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FIRESPELL UK release and TB Pre-Orders

Yesterday was the official hardback release of FIRESPELL in the UK! Unfortunately, it hadn't yet popped up at the Waterstones in Picadilly, but if you're in the UK, I'd love to see a picture of FIRESPELL on shelves!!



And, of course, we've got the release of TWICE BITTEN in just over a month, and it's already hitting the Amazon Bestseller charts.



Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#23 in Books > Romance > Vampires

Thanks, pre-orderers!! :)

Some Girls . . . Haunt?

This is the newly released German cover for SOME GIRLS BITE (Frisch Gebissen, February 2011, Lyx). Very dark and pretty and haunting.

I've also updated the International Release page if you want to see all the international covers in context.

Need wristbands? Come to KC!

If you're in the Kansas City (MO or KS) area, I'll participating in the following various and sundry panels at the 41st annual ConQuest scifi convention on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29:

Saturday, May 29

11:00 a.m. - Decline of the Written Empire
12:00 a.m. - The Future of the Human Race
6:00 p.m. - Lunge, Lunge, Parry

Sunday, May 30

10:00 a.m. - Pick me! Pick me!

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the Authors reception on Friday night (so I will be ridiculed in absentia, but that's t...

It's Mailing Day!

Goodbye, TWICE BITTEN ARC's. I hope you enjoy your new homes, and I hope my local U.S.P.S. outlet enjoys this nice boost to their bottom line.

NZ and Australia!

Good News! Merit and friends are also being published by Hachette/Orion in Australia and New Zealand. Here's the current publication schedule:
Some Girls Bite (Now on shelves): Australia | New ZealandFriday Night Bites (June 2010): Australia | New ZealandFirespell (July 2010): Australia | New Zealand
I love the tagline at Wheelers: "Forget the House of Night; it's time to join the Dark Elite." Ha!
Here's the Australian/New Zealand FIRESPELL cover:

And if you're in the UK, keep an eye out for...

5Ks and 13.1 miles

So, I'm planning on walking a half-marathon (13.1 miles) using this handy training chart. My goal is less the actual half-marathon (in Omaha, Des Moines or Midsouth) than completion of the training course. (And I hate running, so walking it is!) I've joined DailyMile, so if anyone else is interested in doing the training, as well, feel free to check in via e-mail.
[And yes--I'm posting about this here in part just for the accountability of it.:]
In other news, I've decided to participate in...

And the winners are . . .

Congratulations to Eunice and Alaina, who were chosen by random out of all the entries (and bonus entries) to win the two TWICE BITTEN ARC prize packages!
Ladies, please e-mail me your addresses (chloe at chloe neill dot com), so I can get your stuff in the mail!
And thanks to everyone who participated!

Travel Reading?

When I have a little time to read, I love to read travelogues. I'm about to finish the most recent (curmudgeonly, caustic) Paul Theroux installment, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star,* --which is unfortunately the last (non-fiction) Theroux on my list. So, it was time to find some new travel writers.

I perused the web looking for good travel books, and came across a few lists (which I have now printed and will probably, in truegeek style, highlight and check-off), which I thought I'd share.

Final reminder!

Hi, everyone. As promised, I'm going to pick a winner in the ARC contest on Friday, May 15 before 8:00 a.m. CST.
Thus, if you still want to enter--and so that I have time to update the massive Excel spreadsheet tracking the entries--please get your entries in by Friday, May 15, at 6:00 a.m. CST (or, even better, tonight).
Also, you've got until midnight to place any final bids for Do The Write Thing For Nashville auction . . . although the three musketeers currently bidding may have you...

Foodie Thursday?

Is it wrong that I want to print out Ming's entire web site in color and slap it in a binder, to be my new cupcake cookbook? Oh, Ming. How lovely thou art. Now, go forth and make cupcakes!


(Via simplesong)