Cat Shifter Anthology! Contest!
I finished reading all of the 60+ cat shifter submissions on Saturday and then looked over all of them again (not reading them, just opening them and looking at the first few pages to refresh my memory) before making my decision on Sunday.
Monday morning I spent the whole morning emailing both those who were accepted and those who were not. In the end, I chose 6 manuscripts for 3 print anthologies, instead of 3 manuscripts for 1 print anthology as was my original plan. The reason for this is simple: I loved all six books, and they’re three different genres, so they can fit nicely together in three different print anthologies.
The participants are:
For the erotic romance anthology titled Feral Attraction:
Rachel’s Totem by Marie Harte
Claiming Their Mate by Dena Russo
For an as yet untitled romance anthology:
The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell
Treasure Hunting by J.B. McDonald
For an as yet untitled urban fantasy anthology:
Even For Me by Taryn Blackthorne
Tiger by the Tail by Kaye Chambers
The really cool thing to me about the manuscripts chosen is that only one comes from a currently contracted Samhain author (Marie Harte). The other five authors are new to Samhain. And four of them? Never before published! I don’t think anyone knows how exciting that is for me, to bring new talent into the company and into the world of publishing. Yay! I can’t wait for you all to be able to read these stories when they release in April 2008.
Now for the contest part. Did you notice 1) that we’re not using On the Prowl (when I chose it I had no idea it was a Berkley title releasing in August) and 2) we have two untitled print anthologies? The erotic romance title, Feral Attraction, is compliments of Sasha, one half of the writing team of Gabriella Hewitt.
So I need two titles appropriate for a romance cat shifter anthology and an urban fantasy cat shifter anthology. You can post your suggestions here or at the Samhain blog. I’ll choose one random winner (just for playing) and give them a free download of their choice from My Bookstore and More. For the two people who suggest titles I use, or provide inspiration for a title, I will give three downloads of their choice (three for each of the two titles). The contest will run until August 31st.
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Cat Scratch Fever
sorry, I could not resist.
YEA!!! Freal Attraction is the title of the erotica!!!!! Atleast I got in somehow. Thanks you made my day.
This week I am thanking my fellow bloggers by having you pick my book trailer. My way of thanking you for being so supportive of me.
I can’t think up a title but the urban one intrigues me.
here is a picture of what I think an urban cat looks like. Maybe it will spark some creative flow. http://www.pbase.com/mardoli/image/54985609
Graffiti Cat
Shred
Alley Cat
hmm… got to think on this more
Street Shifters
Shadow Shifters
Cat’s Kiss
Hiss and Kiss
Purrfect Tales
Feral Hearts
Feral Love
Feral Tails
City Tails
(borrowed from Kipling)
Wet Wild Woods
Wet Wild Roofs
By Their Wild Lone
(just to be silly)
Feral Tail
Here, Kitty, Kitty
Kittehs in Luv
OT question: 10-12 weeks is Samhain’s current average waiting period for submission responses. I just wanted to ask if that includes partial submissions. If there’s no response on a partial in, say, four or five weeks, is it better to wait the full 12 weeks before a polite inquiry to make sure a response wasn’t sent that we might have accidentally thrown out with the spam or just not received due to squiffy servers? I hope this is not an inapproriate question here. Please go ahead and delete it if it is.
Thanks.
Hi Tamara, thanks for your contributions, I’ll have to look at them more closely.
I don’t mind you asking a question here. If you sent a partial and have the full ready now and would like to submit that in its place, you can send it to the same email address and let them know that since it’s ready you’d like the editor to have the full, just in case. It’s no problem!
For the Urban Fantasy:
Scratches in the Dark
Shadow Games
Fangs and Tails
Urban Tails
For the Romance:
Entwined Tails or Tales
Hmm, I like Shadow Shifters and Shadow Games.
I must admit Urban Tails made me laugh
LOL. I’m glad you liked it.
More inspiration…
http://www.twolumps.net/
a few more title suggestions.
Purr for me..
Bast’s Playground
Hissy Fit (ok, that may have been used as a chick lit title…but it’s still cute)
Urban Pride
Bast’s Pride
For the Urban:
The Purrfect World.
I’m still thinking about the other one.
So far I seem stuck on “Prowlers”.”I’m stuck on Prowlers and Prowlers are stuck on me.”
Sorry, could not resist.
Time for coffee.
For the Urban Fantasy:
Kitten with a Whip (Okay, I blatantly stole that off a postcard I sent to my husband before we got married)
Kitten’s Got Claws
Romance:
Fluffy Wishes and Catnip Dreams
Have I mentioned I’m not the best title writer? hehe :loser:
Darn, mine have already been suggested. Feral Attraction is great!
Okay – I’ll admit to having absolutely NO suggestion on titles because my feet haven’t touched the ground, yet. :cheer:
Urban Tails made me laugh, though. *grins*
Thank you for the very warm welcome and the laugh.
:thanks:
For the Romance One:
What about Pounce: Tails of Two Kitties
Or Pounce: A Romance Shifter Anthology
Urban Tails made me laugh, too! Good One!
And that made me think of…
Tails from the City
Sex and the Kitty (too chick-lit?)
A Tail of Two Kitties
When Fur Flies
Musk-Cat Love (sorry, couldn’t help it)
Stray Cat Jive
Alley Cats
Cattery Row
Tom, Dick and Hairy (switch the words around and you’ll realize what popped in my head FIRST)
I don’t know enough about the romance stories, so in case one is historical or has someone with the last name Knight…
A Knight’s Tail
See, Jaci did this to us the other day. I don’t know about anyone else, but this stuff gets stuck in my head and makes me crazy!
BTW, CONGRATS to all the authors involved!
great suggestions so far. All I’ve got is Feline Lust.
ROMANCE – Love of Cat Tales, Cat Dreamers, Romantic Love Tails, Litter of Romance
URBAN – Cat Walkers, Night Crawlers, Dark Shadows of Tales, Cat of Legend Tales, Tails of the Night
Amelia
For the Romance:
Cat Fancy
Fever Pitch
Wildcat
Feline Grace
Cat Chase
For the Urban Fantasy:
Night Vision
Cat Eyes
Different Breed
Hm. Night Vision has a nice ring to it.
:thanks:
Ummm. English isn’t my first language so finding titles is not easy. The only one I can think of would be My Favorite Feline for the romance
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Thought of a few more!
Romance:
Feline Delights
All Night Long
Purrfect for you :giggle:
Furriously yours
Urban Fantasy:
Night Prowl
Animal promises
Untamed
Wild Nights
Untamed
Shifters do it Best :muahaha:
Although I think some of these titles might fit the other category *shrug*. No idea what they’re worth, the searching was fun
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