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June 8, 2012
TIN SWIFT and the Curiously Delightful Blog Tour Extravaganza
A couple months ago, my publisher contacted me and asked if I wanted to do a blog tour to celebrate the release of TIN SWIFT (release date, July 3). Having never done a blog tour, I asked some writer friends what the pros and cons of a tour might be, then promptly told my publisher I’d love to do it!
In case you’ve never been a part of a blog tour, it’s basically a writer visiting several blogs, usually one a day, to do interviews, or guest posts, or just to chat with readers. Cool right? But...
June 7, 2012
Cover Reveal – Magic For A Price
After a sharp-eyed (and thoughtful) reader contacted me yesterday to say she had seen a cover for MAGIC FOR A PRICE posted on a blog (and wanted to know if she could share it), I checked with my editor to see if we had a final version. Indeed we do!
Here it is! Allie Beckstrom book #9, MAGIC FOR A PRICE
What do you think? I LOVE it. Once again the amazing artist Larry Rostant and Penguin’s art department have outdone themselves.
My suggestion for the mood of the cover was something along the lin...
May 28, 2012
Catching up on News
STEAMPUNK NEWSTIN SWIFT is coming out in just FIVE weeks! I am SO excited!
I have some very cool giveaways and extras planned, starting (hopefully) in mid-June and lasting all the way through mid-July. As soon as I nail down the details, I’ll tell you where and how you can score some fabulous one-of-a-kind goodies and prizes.
Oh, and I just posted an excerpt from TIN SWIFT here on the blog: click for excerpt.
I’ll have more steampunk news soon, so stay tuned!!
URBAN FANTASY NEWSCopy edits for MAG...
May 24, 2012
Winners and Cheshire Bookcat
The big non-US giveaway of five sets of five signed Allie Beckstrom books (the *lovely* UK release) is done! If I don’t hear from the winners in a week, I will be drawing new names. Winners, please contact me via the little envelope button on the corner of my blog Here.
Winners are:
SURI, who said: WOW WOW WEEEEEE……I love it! Signed give away, YAY! Thank you 
SARAH WEST, who said: I really love your books! I have read all of them! It would be amazing to get signed copies!
ANNABELLE H., w...
May 17, 2012
Big Non-US Giveaway
Edited to add*:
WINNERS (still four more days to win!)
Thursday: SURI, who said: WOW WOW WEEEEEE……I love it! Signed give away, YAY! Thank you
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Monday:
*winners, please send me your mailing address by clicking on the little envelope button in the upper corner of my blog. Thank you!
Ah-ha! NOW I can do a big ol’ giveaway! In celebration of MAGIC IN THE SHADOWS, MAGIC ON THE STORM, and MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY coming out in the UK, I am giving away 5 (five) signed “sets” of all thre...
May 14, 2012
Two Posts and a Forest of Ghost Trees
Hello there! Here are a couple places I’m posting today:
Over on Amazon UK Kindle Posts, I talk about MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY and how being directionally-challenged might actually be a *good* thing.
On the Deadline Dames, I talk about procrastination and writing.
Hmm….doesn’t seem like quite enough content for a blog, so I shall talk about the ghost forest my family and I visited on Sunday!
This is Neskowin Beach, Oregon, about an hour and a half drive from my front door. Back in 1998, an estimated 2...
May 10, 2012
Release Day – UK !
Today, May 10th, is the official UK release day for:
and
Excuse me while I run around my house making happy kermit-the-frog noises! Yaaaaaaaaaay!
To celebrate my books coming out in the UK, I had hoped to do a cool giveaway, but don’t have everything together for that yet. Please stay tuned for a giveaway in the near future!
May 9, 2012
Answer Day – 2
More great questions received on the blog!
Dawn Young asks:
1. I’ve been trying to teach myself to be better at developing characters. Do you have any tips? Tricks? Resources you could recommend? I enjoy self-teaching myself how to do things, if I can just locate the right resouce(s) to get started
This is one of those questions for which there are hundreds of answers because I think every writer approaches character development in different ways.
Just as no two novels write the same for me, no...
May 8, 2012
Answer Day
You know what’s coming out on May 10th?
The UK release of Magic in the Shadows, Magic on the Storm and Magic Without Mercy! I am so excited for these to be available with their beautiful covers through Berkley UK! To celebrate, I’ll be doing a giveaway, of course. Stay tuned for that in the next few days!
Back in April, I opened up the blog for questions. Several people stepped right up and lobbed some my way. (Thank you, readers!) I thought it was about time I post some answers.
Readsalot81 ask...
April 29, 2012
Whimsical Garden
Since I finished a writing project today, I earned a few hours to work in the yard! Hubby and I filled the raised garden boxes with soil and then shopped for veggies and herbs. We also shopped for planters for our herbs, and found these lovely pots at a thrift store for only a couple bucks each. Hubby drilled drainage holes, and strung the wire. A few garden hooks, and Ta-Da!
My whimsical country herb garden:
Herbs: purple sage, sweet basil, oregano, thyme, curry, rosemary. My hands smell like...
