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MIND GAMES gets Five Stars from Manic Readers Review!
2009.06.15 10:55:26
Mind Games CoverI'm pleased to say my paranormal erotic romance, MIND GAMES, has garnered another rave review. FIVE STARS! From Manic Readers Review, a romance review site.

Excerpts: "Ms. Tan is going to blow readers away with Mind Games! Superb from beginning to end, I discovered new faith in the paranormal erotica genre."

"Fans of Ms. Tan’s erotica will rejoice at her venture into the paranormal world. This was such a treat for me... I certainly hope this won’t be Ms. Tan’s only foray into the paranormal world because Mind Games is definitely an all out hit!"

Here's a link to the whole thing:
http://manicreaders.com/index.cfm?disp=reviews&bookid=4131


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Another rave for THE HOT STREAK!
2009.06.03 12:08:47

Wow. Two things surprised me about the review that just came in for THE HOT STREAK The Hot Streak coverat A Romance Review. First was that the reviewer was from England and didn’t know anything about baseball–but loved it anyway–and second was that she thought the book could have been More Erotic! I suppose it goes to show I really was concentrating on the love story, and taking my own advice in not including a sex scene unless it really advanced the plot or revealed something crucial.

A few choice snippets: “One of the great things about this book is Ms. Tan’s enthusiasm for baseball – it’s infectious. Knowing nothing about the game, you don’t have to be a fan to read this book, however by the end I found myself wanted to go out and learn more about baseball.”

“Casey and Tyler’s relationship is enough to warm even the coldest of hearts. I constantly smiled throughout the novel at the development of their whirlwind romance and the joy they found in each other. By the end, I was rooting for their relationship with a sports fan’s gusto!”

“The romantic elements were not corny, or contrived, something I found extremely refreshing.”

Review: http://is.gd/MJOo

Next week an interview with me will run on the Talk About My Favorite Authors blog, too. I’ll link when it comes up.



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I've been a busy busy bee!
2009.06.01 04:40:17

hot streak cover

I've been really really busy lately with both guest blogging and reviews coming in! And today I recorded a podcast with Cat of All Romance eBooks! Not sure when it will air, but I'll post when it goes live.

 

Meanwhile, here's some of what I've been up to:


My article at Love Romance Passion on romance getting more erotic to meet readers' needs and expectations: http://is.gd/H5fh


At Oh Get A Grip! My essay on "Discovering A Story" (writing for discovery) http://tinyurl.com/rchnkl

 

"Keeping Sex Scenes Fresh" at Night Owl Romance just went up yesterday! http://nightowlromanceblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/keeping-sex-scenes-fresh.html

 

Some really lovely reviews have come in for both THE HOT STREAK and MIND GAMES, too! You Gotta Read Reviews, Coffee Time Romance, and Patricia's Vampire Notes have al weighed in so far:

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookReviews/thehotstreak.html
http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com/2009/05/midnight-games-review.html#links
http://yougottareadreviews.blogspot.com/2009/05/review-mind-games-by-cecilia-tan.html

 

I have some more guest blogs scheduled, too. I'll link to them when they go up.



Tags: Cecilia Tan | Coffee Time Romance | reviews | guest blogs | The Hot Streak | mind games

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My Sally Field Moment!!
2009.05.12 05:56:03
Okay, I just screamed with joy when I read this. It's not my first book, but MIND GAMES is my first romance novel, and it's the first review of it!!

So I just jumped up and down and made everyone in my office stare at me when the mind games coverfollowing rave review came from YOU GOTTA READ:

From YOU GOTTA READ Reviews
http://yougottareadreviews.blogspot.com/2009/05/review-mind-games-by-cecilia-tan.html
Rating: You Need To Read
Reviewed by: Laura

"Prepare yourself to be blown away. Reading this book will draw you into a world of telepathy and mental control that will change any prior beliefs you had in such abilities. Wren and Derek are a couple that are aligned in ways that are unheard of. To say they clicked is an understatement. The plot is suspenseful and gripping. The reader is taken along a path with twists and turns and unexpected events that lead to a stunning conclusion. Ms. Tan weaves a wonderful story of love, risk and leaps of faith that are unparalleled in the world of romantic suspense."

