Bright Spot in Romance

Crystal B. Bright's book signing event today!

2008-09-28T04:38:00.001-07:00

Join contemporary romance author Crystal B. Bright today, Sunday, September 28th from noon to 4 p.m. at the first annual "Books in the Park" event at Town Point Park at Waterside in Norfolk, Virginia. She'll be signing print copies of her contemporary paranormal vampire romance, Revamped. For more information on this event, go to http://www.festevents.org/events.php?event=123.

Hope to see you there!

Crystal***
www.CrystalBrightWriter.com

Bridget Midway's WOMAN IN CHAINS now on sale!

2008-08-26T03:10:00.000-07:00

The wait is over, my babies! My contemporary interracial (BW/WM) BDSM (hey, it's me we're talking about) erotic romance, Woman In Chains, is now on sale at Loose Id!

http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=714

Former Dom, Dak Ricci is a part of a BDSM group called S.A.F.E., which means Security Away From Extremists. The group concentrates on saving abused slaves and submissives from their dominants. After an emotional save, he decides that's it for him. However, his friend and fellow Dom has another plan for him. He wants Dak to do one last rescue.

Brea Oliphant pushes her Dom to the limit to get the abuse she thinks she deserves. During a BDSM luncheon, another Domme sees what she perceives as abuse and contacts S.A.F.E. to help Brea.

Dak decides to help Brea when he learns her Dom is the same man Dak's last submissive left him for. He's going to make this save about revenge.As soon as Brea and Dak get together, the sexual tension between them is so palpable that they both rethink their BDSM roles.

But when the truth about Dak's involvement in her save and Brea's past comes to light, will their connection be enough to keep them bound together?

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Strong BDSM theme and content, anal play/intercourse, dubious consent, exhibitionism, female/female sexual interaction.

Keep reading!

Crystal***

http://www.crystalbrightwriter.com/

Crystal B. Bright's book signing event in Winston-Salem/Charlotte, NC

2008-08-22T16:38:00.001-07:00

Please join me. I'll be doing a mini-book tour there.

Friday, September 5th
12 - 1:30 p.m. - Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center at 1110 E. 7th Street in Winston-Salem, NC 27101

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Carver School Road Library Branch at 4915 Lansing Road in Winston-Salem, NC 27105

7 - 9 p.m. - Body & Soul Bookstore at 545 N. Trade Street in Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Saturday, September 6th
2 p.m. - ? Charlotte Library at 1230 Alleghany Street in Charlotte, NC 28208

At each event, I'll be doing a discussion on the publishing business, where I'm at in it, and where I see myself in the future, along with doing book signings and giveaways. I'll be signing both my Crystal B. Bright books, KISSING CASANOVA and REVAMPED, and my Bridget Midway stuff including CORPORATE SEDUCTION and CORPORATE DESIRES, FASCINATION STREET and WHAT WHITE BOYZ WANT.

I hope I see you there!

Crystal / BridgeT
www.CrystalBrightWriter.com
www.BridgetMidway.com

Chat all day with me!

2008-08-13T03:19:00.000-07:00

Today, Wednesday, August 13th, I'll be chatting all day in the Lena Matthews Yahoo group! I'll be sharing excerpts of my releases through New Concepts Publishing, KISSING CASANOVA, GRAY'S ANATOMY and REVAMPED. You don't want to miss it. To join the group, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lenamatthews/

Hope to see you there!

Crystal***
www.CrystalBrightWriter.com

Join Crystal B. Bright at the Philadelphia Book Festival

2008-05-16T05:17:00.001-07:00

Join me and several of my author friends like Tilly Greene, Alessia Brio, Philippa Grey-Gerou, Leigh Ellwood, Cat Johnson, Robin Slick, Stella Price and more at the Philadelphia Book Festival on Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th. We will be in Tents #29 and #30 between Wood and Vine Streets on the Library side. The signings will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. I'll be signing all of my titles including Kissing Casanova and Revamped! Be one of the first to buy books from me to win prizes! And of course, there will be chocolate. For more information on this event, visit their website at http://www.philadelphiabookfestival.org/

Crystal***
www.CrystalBrightWriter.com

Tagged for migrating purposes

2007-06-09T07:29:00.000-07:00

Aliyah Burke broke in her brand new blog by tagging me! Grrr!

