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Cat shifter anthology announced and a contest
Thanks to everyone who submitted work to this anthology. There were over 60 submissions and I had a hard task in narrowing it down. I ended up going with six, instead of three, as I said in my call for submissions, because I loved these manuscripts and wanted to give them all a chance.
The participants are:
For the erotic romance anthology titled Feral Attraction:
Rachel’s Totem by Marie Harte
Claiming Their Mate by Dena Russo
For an as yet untitled romance anthology:
The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell
Treasure Hunting by J.B. McDonald
For an as yet untitled urban fantasy anthology:
Even For Me by Taryn Blackthorne
Tiger by the Tail by Kaye Chambers
The really cool thing to me about the manuscripts chosen is that only one comes from a currently contracted Samhain author (Marie Harte). The other five authors are new to Samhain. And four of them? Never before published! I don’t think anyone knows how exciting that is for me, to bring new talent into the company and into the world of publishing. Yay! I can’t wait for you all to be able to read these stories when they release in April 2008.
Now for the contest part. Did you notice 1) that we’re not using On the Prowl (when I chose it I had no idea it was a Berkley title releasing in August) and 2) we have two untitled print anthologies? The erotic romance title, Feral Attraction, is compliments of Sasha, one half of the writing team of Gabriella Hewitt.
So I need two titles appropriate for a romance cat shifter anthology and an urban fantasy cat shifter anthology. You can post your suggestions here or at my personal blog. I’ll choose one random winner (just for playing) and give them a free download of their choice from My Bookstore and More. For the two people who suggest titles I use, or provide inspiration for a title, I will give three downloads of their choice (three for each of the two titles). The contest will run until August 31st.
For the romance one: Lovecats – inspired by the song by The Cure. So wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully pretty… ;-)
For the urban fantsy: Scratches
Just offering my congratulations to all the authors, and a big welcome to Samhain to the newbies!
Romance – Katching Kitties, Purrrfect Loves, Fur-Ever, Chasing Tales
Urban – Scratching Posts, Fur Fever, Alley Cat Tales, Stray Cat’s Struts
Hope these are of help! They’re just the ones off the top of my head! Don’t be suprised if I come back with more – I Love giving titles to books! lol
Congratulations to the new writers! Possible titles:
Romance: Catscratch Fever, Feline Mine, Feline Fine, Hotblooded Tales, Cattywhumpus, Cattycornered, The Lady or the Cat
Urban: Hellcats, Catbrats, Caution: GuardCats, Cat Creds, AdvoCat, Tiger Tales
Fun stuff. Can’t wait to see these new authors in April!
Congratulations to all the winners!
All the winners should be very proud. Congratulations one and all. And Thanks to Angela for these great anthologies she has put together.
How about
Cat Nip
Tails of romance
Urban fantasy: Cataclysm, Cataclysmic, Cornered, Stalked, Furbidden, Furocious
Romance: Lucky Catch, Catch My Heart, Fur My Love, Furget Me Not
Oh, I’m thinking of real howlers now. Pregnant Paws,
Category Romance, Once More with Felines, Rubbing Along, Fur Balls (but that should be the Erotic title). I’ll stop now and go wash my brain.
Congrats to the writers!
Urban Fantasy – Hell Cats
Romance – Nine Loves
OK so they aren’t my best efforts, but I’m kinda dry on ideas at the moment.
-Kat
Awesome job guys! Congrats on being in the anthology. :) I’m a HUGE shifter fan so I can’t wait to get my greedy little paws…I mean mits…hehe on these releases.
All the best,
Jessica