Start the Week with the Creation Agent

Happy Monday! Hope everyone's weekends were lovely and we're all ready to roll into another week.

To get it started right, and as my Hook Me Up! subscribers already know, the next installment of "The Creation Agent" is live over at Expanded Universes. Have a read and enjoy!

After getting your CA fix, head over to Bibliognome and check out who's made the cut for her Top 5 Favorite Book Boyfriends (hint, one you know very well).

Next, go see what Swept Away Again and Book Spot Central have to say about "Alien in the Family".

Then check out what The Galaxy Express has to say about the Nature of Courtship in Sci-Fi Romance.

Last but in no way least, you can pre-order "The Royal Scam" from Musa Publishing right now. (BTW, the word count is showing as 4,000, which is incorrect; it's actually 8,100 words, because you know how hard it is for me to write short.) Hit my Author Splash page and take a look around...there's more coming in the very near future! And love, {HUGS} and *smootchies* to all of you who've pre-ordered "Alien Proliferation" and "Alien Diplomacy". As always, the Alien Collective ROCKS!

Love,
Gini

It's Agent Time

It's another short and sweet one today! Getting them all in before we go to Radio Silence while I'm at Comic-Con gathering the best swag ever for the most awesome swag packs ever. But I digress...

Well, I promised. And, as my Hook Me Up! subscribers already know, I'm delivering. What's that, says you? More "Creation Agent" says I. Go to Expanded Universes and check out the next installment!

Remember that you can win a signed copy of "Touched by an Alien" or "Alien Tango" by hitting the RomCon Blog and leaving a comment on the "Alien in the Family" Sneak Peek.

Head over to Babbling Book Reviews to check out her faves for the first half of 2011.

Remember to let me know if you'll be at Comic-Con or in the San Diego area from July 19-26th; wouldn't want to miss any of the Alien Collective who are in the area!

For those of you keeping score, I'll be at CopperCon 31 over Labor Day Weekend, and World Fantasy Con at the end of October. More events to come as things finalize.

Last, but in no way least, remember to do your girl a solid and pre-order "Alien Proliferation". Yes, pre-orders matter. Especially if y'all want to see what comes after "Alien Diplomacy" and "Alien vs. Alien". ;-D

Until next time, be good, have fun, and let's be readers out there!

Love,
Gini

You Asked, I Wrote

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a fun and restful weekend and are ready to roll right into all the fun this week's gonna hold! So, let's not delay and get right to the good stuff.

You asked, nay begged, demanded, guilted, and in some cases requested very politely, for a new installment of "The Creation Agent". For those who haven't really searched the website (and, in that case, I have to ask, "Why NOT?"), "The Creation Agent" is an online, serialized novel for my web readers only. And, yes, the long-awaited latest installment is up at Expanded Universes. Check it out, and if you haven't read it yet, now's the time to get caught up. (You can fill the time waiting for "Alien in the Family" with catching up on "The Creation Agent". I'm a giver, me.) There are also a plethora of humor shorts in "The Misadventures of Kiki" and "Random Musings" up at Expanded Universes as well.

Next up, check out a lovely review of "Alien Tango" from Mark of the Stars. Then head to Aria's Dark Musings... to see what she thought of "Touched by an Alien". Leave some Alien Collective love while you're visiting!

Then check out what the Order of Smut Vixens has going for Valentine's Day. Yes, Jeff Martini is involved in some way, as are a whole lot of other book hotties, so don't miss out!

If you haven't yet, check out the Dueling Authors interview with me and Joshua Palmatier/Benjamin Tate over at DAW Community Blog. And you still have time to get entered into the drawing for an "Alien Tango" notebook and pen over at Book Lovers Inc., not to mention the main prize drawing.

Speaking of winning, we have a lot of it coming in February. Stay tuned -- tomorrow brings a new kind of interview along with a fun contest with an assortment of prizes you're sure to love. Trust me, you're gonna love 'em.

Of course, the phrase "first contest" indicates there is another contest coming. There is, indeed. It's the ARC Giveaway for "Alien in the Family", as a matter of fact. But...it's for Hook Me Up! subscribers only.

Not on Hook Me Up! yet? Now's the time to fix that, and fast. Send an email to gini@ginikoch.com with "Hook Me Up!" in the subject line. That's all there is to it. You'll be "in", get all the news first and fastest, have access to all those exclusive contests, and more. Such a deal! And, did I mention the Hook Me Up! exclusive "Alien in the Family" ARC Giveaway? I did? Good, good.

Love,
Gini

The Creation Agent, Installment 7

As my Hook Me Up! subscribers already know, the latest installment of my online, serialized novel, "The Creation Agent" (available only for my web readers), is up. Go to Expanded Universes and have a read!

Haven't read it yet? All of the preceding installments are there, so you can catch up.