Here are the rules:

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2.People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

Here are my eight random facts. Enjoy!

1.) I'm a creature of habit. I tend to drive the same paths because I know them, even if another more faster way is available.

2.) As old school rapper, Rakim, said, "I hold a microphone like a grudge." Once you're on my sh*t list, it's really hard to get back in my good graces. I don't forgive very easily, and I never forget.

3.) I hate exercising. That's pretty bad considering I just started this new diet and exercise program.

4.) My very first concert ever that I attended was Duran Duran's "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" show. I stood still and stared at them the entire time. I didn't sing along. I didn't dance. I just stared.

5.) The most recent concert I attended was Earth, Wind and Fire. Box seats with beer. Couldn't get any beter.

6.) When I was a teenager, I worked at a movie theater and did everything from working behind the concession stand to tearing tickets (that's dating myself) to selling tickets to actually running the movies.

7.) I've been in the bucket of a electric utility bucket truck and have gone straight up in the air. Now what I did in that bucket, I'll never tell. ;-)

8.) I used to work for a company that sent out alpha-numeric pages to people's pagers. Again, dating myself. At that job, I got to talk to Joan Rivers and the actor who played Roger from "What's Happenin'." Then there were the freaks who called 1-800 numbers to get free phone sex. It was a great job. It was a lousy job.

Okay, as noted in the directions, I have to tag 8 more folks.

My list of targets:
Denise Jeffries
Monique Lamont
Andrea Jackson
Cheryl Bonner-Wilson
Pat White
Kathryn Lively
Cat Brown
Jennifer Chase

Have fun!
Crystal***

Countdown to slimdown!

2007-05-26T11:17:00.001-07:00

Come back on June 1st when I officially start my diet and excercise plan. By the time I get to the Romantic Times Convention in April 2008, you'll see a new me!

Keep reading, and stay tuned!
Crystal***

Happy New Year, all!

2007-01-01T10:56:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hope your New Year started as great as my 2006 year ended. I got a great surprise the last day of the year. I found two new reviews for my light paranormal romance, Revamped. One came from Maura with Coffee Time Romance. She gave me 4 out of 5 Coffee Cups! Whoo! Hoo! Here's just a snippet of what she said,

"Ms. Bright combines suspense and laughter deftly in this story. An obsessive compulsive master vampire is a true touch of genius here. Seth is a wonderful character; a strong man so overcome with guilt that he compensates with little rituals that gradually get out of control. Elaine is the classic good girl; always trying to be perfect to earn her mother’s love. Mina is beautiful and power mad and I loved the truly bizarre slayer, George, but the Day of Reckoning is the most exciting part of the book. Ms. Bright’s new take on vampire romance is just as good as her other work."

Gotta love a review like that! My other review came from Barb with Two Lips Reviews. She gave me 4 Lips out of 5 and gave me a 2 Pepper heat rating! Here's what she had to say,

"Revamped by Crystal B. Bright brings a different spin to the world of the vampire, but still is able to keep the most interesting things about them intact. The mystery, that tingling fear, the need for the unknown, and last, but never the least, the desire to see just what its like to let him sink his fangs…deep…"

Now that's the way to end a year! I just hope I can keep that momentum going through the new year. Keep your fingers crossed for me. And also cross your fingers that Parker Publishing will e-mail or call about Crazy in Love. I know a lot of you have asked me about that manuscript. Still no word. The 6-month mark would have been December 2006. I just have to keep writing and be patient. Good things come to those who wait, right?

Okay, gotta get going. Hope you all have a safe and happy New Year!

Keep reading!
Crystal***

REVAMPED is now on sale!

2006-11-20T17:15:00.000-08:00

It's here! It's here! After waiting for so long, my full-length contemporary paranormal romance Revamped is finally released. The book is about a vampire with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a psychiatrist who doesn't believe him or that she's the key to helping him keep the dead from walking the earth. With the vamp's new germ phobia, he hasn't fed in quite some time. When he doesn't feed, he throws off the balance of death, causing the death to walk the earth alongside humans. Not a good thing.