This is a nice boost for me today when I just hit the halfway point in writing my next romance novel and could use a little energy to carry me down the hill of the second half!

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THE HOT STREAK now available!
2009.04.10 00:52:15

Today's the day! THE HOT STREAK is now live here at Ravenous Romance, just as baseball season is really starting to get going. It's a lovely sunny day here in the Northeast, so it's even starting to feel like baseball weather.

Time to think about warm summer nights with sensuous breezes and the slow build of excitement that comes through a baseball game. It's really no surprise that in American slang "first base" is kissing, etc... and making it to full on sex is "scoring" or "going all the way."

 

You don't have to know anything about baseball to enjoy the hot sex and romantic highs in THE HOT STREAK. Our heroine, Casey Branigan, is a middle-manager in a design firm in Boston and doesn't know anything about the sport beyond "three strikes, yer out." But she meets a baseball player, a pitcher named Tyler Hammond, at a photo shoot. He's funny and charming and nothing like the men she's been trying to date, who all seem to want to impress her with how grown up they are. (Not to mention Tyler is very HOT.)

 

Casey is quickly caught up in the major league lifestyle, traveling to all different cities to see Tyler pitch. She makes friends with a major league wife who looks perfect and prim on the outside, but inside she has as dirty a mouth as her catcher husband and a no-nonsense attitude that makes learning the ropes fun for Casey.

 

Of course, it isn't all fun and games... but I don't want to give away the plot! Ultimately Casey has to decide, is Tyler really the one? Is it love or just a fling? What happens when he brings up her name on national television? Read the book to find out!



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Testing, testing...
2009.04.01 02:27:05

Is this thing on? *blows on microphone*

 

Looks like it is! Hi again everyone. I have news and such! MIND GAMES will soon be available as a printed book as well as in ebook format. I'm very excited about this, even though I'm getting more and more into ebooks myself.

 

I read Cory Doctorow's DOWN AND OUT IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM while I was on vacation in Disneyworld last month. It was really cool. I have an iPhone, so while I was standing in line waiting for a ride, I hopped on the manybooks.net site, and downloaded the book while I was standing there! And then I was able to read it while waiting in line, and also in the airport, on the plane, etc... all in my handheld which I was carrying anyway. No worrying about the book getting wet on the Kali River Rapids Ride (I ended up skipping that one, actually, anyway... only one pair of shoes...), not fitting in my pocket, leaving it somewhere by accident, plus saving trees!

 

So I'm a convert to ebooks. I'm so busy writing normally that the time I get to read is when I'm on vacation or in transit from place to place and the iPhone is so much handier than an actual book when it comes down to that.

 

I was worried that my eyes would get tired, but given that I spend all day every day in front of a computer already, it doesn't seem to have affected me negatively at all. I read for 2 straight hours on the iPhone during a layover at Dulles airport -- while sitting in the bright sun in a window, I might add -- and didn't have any problems.

 

Other news: my next novel for Ravenous will be out in about a month? It's called THE STREAK and has a baseball theme. Actually, they say we might change the title because they don't think The Streak is sexy enough... I'll have to see what the PtB say on that. Meanwhile, we've agreed on a new four-book erotic fantasy series... but I'll say more about that in a future post!



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Welcome to my blog at Ravenous!
2009.01.15 23:28:13

I've got a lot of blogs these days, and I'll probably cross post relevant things from one to the other, but if you're looking to read it all, you can find my regular blog on Livejournal at ceciliatan.livejournal.com. I'm also on Twitter as "ceciliatan" and my tweets get compiled once a day on my LJ, too. Then there's my very own website, www.ceciliatan.com -- and I've started a blog there, too: blog.ceciliatan.com.

 

The whole first chapter of my Ravenous romance novel MIND GAMES is up for reading at that last one if you want to check it out! Here: Chapter One



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