Anam Cara by Keena Kincaid

Keena Kincaid's debut novel, ANAM CARA, was released Friday, Sept. 5, by The Wild Rose Press. The print release is set for Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Set in 12th century Carlisle, England, ANAM CARA tells the story of Liza and Bran and is a story of magic, atonement and love that spans a thousand years. To read an excerpt, go to http://keenakincaid.com.

Marie-Claude Bourque finalist in American Title Contesr

Member Marie-Claude Bourque is thrilled to announce that her dark Paranormal "Ancient Whispers" is one of the eight finalists in this year's American Title Contest sponsored by Romantic Times and Dorchester. Voting is scheduled to begin in January at www.romantictimes.com.

Shades of Dark a PNR Top Staff Pick

SHADES OF DARK, by FF&P member Linnea Sinclair, is among the Top Staff Picks for August at PNR (the ParaNormal Romance review site). Reviewer Leslie Tramposch claims, "If you read one SF romance this year, make it SHADES OF DARK. And if you haven't yet read GABRIEL'S GHOST run, don't walk, to the nearest bookstore and read it first."

Join Sinclair for a discussion of Kick-Butt characters written by authors with a law-enforcement background (she was a PI for ten years) at the Romance Divas on Friday and Saturday, September 12-13 (free registration required). She will also guest blog for the Desert Isle Keepers on Monday September 22, 2008.

Linnea Sinclair featured on The Galaxy Express

This week, The Galaxy Express features FF&P's Linnea Sinclair in celebrating the release of her latest book, Shades of Dark.
For a discussion of Science Fiction Romance, World Building, and Linnea Sinclair's books, catch the author supernova at The Galaxy Express.
Part 1 -- discussion of Science Fiction Romance
Part 2 -- a collection of previous interviews with Linnea Sinclair
Part 3 -- an in depth interview with Linnea Sinclair by The Galaxy Express.

OTFS Update

The 2008 On the Far Side Contest deadline has passed. Finalists will be notified by Sept. 30. Winners to be announced on Halloween (Oct 31). Check back here for updates.

PRISM update

PRISM entries are now with judges and the winners will be announced by Sept. 22.
Winners will be posted here, as well as on the FF&P Website.

Beast Magic by Sapphire Phelan

On July 28th, Phaze Books published the eBook erotic paranormal romance novella, Beast Magic by Sapphire Phelan, in the print anthology, Shifting Desires, along with Jude Mason's Cat's Claw and Skylar Sinclair's Purr For Me.

Shifting Desires received 5 Pixies from Dark Angel Reviews.

Sapphire Phelan is the pseudonym for Pamela K. Kinney who has two non-romance acceptances. One is an article, "Don't Pet the Heads of Strange Black Dogs" in horror magazine, Withersin, coming out either in 2009 or 2010. The other is a flash fiction based on a New England legend, "Pukwudgies: Little Monsters of New England" in the anthology, Northern Haunts: 100 Terrifying New England Tales.