If you live near Rhode Island, early December is time for the RI Author Expo, a day of shopping for books, books and more books! On December 5th of 2020, the Expo is virtual, so anyone, anywhere can enjoy the event.There will be keynote speakers, author panels and kaffeeklatschs–all completely free!

Join me for two writing panels:

Writing the Other – Creating Characters Outside Your Comfort Zone

and

Beyond the Google Search – Authenticity in a Fictional World

Sign up HERE!

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Calling all romance fans! Join me 7-10 pm this Friday night, November 29th, when I take over the Romance Chicks Facebook page to talk about writing, the jinn, and my favorite bad girl, Zahara!

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Red compound makes them angry. Yellow exhausts them. Blue drives them into a state of ravenous addiction. The thief Kai knows about the soldiers of the Eastern forces and their savage, deadly nature. When she is captured during a botched robbery attempt at Club Seven and started on a drug and training regimen to become a soldier herself, she gets a closer view of her enemy than she’d ever anticipated. Inside the fort, she begins to pity the Seven Soldiers, including the monstrous boy who tried to rip her to shreds at the club. They appear to be nothing more than genetically enhanced, drug-controlled teenagers. As Kai is drawn deep into her new world, strong feelings for the soldiers she’s come to know have started to cloud her judgment. Can she escape without becoming a monster herself? www.tracyauerbach.com Growing up on the streets of Boston, Maeve O’Neill knows how to take care of her own damn self. Paying the rent isn’t glamorous, but her life is on a better track—until she starts having agonizing visions of torture. Desperate to rid herself of the paralyzing episodes, she follows her visions to the scene of a murder. Instead of answers, she gets an unexpected gift from the victim: Magic. With the unwanted power, Maeve becomes the access point to all of Earth’s untapped magic. Now, powerful enemies are after her and staying alive means striking a bargain with an untrustworthy ally who has a long-shot plan to get rid of the magic. Maeve has to keep her powers in check until she can get rid of them, but her control is slipping and everything could go wrong. If the plan fails, her unlikely ally betrays her, or her enemies catch her, she’ll be handing over all of Earth’s magic…and her life. www.bpdonigan.com

Zahara, party girl of the paranormal, floats up out of a lamp in Daniel Goldstein‘s apartment ready to trick a sorcerer into giving up his soul. But Daniel, whose Moroccan grandmother has reached out from beyond the grave to command him to raise a jinn, wants to do good—by stopping a vengeful fallen angel. The nymphomaniacal, shopping-obsessed Zahara isn’t the otherworldly ally Daniel had in mind. A do-gooder with a dangerous quest isn’t what Zahara’s looking for, either. Stuck in a magical contract with each other, the two travel to Morocco, where Zahara’s handsome friend Zaid, a jinn who’s converted to Islam, reluctantly joins their quest. As Daniel and Zaid struggle against jinn-hunting mercenaries and their attraction to one other, Zahara is forced to join forces with the fallen angel’s gorgeous but infuriating brother to stop a cataclysmic war between the human and jinn worlds. www.maguglielmo.com A soldier returns home with a dangerous secret from an alternate realm, unaware that she is surrounded by spies and collaborators, in this intense military science fiction novel. Naval officer Mila Blackwood is determined to keep her country’s most powerful secret – shrouding, the ability to traverse their planet in seconds through an alternate realm – out of enemy hands. But spies are everywhere: her submarine has been infiltrated by a Dhavnak agent, and her teenage brother has been seduced by an enemy soldier. When Blackwood’s submarine is attacked by a monster, she and fellow sailor, Holland, are marked with special abilities, whose manifestations could end the war – but in whose favor? Forced to submit to military scientists in her paranoid and war-torn home, Blackwood soon learns that the only people she can trust might also be the enemy. www.reesehogan.com

Perfect for fans of swoonish, star-crossed romance, Emmie and the Tudor King is the first book in a new saga about a high-school girl with college dreams and a doomed Tudor king who fall inconveniently in love. Nick Tudor isn’t just from a different city; he’s from a different century. He’s also a reigning Tudor king, practically engaged, and destined to become ‘Nicholas the Ironheart’ – one of history’s most infamous tyrants. All excellent reasons why eighteen-year-old Emmie Grace from modern-day Massachusetts shouldn’t fall crazy in love with him or try to save him from his dreadful fate. But when Emmie unearths an ancient ring that magically transports her back to Tudor England and the real court of Nicholas the Ironheart, she finds herself falling for its doomed and insanely-wrong-for-her king, while fighting to stay alive when beheadings were way more popular than time travelers. www.nataliemurrayauthor.com Rent in New Metta is through the cavern ceiling. When Granu barely survives her first gig teaching students who attempt to fillet her for lunch, the baby-eating troll ends up unemployed and facing eviction. Granu’s only prospect for income is grueling work in the tar pits. That is, until her playboy best friend devises a perfect, if suicidal, scheme—a heist! The Covered Bridge, the largest source of income for the city, has New Metta well under hoof. In a week, TCB Corporation pulls in enough cash to buy a small country. It’s the ideal target, but security is top-notch. Granu needs three things to survive this heist: a crew of specialists, impenetrable sun protection, and gallons of grog. There’s just one thing Granu doesn’t plan for—those damn meddling billy goats. www.sarahjsover.com