Isn't that a cool cover? It fits the hero and heroine to a T. The way the men's shoes are together and laces are just so epitomizes the hero's need for order. And the psychiatrist's free-spirited self matches the toppled red shoes.

This is my first book in New Concepts Publishing's Harmony line. The hero and heroine are both Hispanic. That's a departure for me. I'm interested in seeing if this venture works for me.

Here's the blurb: Elaine is the Ayudante, the protector. Problem is, no one ever bothered to tell her about her legacy from her father--that she is destined to protect the Prince of Darkness himself, sexy, seriously neurotic, Seth Overkill. And she'd rather eat nails than have anything to do with bloodsuckers, be this one ever so sexy and in dire need of her help.

Seth isn't the only one in need, however. The Day of Reckoning is coming, and as weakened as Seth has become by his problems, he won't be able to stop the dead from rising from their graves to walk the earth without her help.

Click here to read an excerpt.

Happy reading!
Crystal***

When it rains, it pours!

2006-08-08T17:04:00.000-07:00

First my "baby", Kissing Casanova, is put into print with New Concepts Publishing. Now my second book, Gray's Anatomy, has just been release! And did you all see the great cover for that one? Hubba! Hubba! With that cover model's body and the intimate scene, the cover truly captures the hot romance contained in the pages of that book.

Although there is another pro-wrestling theme in this book, it is not a sequel to Kissing Casanova. This one is about a woman who owns a pro-wrestling company and she has to hire a company doctor to keep the company going. Enter the very sexy Dr. Gray Kennebeck. Once he comes into the picture, all bets are off!

Another reason this book is special to me is because it has won in some wonderful contests. In 2004 it won the Romance Junkies Contest Junkies contest. I still have the nifty little palm pilot that came with the win. This story was also a finalist in the 2004 Romantic Times "American Title" contest. It made it up to the 3rd round before it got the boot. Aww!

But as you can see, I bounced back triumphantly. I'm extremely grateful for New Concepts Publishing for publishing my books and having faith in me. I can hardly wait to see the cover for Revamped!

Keep reading,
Crystal***

I'm in print! I'm in print!

2006-07-25T15:52:00.000-07:00

After many months of hoping, begging and pleading, my "baby", Kissing Casanova, has finally made it to print! I'm so thrilled that this work is in a tangible format so that I can actually hold it in my hand. It's such a wonderful feeling to see a book with your name on it, the words, characters and ideas inside of the book are my own. There are no words to describe how massive a feeling this is.

With the new format comes a new cover. You all did notice the new cover to the left there, right? Look at my previous blog entry for the previous cover that went to the ebook. It's a nice cover. However, just like you'll always remember your first love. I'll always hold the first cover near and dear to my heart.

Thankfully the story is still the same. Click here to read and excerpt or buy the book.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to do my happy dance.

Keep reading!

Crystal***

http://www.CrystalBrightWriter.com

So much to do! So little time!

2006-06-25T06:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I didn't mean to stay away so long. I have been swamped but in an absolutely good way. I've been working on edits for Gray's Anatomy for a few weeks now. What my editor is asking me to do will make this story so wonderful. I can't wait for it to come out, which should be around July 7th barring any major problems.

And speaking of coming out, did you all notice something nifty on the "Coming Soon" page for print books? Yep, my baby, Kissing Casanova, will be out in print around July 14th! I'm absolutely thrilled that this book will FINALLY be in print and available in bookstores. Since this is my thesis for my M.A. from Seton Hill University, I will, of course, give them a couple of copies for their library. It jus makes sense to give back to the school that helped me write the book in the first place.

Other than that, I'll be waiting to do edits for Revamped. Then who knows what I'll do after that. I'm an author on the move, baby!

Okay, gotta go to my sister's house. She wants to borrow my video camera. Hmm, I don't ask and she doesn't need to tell me.

Crystal***

Happy Easter, everyone!

2006-04-16T10:02:00.000-07:00

What a great day today! If I was a kid again, I would be so happy that today is Easter. No rain. Lots of eggs to find. Mom's home-cooking. Well, I still have Mom's home-cooking. *LOL* By the way, can anyone explain to me why a rabbit would be hiding eggs? I still don't get that.

