Richelle Mead's Blog, page 44

Something awesome

As promised, "something awesome." This is a radio interview I did in Melbourne with the super cool folks at Nova 100am. Aside from the chance to hear my voice (which doesn't seem to bother me as much in this interview), you also get to hear me caught off-guard when asked about vampires and "that time of the month."

So, enjoy. It's 8 minutes long and all audio, being radio and all. Well, it's *mostly* audio. There are a few images and clips, which came as a surprise to me when I showed up wit...

Virtual crazy cat lady

First, a little business. Georgina fans can rejoice! Succubus Shadows now has its cover and description posted up on my website. I'll warn you, though. The description references the end of Succubus Heat (and previous books by default), so don't read the SS description unless you're up to date on the series!

Today I had something totally awesome I was going to post, but it's not ready yet, so I'm going to take us in a different direction. I try to donate to some charity (or charities) each yea...

T-Shirt Gallery, Part 2

Okay, here's the rest of the t-shirts spotted on the Australian tour. If you don't see yours, it's either because I didn't see it or because the picture didn't turn out. (Or maybe it wasn't photographed at all).

Here we go:




































And as for this one...



Well, I don't recommend looking at the back of it unless you're up to date on the VA series. If you are, then click here. You've been warned.

Thanks, everybody!

Australian highlights, part 2

Okay, as promised, here are the pictures from the Sydney portion of my Australian tour. There's kind of a weird irony that I posted these today--when that horrible dust storm is going on. Looking at the pictures of that storm are unreal, and I hope everyone there is weathering it (so to speak) as best they can.

I flew into a dust-free Sydney on Thursday morning--leaving for the Brisbane airport at a horribly early 4:45am. The reason we had to get there so early was because I was on Kerri-Anne ...

T-shirt Gallery, part 1

Change of plan. I was going to put up the Sydney signing and scenery pictures tonight, but instead I've decided to shake things up and do one of the t-shirt posts instead. This is partially for variety and also because t-shirts require none of my commentary (they speak for themselves!), so they're a little easier to post...and well, tonight's a busy night. I mean, it's House's season premiere.

Also, for those asking about art--don't worry. I haven't forgotten you.

So, without further ado, I giv...

Australian highlights, part 1

Well, I've been home for 36 hours now, and let me tell you: it is awesome. I had a great time meeting everyone on the tour, but that's a long time to be away from home. Now, I'm back in a world where I don't have to put on makeup, where I can watch copious amounts of recorded reality TV, and where Splenda is my sweetener of choice. We've more or less adapted back to our home time zone, and tomorrow, I'll be back to work, the gym, and the dishes.

But, in the meantime, I've finally begun sifting...

Tour Days 23 & 24: The second most Australian picture I could manage

Thanks, guys.





This post comes to you from the Sydney airport, where lolcatz and I are waiting for our flight back to the U.S. We're here pretty early, which is a good thing. We've learned on this trip that for domestic flights, Australians show up much closer to flight time than us Americans. For one of our Qantas flights, we were at the airport 35 minutes beforehand, which was pretty astonishing (and worrisome) for us--as was only having to show ID once and not take off shoes or coats in secu...

Tour Day 22: Australia Update

Just a quick update to let you guys know what's going on since the blog has been kind of quiet (aside from the last post with the awesome koala picture). Some Australian readers have wondered why I haven't been blogging about my adventures here, but the truth is, I'm just too busy. I thought the U.S. leg of my tour was crazy, but man, it's nothing compared to what's going on down under! Aside from the signings, my days have been filled with interviews and other media type stuff. My signings h...

Tour Day 20, 21, and 22: The most Australian picture I could manage

Tour Day 19: Catch me today

...on Twitter.

At 3:45pm Australian EST, I'll be doing a live Q&A on Twitter for 45 minutes. If you're a Twitter user, you'll have to follow PenguinBooksAus to participate. You don't have to be in Australia for it, and I've done a few helpful time zone conversions for you guys.

Here's when it'll be in your area:

Eastern Australia: 3:45pm, September 14
Western Australia: 1:45pm, September 14
U.S. West Coast (Pacific): 10:45pm, September 13
U.S. East Coast (Eastern): 1:45am, September 14
UK: 6:45am, ...