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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 [...]
Twitter chat tomorrow (Thurs.) night with Rachel Caine and Christina Henry!
Don’t forget to join me, Rachel Caine, and Christina Henry tomorrow night at 8:00 pm EST for a Twitter chat! You can ask us questions using the hashtag #knightagency, or simply search Twitter for #knightagency to see our responses! See you there! Twitter Chat Chloe Neill, Rachel Caine & Christina Henry 8:00 pm EST/7:00 pm [...]
Congrats to the contest winners!
I’d like to pause my HOUSE RULES edits to congratulate the following winners of the BITING COLD BLOG TOUR and BITING COLD SCAVENGER HUNT contests! - Scavenger Hunt Contest (Chicagoland Vampires audiobooks & more) -Sheryl Stanley Nyary - Blog Tour Contest (Biting Cold ARC and more) - Amanda Graves Congrats Sheryl and Amanda! I’ll be [...]
August 16, 2012
Best. Readers. Ever.
I am so pleased to announce that BITING COLD debuted at #27 on the New York Times Bestseller list for trade fiction and #34 for ebooks. It also debuted at #79 on the USA Today Bestseller list. I cannot thank you all enough for supporting Merit and her adventures, and I am truly humbled by [...]
August 15, 2012
Authors are Rockstars Tour
Well, I’m not sure we’re rockstars. I write in my pajamas just like every other sane person. But I am thrilled to be participating in this year’s Authors ARE Rockstars tour, hosted by Two Chicks on Books and [Fikt]shun. You can visit my post today over at A Book Obsession, where I’m gabbing about my [...]
August 14, 2012
Chloe visits the Once and Future Podcast
While holed up in a hotel room in Washington, DC during my recent book tour, I had an opportunity to sit down with author Anton Strout and his world-renowned Once and Future Podcast. We talked about author therapy, the Chicagoland Vampires novels, writing, and other various and sundry topics. You can listen to our conversation [...]
