News, releases, and reviews

We would like to congratulate Shannon Leigh, Rob Seyk, and Kelly Madden for their new reviews and Stephanie Sullivan and Jennifer Hart for their new releases.

You may have noticed some new changes around Wild Child and Freya's Bower. We moved both sites to a new server and moved things around. This is to facilitate your shopping experience. We are still loading some of the missing reviews and interviews, so be patient with us.

In other news, if you happen to pick up the October issue of Realms of Fantasy, check out page 32. Yeah, that's WCP. (grin) Doesn't it look beautiful!

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Into the Soul of Madness by Rob Seyk

"If I were to see his book on a shelf in my local bookstore, I would definitely give it a shot..."

4 Hearts by Crystal Adkins, Book Reviews by Crystal
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Genre: Mainstream/Horror/Science-Fiction
Book Length: Novel
Price: $5.95

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Vampyress by Shannon Leigh

"absolutely captivating... I ate up every word and personally am anxious to read its sequel."

5 Tombstones by Lyda, Bitten By Books
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Genre: Horror
Book Length: Short Story
Price: $3.25

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Changling by Kelly Madden

"a wonderful blend of imagery here that will delight the reader page after page... a tenderhearted story of love, loss, and new life in what may one day become a classic young adult book... It would make a fabulous addition to any school library..."

Stefanie Longwood, Yellow 30 Sci-Fi Magazine
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Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy
Book Length: Novella
Price: $4.75

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Tapestry Wings by Stephanie Sullivan

A poetry compilation that chronicles the heartfelt and emotional journey through love, parenthood, friendship and forgiveness.

Genre: Poetry
Book Length: Short Story
Price: $3.25

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Worth the Wait by Jennifer Hart

Marley Gunderson is a sucker for hard luck cases. She votes independent, hires the local pothead with potential to DJ her class reunion, and pines for the boy she couldn't save.

William Patterson isn't interested in Marley's pity but her soft heart. Sexy and standoffish, Will's path has turned a carefree boy into a deeply troubled man with a serious helping of tragedy in his rucksack. The last thing he wants is to drag Marley into his personal cesspool, but the spark of teenage lust he felt for her blossoms into a raging inferno. Even the snarky voice of his dead friend, who resides in Will's own mind, isn't much of a deterrent for a few nights of solace spent in Marley's arms. But can he walk away again for her sake?

Rating: Tangy -- due to the "c" word
Book Length: Novella
Price: $3.99
Genre: Contemporary

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Enjoy!

Marci Baun
Editor-in-Chief
Wild Child Publishing -- Break free...read wild!
Freya's Bower -- Weaving passion into words...

Culver City speaking engagement

As many of you know, yesterday, I spoke at a local library about ebooks. Well, the topic was officially "Romancing the eBook" with the main focus being on romance and erotica ebooks. The audience was attentive and very interested in what I had to say. I expected the engagement to last thirty to forty-five minutes, but the interest was so high that I spoke for a good hour and a half. The topics ranged from ebooks to questions on publishing, getting published. Toward the end, the librarian asked us to read excerpts. One of our Wild Child authors, Jack Maeby, read an excerpt from his book The Thorazine Mirrorball. After his reading, I picked up one of our print books, Conspiracy of Angels, and read a brief excerpt as well. Jack's appearance surprised and delighted me. I am glad he was able to make it. He and I along with his friend Hannah, an author with Berkley, will be speaking at the Venice-Abbot Kinney Library on April 5 at 3 pm about independent publishing as opposed to NY publishing. It promises to be a lively discussion. Mark your calendars. I expect anywhere from 40-50 people to attend. The link will give you hours and location, but I will post more about this event the closer we get to it.

At the end of my gig, the librarian took ten sample CDs and will be giving them to her reading group. She also wants to see our print titles included in the library catalog. Overall, a very successful engagement.

Of course, not everything went as planned. Well, that's typical, or so it seems. Due to some server problems, I was unable to post the new free reads up on Freya's Bower before the speaking engagement. However, as both were sweet, I posted them on Wild Child Publishing's site. I also uploaded a free Wild Child read, a horror/fantasy short. I'll be moving the sweet romance free reads to Freya's Bower on Tuesday. I also had problems logging onto the library's wi-fi because, apparently, I no longer had the ability to access it through my library card. I know that I did since my last speaking engagement required me to sign in, but we had to set that up again. As I said, typical.

I am pleased with the outcome and look forward to more such engagements in the future. I would like to thank Jessica Henderson, the librarian, for giving me this opportunity.

Marci Baun
Editor-in-Chief
Wild Child Publishing
Freya's Bower