with characters and the ways that complicates the lives of authors.

Wall Street Journal:  "Lost in Fiction".

I shoooouuuuld be writing instead of getting misty-eyed reading up on all the comments on Vermont's decision today. It irritates the living hell out of me that any marriage between consenting adults should EVER have to be "legalized", but hey, I'm going to take my happy.

Small cracks in a dam eventually bring the whole thing tumbling down. We got another crack today.

And another happy? From today's Washington Post... "D.C. Council Votes to Recognize Other States' Gay Marriages".    Makes me proud to live here.

There is just nothing else to say.

The table of contents for Like Magnets, We Attract  has been released.  "Mauka/Makai" is going to be the first story!!   Via Jaye Valentine's LJ.

There is no containing the excitement!!