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New home for Camille Picott – www.camillepicott.com

Camille — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:32:26 +0000

I have migrated my blog and website to Blogger. Please visit me at www.camillepicott.com. Pixiu Press will remain online, but I will not be active on this site. Thanks for stopping by!

Writer’s View: Dark Currents by Lindsay Buroker

Camille — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:26:10 +0000

From Goodreads: It’s been three months since former enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon and the notorious assassin Sicarius thwarted kidnappers and saved the emperor’s life. The problem? Nobody knows they were responsible for this good deed. Worse, they’re being blamed for the entire scheme. With enforcers and bounty hunters stalking them, and the emperor nursing a personal [...]

Writer’s View: Angel Fire by L.A. Weatherly

Camille — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:58:21 +0000

From Goodreads: Only Willow has the power to defeat the malevolent Church of Angels, and they will stop at nothing to destroy her. Willow isn’t alone, though. She has Alex by her side – a trained Angel Killer and her one true love. But nothing can change the fact that Willow’s a half-angel, and when [...]

Writer’s View: The First Days by Rhiannon Frater

Camille — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:47:01 +0000

From Goodreads: The morning that the world ends, Katie is getting ready for court and housewife Jenni is taking care of her family. Less than two hours later, they are fleeing for their lives from a zombie horde. Thrown together by circumstance, Jenni and Katie become a powerful zombie-killing partnership, mowing down zombies as they [...]

The Writer’s View: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Camille — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:22:49 +0000

From Goodreads: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan’s life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home. When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, [...]

Recap: Healdsburg Author’s Event at Bean Affair

Camille — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:58:19 +0000

The Healdsburg Author’s Event, hosted by Jeane Sloan and the Bean Affair, was a huge success! Around 25 people showed up to enjoy lunch with local authors. The Bean Affair offers a menuof some killer crepes, which everyone in my family devoured with gusto. After lunch, each of the authors read/spoke for five minutes, then took another five minutes to [...]

The Writer’s View: Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Camille — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:04:00 +0000

From Goodreads: Who is the Hero of Ages? To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness—the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists—is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed. Having escaped death at the climax [...]

Writer’s View: Hammered by Kevin Hearne

Camille — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:18:11 +0000

From Goodreads: Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is worse than a blowhard and a bully—he’s ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents. After centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is ready to get his vengeance, and he’s asked his friend Atticus O’Sullivan, the last of the Druids, to help take down this Norse nightmare. [...]

Have lunch with Camille Picott on Sunday, April 1st

Camille — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:24:06 +0000

The ever-amazing Jeane Sloane, author of historical fiction novel She Flew Bombers, has organized a luncheon for 6 Healdsburg authors at the Bean Affair on Sunday, April 1st from 12:00 – 2:00. This event is open to the public. Authors will be enjoying lunch with local book lovers. (Bean Affair has some killer crepes and [...]

Writer’s View: Emperor’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker

Camille — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:12:06 +0000

From Goodreads: Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business [...]