Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Aspiring Authors! Pitch at AAD!

Did you know that AAD has a writers track? We do. We are a focus on readers, but we do not neglect the writers out there! This year we have some FANTASTIC editors (and agents) taking appointments, and I wanted to let you know who we have on roster already... Ready?

Editors:
Leah Hultenshmidt- Sourcebooks
Stacy Hague-Hill- TOR Books
Kris Jacen -MLR, Passion in Print, Featherweight Press
Kat Lively- Phaze Books
Tonya Nagle- Tease Publishing
Michele Paulin- Resplendence Publishing
Heather Osborn- Samhain Publishing
Raelene Gorlinsky- Ellora's Cave

Agents:
Louise Fury, L. Perkins Agency

We will have more (I'm sure) as we get closer to the event, so stay tuned to the website for any changes. Let me explain something about AAD. AAD is a readers con, first and foremost right? well because of this, you are almost guaranteed an appointment. So what are you waiting for? REGISTER today(we are filling up fast) and make your mark on publishing.

AAD Steampunk event revealed!

This year, we are doing our first Steampunk Ball! Vendors, Authors, music, performers and something hella special. So shall we get to it?


Olde City Side Show
is our main performer! And trust me it is exactly how it sounds! Witness astounding feats and visual eccentricities only the performers of the OCSS troupe can give you! And as a special treat, one of the members will be doing a special steampunk burlesque performance!


On top of all this, we will have a slew of awesome vendors for the event, Stuff sure to interest you. we will have a DJ for the event as well, so make sure you wear your dancing shoes! Psychics, and tarot will be abound as well!

Extras? How about several Photo ops around the event, staged, as to get the full effect of your costume, author readings, and a special booksigning for the steampunk authors!

Rounding out the night is an Absinthe tasting from the amazing Vieux Carre Absinthe and Blue Stocking Gin! We are working on the particulars (thanks to Eon DeBeaumont and Augusta Li) but we are hoping for some giveaways!

And if that's not enough... We have one more special event we will be talking about AT the event. Needless to say its going to be awesome. So who is excited? And who has their costumes yet?

Monday, January 24, 2011

Stella's weekend in Philly (IE: visiting the AAD 2011 hotel)

Hey everyone!

Im home from my weekend in Philly, where I not only went to Dorian's Parlor and hung out with a bunch of people, I got to finalize AAD rooms and schedules, and I stayed at the hotel. So first, before I get into it, this was the view from my room Sunday morning.



Trust me, it looks even cooler at night. So The hotel is good to go. The rooms are stunning. the beds comfy, and holy hell the shower (at least in my room) was awesome. As a group we have special elevators that go ONLY to our convention floors, and we have figured out all the scheduled rooms. The Hotel has a Sauna, pool and hot tub and a racquetball court. So you can relax and enjoy. For those of you coming in early, Guys, seriously, Your going to have a blast.

My other reason to go was to see how the hotel handed an event. Dorian's Parlor is a steampunk event that happens once a month at the hotel so it killed two birds with one stone so to speak. The Staff were amazing, everyone was awesome and I have a great feeling about the space in general. So heres some pictures of some of the authors, staff and I that will be at AAD this year, from Dorians!



So who is excited?

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Conference

I'm looking forward to my first AAD conference and already making plans!! For those of you attending I have a question. What sort of promo do your prefer from an author? I have the ususal suspects :) Bookmarks, bookplates, coverflats... As a reader I always love bookmarks, but I'm always on the lookout for the new and the unusual! So if you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them!

Another question, I'm coming in early so I can do some sightseeing. Is anyone else planning to check out Philly? It would be great if a few of us could get together so I'm not wandering around lost as usual :)

Hope to see you there,
Alex

Monday, January 10, 2011

Panel list for AAD 2011

Ahoy everyone! So here is the panel list for AAD 2011, Sans the GLBT panels (we will be posting those soon!) We havent gotten the Schedule done yet, by way of rooms or times, but we figured you would wanna see the list of panels and who was on them.

OOh and just an fyi, we are filling up FAST! So if your thinking of coming, PLEASE get your registration info in ASAp, payments for attendees are due my July 1st!

Its all about the Fangs Baby...

