Karin Shah's Blog - Posts Tagged "lions"

Got my confirmed release date for IN LIKE A LION, the first in my Chimera Chronicles Paranormal Romance series!
The date is -- Drumroll please --
December 19, 2012! That's right, take Jake home for Christmas! He's never had a home, so I'm sure he'll be very grateful!:-)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iLsLAtOMmhM

IN LIKE A LION, the first in my Paranormal Romance series The Chimera Chronicles, releases digitally Wednesday 12/19/12 and in print Summer 2013.

Please like and share if you get a moment!

I was interviewed by the Creatively Green Write at Home Mom. Stop by and comment at the second stop on my bog tour and get a chance to win a coupon code for a free copy of IN LIKE A LION! http://www.creativelygreen.blogspot.com/

Here's what InD'tale magazine had to say about IN LIKE A LION: http://www.indtale.com/reviews/lion

Another day, another blog spot, another chance to win a free copy of IN LIKE A LION.http://www.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com/ and find out why I ask if I'm weird...

Find out what probing questions I was asked by Bookswagger at http://bookswagger.com/2013/02/27/in-...

Looking for a YA Editor to be a final judge for my RWA Chapters contest. I keep calling, but I've only left two messages. I'm hoping my persistence is impressive not annoying.

And in Chimera 2 (still thinking of titles-- suggestions to do with ghosts most welcome) lions frolic in New York City's Central Park.

Also, my cover is in the finals at http://www.indtale.com/cover-contest please stop by and vote! You have to subscribe, but it's free and it's a great site!

Today Jake from IN LIKE A LION is interviewed at

http://lauriethoughts-reviews.blogspo...

I hope you enjoy! Also, Soul Mate is having a promotion and IN LIKE A LION is currently priced at $3.99!

Have a great day!

Karin

Ok, full disclosure, I'm from Rochester, NY. My hometown, the suburb of Greece, handles the totals we got yesterday here in Columbus pretty much every day, from after Christmas to the end of March. We had to get six inches an hour for several hours to get a snow day. Of course, as a kid, I loved a snow day and I don't usually mind them now, except, I really didn't need my kids home today.
I'm passing the fifty thousand word mark on Chimera 2. I'm in the middle of writing a treasure heist scene and then the end is in sight. I need all the time I can get because I want to get this out in the spring and unfortunately, I was stuck for two months, unable to write what I had originally planned. Then I changed it to the heist and miraculously the words are flowing. I can't stop now, despite the fact that I'm afraid readers will find the book has a split personality and right now I think it's terrible.

So, please. Wear your pajamas right side out tonight for me?

Karin

I love Superheroes. Probably obvious to those who have read my books. My heroes and heroines are always Superhuman.

Marvel's the Avengers, Captain America, and Thor are all on Netfilix now and after re-watching them and seeing Man of Steel in the theater, I came up with these tips for surviving the superhero version of NYC

1. When you take your young son to the theater, wait until the show is over to leave. You can hang in the lobby. I'm sure there are drinks or something available to occupy your time.

2. If you are a business owner, make sure your insurance covers "smashing" and other damage from Superhuman fists or bodies crashing through your building.

3. Resist the urge to watch Superheroes battle. Stay away from the windows. In fact evacuate the building, and run. Run away as fast as you can.

4. If a superhero directs you, follow his advice. Now is not a good time to ask who he is and why you should listen to him.

5. Move.

Hope you enjoyed my tips! I'd love to hear some of yours!

Karin

In a few short days, I will (hopefully) have wrapped up my chapter's contest, finished packing my son for Taekwondo camp, made sure my daughter has what she needs for her big dance performance months in the making, and be winging my way (metaphorically as I must use a plane, unlike my characters*g*) to Atlanta for the Romance Writers of America's yearly national convention.
The highlight of my time there (well, one of them) will be the Literacy Signing. My books are now all in print, but compared to the ebook copies, they are pretty expensive, and I am not well known, so I will have to keep my expectations of lines stretching around corners for sometime in the future. For now, I will hope I can meet scads of fellow lovers of the paranormal, science fiction, and fantasy. And that friends (both virtual and physical) will stop by and say hello.

So here's me, formally inviting you to meet me in Atlanta!

(I will try to remember the chocolate this year)

See you soon!

Karin

Here's another small unedited snippet from my FEB/MAR 2014 release ENTITY MINE.

Devon, the heroine, has just found Ethan's photo and been told that he's dead.

His eyes were light, green or blue, maybe hazel--she squelched the urge to ask. No need to make her oldest friend question her sanity--and thick lashes, half-lowered, made him look reserved. His hair was dark and short, military in its ruthless precision. His face had a lean, sculpted quality, as if he were the product of some artist’s imagination. His straight nose slashed toward his mouth and his cheekbones sheered diagonally across his face, carving his jaw into almost perfect triangles on either side. His lips were held tight, the only softness in his face the slight fullness of his bottom lip above the mere whisper of a cleft chin.
He reclined beside a huge, glass jar of coins on the concrete front stoop of the small ranch-style house -- one long leg bent, the other straight, his large right hand tucked across his lean ribs, the left propped on the step beside him -- making a black t-shirt and jeans look as sexy as nothing at all. Sexier.
Something gripped her heart as she gazed at the photo. She swallowed against the feeling.
Had she ever seen anyone who looked more alone?

Cover reveal coming soon!