Win Surrender to the Night!!!

Okay, so...as some of you may have noticed, I am not around online much anymore. I feel bad about it and am trying to remedy that. I've been rather depressed for some time now and I've been job hunting with no luck. As such...I kind of lost interest in things I used to love, like writing and reading. It's embarrassing to admit that I let myself drift along like that but...I did. However, I took a good, long, hard look at myself and told myself to "Suck it up, Buttercup."

My second novel, Surrender to the Night, came out in May and I have not yet done a contest for it. It got good reviews and to my delighted surprise earned a five cups rating from Coffee Time Romance! So, without further ado...Send me a comment here or a message on MySpace (you can even comment on my MySpace blog).

www.myspace.com/jaeknight

Or email me here: jaded_jae@yahoo.com (with "Contest" in the subject line)

Good luck!!! I will choose as many as three winners depending on the number of entries. As it was with the From the Shadows contest, there are really no guidelines for entering. All I need is for you to contact me, letting me know you want to enter. I will select the winners in a week, on Monday, September 7th.

Here is a link to the Coffee Time Romance review:

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookReviews/surrendertothenight.html

And, of course, a blurb:

Korinna MacDougal is a strong and independent vampire who doesn't need a man, but it soon becomes apparent that a human male needs her. Korinna is drawn to Ziggy 'Blue' Dvorzhetsky, and when demons start stalking her in an attempt to find her vampire creator, she must protect Ziggy from a vicious group of demon rogues.

As the Guardians plan to uncover the demons' sinister plot, a young Oracle is kidnapped and taken into Tenebrae, the demon realm. Korinna's creator, Siobhan Connelly, and her estranged Halfling husband, Oren, must go into a hostile world to retrieve the child in order to keep the powerful psychic force out of demon hands. Can Oren and Siobhan make it out of Tenebrae with their lives and mend their own troubled hearts from a tragic past along the way?

Coffee Time Romance Review

Surrender to the Night has been reviewed by Coffee Time Romance! I got 5 cups!!!

Delane says: "This book is exotic and exciting with every turn of the page. Korrina is a wonderful character who although she is a creature of the night defends the innocent humans of the world. The contrast between the perception of good and evil is strategically accomplished with finesse. This book is definitely a keeper and well worth reading again and again."

To read the entire review, follow this link:

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookReviews/surrendertothenight.html

Distractions

Okay...I admit that I am a procrastinator. So that's bad enough when you are a writer with a series planned. But then there are distractions, things that keep you from getting down to work even more that just thinking, "Why do today what can be done tomorrow?" Things like The Sims 3, for one. I got it the day after it came out, having been a die-hard Sims addict since the first series of the game. It is pretty impressive with tons of new features but the down-side is it runs super slow thanks to the new "open world" gameplay. While you are playing your Sims, the Sims in town are also aging, getting married, having kids, dying...Therefore, you notice a lot of bogging down and waiting around, trying to find something...ANYTHING...to do while your Sims go to work or to sleep. Other than that, the game is quite fun and has a new way to customize everything your Sims wear or put in their house. So my leopard-print obsessed self can have leopard-print everything. And I mean, "everything."

On to the second distraction...RP. For those who do not know, roleplay. I'm not talking the kind of roleplay that couples do, such as nurse and patient or teacher and schoolgirl...although those are fun too. I'm talking about making characters and exchanging e-mails or instant messages with a partner to tell a story one paragraph at a time. I have recently discovered this joy (in February) and am utterly hooked. On the plus side, it gets your creative juices flowing. But on the negative side, you're having way to much fun RPing to use those flowing creative juices to write...I just can't win! I wanted a way to get inspired and think up new characters and storylines and I got that alright. But now I gotta have me some RP almost every day...

So...the writing is slow but not for lack of creativity. I have something I am eager to work on but am busy researching the subject (Steampunk) when I am not indulging myself with playing God with my Sims or RPing with my friend. And now...I shall return to my RP before I turn in for the night...or morning, as it were...

Romantic Time Book Review of CT: At Last Vol. 2

Romantic Times BOOK Reviews has reviewed Coming Together: At Last, Volume 2. Jill Brager gave it 4 Stars.

"Highlights of this anthology include "Unchained Heart," by Jae Knight, in which vampire Marty Cassidy, a wannabe musician, is attracted to lead guitarist Cameron Lucas, and "Enough Said," by Bridget Midway, in which Sean and Autumn must make the most of their time together before he leaves town."

http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?book=38983

Buy Coming Together: At Last, Volume 2 here:

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Coming+Together:+At+Last,+Vol.+2/exact_match=exact

"You Want to Read" Surrender to the Night!

Laura from You Gotta Read Reviews:

"Reading this book enables the reader to enjoy the paranormal world of Tenebrae. This is a world where demons, Halflings and Changelings all exist in a parallel universe. I became intrigued by not only the magic and wonder of the environment but also of the characters who were such an integral part of the stories. The two main plots do intersect a little over halfway through the book, and several questions are answered. However, some questions are left to be addressed in the next installment of the series which ensures that readers will be coming back for more. "

To read the review in it's entirety, follow this link:

http://yougottareadreviews.blogspot.com/2009/05/review-surrender-to-night-by-jae-knight.html

I'm so excited to see that the second novel in my paranormal romance series got a good review! As my books are like my babies (I created them and worked hard on them), it is always nerve-wracking the moment you see you've been reviewed. But Laura from You Gotta Read Reviews rated Surrender to the Night as one "You Want to Read!"

Introduction

I'm not big on blogging, really. I never have much to say. However, I realize that there is a benefit to blogging for a writer. So, I have made this blog in order to post links, excerpts, news, poetry and some short stories, even some fanfiction that I like to write from time to time.

Now for an introduction...

My name is Jae Knight and I am a writer of erotica and romance, mostly paranormal. I am published with Phaze Books. I have an ongoing series and the first two novels, "From the Shadows" and "Surrender to the Night," are already available at Phaze.com. Two of my short stories have been published in an erotic anthology. "Unchained Hearts" is a part of "Coming Together: At Last," is available in both eBook and print, and benefits Amnesty International. "Hailey's Comet" is a part of "Coming Together: Al Fresco," is only available in eBook format exclusively from AllRomanceeBooks.com, and benefits Conservation International.

Depending on what is allowed here at Blogger, I'm hoping to have some free, steamy reads up very soon.

Gravefully,

Jae Knight, writer of Wickedly Erotic Romance