Still no word from Cheryl Ferguson on whether or not she wants to represent me. I'm hoping she'll say yes. If I don't hear from her before the Romantic Times convention next month, I'm going to stalk her. Cheryl, you have been warned! *LOL* Just kidding.

Okay, time to spend time with the family. Hope you all are having a wonderful Easter.

Happy reading!
Crystal***

I love New Concepts Publishing!

2006-04-06T19:37:00.000-07:00

And I'm not just saying that because Kissing Casanova has got the best cover ever and it's now on sale. Well, that might be a part of the reason. :) I also love them because they just contracted my light paranormal multicultural romance, Revamped. The previous title of this novel was 666 Step Program. I changed it because although it's a joke title, I didn't want readers to think I worship the devil or anything...at least not every day! I also didn't want people to be turned off by the title. I do know some people who will do anything they can not to have to write, say or see the numbers 6-6-6 in succession. So I came up with Revamped.

The title fits the story anyway. The book is about a vampire with obsessive-compulsive disorder who refuses to feed. When he doesn't feed, it throws off the balance of death. So the vampire would have to change in order to resolve the conflict, hence Revamped.

How I came up with the story premise, I was watching back-to-back episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Monk" one day. It was kind of like that whole "You got your chocolate in my peanut butter." and "You got your peanut butter in my chocolate." Two great tastes that go great together. Who wouldn't want to see an anal-retentive vampire. They're just about that anyway. I just pushed this one a little bit further than he should have gone. *LOL*

And are you all enjoying Kissing Casanova? I hope you are. Please feel free to post your comments on my blog or on my guestbook. I would love to hear from you.

Until then, happy reading!
Crystal***

Air kisses!

2006-04-01T16:36:00.000-08:00

It's here! It's here! After nearly 4 years of writing this novel, sweating over it, crying over it, nearly giving up on it, it's finally here! My baby, Kissing Casanova, is on sale now! I'm so thrilled. It feels like a great validation for so many years of hard work.

I believed in my little book about a pro-wrestler and a socialite. Just picture Stone Cold Steve Austin and Nicole Ritchie, just not so scary thin. *LOL* I had a dream about the story. Basically the Casanova character got in my head and wouldn't leave. He kept saying, "You know you want to write about me, right? Come on. Just do it." At first I tried to ignore him, listening to the nay-sayers in the back of my head. "You can't write a book with an entertainer or a sports figure. Readers don't want to see that." But I did it anyway, and now I'm glad.

And did you all take a gander at that cover? Hubba, hubba! Eliza Black, the cover artist, did an amazing job of capturing the true images of my characters, Soledad Monroe and Casanova.

Just cross your fingers for me, folks, that New Concepts Publishing likes the other works I sent to them.

Keep reading!
Crystal***

Covers! Covers! Everywhere!

2006-03-28T19:29:00.000-08:00

As you can see from the dazzling image to your left, I just got my cover for my novel, Kissing Casanova! I'm so thrilled the book is coming out through New Concepts Publishing! And what a cover! Hubba, hubba! The people pictured on the cover look exactly like Soledad Monroe and Casanova, my heroine and hero from the book. Don't you just want to get these two crazy kids even closer so that they can kiss?

I just finished up (I hope) the last of the edits. We'll see what happens now. The book is slated to be released this Friday. I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed that it is!

In the meantime, you can read an excerpt on my website, http://www.CrystalBrightWriter.com/

Keep reading!
Crystal***

First time blogger, long time reader

2006-02-09T10:09:00.000-08:00

Hi y'all!

My name is Crystal B. Bright. Yes, that's my real name. No, I don't think my mother was drunk when she birth me. Maybe when she conceived me. But who's ever heard of a 9 month-drunk? Oh, really? Never mind.

Anyway, I'm thrilled to have my very first blog as Crystal B. Bright and even more excited about my contracted sale of Kissing Casaonva to New Concepts Publishing! It's been an exciting time for me. I also contracted Gray's Anatomy to Mystique Romance, which is through Ocean's Mist Press. The writing is all going well and I hope for nothing but big things this year.

Right now I'm late for work so I got to go!

Keep reading!
Crystal***