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First, an apology. I posted the wrong date for my upcoming appearance at Malaprops in Asheville, NC. The correct date is January 29th at 7pm. To see a full list of the cities I'll be traveling to in January/February while celebrating Up From The Grave's release, please go here. As a reminder, Up … [Read more...] about Appearances update and Up From The Grave Arc contest

Hi, all! I've heard back from my publisher, and here are the cities I'll be traveling to while celebrating Up From The Grave's release on January 28th. For every store except Malaprops, author Pamela Palmer will be my tour partner as she celebrates the release of Wulfe Untamed. January 29th … [Read more...] about January/February appearances and Up From The Grave teaser scene

Many of you know that I'm friends with Ilona Andrews. She's a #1 New York Times bestselling author and all-around great lady (plus, if you ever get the chance, ply her with Long Island iced tea! I promise that hilarity will ensure ;)). A while ago, Ilona started releasing free bits of a new … [Read more...] about Clean Sweep

Hi everyone! Back when I announced the new NA series that I'm writing, I mentioned that the series title of "Realmwalker" might change. Well, last week I heard from the peeps at HQN that it had indeed been kicked back and a new series title would need to be picked. (Side note: This isn't unusual. … [Read more...] about Giveaway winners and new series title name

The holidays are almost upon us (how did that happen, you wonder?? Me, too!) and in addition to kicking off the first of several giveaways that I promised, I wanted to talk briefly about some other "giveaways" going on. I'd never heard of Operation Christmas Child until the other weekend, when a … [Read more...] about Giveaway and other “giveaways”

This post will be all over the place, as the subject line implies. To start, thanks so much to the reviewers at Romantic Times! Twice Tempted is one of the nominees for Best Vampire Romance. Last year, Vlad took home the trophy in this category for Once Burned, so it's extra flattering to see his … [Read more...] about Topic salad

Among other things, November is when the online group NaNo (for National Novel Writing month) kicks off, with the goal of supporting writers who want to start and/or complete a novel during the month of November. If you're participating in NaNo and you could use an example of someone struggling with … [Read more...] about If you think YOU’RE frustrated

Before I go into detail about the wonderful time I had at the Southern Magic luncheon, a reminder that Home For The Holidays, Cat and Bones 6.5 (calling it that because it takes place after the events in One Grave At A Time), is out today. This novella previously appeared in The Bite Before … [Read more...] about Southern Magic recap and Home For The Holidays