Naima Haviland


Biography

Naima Haviland likes dead people. Fictional dead people, that is, and the twisted people who make them dead (or undead). She is the author of Bloodroom and Night at the Demontorium. Her next novel, The Bad Death, is scheduled for publication Fall 2012. She takes as inspiration the Southeast United States, including her home in the Florida Panhandle, an ocean paradise with a not-too-distant past full of eccentrics, explorers, pirates, ghosts, and UFOs.

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Books

Bloodroom    by Naima Haviland
Price: $2.99 USD. 72690 words. Published on November 25, 2011. Fiction.

Bloodroom can best be described as romantic suspense in the vampire genre. If it were a movie, it would be R-rated for its sex and violence. It lives at the crossroads where Jane Eyre and Nine Inch Nails meet. Amazon review: "...a very romantic, sexy and seductive novel ...a Moulin Rouge type of story."
Night at the Demontorium    by Naima Haviland
Price: $2.99 USD. 12110 words. Published on October 30, 2011. Fiction.

0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Psychological meets supernatural in a room without dimensions known as the Demontorium. Located just behind a tissue-thin layer of normalcy, its corrosive influence seeps through. Sparky's First Day. He Dreams in Yellow. The Entrepreneur. Aunt Téa's Addiction. Bedring. Five cautionary tales meant to tighten your grip on the thin layer that separates you from inhabitants of the Demontorium.
Sparky's First Day    by Naima Haviland
Price: $0.99 USD. 1570 words. Published on July 14, 2011. Fiction.

Dodging bullets in a speeding car, Sparky’s leap to freedom catapults him into unknown realms where death and identity are subject to change at any time. An original short story from the upcoming anthology, Night at the Demontorium, by Naima Haviland.
The Entrepreneur    by Naima Haviland
Price: $0.99 USD. 3140 words. Published on July 10, 2011. Fiction.

A star pupil teams with the problem student on a business class project. But there’s more to this pairing than meets the eye, and soon the project is successful beyond their instructor’s wildest nightmares. There’s a market for anything, and demand can barely keep up with supply. An original short story from the upcoming anthology, Night at the Demontorium, by Naima Haviland.
He Dreams in Yellow    by Naima Haviland
Price: $0.99 USD. 1600 words. Published on July 9, 2011. Fiction.

Tortured by heightened senses and haunted by depression, Malcom lives in seclusion on his English estate under the care of professionals paid to watch his every move. On his mind, under his skin, and just out of the corner of his eye, is the woman linked to the catastrophic event that sealed his fate. An original short story from the upcoming anthology, Night at the Demontorium, by Naima Haviland.
Aunt Téa's Addiction    by Naima Haviland
Price: $0.99 USD. 2340 words. Published on July 3, 2011. Fiction.

The violent death of sexy, vivacious Téa shocks her husband's conventional family. But an impressionable niece discovers that nothing can kill Téa's addiction. An original short story from the upcoming anthology, Night at the Demontorium, by Naima Haviland.

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Smashwords book reviews by Naima Haviland

  • Frankie on July 04, 2011
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    Frankie is a kicky action story with a twist ending. There were times when I thought there was more to the story than actually got to be told, more than a short story has room for. It’s like riding a subway that is racing past the action taking place outside. A L Fetherlin has a gift for description and I hope she will deepen that gift to expand Frankie into a novel. I liked the characters and loved the story’s conclusion.
  • If You Go Into The Woods on July 12, 2011
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    David Gaughran’s book If You Go into the Woods, is a pairing of two short stories, the first of which gave the book its name. The stories are smooth and introspective. Each focuses on, and in the mind of, one character. The protagonist in If You Go into the Woods is the fatherless 8 year old Jiři. He is at the fork in the road of childhood where he will either become a good person or a bad person. He’s drawn to explore the forest near his house but is afraid of it. I won’t tell you what happens, only say that you’ll realize pretty soon that something is off, but you don’t know what. The protagonist of Reset, the second story, is a loner named Linus. He isn’t out of touch with the world; the world seems to have made a joint agreement to let go of him. Released, Linus freefalls through 24 hours of quiet desperation. Something happens, but I won’t tell you what. It has been a long time since I read a story that led me on instead of crashing in. The stories in If You Go into the Woods are unsettling, compelling, and thought provoking.
  • Smashwords Style Guide on Oct. 30, 2011
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    The Smashwords Style Guide is easy to read and understand. I use it often as a reference when I publish to Smashwords and have yet to find a question that the guide could not answer. Thanks for making publishing such a sweat-free experience!
  • Smashwords Book Marketing Guide on Oct. 30, 2011
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    The Smashwords Marketing Guide contains great advice not only for marketing within Smashwords, but beyond the site and even in person-to-person real time. I have it downloaded to my Kindle so I can refer to it again and again. Thanks for writing this guide and the Style Guide and, in this way, helping writers like me get started on the right foot!
  • Let's Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should on Oct. 30, 2011
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    Let's Get Digital is a handy, helpful reference. The info is of-the-moment, so you're getting news you can use NOW. The first section is a wide lens view of the current state of the book industry and while I had read this info elsewhere, it was spread across several blogs. The appeal of Let's Get Digital is that it gathers all this far flung info into one place. The next section deals with marketing your e-book through social networking channels; of particular use to me were the points on SN etiquette. I think of myself as quite polite in person, but the author alerted me to several internet faux pas I had either recently made or was about to make. The last portion consists of 30+ authors first-person accounts of their experiences with self-publishing and sales, which I found grounding and inspiring. This is a good book to read if you're starting to write your first book or if you've been trying to get your book published. It's also a good gift for someone who is at that point