The official launch is being held right now at the author’s Facebook page. Feel free to go along and show your support.

For a 24 hour period you can purchase the ebook at half price through Smashwords using the following coupon code at the checkout.

Promotional price: $1.50
Coupon Code: GH57D
Expires: January 25, 2012

For more details on the book, visit the official page on this website.

Currently, replies have been sent out to all stories received on or before 11 December 2011. If you submitted a story prior to this date and haven’t received an email then don’t despair, your story has been shortlisted and a final decision will be made as soon as the remaining submissions have been processed.

Night Terrors Anthology is due for release in March or April 2012.

If you didn’t have time to submit a story to this anthology then now would be a good time to check out our next forthcoming anthology, Tomorrow Anthology. The reading period isn’t open yet, but it means you have plenty of time to plan and write a suitable story. Check out the Submission Guidelines page for details.

The Night Terrors Anthology will crawl under your skin and keep you awake long into the night. It’s an anthology of creepy stories that will include ghosts, vampires, demons, voodoo and the walking dead. These are stories that are so close to reality that, be warned, they could happen to you!

But there are still spaces to be filled. If you write horror then we may be interested in your work. If your stories start right in the middle of the mayhem then you’ve already won our attention. And if your story manages to keep our attention to the last word then consider your story SOLD!

The reading period for Night Terrors is open until 31 December 2011, which is only four weeks away. Please ensure you read the Submission Guidelines before you send us your story.

Good luck!

Many thanks goes to Donna from DigitalDonna.com for her hard work. The cover design is awesome!

The old cover for the original publication (published with the title “Cat’s Eyes”) did not depict the story well enough. The title gave the wrong impression and the cover did not help to rectify the matter. Whereas, the new cover gives off the feeling of an ancient world. The fire represents the danger the four main characters are in. And the silhouettes of the characters clearly show their differences, which imply an unknown race and a fantasy theme. We also believe the targeted age group is clearer.

The author has revealed more information on the background on how The Land of Miu came to be and the mythology behind The Land of Miu on her website.

The Land of Miu, second edition of the first book in The Land of Miu Series, will be published on 25 November 2011.

The first is through Goodreads. Three paperbacks are up for grabs. However, this one is for Australian readers only. Just click on the “enter” button below. This giveaways ends on 30 November 2011.

The second giveaway is over at LibraryThing. This one is open to everyone, worldwide. Fifteen ebooks are being given away. The giveaway will start in the next few days and will end on 30 November 2011.

Follow the LibraryThing Early Reviewers link. Scroll down until you find the “Hope Anthology” and click on “request it”. Then wait to find out if you’re a winner. It’s that easy.

The Land of Miu (Book 1) is the new title for the previously released book called “Cat’s Eyes”. The first edition will soon go out of print and be replaced with this second edition with the new title. It has been decided that a new cover will be given to the book, which will be uploaded to the website in about a week. The Land of Miu will be released on 25 November 2011.

Books two and three will also receive new covers. They will be added to their respective pages on this website as they become available.

The Kind’s Riddle will be the new title for the second book in the series. It will be released on 25 January 2012.

The Lion Gods will be the title of the third book in the series. A release date is yet to be determined, however, at this stage it seems likely that the book will be published in late 2012 or early 2013.

The title of book one will change to “The Land of Miu”.
 
The Land of Miu is the first book of The Land of Miu Series. It is NOT a sequel. It is the SAME story, but with a NEW title. It is extremely important that our readers know and understand this.

Why are we changing the name?

The author thought it would be a quirky idea to name the books after parts of a cat’s body, as two of the main characters in the series are shape shifters and sometimes take the form of a cat. However, the titles of the series do not reflect the essence of the books and the publisher feels this new title will help us reach a larger audience of young readers. The series is not about cats. It is about magic, unknown worlds, adventure, suspense, family and friends.

What about the rest of the series?

All the books in the series will have a name change. The titles for books two and three are yet to be determined. Both books have been removed from the website.

When will this change take place?

Very soon. Book one will be republished within six to eight weeks. Book two will be published about eight weeks later. Book three will follow some time in 2012.

You can expect to see these changes reflected on the website as soon as possible.

Please tell us a bit about yourself, Benjamin.

I’m a writer of fiction, long and short that is often dark and/or left-wing. I sometimes describe it as ‘Marxist horror’ which usually raises a few eyebrows. Other than that, I’m a blogger, spoken word artist and an active socialist.

That’s an impressive list. What is your Hope story about and what inspired it?

Eliot is the story of young boy I’ve been trying to tell for a long time. It’s about a boy who hides a lot, from his school and from his family and through the project of finding Hope it helped me to bring closure to Eliot’s story and find some hope for him in the end, despite such dark circumstances.

What are you working on at the moment?

At the moment, I’m working on something much lighter, a web serial about a fired office worker that reincarnates himself as Robin Hood and takes class revenge on the boss who fired him and the wealthy head of his favourite wrestling brand via becoming a wrestler himself.

It’s going to be released in weekly episodes at a website called Robbin Toorak (men in tights…and masks) and I’m also planning the serial (serial as in the second story) to write during NaNoWriMo.

To find out more about Benjamin and his writing, please visit his website – Blood and Barricades.

Please tell us a bit about yourself, Rowena.

I’m a parent, a writer, a teacher and a person who tries to make sense of the world. I suspect this is my problem.

What is your Hope story about and what inspired it?

I have four sons who aren’t your average Australian blokes. If you don’t like sport and want to get drunk with your mates on the weekend, what role models do young men have? This story is set in my Shallow Sea series, a tropical paradise, a place of perilous beauty. A youth sets out wanting to become a warrior, because warriors are respected in his community and ends up finding himself in another way.

What are you working on at the moment?

I’m neck deep in the new King Rolen’s Kin trilogy, but I also have two other series on the back burner that I’d love to finish writing.

To find out more about Rowena and her books, please visit her website – Rowena Cory Daniells