Chloe Neill's Blog, page 138

Guest post today @ VampChix

Check out a guest post by yours truly today on international vampire myths at VampChix! And thanks for the fabulous Michele Hauf for sponsoring my guest post today!

New FLAIR Store!

I've added two brand-new sections to the Store!
First, a very economically-priced group of flair/buttons to satisfy all your pro-Morgan, pro-Ethan or pro-Luc needs!!

Second, upon request from my lovely new friends in Kearney, a classic CADOGAN T-shirt similar to the one I'm wearing my authorly photo. Enjoy!

And speaking of Kearney, how great was their marquee? Thanks to the Kearney Public Library staff and everyone who showed up for a great event!

Carb-wrapped meat tubes. Chicago Style.

I love this Chicago Hot Dog print by Hawk Krall, which is from his Hot Dog Art series created for one of my favorite food blogs--Serious Eats.


What makes a Chicago Hot Dog (aka, Salad on a Bun) a Chicago Hot Dog? Serious Eats has the scoop:

But today it's all about the classic dragged-through-the-garden jumbo beef frank on a poppy seed bun, topped with pickles, sport peppers, tomatoes, neon green relish, bright yellow mustard and celery salt.

Serious Eats (and Hawk Krall) also introduced me to...

Join me tonight at the Kearney Public Library!

If there are any Kearney residents or UNK students out there in the Meritverse (Can we start saying that?? Or maybe it should be the Ethanverse. Or Celinaverse? Malloryverse? Seriously--I could go all day with this.) join me tonight at 7:00 for a reading and signing at the Kearney Public Library in Kearney, Nebraska.

I'll be showing off my eight-foot-tall banner stand, and handing out TWICE BITTEN postcards and FIRESPELL bookmarks.

I might also, hypothetically, bring in the only print copy of t...

Reason #342 Why I Love Chicago

So, on my most recent trip through Midway, I did this:
The fabulous folks at Eli's Cheesecake then posted this lovely blog about my Tweet, and Marc, the President of Eli's, got in touch to say hello. Apropos of our e-mails, I found this waiting for me today:

Sooooo, many ridiculously delicious calories of this--

--and I can't wait to dive in! Treadmill, here I come.
Thanks to Marc and everyone else at Eli's for this lovely treat! And I'll say it again: Chicago rocks.

Shout Outs!

I'm a bit behind on my thanks, but a shout out to the following review sites for taking the time to read and review FRIDAY NIGHT BITES!
Night Owl Romance (Top Pick): "Ms. Neill has created the perfect vampire series and I am seriously, hopelessly addicted!"
Para Normal Romance: "If Firespell: A Novel of the Dark Elite is as good as Chicagland Vampires, then my must read list is going to grow in size again."
And, I suppose it's official -- the first review of FIRESPELL. It's an "exciting teen...

Ready for a New Kind of Mystery?

This is a photograph of the marquee in front of the Chicago Theatre in downtown Chicago:


This is a close-up of the same photograph.


Check out the symbol behind the word "CHICAGO" -- a circle with a capitol "Y" inside it.
This symbol--this image-- can be found on buildings and public works across the city of Chicago. Folks have theorized that the "Y" symbolizes the Chicago River. But even if it does symbolize the River, doesn't it just make you wonder why it's on the buildings?
On January 5...

Comments...

So, apparently to moderate comments you actually have to log in and REVIEW them. For some reason, I wasn't getting notification e-mails, but I have uploaded the backload of comments. Sorry if you thought I was ignoring you. ;)

In response to one question regarding the TWICE BITTEN cover: Merit is and always will be Merit, so no worries that a new artistic direction for the cover indicates a personality shift for our favorite girl. She'll continue to develop as a character, of course, but not i...

FOODIE Friday!

I'm a long-time vegetarian, but I loved the descriptive language in Serious Eats' review of Chicago's Folklore restaurant. Conclusion: It's offally good! (Ha, Serious Eats. Ha.)
Sayeth the reviewers:

"The parillada is sizzling platter piled high with juicy grilled flap steak and cross cut short ribs, succulent pork sausage, crispy sweetbreads featuring a rich, almost fried chicken-like crust, and blood sausage that eats like a firm cinnamon-spiced meat custard."

[ Keep reading. ]
Sayeth Merit...

Cage Match

I've been watching the results of the Ethan v. Catcher Cage Match poll. I think I forgot to include an answer.... Ethan v. Catcher in a Cage Match: Hello! We ALL win. ;)