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Celtic Romance 12/2/2009 12:48:25 PM
Long Swords, Hot Heroes, & Warrior Women
I hope those in the U.S. had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My next release is in February for All Romance E-books 28 Days of Heart series to benefit the American Heart Campaign. My short story for it, Timeless Voyage, is set in 1st century AD Ireland and has a heat level of four. On Thanksgiving Day, I received the mock up for the cover art and I loved it. As soon as I get final approval, I'll share it with you. More on this and the other authors participating is listed below. After that is this
month's Surf the Net column, Ten Hogmanay Videos on YouTube, so you will all be ready to celebrate the coming New Year, 2010, in full Scottish style.
HOLIDAY SALE:
Mundania is running a Holiday Sale for all imprints. Entering the Discount code SANTA when checking out gives a 20% discount on the entire order. This runs from
now through New Year's Day, January 1, 2010 on Mundania, Awe-Struck, and Phaze Books. My five novels: Druid Quest, Vixen Princess, Danger Is Sweet, One Heart One Way, & The Fox Prince, are with Awe-Struck.
http://www.king-cart.com/Awe-Struck/category=Cornelia+ Amiri/exact_match=exact
HOLIDAY TRIVIA:
In ELIZABETHIAN ENGLAND:
Gingerbread: Queen Elizabeth I is credited for having her baker create the first gingerbread man, to impress important visitors with gingerbread portraits.
In VICTORIAN ENGLAND:
Christmas Candles: In Victorian England, candles represented good will and shone in windows for the 12 days of Christmas, December 25 to January 6. The brightly burning candle was an invitation to any passerby who needed food and shelter.
28 DAYS OF HEART:
All Romance will release one of the titles below, each day, for 28 days, during the month of February. They also will compile them into, I believe 5,anthologies and Charlain Harris is writing the foreword for the anthologies. All proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association. Here's a list of the
titles. They won't be in this order though. http://www.allromanceebooks.com
Timeless Voyage by Cornelia Amiri (Historical Ancient)
Exchange of Hearts by G.A. Hauser (Gay, Contemporary)
Tor: Viking Master by Ellen Margret (Historical Ancient)
Moonlit Watcher by Crystal-Rain Love (Werewolf, Interracial, Contemporary)
A Slightly Different Perfect by Sylvia Shults (Fantasy, Romantic Comedy)
Zero-G by Michele Hart (Sci-Fi)
And She Scores by Tilly Greene (Contemporary)
Wild Child by Shelley Munro (Contemporary)
A Fair Trade by BA Tortuga (Gay, Shape-shifter, Western)
Hell's Angel by Jackie Kessler (Paranormal)
Private Lies by Cat Johnson (Contemporary)
Touch of Fire by Samantha Sommersby (Contemporary)
Bride of Fire by Charlene Teglia (Fantasy)
Protecting Miss Samuels by Summer Devon (Historical)
A Shadow's Kiss by Barbara J. Hancock (Paranormal, Vampire, Contemporary)
Hold Onto the Night by Kari Thomas (Contemporary)
Liberating Lucius by Bonnie Dee (Historical Ancient)
Mad About Meg by Mari Carr (Contemporary)
GPS by Leigh Ellwood (Gay, Contemporary)
Country Loving by Robin Leigh Miller (Thriller, Contemporary)
Unshuttered by Emery Sanborne & Philippa Grey-Gerou (Contemporary)
Vanilla with Extra Nuts by Victoria Blisse (Multipartner, Rubenesque,
Contemporary)
Stay with Me by Alisha Steele (Fantasy)
Love is Blindness by Sean Michael (Gay, Vampire, Contemporary)
Angels & Genies by K.F. Zuzulo (Paranormal, Fantasy)
Love Unleashed by Marcia James (Contemporary)
Sea of Sin by India Harper (Gay, Contemporary)
Sweets by E. Cameron Stacy (Contemporary)
DETOUR SURF THE NET WITH A VIEW:
Here's December's Surf The Net With A View
The Sights and Sounds of Hogmanay
By Cornelia Amiri
1. Hogmanay Edinburgh 2010
This is tagged 2010, as of this date, 2010 is in the future, though the very near future. Amazingly near. So this must be clips of a Hogmanay celebration in
Edinburgh in 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQyqdn9XCHw
5. Hogmanay Song –Scottish Falesetto Sock Puppet Theatre
A pair of Scottish socks get into the New Year spirit with their take on Adam Sandler's The Hanukah Song in this spoof, The Hogmanay Song. Sing along to memorable lines such as "You don't need Good King Wenceslas giving fuel to some old beggar, when you can compare kilt pins with Bobby Carlyle and Ewan McGregor." or "If you've got hair or
haven't any, it doesn't matter at Hogmanay. "
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-UGnUhfkCbU
It's not a real party without men in kilts throwing fireballs around their heads to welcome the New Year. Talk about guys who are hot.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1wTyELHtSVo
8. Scottish Tradition: Fergie Brings In The New Year
The Hogmanay crowd really enjoys themselves, cheering and dancing the Schottische to Fergie MacDonald's Celtic accordion music at Fort Williams, New Year's eve 2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8SbaMuq1dk
I really love this version. Susan McKeown's voice so is clear and pure as she sings Robert Burns' lyrics accompanied by Lindsey Horner on bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZau30TOKUE
My books are available in print and from the kindle store at
http://www.amazon.com In ebooks at Fictionwise http://www.fictionwise.com Also in ebooks from Barnes & Nobles on line
and most on line bookstores
In brick and motor stores:
Houston TX - Borders Bookstore at Richmond & Kirby
Katy Budget Books in Katy TX will order them for you
Kerrville, Victoria, Round Rock, and Lake Jackson, Seguin, New
Braunfels, and Nacogdoches TX – Hastings Entertainment bookstores