Larissa Ione, Samantha Sommersby, Elizabeth Darvill, Alexandra Ivy, Jennifer Armintrout, K.T. Pinto, Jess Haines, TJ Michaels

Light Paranormal

Dana Marie Bell, Judi Fennell, Jean Murray, Alexandra Ivy, Tressie Lockwood, Kristen Painter

Myths and Magic

Stella and Audra Price, Stephanie Julian, Carolan Ivey, Tilly Greene, Jennifer Armintrout, Erin Kellison, Jae Lynne Davies

Odd Paranormals

S.A.Price, Monica Burns, Judi Fennell, Sonya Bateman, Larissa Ione, Stephanie Burke, Bronwyn Green, Natalie Gray

Otherworldy Heroes

Ally Blue, Diane Merlin, Bianca D'Arc, Sylvia Day, Diana Castilleja, Samantha Kane

Paranormal Historical

Leanna Renee Heiber, Michele Lang, Alexandra Ivy, K.A. Laity, Kayleigh Jamison, Lydia Dare

Sexy Shifters

S.A. Price, Tilly Greene, Bianca D'Arc, Eliza Gayle, Mari Freeman, Jess Haines, Lydia Dare, TJ Michales,

Erotic Historical

Samantha Kane, Sahara Kelly, K.A. Laity, P.A. Brown, Monica Burns, A.C. Mason, Kayleigh Jamison

Historical Romance

Kayleigh Jamison, Melissa Schroeder, Leanna Renee Hieber, Carolyn Ivey, Sylvia Day, Alexandra Ivy

BDSM panel

Tilly Greene, Bridget Midway, Eliza Gayle, James Buchanan, Brynn Paulin, Melissa Schroeder

Contemporary Romance

Sylvia Day, Brynn Paulin, Mari Freeman, Denise Robbins, Denise Jeffries, P.A. Brown, TJ Michaels, Rick R Reed

Erotic Romance

Sylvia Day, Sahara Kelly, Mari Freeman, Denise Jeffries, Rita Sawyer, Jessica Lee, William Neale, Lydia Dare

Erotica

Crymsyn Hart, Elise Hepner, Stephanie Burke, Z.A. Maxfield, Melissa Ecker, Bronwyn Green, Seleste DeLaney, Melissa Schroeder

E book Authors

Jessica Lee, PJ Schnyder, Jean Murray, Brynn Paulin Crymsyn Hart, Cynnara Tregarth, Seleste DeLaney, Melissa Schroeder

I have a Blog, Now what?:The Care and Feeding of your blogging career

Wicked Lil Pixie, Larissa Benoliel, Susan Hanniford Crowley, K.A.Laity

Law in Romance

James Buchanan, P.A. Brown, Bianca D'Arc, Larissa Ione, Anton Strout, Jess Haines

MC/IR

Tressie Lockwood, Dahlia Rose, Bridget Midway, Selena Illyria, D. Renee Bagby, Denise Jeffries, Melissa Schroeder, Yvette Hines

Menage and More

Cat Johnson, Tilly Greene, Bianca D'Arc, Bronwyn Green, Brynn Paulin, Moore&Herberth, Stephanie Julian, Samantha Kane

Military Men

Cat Johnson, Dahlia Rose, Larissa Ione, Bianca D'Arc, Cara North, Diane Merlin

Putting the Steam in Steampunk

S.A. Price, Elizabeth Darvill, Meljean Brook, Theresa Meyers, Natalie Gray, Sahara Kelly

Self Publishing

Eliza Gayle, Jhada Rogue Addams, JoLynne Valerie, Delilah Devlin, Kristen Painter

Social Media from an authors Standpoint

Eliza Gayle, Samantha Sommersby, Susan Crowley, Anton Strout, TJ Michales, Rick Reed, Nicole Peeler, Monica Burns

Sweet Romance

Allie Boniface, Diana Castilleja, Isabelle Santiago, Moore and Herberth, D. Renee Bagby, Kristen Painter, Z.A. Maxfield

The Steam revolution

Nick Valentino, Susan Lazear, Susan Crowley, Augusta Li, Samantha Kane, Kristen Painter,

Urban Fantasy

Kristen Painter, Michele Lang, Sonya Bateman, Jess Haines, Erin Kellison, Anton Strout, Carolyn Crane, Nicole Peeler, Samantha Sommersby

Writing with a Partner

Stella and Audra Price, Larissa Ione, Moore & Herberth, Lydia Dare, Li and Beaumont

