Contests and Thank Yous and Book Endings...Oh MY!

July Updates and News!

July 26th, 2011

A special thank you to Scott Sigler (www.scottsigler.com) for playing my promo for my new shorts series “Grimmer than Grimm”. The first in the series, “Handsome and REgrettal” are available here in the Something Wicked Strums RSS feed. The next story will be here in a couple of weeks.
Conservatory Fans will be happy to know that I have finished writing the book. The second to last chapter has been sent to the sound editor and should arrive within the week. The final chapter should be here in just a couple of weeks. If you would like to read my farewell blog to Mel and Dr. Lewis and the rest of the gang, please go to http://stevelockley.blogspot.com
Finally, don’t forget to go to www.horroraddicts.net and vote for my story, “The Root of All Evil” in the Wicked Women Writers Contest.

Vote For Me!...in the Wicked Women's Writing Contest 2011

The folks over at HorrorAddicts.net are at it again. As with the past two summers, they have sponsored a horror writing contest just to showcase new and upcoming women in the genre. This year, each contestant was assigned a poison, an object and a place with one month to write a story and podcast it.

This year, my story is called, “The Root of All Evil”. While travelling out of the country this past spring, I got to thinking about national security, money and civil liberties. I found that when the possible and plausible are left to the imagination, reality (and those possibilities) are far more frightening than any monsters I’ve conjured in my previous stories. And so, without hesitation, please go over and take a listen to “The Root of All Evil” at http://wwww.wickedwomenwriters.wordpress.com

Deadline to vote is Aug 1, 2011. One voter will be selected at random to win prizes from all of the contributing authors.

What Makes You Take a Chance?

So its the worst time of the week. You've come to the end of a great book, a riveting story or worse still an entire seriesand it's time to leave that world behind. It's a sad thing to leave a world you have come to love. The characters have become friends. The setting had felt comfortable and familiar. What is an avid reader to do? Simple really. It's time to find a new author.
For me, finding a new author is like looking for a new lover. I've just submerged myself into the world of one writer. How can I be so unfaithful and go to look for another? And how do I choose?
Do I buy an ebook because it will likely be cheaper to take a chance on a new voice out there in the writing world? Do I take the recomendation of a friend and read what she's reading? Do I go about buying a Sunday New York Times and enlist the reviews in my decision making process?
It's a big question. So, how do you find a new author when you exhausted your favorites?

New Free Podcast by Michele Roger: Grimmer than Grimm

Grimmer than Grimm: “Handsome and Regrettal”

May 23rd, 2011

Grimmer than Grimm Episode 1: Handsome and Regrettal

For all you deer hunters out there, this is a story dedicated to you! If you grew up in Michigan, even in the D, then you assuredly knew someone or some family that went deer hunting every autumn. What some readers may not know, is that in norther Michigan, whole towns take to the woods the weekend of opening day. While in some places, hunting may be a sport, but in Michigan, its an institution.
With this is mind, I offer the first episode in my new anthology, “Grimmer than Grimm” endearingly named after the two main characters in the story, the two brothers, Handsome and his younger brother, Regrettal. Follow these two young men as they get kicked out of their house, make a disasterous attempt at hunting in the Michigan back woods and finally take refuge in the cabin of the North Woods Witch. Who is the hunter and who is the hunted??
Handsome and Regrettal premieres May 28th in the form of a free podcast at www.comproom.co.uk/ourplace . Following that airing, it will be available for free in the RSS feed at www.micheleroger.com and at www.itunes.com

Dark Matter Goes Digital

Dark Matter is an Ebook for $2.99

June 26th, 2011

Dark Matter is now an Ebook!

After many months and failed attempts, my first novel, “Dark Matter” is now an ebook. You can buy a copy for your kindle, ipad, phone, nook, etc for the summer intro price of $2.99! Please go tohttp://backmybook.com/authors/michele-roger/store  to buy it. They also have all things Michele Roger including links to new videos, blogs and upcoming events. Check it out!