Amazon Best Sellers List!

I woke up this morning to find that The Mind Entangled - Part One: The Discovery had made Amazon's best sellers list for its short stories. Talk about an amazing thing to wake up to, right? To make things just that much better, I've started to get a lot more reviews for The Blood Moon of Winter and they are really good.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Unlikely Hero, December 17, 2011

The unlikely hero's seem to make the best ones, and this is the case with Lilyana. Meek and retiring, yet full of life and forced into a destiny that draws out inner depths of power and magick. Her transformation into goddess is in itself a wonder to behold.

The narrative starts out slow yet engaging as the main character herself, and then through the course of the book it builds an inexorable momentum that draws you onward. The prose is enchanting, the world is a marvel and the conclusion is fraught with tension and resolution.

I can't wait for the next one. Here's to the Goddess of Makayra. - Author PD Allen

That is but one of my recent reviews and they are all positive! The 2nd edition is getting almost entirely 5star reviews!


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Guest Post for the Reading

Today I was invited to be a guest poster over on The World of the Blue Bells Trilogy. The theme for the blog is Alternate Realities so I thought I would stick with that and have a little fun. Here is a brief excerpt of the post I made.

I have always been intrigued by the thought of there being something better, something else, outside of what I knew and loved. Growing up as a writer, I found that I’d write what I knew, unicorns and dragons, things from fairytales told to me by my mother. Never once had I learned of different worlds that existed alongside ours, yet on a different plane. Another world is not what I mean, as I’m sure most already know. These worlds are happening right here and right now, yet we can’t see them. They are the present, past and future, yet we may never know they are there.

Drop by and check it out! Also, The Blood Moon of Winter is only $.99 right now for the ebook so make sure to grab a copy while it last. The print copies are in so feel free to order your signed copy today!

© Courtney Conant, 2010-11. All Rights Reserved.

Saints Astray - Revisited

After two weeks and hundreds of entries, folks have anxiously been awaiting the news of who would be receiving that signed book from Jacqueline Carey. Well, wait no more! A winner has been chosen.

David from Lansing, Michigan is the lucky man, selected at random, to get a copy of Saints Astray.

I'm so grateful that Miss Carey was willing to let me host this giveaway for her and only wish her the greatest success on her latest book.

On a fantastic side note, DarkCon is less than two months away. Jacqueline Carey is the Guest Author of Honor and I get to spend four whole days working side by side with her as her personal liaison. I couldn't be more excited for this oportunity. Talk about an honor!


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Favorite Book Quotes

And it is time for one of those age old questions... What is your favorite book quote of all time and why?

Me? I have two and could never choose between them.

The first is by Stephen King and it has always made me laugh because I've felt the truth of it many times since first reading it almost 20 years ago. He actually uses the line in two different books of his. Of course, I can't remember which the first one was (I was only ten when I read it the first time) but the second was Salem's Lot.

"There is no such thing as gravity. The Earth just sucks." - Stephen King

The second is by Kurt Vonnegut and is very dear to me. I read this line in The Sirens of Titan a few years back and I couldn't help but feel the power behind the words...

"The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

ALSO: Don't forget to sign up for the giveaway of Saints Astray by Jacqueline Carey! You have until the 22nd at midnight to enter.


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Is Being Self-Published and Indie the Same?

This is definitely a 'hot topic', so to speak. I think everyone has their views/opinions on it.

Mine? I'm an indie author. I published my own novel, by choice. I had a lot of interest in my book but was told that it was too short for the genre to be published via the traditional route. Everyone wanted me to change it to make it longer but that would affect the integrity of my story so I chose to do my own thing instead.

Should this make me less of an author, by the writing world standards? Being self-published makes me MORE independant because I had to do everything myself. I had to find my own editors, artists, photographers, etc... I also do my own marketing so it takes a lot of work to be self-published.

Don't judge an author by the type of publishing they choose. Judge them by their work!

Tell me what you think!

On a side note... I just did an image search on Google to find a picture to go with this post and found a picture of myself instead! I guess that means my image is at least getting out there and being associated with the indie movement.

ALSO: Don't forget to sign up for the giveaway of Saints Astray by Jacqueline Carey! You have until the 22nd at midnight to enter.

 © Courtney Conant, 2010-11. All Rights Reserved.