
Ambiguously Jewish: “Hamsa, Hamsa, Hamsa, Tfu, Tfu, Tfu”
So, hey, first things first. Alisa Schreibman is the same person as Allie Berg. Allie’s just a pseudonym for those super-racy romances I probably won’t be writing many more of.
“Hamsa, Hamsa, Hamsa, Tfu, Tfu, Tfu,” is a story I wrote that was included in the anthology, Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling that was published last year when I was too crazy to post about it. The kick-ass cover links to Amazon, where you can buy it. The title up there links to Apex Books, who published it, with all the other links where you can buy it.

Mine, allllllllll mine!
Guess who is the luckiest author ever. If you guessed me, you are SO right.
The lovely and talented Syneca Featherstone heard that a fellow author was having some financial trouble. Instead of internet hugs, she decided to do something serious. She created this amazing cover design and then raffled it off, $10 bucks a pop, all proceeds to go to that author friend.
As soon as I saw this cover, I knew I had to do everything I could to get it. Everything I could turns out to be buying a truly embarrassing number of raffle tickets. But it worked out! Because I won.

Behind the Book: A New Dawn
Give a character a scene with a pet or a kid and that character’s instantly more relatable. That is, as long as the pet doesn’t steal the show. Fortunately Essie, the heroine of A New Dawn, isn’t the type to complain about being upstaged by a critter, or else she’d have left the building already.
Nearly every reader who’s had something to say about my book so far has commented on Smithy, the lame-legged, smelly, stubborn boar who eats from Essie’s compost heap and guards her house in return. I got a death threat from one of my editors for a scene I won’t spoil for you, because the boar’s fate was up in the air. The lovely Lily declared herself on “Team Smithy” from the outset, and the overly optimistic spouse said I could live off the merchandising rights for Smithy alone.

My Oceanside Beloved
(post contains an NSFW excerpt of A New Dawn)
Oh. My. God. Check out this incredibly beautiful necklace Bunny at Bunique Beads made!
A gift from the sea: a teardrop-shaped shell, smooth and polished, is accented by antique copper, heishi shell slices, and mottled blue beads in this natural beach necklace. A copper lobster-claw clasp and extender chain finish off the piece meant to be worn close to the throat.
Length: 16-18 inches
Pendant: 1 inch by 1 inch
It’s called My Oceanside Beloved, inspired by Xav and Essie from A New Dawn (available now from Amazon, Kobo, All Romance Ebooks and Loose Id).
Quick Links for A New Dawn!
Woot woot! The entire Eostre’s Baskets collection, including my A New Dawn and Lily’s Kick the Past, is now available at Loose Id, All Romance, Kobo, and Amazon! Barnes & Noble is lagging a little bit behind.
Get A New Dawn!
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1ncndMr
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1evGaXJ
All Romance: http://bit.ly/1n9TQun
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1o2645Q
Loose Id: http://bit.ly/1qC03yu
Add it to your Goodreads shelf: http://bit.ly/RmLHpw
Let me know what you think. 🙂