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October 30, 2012
Pumpkin Carving Contest Deadline Extended!
We’ve extended the deadline for the Chicagoland Vampires Pumpkin Carving Contest until midnight CST on Halloween night! Pop over to the Meritverse forums to register (if you aren’t already; it’s quick and free and gives you access to the Meritverse forums) and upload a photograph of your pumpkin! You can read more and the rest [...]
October 29, 2012
The Cadogan House Halloween Extravaganza Contests begin now!
The Cadogan House Halloween Extravaganza is underway! Enter below for your chance to win one of five prize packs, and read here for more information about the Pumpkin Carving Contest (which ends TODAY) and the HOUSE RULES first chapter reveal! a Rafflecopter giveaway
October 27, 2012
Random Things I Really, Really, Don’t Love
1. Cilantro. With a passion. Apparently, I’m one of these people. 2. Green been casserole. 3. Honey Nut Cheerios, as they’re neither (1) honey nor (2) nut. 4. Closed-mindedness and lack of curiosity. The world is a majestic and wonderful and horrible place. Get out there and take it in. 5. Snakes 6. Cars in [...]
Random Things I Really Enjoy
1. Oyster crackers 2. Black and white polka dots and stripes, which are apparently very “on trend” this year 3. Frozen snack size Kit Kat bars 4. Friday nights (my favorite time of the week — so much weekend to anticipate!) 5. Vegetable nachos and hot salsa 6. The word “apparently,” apparently 7. Apple products [...]
October 25, 2012
Don’t forget – Pumpkin Carving Contest Ends Sunday!
Offer up your best Chicagoland Vampires-themed pumpkins for our First Annual Chicagoland Vampires Pumpkin Carving Contest! Members of the Meritverse Forumscan enter the First Annual Chicagoland Vampires Pumpkin Carving Contest, which runs now through October 28, 2012 at 8:00 PM CMT. I’ll select three winners for signed swag prizes.Visit the Meritverse to read the rules [...]
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 [...]