Hell has come to collect… …but Gisele Walker has no plans to pay the debt. As a half-demon paranormal bounty hunter, Gisele is used to flirting with death, but stealing a curio and opening a portal to Hell’s demon court is more than your average day job. Now, she’s partnered with an infuriatingly handsome demon, Shade, who has more levels of grey than she can count. Who can she trust to help save the city as Baltimore burns to the ground and ghouls roam the streets? With a white-hot attraction burning between them and secrets blocking their path, Gisele must face her past and venture into the twisted heart of the demon royal court. But with no memory of her past… …will she be able to save their future? www.fictivate.com/books Carter’s a homicide cop in Titanshade, an oil boomtown where 8-tracks are state of the art, disco rules the radio, and all the best sorcerers wear designer labels. It’s also a metropolis teetering on the edge of disaster. As its oil reserves run dry, the city’s future hangs on a possible investment from the reclusive amphibians known as Squibs. But now negotiations have been derailed by the horrific murder of a Squib diplomat. The pressure’s never been higher to make a quick arrest, even as Carter’s investigation leads him into conflict with the city’s elite. Undermined by corrupt coworkers and falsified evidence, and with a suspect list that includes power-hungry politicians, oil magnates, and mad scientists, Carter must find the killer before the investigation turns into a witch-hunt and those closest to him pay the ultimate price on the filthy streets of Titanshade. www.danstout.com

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Today’s the big day! SUMMONED is out and on sale everywhere. It’s been an exciting and fun journey, and I have so many people to thank, from my wonderful family to a host of writer friends I’ve met along the way, both in the real world and on-line. I’m also grateful to the wonderful team at Tule Publishing, who took my book baby and brought it into the world.

Check out the Events Page for local appearances, including the launch party! If you’d like to celebrate the book from afar, scroll down to the Virtual Launch Party  for information on getting a FREE signed copy of SUMMONED by donating to Dorcas International.

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The cover reveal for Summoned is only a few weeks away! I’ll be showing off the gorgeous artwork from the team at Tule on Saturday, June 29th. Stay tuned for more information on how to pre-order Summoned, as well as a sneak peek at some awesome book swag I’m giving away while supplies last. There just might be a grand prize raffled off before the launch as well! Last, but not least, follow the incredible KJ Harrowick and Kayleigh , who will be helping me show off my brand new book baby.

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Here’s the press release:

Tule Publishing Group is excited to announce the acquisition of a sparkling paranormal fantasy by debut author and neurosurgeon, Maria Guglielmo. Based on Middle Eastern mythology and legend, the story features a reluctant sorcerer, a shopping-obsessed jinn, fallen angels Harut and Marut and a looming war between worlds.

Stay tuned for the cover reveal in the next few weeks, and bear with me as I gush all over my Facebook and Twitter accounts. Pinterest, you’re next!

I’d also like to throw in a plug for Writers for Diversity, a great FB community of writers, and the host of the pitch event that landed me a contract!

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Welcome to the #RevPit #Biohop!

I’m M.A. Guglielmo, neurosurgeon, mother of two awesome daughters, and a life-long fan of speculative fiction. My Italian grandmother may or may not have been able to cast the evil eye on difficult neighbors, and I love telling a good story, especially if magical curses and witty villains are involved. My interest in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern politics and culture inspires me to incorporate mythology and folklore from the region into my writing projects. After having the wits scared out of me by ghost tales told over a campfire in the Moroccan Sahara, I’ve come up with a plan to travel to all the potential settings for my novels. Since those include the mountain-ringed home of the Jinn and a modernized version of the Greek Underworld, some items on my bucket list might be harder to achieve than others.

This year I’m taking part in #RevPit, a Twitter contest that focuses on novel revision. Put on by the editors at Revise & Resub, the goal is to interact with other authors, play geeky writing related games on-line, and possibly win an editorial revision of a novel-in-progress. I’m currently revising KORE, a YA novel loosely based on the Persephone myth.

The always amazing K.J. Harrowick is sponsoring a blog hop for the contest, and has even kindly offered to assist those of us (like me!) who are technologically challenged. Here’s her link on how to create a novel aesthetic like the one I created for KORE.

If you’re a writer planning to enter #RevPit, add a bio post to the blog hop! The submission form is here. Even if you’re not planning to play at #RevPit this year, follow along on the #RevPit hashtag  for all the excitement. If you don’t already, feel free to follow me on Twitter, or check out all the pretty pictures on my Facebook author page. Rub the genie lamp below to sign up for email updates.

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This is the novel aesthetic for SINS OF THE SEVEN, my new project. The always wonderful @DanielleRogland created this far more artistic effort for me.

Don’t forget to stop by these Winterviews partner blog links!

HOST

K.J. Harrowick

PARTNERS

Hilary

Lexi Miles

Kaelan Rhywiol

Chloe Quinn

A.J. Super

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