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Interview with Nicole Murphy!

While I'm here in Australia (in Cairns right now, actually, though only on a tourist basis), I thought it would be great to talk to an Aussie author. Happily, I got a chance to talk with Nicole Murphy, the author of SECRET ONES, about the lines between fantasy, urban fantasy and romance; hot guys named Lucas; and whether e-readers will kill us all --


CG: Tell us about the Asarlai trilogy and the world you've built for it -- and specifically how we learn about that world in SECRET ONES.

NM: T...

post-Australian tour updates

So, my hotel here in Adelaide doesn't have wireless -- WHY DOES THE GOD OF WIRELESS HATE ME -- and I'm now typing this in a 24-hour-convenience store, between the prepaid mobile phones and men's socks. This update must be swift!

1) Australian tour

Was amazing! So many of you came to the events in Brisbane, Morayfield and Melbourne, and more to the stock signings in Sydney and here in Adelaide yesterday. It was great meeting/signing for/answering questions for/denying having tasted Vegemite t...

late-breaking Adelaide details!

OK, people in Adelaide and neighboring environs, here are the bookstores I'm signing stock in next Monday. There are some in after-school hours, so hopefully a few of you can make it. I'll basically be around the first half-hour of each hour, and while there will be no public signing set-up, if you ask the bookstore staff for me, I'll be able to say hello and sign your copies of the books. (And as the bookstores have been so good as to agree to this, consider picking up a new book or two w...

Down Under Lowdown

Is it really only my fourth day in Australia? Already I'm in Brisbane, the day after getting to meet some of you (and, in the case of one Jordana, talking to you on the phone) back in Sydney. You guys were right -- the first Sydney event WAS canceled, and I'm sorry not to have been able to let you know. But I only found out after I arrived. Everything else looks like a go, though, so I hope to meet some of you today and tomorrow in Brisbane, and after that in Melbourne -- and, yes, Adelai...

LOW RED MOON contest winner, plus your take on "personal demons"

First things first: We have a LOW RED MOON winner, who will be receiving an ARC of this awesome werewolf romance: Congratulations, Alejandra S.! It (along with a couple of slightly delayed prizes) goes in the mail tomorrow -- just beating my trip to Australia.

The next ARC giveaways I do will have AFTERLIFE written all over them ... but that's got to wait until after my Australian tour. Some of you have been posting on Facebook about a canceled signing; all I can say is, I haven't heard any...

Interview with Lisa Desrochers! Plus, LOW RED MOON ARC giveaway!

Sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of PERSONAL DEMONS Contest #2, but I delay no longer: Congratulations, Lauryn S.! I'll get your books in the mail to you this week.

And the author of PERSONAL DEMONS, the awesome Lisa Desrochers, took time out of her busy schedule (as in, during her trip to Singapore) to talk with me a little about her debut novel:


CG: Your MC, Frannie, has a truly enormous mission to fulfill, even by the standards of paranormal heroines. Without giving too much ...

PERSONAL DEMONS Contest #1 ends, and PD Contest #2 begins!

First of all, congratulations to the winner of PERSONAL DEMONS Contest #1, Jansci C.! There were a ton of good entries, and some time this weekend, I'll post a summary of your thoughts about the personal demons of the characters in the EVERNIGHT series -- you guys had some really compelling answers.

(Why am I not posting this right now? As those of you who follow me on Twitter know, my brother and nephew are visiting Chicago this week, so I've been extremely busy. The planetarium! The Se...

Interview With Kelley Armstrong!

As anybody who's asked me this at an event knows, I'm a big fan of Kelley Armstrong's "Darkest Powers" series, which is only the latest in a long series of incredibly popular books from Kelley, a longtime bestseller in the adult urban fantasy genre. I'm also a fan of Kelley herself, since we were able to tour together on Supernatural Summer 2009, and I got to know what a fun, down-to-earth person she is. So I'm really excited to be able to feature her interview here on the blog -- read on t...

Australia travel plans (partial)

OK, at long last, I have some tour dates for Australia! This is NOT a final or complete list, but this is the larger part of my public appearances Down Under, so take a look:


SYDNEY:

Event name: Author talk with Dymocks Sydney
Date: Monday 16th August
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Dendy Opera Quays Cinema, 9/2 Circular Quay, Sydney
Cost: $20 members of SMH Dymocks Events / Students & Non-Members $22. Talk and signing session

I have no idea what it is I'm supposed to be doing that's worth $20 to ...

Free books! Get 'em right here! Brand-new contest!

One of the most hotly anticipated YA paranormal romances this fall is Lisa Desrochers' PERSONAL DEMONS, I book I loved so much I blurbed it. And now I have a couple of ARCs, which I'll be giving away in two separate contests! This week, you'll not only be getting an advance copy of PERSONAL DEMONS, but also copies of the first two books in Cat Adams' YA series -- BLOOD SONG and SIREN SONG.

What do you have to do to enter? Tell me what you think are the "personal demons" of any (or all!) o...