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WATER Now for Sale! Not Re-bottled!

  • Apr. 20th, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Water
Oh, look how the dude in my icon is pining!

He is so sad, floating in that water with that red right hand! He is waiting!

What is he waiting for?

He is waiting for YOU to buy the book he is suffering tetanus on!

That's right, it's midnight(ish) on April 21, which means The Valde: Water is for sale today! 

For a mere $4.99 you too may know the great mysteries of the deep blue ocean. Okay, that's a lie. For a mere $4.99 you too may read my latest urban fantasy romance! (much more like it).

An excerpt is now available on Loose Id's website. And if you read the book, come back here and tell me what you think. Drowning boy and I want to know!

All the best,

Astrid.



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[info]kimnik wrote:
Apr. 21st, 2009 07:29 pm (UTC)
Wow, he does look sad. And his poor hand! Do you think he's the one Nick Cave wrote that song about?
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[info]astridamara wrote:
Apr. 21st, 2009 08:54 pm (UTC)
"A shadow is cast wherever he stands,
Stacks of green paper in his red right hand."

I always visualize an evil Hell Boy when I hear that song. My lil' Tetanus buddy here seems too lackadaisical to consider others as "microscopic cogs in his catastrophic plan."
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[info]l_prieto wrote:
Apr. 22nd, 2009 10:23 pm (UTC)
Congrats on the new release! It's an awesome book :)
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[info]astridamara wrote:
Apr. 22nd, 2009 11:26 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed. :)
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[info]emmyjag wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 01:49 am (UTC)
I read the book the other day and my review is posted
on my LJ, here.
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[info]astridamara wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 02:49 am (UTC)
Thanks for reading and reviewing! I appreciate the Holiday Outing review as well.
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[info]emmyjag wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 03:03 am (UTC)
Can you answer the one big question I had that messed me up for the rest of the book?

Charlie shrugged. “I don’t know. There wasn’t life on the planet when we had our first great battle. The other battles we’ve had over the years have only been between Fire and Water, and we have been restricted by our human bodies.”

If there weren't humans around when there was that big battle, and all the other battles have only been between Fire and Water, how the heck did they get trapped in the human bodies? Did I read too fast and miss something somewhere?
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[info]astridamara wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 04:43 am (UTC)
No, you didn't read too fast... I just skimmed over that part because I didn't want to go into too much detail about the original battle. But it lasted for a *very* long time - eons - and by the time the Air and Earth forces united the first humans were on the planet and their consciousnesses were developed enough that they could serve as vessels for imprisoned elemental souls. It took a long time for these forces to reorganize, and so it was much later that they began to reform as armies and fight each other once again.

Hope that helps clarify. I try to skim over the image of Neanderthal Arath Jag in my mind because it doesn't do much for his sex appeal. :)
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[info]joeannk wrote:
Apr. 25th, 2009 05:38 am (UTC)
New fan!
Hi, Astrid. Just wanted to let you know I just finished The Archer's Heart and *loved* it. This is the first of your work I have read, and now, discovering your blog and website, I see you have several other novels out there too. You've just made me a very happy camper, indeed. I had seen your The Archer's Heart come up several times for me as a recommended read since I'm a big fan of Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series and Sarah Monette's Melusine books. I thought I'd give yours a try since I enjoy fantasy, especially well written fantasy featuring M/M characters. You didn't disappoint. TAH was a delight from start to finish. Keep up the terrific work!

Now, I'm going to mosey over to LooseId and do some downloading. . .
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[info]astridamara wrote:
Apr. 25th, 2009 05:39 pm (UTC)
Re: New fan!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate hearing from readers, and I'm glad you enjoyed The Archer's Heart. My titles through Loose Id are shorter, and a little more racy, but I hope you like them as well. Come back and tell me what you think.

Thanks again, and Happy Reading!
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[info]sharrow96 wrote:
Apr. 25th, 2009 10:51 pm (UTC)
Is there going to be more????
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[info]astridamara wrote:
Apr. 26th, 2009 12:03 am (UTC)
Yes!! It's designed as a four-book series, and so hopefully, if there's enough interest, the story will continue. This is the short intro to a much bigger world, and a bigger battle. Yikes. You'd think I'd be sick of writing big battles by now. :)
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[info]sharrow96 wrote:
Apr. 26th, 2009 12:19 am (UTC)
Yay! :D
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