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October 18, 2012
“Merit is one of the best heroines I have ever come across. . .”
Thanks to the fine folks at Happy Ever After/USA Today for including the Chicagoland Vampires in today’s “‘Tis the Season for Fangs and Flirting” feature. Here’s a bit of what they said: Why you should read this series: When I picked up the first book, Some Girls Bite, I was expecting a cookie-cutter vampire book [...]
October 17, 2012
Fact or Fiction No. 1
Merit loves food, and the Chicagoland Vampires novels feature lots of restaurants in the Chicago area. But which one is real . . . and which one exists only in Merit’s Chicagoland? Saul’s Pizza (Twice Bitten) Superdawg (Some Girls Bite) Joe’s Chicken & Biscuits (Twice Bitten) Click on the jump link to get the answers! [...]
Announcing the Cadogan House Halloween Extravaganza!
Halloween is only a couple of weeks away (where did October go?!), and Cadogan House is celebrating with contests, prizes, and a very special gift …the first chapter of HOUSE RULES!!! Here’s the full schedule: First Annual Chicagoland Vampires Pumpkin Carving Contest – Open now, ends October 28 Members of the Meritverse Forums can enter [...]
October 7, 2012
So Very Sullivan
As I was editing HOUSE RULES (CV7), I ran across this Ethan/Merit quote, and thought you might enjoy it. It’s So Very Sullivan. “Work now, play later,” I reminded him. “I find mixing business with pleasure makes both more interesting.”
October 3, 2012
You had me at “last night.”
If I’m interested in a book by an unfamiliar author, I usually glance at the first few sentences to ensure I dig his/her writing style. I’ve never read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, but I’d seen in the New York Times there was some hulabaloo about a potential Broadway show getting canceled, so I thought [...]
September 28, 2012
The Books in the Chicagoland Vampires Series, Described in a Single Word
Backstory: I assign each of the hub’s video games a one-word nickname. For example, the game “Disgaea” is, simply, “Squares.” I thought I’d do the same for the Chicagoland Vampires, so here’s my interpretation. Some Girls Bite = Vampires! Friday Night Bites = Dresses Twice Bitten = Growls Hard Bitten = Tears Drink Deep = [...]
September 18, 2012
In the meantime…
While I’m editing HOUSE RULES and outlining BITING BAD (CV8, Aug. 2013), I’m also: 1. Reading tons of nonfiction, including THE LOST CITY OF Z by David Grann and RIVER OF DOUBT by Candace Millard. I am definitely on an Amazon River exploration kick! 2. Training for my first run, the Chicago Hot Chocolate 5K [...]
September 8, 2012
House Rules (CV7) Playlist
The HOUSE RULES writing playlist: Black Sheep, The Evil Exes April Fool, Manchester Orchestra Lotus Flower, Radiohead Heroes, David Bowie Karma Police, Radiohead Kill Your Heroes, AWOLNATION Trembling Hands, The Temper Trap Get Some, Lykke Li Need Your Love, The Temper Trap Youth Without Youth, Metric Ready to Start, Arcade Fire Rumour Has It, Adele [...]
September 4, 2012
More books?
Hello, everyone! I’m busily finishing the first round of HOUSE RULES edits, and I thought I’d take a moment to answer the two most common questions I’ve been getting lately. 1. Will there be any more books in the Dark Elite series? There are three books in the Dark Elite series (FIRESPELL,HEXBOUND, andCHARMFALL. THE DARK [...]
August 23, 2012
Twitter chat starts right now!
Christina Henry, Rachel Caine and I are on Twitter right now (for approximately an hour) to discuss writing, publishing, books, etc! I’m @chloeneill, and you can use the tag #knightauthor to ask us questions, read the answers, and join the fun! The Twitter chat is over and done, but thanks to those of you who [...]