Humor in Romance

Ethan Day, Dana Marie Bell, Alexandra Ivy, Sahara Kelly, K.A.Laity, Robert Roman, Z.A. Maxfield, Judi Fennell

When the Ending isnt HEA- Bending the rules and still being considered romance

Stella and Audra Price, Jae Lynne Davies, Jen Armintrout, PJ Schynder, Dahlia Rose, Yvette Hines

A word with the Editors

Kris Jacen, Tonya Nagle, Kat Lively, 2 more TBA

Author Blog Fail

Carolan Ivey, Moderator, PJ Schnyder, Robert Roman, JoLynne Valerie

Behind the Scenes of the average Author

Carolan Ivey, Judy Fennell, Diana Marie Bell, Rosemary Laurey, Misty Burke, Lydia Dare, Jae Lynne Davies

Character Fail

Z.A. Maxfield, Jennifer Armintrout, Stephanie Julian, Erin Kellison, Monica Burns, Kris Cook

Spontaneously Paranormal

Carolan Ivey, Judi Fennell, R.A. Vaughn, Jean Murray, Erin Kellison, Melissa Ecker,

The Bloggers Tell it

JoJo, Intense Whisper, Mandi Smexy, Nat Pixie, Minxy

Beyond Reviewing - blogger/author relationships

Carolyn Crane, Nicole Peeler, Nat (wicked Lil Pixie)

Secret sauce: Authors tell their fave little craft tricks.

Carolyn Crane, Nicole Peeler, Michele Bardsley, Anton Strout, Nancy Holzner, Diana Castilleja

"Guess the book from the sex scene" game

Carolyn Crane, Nicole Peeler, Michele Bardsley, K.T. Pinto, PJ Schnyder, TJ Michales

The digital revolution

Lori James, Ally Blue, Diana Castilleja, A.C. Mason, Melissa Schroeder, Kris Cook

A word with the Editors: Authors

Kris Jacen, Lori Perkins, Tonya Nagle, Leigh Ellwood, Stacy Hague-Hill 2 more TBA

Branding:

Eliza Gayle (workshop)

Choosing a Publisher

Stephanie Burke, A.C. Mason, P.A. Brown, Nancy Holzner, Diana Castilleja, Ethan Day, Dahlia Rose

Cover Art

Stella Price, Kanaxa, Kendra Egert, Sahara Kelly, Ash Arceneaux

Promotional Design

Kanaxa, Kendra E (Workshop)

Motivations for writing

Susan Hanniford Crowley, A.C. Mason, Misty Burke, Nancy Holzner, Erin Kellison, K.T. Pinto, Isabelle Santiago

Publishing Legalease

Kayleigh Jamison, Caridad Pineiro, Bianca D'Arc, Louise Fury

Social media the right way

Leigh Ellwood (workshop)

When the details are just as important as the Story : Food and Clothing in Romance

Tilly Greene, R.A. Vaughn, P. A. Brown, Rita Sawyer, Misty Burke, Jean Murray, Nancy Holzner, Tressie Lockwood

Worldbuilding

Stella and Audra Price, Kristen Painter, Stephanie Burke, Anton Strout, Carolyn Crane, Stephanie Julian, Samantha Sommersby

Several Names, one person: Multiple pen names

Sylvia Day, Rosemary Laurey, Alexandra Ivy, Jennifer Armintrout, Diana Castilleja, K.A. Laity

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

We are looking for Vendors!

Authors After Dark is looking for vendors for its 2011 convention, August 11-14th in Philadelphia PA.

AAD is an eclectic mix of readers and authors, and i know this sounds a bit broad, but almost nothing is taboo at AAD! It is a 18+ convention, 99% women, and attendees are readers of romance, erotica, urban fantasy, scifi, and fantasy. Our attendees are interested in a wide range of products and services, and we are the only romance convention to have an in house tattoo artist!

Are you interested in being a vendor at this up and coming event? please contact Stella Price ASAP for info at blueflamesabove@yahoo.com and she will send you over the information! Space is limited, but this is our first year with a room the size of a ballroom for our vendors! Also, please for ask for availability, as we only pick ONE vendor for each kind of goods (IE: one Bath and body vendor, one tattoo artist shop, one seamstress, etc) Though we do have several spots open for publisher tables still!

Please spread the word!