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Team Cadogan

Team Cadogan is only $100 from it's $1500 donation goal for next Saturday's Greater Chicago Food Depository Hunger Walk. WAY TO GO readers, donators and team members, and let's keep up the momentum!

A poster collection of collection posters

I'll take one of each print, please. Maybe this is how I'll decorate my last white wall?
1. Marine Animals by Banquet.

2. Northern Friends by Banquet.

3. Animal Alphabet by Rifle Paper Co.

4. Hat Collection by Rifle Paper Co.

5. Horse of a Different Color by 3LambGraphics
6. Eames Arrows by House Industries

Win an Engraved (Blood) Red iPod Nano!

Yes, we all know my fangirlish love of all things Apple.

Since I'm thrilled about the upcoming release of TWICE BITTEN, I thought I'd do a little giveaway: From now through July 7, 2010, you can enter to win a 8gb Red Apple iPod Nano by joining the Cadogan House Street Team and helping me get the word out about the release of TWICE BITTEN.

First, let's take a moment to appreciate the gadget, shall we?


Features:

- 8gb hard drive!
- Music player!
- It SHOOTS VIDEO, people! (See the wee camera on the ...

Today's Blog Tour Stops

Hello, everyone! Hope your June is going swimmingly. A big shout out to folks in the Big O' and Rosenblatt Stadium, which is hosting its final College World Series beginning this week.



Today, we have three stops on the TWICE BITTEN Blog Tour to chat about. First, I'm over at Darkly Reading to chat about the Chicagoland Vampires series and whether any House secrets are revealed in Twice Bitten.

Tomorrow, I'll drop by My Five Monkeys to chat with the lovely Julie about all sorts of random goodnes...

Your final TWICE BITTEN Teaser

Before you read further, let me prepare you: This is perhaps the teasiest of the teasers I've given you in my relatively short literary career. I can only direct you to the folks who've read the ARCs thus far and have deemed them worthy of your time and attention. (Folks--feel free to confirm in the comments.) :)
Okay. As many of you know, Jeaniene Frost is somewhat famous for "Chapter 32" of her Night Huntress (Bones & Cat) novels.
That said, I'll direct you, on or about July 6, to Chapter 8...

Today's stops on the Blog Tour

Drop by The Eclectic Book Lover AND Book Lovers Inc. for guest blogs and interviews galore, and your chance to win a TWICE BITTEN swag pack, including:

- An "I've Been Twice Bitten" silicone wristband
- A Chicagoland Vampires pen
- A Twice Bitten bookmark
- A Firespell bookmark, and more!



And don't forget that tomorrow is the day I'll post the FINAL teaser for TWICE BITTEN. After that, you'll just have to get your mitts on the book! (That said, tomorrow's teaser will be a bit untraditional--short,...

Direct from my Facebook page

So, here's the deal: If Twice Bitten makes the NYT list, I get ink. It will say, "the pen is mighter than the sword," although I'm undecided as to location. So, my friends, go forth and preorder!

(Yes. I'm serious.)

PS - I informed my mother of this decision last night, and she said, and I quote, "Oh my God, I think that's AWESOME."

A thought for today

Ali Edwards (one of my daily reads) has posted a great quote by Anna Quindlen:

Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of
tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in
lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to
teach ourselves now to live, really live...to love the journey, not the
destination.

As I struggle with the beginning of a new manuscript (as I always do), this is a very important lesson. The ...

Sayeth the New York Times:

Chicago Blackhawks Win Stanley Cup, Their First Since 1961
Congratulations, Chicago!
A Twitterer suggested I should celebrate the win by releasing TWICE BITTEN early. If only I could!! How about, instead, I give a little teaser? The 'Hawks are looking their bearded best, so let's do something a little shiftery...
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Without a word, Gabriel pushed back his chair and stood, then walked to the red leather door.

Ethan? I silently asked. He looked at the door for a moment, and for the first time...

Chicago Bits

A few random Chicago tidbits to keep your week moving right along. . .
1. "Chicago Style" Tat featuring Blago. Chicagoist enjoys it, but I'm not sure how I feel about that one. (Ed. note: Am I allowed to call him "Blago" when I don't live in Chicago?)
2. New baby zebra at the Lincoln Park Zoo!

3. Chicago is awaiting the arrival of food trucks . . . a little longer.
4. In Chicago, and need a bit of literaryness? The Printer's Row Lit Fest takes place this weekend.
5. Chicago Nerd Social...