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Hope everyone's been enjoying the holidays! As the subject line promises, here are the three winners of the Up From The Grave Arc (advance reading copy) contest: Laura Brenton, Kathy Tagaloa, and Dale Haagen. All contest winners were contacted by email on the 24th. One hasn't replied yet. I'll … [Read more...] about Contest winners and Up From The Grave book trailer

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