Richelle Mead's Blog, page 51

Riddle me this

Okay, here are the winning questions from my recent contest. I had over 200 entries (thanks, guys!), and these ten were randomly selected. Winners have been contacted and will get some prize packs once I get them put together.

In the meantime, in no particular order: here are the questions and answers. My apologies if some are brief. If some hinted too much about the future, I'm afraid I had to be careful of spoilers! :) Also, if an entry had multiple questions, I picked only one to answer. T

For Australian Eyes Only

Good news. The ten winners for the Q&A contest were randomly selected yesterday, so I'll notify them soon and get to work on answering those questions! In the meantime, I have some exciting news about a couple of contests that are open to Australian residents only. These contests are being sponsored by my awesome publishers down under, Penguin Australia, so for the rest of you not at the bottom of the southern hemisphere: don't come after me for not being part of it! :)

Here's the scoop, Australi

But what will the neighbors say?

People who follow me on Twitter have probably heard me make comments about my "ex-KGB neighbors." I figured I should probably set the record straight once and for all, and since it's a tale that can't be told in Twitter's 140 characters, this is the place to do it.

The house next door to lolcatz and me is owned by a minor Russian celebrity. He apparently has more than one home, though, because the house has spent most of the last two years unoccupied. Here's how things usually work. A few months

Better, faster, stronger.

I'm continually amazed at the latest advances in how science/medicine can make people "better." Every time I go to my dermatologist, I'm inundated with brochures in their waiting room about all the ways they can restore you to your youth. I see these docs to make sure my moles aren't cancerous, but while half of their practice is skin stuff like mine, the other stuff they do is cosmetic--Botox, collagen, etc. Reading their pamphlets is fascinating. Every time I'm there, I learn about some new ad

Entitled

Today's bit of news before I head out for my photos:

The third Dark Swan book (aka the Eugenie series) will be called Iron Crowned.

The fifth Vampire Academy book, out in April, will be called Spirit Bound.

Enjoy!

Released into the wild

Hello all! Lots of exciting things going on around here. The latest contest is getting some really good turnout. I already have over 100 entries! Again, though, make sure you read all the directions if you haven't entered yet. Some entries are going astray.

Today's been fun because I was filmed for an author video today. My pals at Razorbill got a videographer to take me out in the woods and talk about my books. Hopefully I sound eloquent! It'll be a bit before it's ready for the public, but I'll

You have questions, I have answers

Housekeeping. Xbox users and trivia buffs: don't forget that the debut of 1 vs 100 is tonight! And on a random note--there seem to be vicious rumors that the Australian release of Blood Promise is a month later than the US one. Nope. They're the same.

Okay, as promised: a contest! And an easy one. Here's the deal. Some of you may have noticed that I'm not always, um, quick on answers to questions I get here, on Facebook, in my email, etc. It's a time thing, and I do apologize. But this contest is

This is where 'Eye of the Tiger' would be playing

Thank you very much to everyone who voted in the "Where are you?" survey from a couple days ago. Some of you probably noticed that I turned off comments part-way through. Sorry about this! They were muddling the results a little bit because people would vote in the poll and then put in good sales pitches down in the comments. :) Made it hard to do a tally. For those without LJ accounts, I apologize, and anonymous comments won't officially be counted in the results. I will scan them, though, and

Reveal yourselves!

Hey, guys. Thanks very much for the info about pencils and keychains. It's all part of the greater good of Richelle Mead swag, so we'll see what stuff I end up getting made. Thanks also to those voting for Georgina over at Bitten By Books' latest poll. I tried not to do hard lobbying this week, so it's cool to see Georgina in the lead anyway! Still, since this is the last day to vote, I figured I would make a plug here.

Okay, here's the poll I promised. My publisher and agent see sales numbers o

Contest winner and other randomness

Hey, guys! In what has to be a new record for me, I've picked a winner for the pen contest. Let me say first of all that there were tons of great entries, and I really want to thank everyone who racked their brains for ideas. Since there can be only one (for this contest, at least), I'm happy to announce it's colleenstl with: Pocket stake, for emergency use only. Congrats! The fun thing with this one is that I'm actually eyeing a set of silver pens that would be perfect "stakes." I'll also proba