Karin Shah's Blog - Posts Tagged "shapeshifters"

Things I'm interested in this week
1. The Inspector Lynley mysteries. I found this on Netflix when I was looking for the Inspector General. It's a modern-day series set in Britain with the eighth Earl of Ashton and working-class partner. I really like Nathaniel Parker in this.
2. the Inspector General. Danny Kaye is a gypsy and he is mistaken for the Inspector General. All the crooked officials in the town attempt to bribe him. It's a typical Danny Kaye movie, with slapstick, songs, and his trademark silliness.
3. Halloween, my children need costumes!!
4. Anxiously awaiting the cover for my new book THE CHIMERA CHRONICLES 1: IN LIKE A LION available in December!

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!

Being a pantser, I've come to a place in my manuscript where I added a character purely to raise the stakes. Now, I'm trying to decide if I should "redshirt" (kill him off to reinforce the seriousness of the situation) him or just put hm in a coma.

He's the police officer boyfriend of of the heroine's best friend. The friend is tied to a chair because she's possessed by a demon. The boyfriend has come to visit and caught them with his girlfriend tied to a chair. He's not anything more than a bit character, but he is a policeman, how would you as a reader feel if I kill him off?

Oh, the demon is going to attack him not the hero, etc.


Help, please!

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...

Come and chat with me today at:

http://nightskydarkstar.blogspot.com/

Enter the contest for a chance to win or just keep a lonely author company. We can talk dogs or Supernatural or Grimm or Arrow...or whatever...:-)

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

Although I almost didn’t have a hotel room Tuesday night, I ended up having a blast at the conference. Luckily, Tuesday morning I called my my close friend, roomie, and Soul Mate editor extraordinaire, Debby Gilbert, and we realized I’d gotten my wires crossed (are you surprised?) and didn’t have a room in the conference hotel that night only hours before I was due to leave for the airport. I managed to secure one, but I could have done without the adrenaline rush.
I arrived at the hotel (much thanks to the fabulous Donna MacMeans for posting intricate directions on the COFW loop for those of us taking the MARTA from the airport) Wednesday was the literacy signing.
I as expected, I didn’t sell out, but I had a blast talking to everyone. Mostly thanks to Ranger, whose pic I had up on my IPad as an icebreaker.
I was up against the windows at the end of the aisle, so I didn’t get that much traffic, but Maggie Shayne was across from me and when her line got long, I’d say, “Hey, if you like Maggie Shayne’s books you might like mine.:-)
She was a good sport and when things got a little slow and she got hungry, I chucked some Hershey’s nuggets across the aisle like it was Mardi Gras. She’s a good catcher.:-)
There is more to share from RWA, but that will have to come in a later installment.

Did you have any adventures this weekend? Who did you meet? Where did you eat? Did you throw candy at anyone?

Karin