Hereafter Online Launch Party


YOU'RE INVITED!!!


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Hereafter is once more running free in the wild, and to celebrate, I'm throwing an online launch party - and everybody is invited! There are going to be giveaways - hosted by celebrity guest authors - going on all day long, I'll be answering questions from readers, and cover artist Shelby Robinson will also stop by to take part in a Q&A. So come on by and lift a glass of (virtual) champagne in honor of Hereafter's release!

How to attend:

1. Log in to Facebook and navigate to the party's event page

2. The event works a bit like a chat room - there will be multiple threads/wall posts going on, each featuring a various celebrity guest and a game/giveaway. Enter as many contests/giveaways as you like - just read the instructional post at the top of each thread and then jump into the conversation.

3. New contests/games will be revealed every hour, so check back frequently! Check here to see the schedule of celebrity guests who will be appearing.

Hereafter Release Day Blog Tour


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::Kermit flail:: IT'S RELEASE DAY!!!! YAAAYYYY!!!


To celebrate the re-release of Hereafter, I'll be visiting the following blogs today in a one day blitz tour:

 
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Mama Knows Books
Booklover Sue
Penny Dreadful Books and Reviews
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I'm so grateful to this great group of bloggers for supporting me and Hereafter by hosting me today. I would love it if all of you reading this post can stop by as many of the blogs as you can and leave a comment during my tour as a way of thanking the bloggers for their support.

And don't forget - tomorrow is the Hereafter online launch party on Facebook. Be sure to stop by - I've got a dozen special guests, including cover artist Shelby Robinson, lined up, plus games and giveaways. It's going to be a blast!


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TERRI BRUCE writes science fiction and fantasy stories with a literary bent from a haunted house in New England where she lives with her husband and three cats. Look for her contemporary fantasy Hereafter (Afterlife #1) available wherever books are sold.



Come to the HEREAFTER Online Release Party- January 21st from Noon EST to Midnight EST!
 

Hereafter Cover Reveal Redux


So, as you know, there was this thing over the summer and I ended up getting the rights to my books back and now I'm self-publishing them, starting with re-releasing Hereafter in January.

Aaaannnddddd....

TA-DA! Here's the new cover for Hereafter...

Hereafter and Thereafter (Re) Release Dates Set!


So…what exactly is going on with Hereafter and Thereafter?

I’m so glad you asked!

I’ve been sitting on this news for a while because there were a lot of moving pieces that weren’t in place, and I didn’t want to announce anything until I had firm release dates. And now that I have all the pieces and some set release dates… drum roll please…

Birthday Bash Missing Blog Posts


There were a couple of small snafus with guest posts during the Birthday Bash Blog Tour. Due to a small mix up, two site hosts both got the same guest post, when in fact, Bookin' It Reviews should have gotten this post on "Veneration of the Dead Festivals" (I apologize for the mix up, Talina!). Also, the full text of the "My Best Birthday Memories" post can be found here. Lastly, if you missed the "Ghosts, Beans, and Parentalia" post at Vivi Dumas's site (which did get posted), please check it out. I was particularly proud of that bit of ghostly research. :-)

In Case You Missed It: Birthday Bash Blog Tour


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So, it's my birthday (yay!), and it's Hereafter's six-month anniversary since release (YAY!), AND it's the feast of Parentalia (say what?), so I figured it was time to throw a party...and you're all invited! YAAAYYYYYY!!!!

Thanks to the lovely Roxanne Rhodes and the folks at Bewitching Book Tours we are having a birthday party of epic portions. February 11th - 18th is my Birthday Bash Blog Tour. We've got 16 blog tour stops where we're talking birthday bucket lists, Parentalia, insider backstory on Hereafter, sneak peaks of Thereafter (due out June 1st), and giving away two awesome prize packs.

Boskone and Ghosts Panel


I've got so much going on, I'm not sure if I'm coming or I'm going. In addition to the Birthday Bash Blog Tour, this is what else I've got going on in the next couple of weeks:

Boskone (New England Science Fiction Assocation Convention), Boston, MA
Friday, February 15th through Sunday, February 17th I'll be attending Boskone in Boston, MA. On Friday @ 8 pm I'll be reading from Hereafter as part of the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading. The rest of the time, find me at the Broad Universe table in the Huckster's Room, signing copies of Hereafter, or lurking around panels. By the way - is it my imagination or is George R.R. Martin's name on this program as well???

If you're participating in the New England Broad Universe Scavenger Hunt, Boskone is a good place to track down a good percentage of us (and the RFR is a great opportunity to get us all at one fell swoop!)

Ghosts, Spirits, and the Afterlife Panel, Worcester, MA
Due to the blizzard/snowmaggedon/snowpocalypse Nemo, the Ghosts, Spirits, and the Afterlife panel at Annie's Book Stop in Worcester, MA, originally scheduled for February 9th, will be held on Saturday, February 23rd from 4 pm to 6 pm, followed by a book signing from 6 to 7 pm. Another great opportunity to get some signatures for the New England Broad Universe Scavenger Hunt - the panel features me, Jennifer Pellend, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, and Morven Westfield, plus there may be other Broads lurking in the audience.



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Cover Art Contest



Hey everyone - to celebrate her blogiversary, Cloey's Book Reviews and Other Stuff is holding a cover art contest, with the winner being featured on her blog for a month, and guess what? She's picked Hereafter to be included! The competition looks pretty intense, with some really gorgeous entries. If you get a chance, please visit Cloey's Blog and vote!

February Blog Tours


I'm all tingly with anticipation - lots of big events coming up in February! It's my birthday so I decided to throw myself a blog tour birthday party--and you're all invited!

I've got two events going on:



The first is a one week blog tour February 11th - 18th to promote Hereafter arranged by Bewitching Book Tours. If you're interested in being a tour stop, go here.

The second is a one week scavenger hunt February 18th-22nd to both promote Hereafter and release some teaser hints of what's coming up in the sequel, Thereafter (coming June 1st!). I'm booking this one myself and I'm looking for 5-7 blogs to host an excerpt from Hereafter in which one word will be highlighted in red. Readers will visit each participating blog, collect the red words, and then unscramble them to get a preview of Thereafter (and enter a raffle for a cool prize). If you're interested in participating in this event, please email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

(BTW, Thereafter has been loaded to Goodreads (no cover art yet - you have to wait for the official cover reveal tour for that!) so if you want to see the description/back cover blurb...)

Meanwhile, there's still time to vote for Hereafter in the P&E Readers' Choice Awards (voting ends January 14th). Thank you to everyone who has voted so far--Hereafter has a very strong showing, and I'm hoping it ends up in the top ten!

Big, Big News


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So…it’s been a week of BIG, BIG NEWS…

First and foremost, I can now officially announce that Thereafter, the sequel to Hereafter and the second book in my Afterlife Series, will be released on June 1, 2013 (available to order starting May 1st)!!!
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You know what this means…over the next couple of months be on the lookout for cover art reveals and teaser excerpts! In fact, I can tell you that I’m planning a big blog tour in February to coincide with Parentalia (more about that in a future blog post), in which I’ll be revealing many hints about what’s coming up in Book 2 (and beyond!).

The second bit of big news is that Hereafter has been nominated for the Preditors and Editors’s “Best of 2012” Readers' Choice Poll in the Science Fiction and Fantasy category!!! Thank you to whoever nominated me – it might be clichéd, but it really is an honor just to know that there’s someone out there who liked my work enough to nominate it for an award. Voting ends January 10th - if you have a moment, please vote for Hereafter!

Thank you so much to all of you for making 2012 such a great year! Thanks to you, it looks like 2013 is going to be even better!