As many of you know, I am friends with author Ilona Andrews, best known for her Kate Daniels series. Recently, the blog site Vampire Book Club started an Alpha Showdown contest pitting book characters against each other. We're in the semifinals now, and Ilona and I have two characters left: Bones … [Read more...] about Sunday smack talk funnies
May 2011
Special charity auction being held from May 25th - May 31st for an Arc of ONE GRAVE AT A TIME, plus novels MAGIC SLAYS by Ilona Andrews and THE IRON DUKE by Meljean Brook. For details and to bid, please go here: http://tinyurl.com/3ksarwu … [Read more...] about May 2011
Special charity auction
Hi everyone. I'm sure most of you have heard about the recent devastating tornados in KS, MO, OK, AK, and AL. Those were on the heels of the massive floods along areas of the Mississippi River. I'm not trying to be depressing, but there are a lot of people who need help due to these natural … [Read more...] about Special charity auction
Pimpage, I gives it
First, thanks to everyone who left a music suggestion on my previous post. I now have over 4 hours worth of songs loaded for Vlad's book. No excuse to be unproductive! Heh. . Second, happy book birthday to my critique partner, Melissa Marr! GRAVEMINDER, her adult debut novel, hit the shelves … [Read more...] about Pimpage, I gives it
Weekend recap and music suggestions, please
Hi all. A belated Happy Mother's Day to everyone who has children, be they biological, of the heart, or of the four-legged, furry persuasion ;-). I had a nice weekend aside from a 24-hour lack of service with my phone/cable that turned out to be my husband accidentally knocking the power source from … [Read more...] about Weekend recap and music suggestions, please
Hello again
I looked at the blog and saw that it's been a month since I posted. Wow, time flies! What have I been doing these past thirty days, I'll assume you asked? Lots of things. From April 1st to 14th, I was feverishly working on my novella for THE BITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS anthology. Longtime blog readers … [Read more...] about Hello again
April 2011
ETERNAL KISS OF DARKNESS won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice award for Best Vampire Romance. Thank you, RT reviewers! … [Read more...] about April 2011
Reviews – do’s and don’ts
This post is aimed at authors, whether you’re e-published, self-published, NY print published, or any other type of published. If you have a book available to the public, it’s almost impossible to avoid seeing reviews. They show up under every online product page, in your Twitter or FB @replies, … [Read more...] about Reviews – do’s and don’ts