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ReVamped (Ha!) Swag Shop!

I've ReVamped (ha!) my swag shop to include a little more organization and some new St. Sophia's products to celebrate the January 5, 2010 release of FIRESPELL. Drop by and check them out!
If you love a design and are looking for a particular product in that design, drop me an e-mail and I'll see what I can do.
Enjoy!

Back cover copy for TWICE BITTEN!

Here is is, folks! The back cover copy (aka, synopsis) for TWICE BITTEN!

Merit, Chicago's newest vampire, is learning how to play well with others. Other supernaturals, that is. Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit. Merit is supposed to protect the Alpha, Gabriel Keene—and to spy for the vamps while she's at it. Oh, and luckily Ethan's offering...

Heathcliff

I kept waking up last night, and each time I did I had lyrics from Michael Penn's No Myth (Romeo in Black Jeans) in my head.
I know. Seems tres random. But, the lyric actually made sense, given my post earlier this week about Halloween reads:

What if I was Romeo in black jeans?What if I was Heathcliff? It's no myth.

In honor of that odd, head-stuck lyric, I bring you selections from a gothically delicious favorite, Wuthering Heights !

'This is nothing,' cried she: 'I was only going to say that...

Join the TKA scavenger hunt!

Check out my guest blog today over at The Knight Agency for today's Scavenger Hunt clue! I'm tweeting about my favorite classic Halloween reads, in addition to The Raven (see post below).
Here are the giveaway and Scavenger Hunt rules (from the TKA web site):
HALLOWEEN WEEK CONTESTS:Remember, there are TWO ways to win! Each day this week (Oct. 26 thru Oct. 30th) a guest blogger will give away a signed book to one person randomly chosen from the comment section. Tuesday's prize is FRIDAY NIGHT...

Merit Gets Edgy!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the cover for TWICE BITTEN!!!



Merit's gettin' all edgy, y'all! Release is set for July 6, 2010.

Halloween Reads - Part I

I'll be guest-blogging at The Knight Agency on Tuesday to chat about some "spooktacular," classic Halloween reads. Each day this week, I'm going to feature one of them.
Today's features is a gothic classic, Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. Wikipedia reports that The Raven was first published on January 29, 1845. It remains one of my haunting favorites.

. . . Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
But the...

VAMPIRES IN CHICAGO!

The headline: Chicago Becomes Vampire City in New Novel


Thanks to the staff at the Chicago Sun-Times, including writer Misha Davenport and illustrator Bryan Barker, for their fabulous work in putting this together! The article was great, and the illustration is amazing! (It's the steel-ribbon-wrapped Hancock Tower!)

Check the Chicago Sun-Times!

If you're online, or in the Chicago metro area on Sunday, check out the book section from the Chicago Sun-Times for an article about FRIDAY NIGHT BITES!!

Homeward bound - Two Great Events!

I'm heading down to central Arkansas tomorrow for two fabulous events!
First, I'll be signing copies of FRIDAY NIGHT BITES at the Barnes & Noble in Little Rock, Arkansas at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 24. Drop by to say hello, grab some copies of FRIDAY NIGHT BITES, and chat about the Chicagoland Vampires!
Second, I'll be joining a cast of five--count 'em, five--authors at the Books-A-Million in North Little Rock, Arkansas at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 24. Join me and the following...

Fun Stuff at The Knight Agency

Two very fun updates from the fabulous folks over at The Knight Agency, and one more from me!

> Take Home Tuesday

First, it's Take Home Tuesday, and TKA is giving away THREE, count 'em, THREE books to celebrat their upcoming chat with fabulous authors Marley Gibson, Patrick Burns & Dave Scrader. Drop by The Knight Agency today for your chance to win copies of: THE OTHER SIDE: A TEEN'S GUIDE TO GHOST HUNTING AND THE PARANORMAL, GHOST CHRONICLES and GHOST HUNTRESS: THE GUIDANCE.

> Paranormal Chat ...