Check out this interview of me and my work on Lauren Scharhag’s Blog:
http://laurenscharhag.blogspot.com/2015/02/vampires-and-starr-girlsan-interview.html
Thanks! Hope you have a great day!
Free Download – Gretyl by Dani Hoots
Hi all! Here is a free download for a horror novella called “Gretyl” (at bottom of post). I hope you all enjoy and if you want more stories, check out my website www.danihoots.com . Also, if you want to put this story on kindle or nook, epub and imobi for Gretyl are available on my website. Feel free to share this story with friends and family and review it on Goodreads!
Back cover:
Germany, 1942. Five kids find themselves lost in the forest as a storm traps them in an abandoned cottage, or at least they thought it was abandoned. They hear footsteps coming from the attic and afraid that it is someone in need, they decide to check it out only to find that who they should fear for is themselves.
Here is the PDF, click the link for the download:
Release Announcement #14: A World of Vampires Volume 1 Paperback
Here it is! The paperback collection of the first four A World of Vampires novellas: Hooh-Strah-Dooh, Baobhan Sith, Strigoi, and Jiangshi!
Vampires around the world are coming forth to remind humans they are not romantic fantasies to be sought, nor are they souls that can be redeemed. These are the stories they must tell.
Hooh-Strah-Dooh: Anne Fitzgerald gives the tale of her involvement with the Irish gangs in the 1930s and how her life is full of love, loss, and abuse as she is forced to turn into the Wyandot’s vampire, the hooh-strah-dooh.
Baobhan Sith: Captain Henry Williams had everything he wanted back home in England, the woman of his dreams waiting for him, all he had to do was make it home after the war. But as he travels through the Highlands, he finds that fate has another plan for him.
Strigoi: Amalia loved living as a traveler through the country of Romania, listening to the music of the night, until she found out the evil that was behind the music. Now she must decide to save her own skin, or bring forth the most evil strigoi ever to roam the world.
Jiangshi: Hui Zhang was given a chance to follow his dreams in San Francisco and he took it, but was the money worth the price he paid? Especially when the evil he had done haunts him and his family?
A big thank you to Justin at A Bibliophile’s Workshop for all the editing, Daniel Somerville for the beautiful covers, Marcy Rachel for the great formatting, and Desiree DeOrto for edits. I would also like to thank my cousin Earlene for inspiring me to write this series, my parents for supporting me, and my husband Craig for always believing in me. Thank you all.
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A New Year – 2015
Happy New Year Everyone!
Well it has been a crazy 2014! Between Masters, getting into a writing program that I am looking greatly forward to, traveling across the US (and Britain), publishing a few novellas, and working on publishing a novel. This year was really a blessing and I couldn’t have done without my friends and family! Thanks a bunch!
Next year is going to be great as well, as more novellas and novel(s?) will be coming out as well. Below is a tentative list of when everything will be coming out. I will be going to conventions and book fairs in the Arizona, Oregon, and Washington area, which is listed below as well. I can’t wait to start my writing program, finish up my masters program, get my herbal certificate (yea!), learn violin, and learn German! It’s gonna be another great year I hope with many more adventures to come!
Publication list:
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- March-Hanami(My Broken Heart #1)
- » April-The Quest(Sanshlian Series #1 with Hear Me Roar Publishing), Lilith(A World of Vampires #6)
- » May-Peuchen(A World of Vampires #7), Klopf(Free Download)), Last Summer(My Broken Heart #2)
- » June-Styzga(A World of Vampires #8
- » July-A World of Vampires Volume 2 Paperback
- » August-Empusa(A World of Vampires #9)
- » September-Soucouyant(A World of Vampires #10), Hel’s Labyrinth(AnTik Comics, a comic with Anthill Studios #1), Young Adult Mystery(Still in works #1)
- » October-Draugr(A World of Vampires #11)
- » November-Ruber Mortem(A World of Vampires #12)
- » December-A World of Vampires Volume 3 Paperback, Young Adult Mystery(Still in works #2)
Convention list:
Book Reviews
Here I am going to post links to the book reviews I do for A Bibliophile’s Reverie. If you are interested in my review of a book, just click the title and it will take you to that review!
The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir
Deadly Curiosities by Gail Z. Martin
Dawn of the White Light by Robert M.K. Turner
Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien De Castell
The Mermaid and the Barbarian Pirate by Kay Berrisford
Bound by Night, Book 1 of The MoonBound Clan Vampires, by Larissa Ione
Chained by Night, Book 2 of The MoonBound Clan Vampires by Larissa Ione
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The Rebel Trap, Book #2 of Rebel by Lance Erlick
Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
Release Announcement #13: Jiangshi
The fourth novella of A World of Vampires is now available! The Paperback will be out soon!
Vampires around the world are coming forth to remind humans they are not romantic fantasies to be sought, nor are they souls that can be redeemed. These are the stories they must tell.
Hui Lee was given one chance to follow his dreams of becoming a painter in San Francisco during the gold rush and not having to worry about money any longer, and he took it. But what price did he pay, destroying the life of his own brother? Thinking he could live with the evil he had done, Hui goes on living his life, until his brother comes back from the dead as a jiangshi, haunting him every night. Will Hui be able to live with the evil of his past? Or will his brother get the revenge that has left him haunting the world for an eternity?
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Release Announcement #12: A Falling Starr Trilogy
It’s here! The paperback collection of all three novellas of A Falling Starr: Forgotten, Found, and Free!
One year ago, I lost all my memories. Who I was, where I was from, all of it was gone. I tried to live past it, looking only to the future, but the darkness that was my past still haunted me. Angela Starr had no memory of who she was after that accident one year ago and it wasn’t until a man from clear across the galaxy came, saved her life, and took her to this strange new world did she feel that she finally belonged.
But the question still remained, who was she? Why did he risk his life for her?
And more importantly, why were people trying to kill her? With no one wanting to answer her questions, Angel Starr must face the truth and force herself to get her memories back, or all could be lost.
A big thank you to everyone who made the creation of my first self-published paperback possible! Desiree DeOrto for the beautiful cover! Chantelle with A Twist of Karma for all the editing and dealing with my mistakes 🙂 . Marcy for the amazing formatting she did with all the novellas. My writing group and every author/mentor that has pushed me forward. My parents for supporting me. And to my husband who never stops believing in me. Thank you all!
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Release Announcement #11: Free
Here it is! The last novella of A Falling Starr Trilogy: Free!
Learning the truth as to who she is, Angela Starr must decide what she is going to next. Will she take up her responsibility and stop Michael once and for all? Or is it too late?
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Release Announcement #10: Strigoi
The third novella for A World of Vampires series is now available!
Vampires around the world are coming forth to remind humans they are not romantic fantasies to be sought, nor are they should that can be redeemed. These are the stories that they must tell.
Amalia had always heard the music of the night in her dreams, but it wasn’t until one day when she was traveling back from town did she find out what they true source of it was: a strigoi. The last thing she remembers is being bit and then finding herself back at her camp. Everything seemed strange from then on, but why was that? Was it all a dream? Or did she really come in contact with one of the most feared creatures of her people?
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RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT #9: Baobhan Sith
Here it is! The second novella in A World of Vampires series!
Vampires around the world are coming forth to remind humans they are not romantic fantasies to be sought, nor are they should that can be redeemed. These are the stories that they must tell.
Captain Henry Williams had everything he wanted back home in England: a woman waiting to marry him, his dream of owning a pub, and starting a family. All he had to do was make it home now that the war against the Jacobites was over. But something in the Highlands was waiting for him that night, something that could only have been bread out of nightmares. The Baobhan Sith.
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What does the fox say 