HERE BE NEWS for June 24, 2019

News from Cindy Spencer Pape:

After a long spell of not much, Cindy is pleased to report that almost all of her Ellora's Cave backlist has been picked up by Jianlai, Inc. for serialized digital publications. This platform will be mainly marketed at Chinese readers who love to read English-language fiction, which is a surprising large and largely untapped market. The novels to be republished include:
Dragon in the System
Djinni and the Geek
Teach Me
Wrong Side of Town
Novellas will be grouped into four additional bundles:
Love Me Like a Rock: Between a Rock and a Hard Dragon, Stone & Earth, Stone & Sea, Three for All, Stone & Fire, and Stone & Sky.
Holiday Hearts: Yuletide Enchantment, Like Bunnies, Valentine's Heart, Midsummer Magic, and All Hallows Evie.
Immortal Cravings: , Exploring Ari, Dani's Demons, Just for Jess, and Sporting Wood
Love Through the Years: Beltane Lion, Georgie and the Dragon, Unawakened, Marry Me, Marietta, and Where There's Smoke.

In other great news, Supernovie Indie Publishing, which currently offers Sea Change, and One Good Man (Co-written with the marvelous Lacey Thorn), will be picking up Cindy's Geek Love trilogy (Dragon in the System, Djinni and the Geek and Teach Me) for non-serialized digital and paperback publication. Hopefully these will be back on the shelves very soon.

Meanwhile, while she's not reformatting her backlist for serialization, Cindy is working on a new historical romance proposal and playing around with some new paranormal realities.

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Monday, June 17 - 
"HERE BE NEWS" - All the latest from the gang at Here Be Magic.


Tuesday, June 18 -
"WRITERS and their FURRY ASSISTANTS" -  June 17-21 was "Take Your Pet to Work Week®". But you can still meet some of the four-footed sidekicks of the Here Be Magic authors!

Saturday, June 22 -
This week's Bring It Back(list) feature is “OAK”, Book 2 in the Celtic Legends Series by PG Forte. Scroll below for all the details.

OAK
Book 2 of the
Celtic Legend Series 
by PG FORTE

Twice each year, Aine Murphy ventures into the woods to hold ceremonies to honor the Oak King and the Holly King, never dreaming these Lords of the Forest could be anything more than myth. When the legends spring to life in front of her, how can she help but fall for the sexy demi-gods she's loved all her life?

From midwinter to midsummer, Fionn O'Dair rules the Greenworld as the Oak King--a role he feels is beyond his abilities, and one that dooms him to a loveless future, forever craving the one man he can never allow himself to have. How can he resist what Aine offers--the sweet devotion that soothes his aching soul, and the slim chance to live a "normal" life as her husband, if only for half a year?


Holly King Kieran Mac Cuilenn never desired a human lover--until now. Seeing Fionn and Aine together fills him with longing for the love he threw away and awakens feelings he thought he'd buried with the last Oak King. Is there enough magic in the solstice to correct the mistakes he made years ago? Or is he doomed to be forever left out in the cold?

Read an excerpt on HERE BE MAGIC 

Buy links: AMAZON, NOOK, APPLE, KOBO

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WRITERS and their FURRY ASSISTANTS - #takeyourpettoworkweek

Did you know it's "Take Your Pet To Work Week®"?
First celebrated in 1999, TYPTWW runs from Monday, June 17 to Friday, June 21 this year.

But many writers get to celebrate it EVERY day!  Our furry companions often take it upon themselves to become part of the creative process.

Read on to meet some of the "assistants" to the authors at Here Be Magic...

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Scruff keeps Maureen Bonatch 
in her writing chair!

MAUREEN - "Scruff appointed himself as my writing assistant from the moment he was adopted.

Initially he believed his job was  to challenge me to find time to write while chasing a puppy who tried to eat the push pins that fell from my writing boards.

Now he often lays behind my chair to make sure I don't try to escape and I get the words on the page."  ~ Maureen L. Bonatch

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Linda Mooney's writing buddies

LINDA - "This is Bo and Rusty, and their help in my writing took me a while to understand. You see, they frequently need to go outside to potty.

"At first, I was slightly irritated with them for this “constant” interruption, until I realized that (1) I needed to get my butt out of chair and my eyes off the screen every now and then, and (2) my going outside to throw the ball was beneficial to both of us.

"They’re my writing buddies, I love them dearly, and Bo also makes an excellent foot warmer in the winter months." ~ Linda Mooney

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Cloud proves cats make great supervisors 

NICOLE - "Cloud keeps me company while I write from home, sometimes supervising from her perch behind me, sometimes giving me an excuse to get up and stretch my legs as I obey her imperious commands to be let in or out. ~ Nicole Luiken

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Cindy Spencer Pape's canine brigade

CINDY - "We sit in judgement of your efforts. Also we will bark at the letter carrier or demand to go out right when your words are flowing best. Because we are 300 pounds of DOG on your couch." ~ Cindy Spencer Pape

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PG Forte's pals take her happiness seriously

PG - "Because I work from home, every week is Take Your Pet To Work Week. Here they are, patiently waiting for me to stop working and give them a treat or take them for a walk (they’re not allowed outside unmonitored anymore because of their high prey drives and total lack of intelligence when it comes to skunks—yeah, don’t ask).

"If it’s nighttime, the big one will try and make me go to bed whenever he’s tired because, apparently, he can’t sleep until he knows I’m tucked safely away.

"I suppose you could say that making sure I take regular breaks for exercise and food, and that I don’t stay up all night contributes to my health, which counts as contributing to my writing?  Yeah. It’s a stretch. But they make me happy, and that definitely counts." ~ PG Forte

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DANI - "I’ve always had a pug or two to supervise my fiction-writing career. Scooby was my Official Muse for every word of my very first novel, and five more books after that. His favorite place was wedged beside me on the couch, acting as a furry armrest as I typed on my laptop. He always preferred to watch the screen — I think he was proofing!

"Currently, my writing assistant is Toby, who feels it’s his sworn duty to cram into my lap while I write (and that’s where he is right now as I type this.) I often have to move his chubby little chin off my keyboard…

Tux and Toby are Dani's current assistants

"I’m also helped by Tux, a boxer-pitbull cross who believes himself to be 100% pug. Apparently he’s decided that my writing career has advanced to the point that I now require a bodyguard... Accordingly, he defends me from the garbage truck, the UPS van, and the evil squirrel in the backyard." ~ Dani Harper

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More About TAKE YOUR PET TO WORK WEEK – 

The idea is credited to Pet Sitters International. The purpose is to draw attention to the many benefits of pets as companions and to encourage adoptions from shelters and rescue organizations. It is traditionally celebrated the week after Father’s Day. 

Take Your Pet To Work Week®, Take Your Dog to Work Day® and Take Your Cat To Work Day® are trademarked by PSI.