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Bel Reviews: Stephanie Burgis's - Kat the Incorrigible Series

This middle grade trilogy is set in the early 1800's and is and is very much Jane Austen-esk with it's emphasis on etiquette, propriety and high society. Book one Kat, Incorrigible, brings us in on a ...

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Lisa Reviews: Katie McGarry’s – “Pushing the Limits”

Lisa Reviews: Katie McGarry's - Pushing the Limits

“So wrong for each other ... AND YET SO RIGHT. No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even ...

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Night Creatures Available in USA

Night Creatures Available in USA

Yes! Yes! Yes! Finally you can get the series in either paperback or e-book from Amazon.com You can buy Burn Bright in paperback or ebook on Amazon right here. You can buy Angel Arias in paperback or ebook ...

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By The Bel: Sarah Newton

By The Bel: Sarah Newton

Author, speaker, consultant and media expert, Sarah’s expertise is working with gifted and talented young people who have the capacity to become high achievers.  She has an ability to raise expectations and aspirations of all young ...

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Krista Reviews: A. G. Howard’s – “Splintered”

Krista Reviews: A. G. Howard's - Splintered

This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed ...

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Burn Bright Thank-Yous

Burn Bright Thank-Yous

Today, I have some important thank-you's to make. Firstly to my wonderful agent who I love to bits, who has kept the faith with me through all kinds of ups and downs. I never feel like ...

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Burning Bright All Over the World

Burning Bright All Over the World

And so finally the Night Creatures series is available all over the world! It will take 12 to 48 hours to appear in your browsers, so I'm offering a signed copy of Nylon Angel to the ...

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Krista Reviews: Caitlin Kitteridge’s – “The Nightmare Garden” (Iron Codex #2)

Krista Reviews: Caitlin Kitteridge's - The Nightmare Garden (Iron Codex #2)

Everything Aoife thought she knew about the world was a lie. There is no Necrovirus. And Aoife isn't going to succumb to madness because of a latent strain—she will lose her faculties because she is ...

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Yes! Yes! Yes! Finally you can get the series in either paperback or e-book from Amazon.com

You can buy Burn Bright in paperback or ebook on Amazon right here.

You can buy Angel Arias in paperback or ebook on Amazon right here.

You can buy Shine Light in paperback or ebook on Amazon right here.

And so finally the Night Creatures series is available all over the world!

It will take 12 to 48 hours to appear in your browsers, so I’m offering a signed copy of Nylon Angel to the first person who spots the links on Amazon and shares them with us either here or on Facebook.

Yes, it’s true! Jarek and I have come to an agreement over using his artwork for the international release of the Night Creatures. The images will be the same but with new text and quotes and  slightly different titling. WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THEM!

The Austin Designworks covers will be used on the free EPILOGUE e-chapter to be released soon. And on other promo material.

So please go and check out Jarek’s website for his other wonderful artwork.

Now that we’re on track for a March release of the Night Creatures series on Amazon (yes, that’s all Amazon’s!), we’d love you to share our brand new banners. If you put them on your website then you’re entitled to join our VIP club, which means you get some fun stuff. Just let us know you’ve done it, either through the comments section, or through the site contact form. We’ve got the banners in different sizes, so just drop us a line if you need them in another size.

Spread the Burn Bright love!

Well I’m delighted to tell you that the publication date will be the end of March. Which means we haven’t got a lot of time to TELL THE WORLD! All the publicity for this is down to you and me guys, so put your name in the comments section if you want to help people hear about NIGHT CREATURES!

LOVE YOU ALL!

Trumpets! Drums! Lights! Megaphones!

As of mid 2013 the NIGHT CREATURES series will be available in paperback and e-book worldwide through Amazon (so far it only been available in Australia and New Zealand from the wonderful Random House Aus Teens). As soon as we have some details on exact dates YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW!!! (We’re hoping May or June!)

We’ll be starting a countdown, doing give-aways, standing on our heads, doing back flips – you name it! We’ll have banners and badges for you to put on your sites, it’s going to be HUUUGGE!

Join us for all the fun, help us spread the word that NIGHT CREATURES IS COMING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD!

The first piece of news I can share with you is that the series will have new covers. Now I know you LOVE these ones(and so do I!), but AUSTIN DESIGNWORKS will be doing the new covers, and they are seriously good at what they do – I mean … they design my websites!:) And they recently designed new covers for my beautiful Sentients of Orion series.

You’ve waited sooo long and sooo patiently and your loyalty will be rewarded. But now, guys, its up to you to LET EVERYONE KNOW! Please help us!

Leave your name in the comments section if you’d like a banner for your website. Banner-sharers will become part of our Burn Bright VIP club and will get free NEW swag (old swag too, but new swag with the new covers on!) when the books are released!

We’re just a little bit excited (can you tell?)!

Burn Bright, baby bats!

Marianne here. Just wanted to wish you all a wonderful Christmas from all of us at Burn Bright and MDPWeb. We’ve tried hard to bring you interesting fresh content over the course of the year – lots of reviews and interviews and some fun blogs as well. Really hope you’ve enjoyed reading and being part of our community.

I want to thank all my amazing staff (Bel, Lisa, Krista, Bec, Mandy, Phil, Renee, Joelene, Diana, Holly and Jamie) for their wonderful and consistent contributions. They have been fantastic and innovative and always there when I needed something. But a particular thank you to Belinda Hamilton who’s really become my right hand and who works extremely hard for this site. Thanks Bel!

Thanks also to all the publishers who have supported us with books and arranging interviews, and to The Spotlight Report, out new content partner in the entertainment area! We love Jorge and Sandra!

We’d love to hear your thoughts about the site and any ideas for things you’d like to see us do more or less of in 2013. We’re going to have a break between Christmas and New Year – our one week of the year without fresh content. I think the staff all deserve a little time off. :)

Then we’ll be back with a brand new series interviewing bloggers about their sites, and a bunch of other goodies for you.

For those of you who have bought SHINE LIGHT and The Night Creatures series – thank you from the bottom of my heart. Let’s hope 2013 is a great year for the world.

Burn Bright!

Marianne x

For your chance to win a copy of Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres tune in to Friday Ketchup on the ParaQuest Radio Network (www.pqrn.net) Head into the Studio/Chat area Saturday 7am Brisbane AEST For those on daylight saving on the East coast it’ll be 8am AEDST  And for our listeners in the US Friday 4pm eastern 1pm pacific.

**tip** To get the show to play once you’re in the room right click on the icons to the side of the chat window, choose open link in new tab and pick a platform to listen to the show with from there.

 
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