Jaci Burton's Blog, page 45

A Tease…

You guys…

Author Jill Shalvis and I are cooking up some fun for you for later this week.

It involves our upcoming books, both of which release a week from today.

Stay tuned.

The Wild Riders Series

Many of you have asked me about the Wild Riders series, about whether Riding The Night was the last book or whether there'd be any more.

I had set up the series in advance and knew exactly how many stories there'd be to tell in this series. I had planned for Riding the Night to be the last book and for the series to finish up with AJ and Pax's story.

However…

The wonderful and awesome and oh so talented Lora Leigh has asked me to do another Nauti and Wild anthology with her, and I of course leaped at the opportunity, since I love and adore her. So there'll be one more Wild Riders story, this time with a new Wild Riders character.

I don't know exactly when the new book will be out. It's tentatively scheduled for the end of this year, but that's subject to change. I'll keep you informed, so watch my blog and my Coming Soon page on my website.

Oh and the new characters's name is Jed.

Nalini Singh Contest Winner

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the contest!

I used random.org to select a winner, and the winner is:

LOIS HEADLEY (comment #32)

Congrats, Lois! And thanks again to everyone who entered the contest.

Don't forget everyone, that ARCHANGEL'S CONSORT releases on Tuesday. Be sure to go out and get a copy!

Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter series (A Giveaway!)

I've been a huge fangirl of Nalini Singh's Psy/Changeling series for years now. But I recently became enraptured by her Guild Hunter series, and want to share my love for this series with you.

The Guild Hunter series is about Elena, a vampire hunter, and her relationship with Raphael, an Archangel. And oh, what a sexy Archangel he is. Elena is a strong, fesity heroine who refuses to give up her will, no matter how deeply her heart is involved.

This is a continuing series, which means the same characters recur in each book, and if you haven't read this series yet, you all are missing out on smoking hot romance, high powered action, and some of the best writing ever.

The next book in this series–Archangel's Consort–releases next week, and I'd love to offer a contest to those who are interested. I'm offering your choice–if you haven't read the series yet and would love to get started, there's Angel's Blood, the first book in the series

, or Archangel's Kiss, the second book.

If you're current on the series and dying to get your hands on Archangel's Consort, you can choose that book.

Tell me which book you want.

You can read about the Guild Hunter series here at Nalini's website. I'll choose a winner on Friday. Contest is open internationally. Entrants must be a minimum of 18 years of age or older to participate. Contest void where prohibited.

Today's Blog Post

So I opened my blog at 7 a.m. with something brilliant in mind to post for today. It's now noon, and I totally forgot what I was going to post, because like all things in my head, if it's not put to paper the nanosecond it pops in there…poof. Gone.

I'm sure it'll come to me and I'll remember what I was going to tell you. Maybe. Or maybe not. You know what a collander is, right? That thing with lots of holes in it that you use to strain cooked spaghetti?

Yeah well, all the stuff I have in my head typically gets strained right out and down the drain if I don't write it down the second it pops in there. Sad. I'd like to blame old age, but what it really is is brain overload. There's just entirely too much going on in there right now. Like books and plotlines and deadlines and dogs. LIke today, Buddy got into the trash before I even got out of bed this morning, so I had to jump out of bed and clean that up. And then Jaz and Bee had to go to the groomers early this morning. And I had a doctor's appointment right after that. And then–

Oh! I just remembered what I was going to blog about today!

I'll tell you all about it tomorrow, providing I write it down. Heh.

See, I knew I'd remember.

Tell me this happens to you, too.

Martin Luther King Day

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

And the dream still lives.

And Now For Something Completely Different

I know I've been talking about my book a lot lately, so I'd like to change the subject to something very near and dear to my heart: the weather.

Because damn, it's cold.

I am not a cold weather person. I'm a tank top, capri pants, flip flop loving, summer loving, outside loving sun worshipper. In other words–I like it hot. I might bitch and moan in August when it's over 100 degrees and the sweat is pouring down my back, but you will never hear me utter the words–I can't wait for winter. I might wish for fall and for the brutal heat to give me a break, but I will never wish for winter.

I hate winter. I hate being cold. I hate being unable to get warm. I don't like being dressed in four layers of clothing. I loathe when my hands and feet get so cold that I have to wear gloves and my Ugg boots in the house just to get my brain cells to cooperate so I can write. (Hey, my brain cells shut down when I'm cold…doesn't everyone's?).

This week we had a couple inches of snow. That's good enough for me. I grew up in the midwest (Missouri), so I do like four seasons. I like spring, when the rain spells renewal and everything bursts with growth. I love summer (obviously). I love fall when all the trees change color. Winter…bleh. That can hurry the hell up and move on out. It's 7 degrees this morning with a wind chill of 7 below, and we're in Oklahoma. This is the south, people. I don't know how y'all up north deal with it.

Biker Dude and I have often talked about moving to the southeast, like Florida. We like the beach and the ocean. It's our favorite place. But this is home and in a few years our house will be paid off, so home is where we'll stay. Even if there is winter here.

Then again, did I mention it's 7 degrees today? Yeah, Florida is looking pretty damn good right now.

So do you love winter or could you live without it? What's your favorite season?

The Perfect Play Postcard Giveaway

You know this hot, sweaty guy, right?

Want to own an oversized postcard of the above cover to drool over while you wait for THE PERFECT PLAY's February 1st release?

You know you do.

If so, then email Fatin AT novelsidekick DOT com with your mailing info, and she'll get one right out to you!

THE PERFECT PLAY ARC Winner!

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the ARC contest for THE PERFECT PLAY!

I used random.org to draw a winner, and the winner is:

SANDI B (comment #27)

Congrats, Sandi! I'll be contacting you shortly.

And thanks again everyone!

The Perfect Play ARC Contest!

There's less than a month until the release of THE PERFECT PLAY! I'm giddy with excitement!

I also have an ARC to give away, so let's have a contest!

I'm going to make this simple. I love this cover. It's one of my best covers ever. I've sung its praises since I first got it. I've drooled on it, cried on it, petted it, and fixated on it until I'm sure y'all are sick to death of hearing about it. Or maybe you aren't. Heh.

But hey, great cover art is one of my favorite things about a book. Some books just get awesome covers, and they're what draw me to a book and make me want to read the back cover blurb, make me want to find out more about the book. And often makes me buy the book.

So tell me what some of your favorite covers are to some of your favorite books.

I'll draw the winner on Friday. Contest is open internationally.

And I'm also giving away an ARC on my new Facebook Fan Page, so if you're a Facebook member, please come "Like" my new Facebook Fan page and enter over there, too!