Chloe Neill's Blog, page 137

Contest winner & Best. Halloween. Costume. Ever.

Two absolutely fabulous friends, as everyone's favorite sorcerers:

Thanks, "Mal" and "Catcher" for being such good sports!
And a big CONGRATULATIONS to the winner of the 400 Tweet Followers contest--Nissie! Nissie, please send me an e-mail [ chloe (at) chloeneill (dot) com:] so that we can talk mailing!

Guest Interview & Firespell Giveaway

I'll announce the winner of this weekend's Twitter contest (below) tonight, but in the meantime, drop by Dark Faerie Tales for an interview and brand new FIRESPELL Gift Pack giveaway! Good luck!

Contest! - 400 Twitter Followers!

I now have 397 Twitter followers! If I can get to 400 today (Saturday, December 12), I'll give away a Caodgan House Gift Pack, including your choice of new Luc, Ethan or Morgan mini-buttons!
Good Luck!

Friday Night Bites is a blue ribbon winner!

Thanks to Romance Junkies who nominated Friday Night Bites as a Blue Ribbon Favorite for December!

The Breckenridge Estate

Although the architecture isn't quite right, I imagine this haunting, wintry scene is how Merit would have seen the Breckenridge estate as a child. Not quite human, not quite fae, a wonderland of escape . . .


Photograph by Cedric Bihr. Link by This is Glamorous.

Win a key necklace from Tiffany & Co.!

Foley pulled open a tiny drawer on the right-hand side of her desk. Out of it, she lifted an antique, gold skeleton key—the skinny kind with prongs at the end—which was strung from a royal blue ribbon.

"Your room key," she said, and extended her hand. I lifted the ribbon from her palm, wrapping my fingers around the slender bar of metal.

- FIRESPELL , A Novel of the Dark Elite (Book One)
Have you wondered about the key on the front cover of FIRESPELL? Long story short--every girl at St...

Watch This Space!

Keep an eye out for a post later today about a brand-spanking new, month-long contest to celebrate the January 5, 2010 release of FIRESPELL, the first book in my new Dark Elite series.
But since I'm a literary tease (yes, I'll admit it), here's a little hint:

Wiki, Part Deux

Upon further consideration, Natalie, or anyone else who's a Wiki junkie -- Could you adjust the post either to (1) remove spoilers or (2) add sufficient spoiler tags for the unwary?

Anything which might give away a mystery plot in either book (i.e., the identity of the bad guy in either book, etc.) should be revised or put into offset spoiler tags per Wiki rules (and my interest in, ya know, not giving away the plots). ;)

Thanks, y'all!

Merit's been Wiki'd!

I'm a huge fan of Wikipedia, so it was a mighty thrill to see a comment from reader Natalie today about her addition to the Wikipedia vault--the Chicagoland Vampires series now has its own entry! A warning to those who visit--the entry contains SPOILERS, including descriptions of SGB and FNB, so read at your own risk!
Thanks so much, Natalie, for taking the time to put together such a comprehensive article! I'm probably going to use it as a reference tool for future writing. ;)
I...

Merit Goes International(-er)!

Exciting news from across the pond today!
First, Amazon UK has the pre-order and cover shot for FRIDAY NIGHT BITES, which will be available from Orion/Gollancz on April 8, 2010!

Second, I'm thrilled to announce that publishers in Germany and Russia will be publishing books in the Chicagoland Vampires series! Hello, and a warm welcome, to Egmont Verlag (SGB, FNB and TB) and Azbooka (SGB and FNB)!