Another poetry update: Little Moments Of Truth (collected works)

Having had a good think about it, I'm going to unpublish the two poetry compilations I currently have on sale, combine them, and make one super-duper poetry book, complete with the short stories I wrote when in my teens (one of which is offered free at B&N and will remain so for the moment). Some of the poems will also have a commentary about what inspired them.

I was thinking about unpublishing my poetry altogether, but there are a small number of people who like them and ask when I'm going to write some more (not sure on the answer to that just yet), so I thought I'd better keep them :)

This collection will be titled Little Moments Of Truth (collected works), and will represent everything that came before my current writing that began in 2011. It's kinda nice to have it all in one place.

It's likely to be published under the Bitten Fruit Books imprint.

Brand new spanking book cover to follow :)

 

Poetry Books: CHANGES

(yeah, I know, I never talk about my poetry, do I...)

Sienna Dawn paperback (trade size) is being reduced to £6.49 - this will be reflected online within 6 weeks.

Little Moments Of Truth: the paperback will be unpublished in about 6 weeks. There may be a reformatted third edition released after that, priced at around £3.99 - this will be a small paperback size. The eBook will remain available in B&N and iBookstore, but there will be a cover change (let's face it, the current cover is bloody awful), and I have plans to make it available via Smashwords and Amazon too eventually (at about $1.99 / £1.25)

A Silver Kiss: The cover will stay the same, but the logo needs changing at the back. I'm in the process of changing printers / distributors, and if this works out, I'm hoping to be able to offer this book at £3.99 Format will remain a small paperback.

Pricing: the poetry market in general is priced slightly higher than the fiction market. It is not unusual to find a 60 page poetry book for £6.99 - it's considered a specialised genre. I have always stuck with the poetry market for books, but I will now be bringing my prices down a fraction. Not enough people try poetry because it has a reputation of being stuffy, and because of the higher prices. It should not be catered to the elite only. I believe that poetry should be accessible, hence my price decrease.

Other:

'Til Death Do Us Part - I'm hoping to be able to reduce the pricee to £3.50. Am awaiting change of printers / distributors. Format will remain a small paperback.

That's all for now, folks ;)

Dianna x

Talking About Vampires

If you haven't seen it yet, I'm over at Lurking Musings, with an author interview. I'm talking about vampires, and giving you a hint of what to expect in my next three books, The Demon Bride (2012), The Last Angel (2013), and a brand new novel: Project Veil (2013).

http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/vampire-month-dianna-hardy-interview/

Not Just A Stiff Upper Lip: Vampire Poetry

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A Silver Kiss (Vampire Poetry) reached #36 in iTunes UK Horror Chart

On the 23rd Oct, A Silver Kiss (Vampire Poetry), came in at number 36 in the top 100 for iTunes UK Horror Books - http://bookchart.info/topebooks/UK/10048-Horror/2011/10/23#36

Woohoo!

Thanks, guys :D

All Saints Day Giveaway!

Hello All!

I was going to post last night on All Hallow's Eve, but my daughter woke up screaming from a bad dream and that was me finished for the night....

Being All Saints Day, I haven't posted a "scary" poem, but one that I wrote about a Halloween I had a few years ago.

I'm giving away a signed paperback copy of A Silver Kiss (Vampire Poetry), for anyone who leaves a comment telling me what they feel the poem below is about. There's no wrong answer -- I just want to know what you feel it's about for you :)  Don't forget to leave your email address in the comment so I can contact the winner. Competition closes on Bonfire Night -- 5th November -- at midnight (GMT).


Halloween Was Ours

Do you recall that Halloween
that had the warm wind howling
through our open window and
sheer, satin curtains billowing
while we were all curled up in bed,
toe to toe and head to head,
watching late night horror
instead of meeting up with friends?

And then there was that other time,
another Hallow's Eve I think,
we had the futon on the floor and
three bottles of red wine to get
through, window open yet again
so we could smell the scent of rain,
or maybe hear the late night
train... Halloween was always ours!

One more October 31st,
you were The Crow and me
a vampire ('though you joked
there was no change); people
on the bus were wary (did we
look scary?) We were just 'us', me
and you and Halloween set us
free upon the dormant world.

Do you recall that final year,
you were the priest and I the cat
and everyone had a go at me
for looking too sexy (eh?) - that
wasn't fair! The Newquay chill
went through our bones like shrill
fox cubs. I thought the cold would
kill us and it did. I should have known.

The frozen roads and choppy sea
marked the end of you and me, of
'us' as one bad-ass entity that
watched Samhain dance for us
time and time again. I should have known
the warm winds of our Octobers had blown
too hard, put out our fire and finally
sown the seeds of my alone adventure.

Copyright Dianna Hardy
14th September, 2010
All Rights Reserved.

This poem may be found in the paperback compilation Sienna Dawn (poems from 1990-2010)

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