Haven't read the first excerpt from "Touched by an Alien", coming from DAW Books on April 6, 2010? Head over to Deathless Prose and take a look!

Have somehow missed my mentioning that you can pre-order "Touched by an Alien" right now from Borders.com, BarnesandNoble.com, or Amazon.com? (How, would be the question, but anyway...) Well, you can. So get your pre-orders in immediately, if not sooner!

Lots more coming in the near future, so check the site often. Or, if you'd like to know immediately when there's something new or exciting going on, sign up for my Hook Me Up! subscribers list. Go to Extra Me for directions (or, just send an email to gini@ginikoch.com with "Hook Me Up!" in the subject line, and you'll be all set).

Oh, and as a mention...I'm going to be launching my first contest (ever! Whoo hoo!), and not only will my Hook Me Up! subscribers know about it first, they'll also get clues no one else does. So, why not sign up today so you don't miss anything or miss out?

Love,
Gini

Of Frogs and Men...

As my Hook Me Up! subscribers already know, I have a new short up about another mishap in the life of my good friend, Kiki. Go to Expanded Universes (the book with the universe globe icon), select The Misadventures of Kiki, and enjoy "Kiki's Aquarium".

Also, one of my Spotlight subjects, literary agent Verna Dreisbach, has a great scholarship opportunity available through the Capitol City Young Writers organization. Details are on another friend's blog, so check out the Log of the Great Corrupter for the details (http://thegreatcorrupter.blogspot.com/).

There's also a new Playlist up (click on the iPod icon), and more coming, so stay tuned!

Love,
Gini

I'm Still Here AND Creation Agent Installment 6 Is, Too

Yahoo! My edits on "Touched by an Alien" are off to my editor. I'm almost finished with edits on "Alien Tango", too. So, having a chance to put my head up and look around.

Um, wow.

I haven't done anything for weeks, have I?

Well, that's all in the past! (stop laughing) I've got a new Playlist up (click on the iPod icon), more new places to go and things to do up at my Datebook (click on the Sunglasses icon), and, as my Hook Me Up! readers already know, there's a new installment of "The Creation Agent" up on Expanded Universes (click on the open book with the galaxy icon).

Now that the hysterical crush of editing is over, I should be 'here' on a more regular basis. I know, I know, what could be better news than this? Wait...don't answer that...

Love,
Gini

Creation Agent Installment 5 is Live

As my Hook Me Up! readers already know, the latest installment of my on-going, serialized, web-only novel, "The Creation Agent", is live.

So head on over to Expanded Universes (click on the icon of a galaxy ball on top of a book) and have a read!

Love,
Gini

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going on

As my Hook Me Up! readers already know, there's a lot going on in Gini's Web Wonderland.

First off, my fabulous editor has confirmed that "Touched by an Alien" will be DAW Publishing's April 2010 release. And there was much rejoicing! All that info's up on Bookstore, Deathless Prose and Newsy Stuff. I also have a new Playlist up.

AND, because my life isn't complete without it, we have more news from the world of Kiki. "Alas, Poor Pigdin" is up on Expanded Universes, under The Misadventures of Kiki. Read and enjoy.

So, tiptoe through the web pages and have a look!

Love,
Gini

The Creation Agent - Installment 4 Is Live

As those who are on Hook Me Up! already know, the latest installment of my online serialized novel, "The Creation Agent", is live on my Expanded Universes page.

So, click on the pretty icon of a universe globe/swirl/thingy on an open book (hey, it works for me) and enjoy!

Love,
Gini

New Short Up at Random Musings

And the hits just keep on coming!

I have a new humor short up on my Random Musings page in Expanded Universes. Just click on the Expanded Universes icon on the nav bar (the universe globe on the book), click on Random Musings, and enjoy "Incompetability". A story which I wish was made up, but like all the rest of my humor shorts, actually isn't.

Love,
Gini

New Kiki Short is Live

For those of you who've been following The Misadventures of Kiki -- short pieces about my good friend, Kiki, who's life experiences are a little off-kilter from the rest of ours -- and as those on Hook Me Up! already know, I have good news.

Yes, finally, there's a new Kiki story live on the site. (This is my delay, not Kiki's. Believe me, she's had plenty going on, I just haven't had time to keep up with her output.) Just head over to Expanded Universes, click on the Misadventures icon, and enjoy "Kiki's Winter Wonderland"!

Love,
Gini

The Creation Agent, Installment 3 is Live

As those on Hook Me Up! already know, the next installment of my online serialized novel, 'The Creation Agent', is up and live.

Check it out via my Expanded Universes page, and then let me know what you think on the blog.

Enjoy!

Love,
Gini

The Creation Agent, Installment 2 - Live

Alert for those of you not on Hook Me Up!

Installment 2 of my website-only serialized novel, "The Creation Agent" is up. Click on Expanded Universes and enjoy! And feel free to give comments and feedback on the blog.

Happy reading!

Love,
Gini