Michelle Rowen's Blog, page 14

Uh, New Interview + Status Report! I suck at titles.

Check out my interview over at the Ravenous Reader . Nancy's giving away some horns and a pitchfork and I'm giving away a signed copy of Demon Princess ! I want some horns, too! I have to go out and buy a bunch for giveaways, methinks.

It's been an interesting week! I'm just plugging along in Nightshade and liking this book a lot (I think!!). The Big Bad has just been introduced in the flesh and we'll just have to see how bad he is. I'm thinking he miigghhtt have a bit of a soft spot for my hero...

Q&A, Signing, and finales

***Q&A and CONTEST......I'm over at The Book Butterfly with a Q&A and contest (separate posts) for Demon Princess (12 days till the release!!). Contest runs till October 10th so there's lots of time to comment to win.

***UPCOMING SIGNING....I have a signing coming up with Eve Silver on Saturday, September 19th. If you're in the Whitby, Ontario area, we'll be at the Zellers at 330 Taunton Road East from 1:00 - 4:00 pm.

Closing in on 200 manuscript pages on NIGHTSHADE. It's like a real book now! ...

It's seriously Friday again??

The strange thing about writing full time is that it's easy to lose track of what day of the week it is. When one has a day job, each day of the week has a different feel. Monday's suck. Wednesdays mean you're halfway there. Friday's rock, etc. Now...it's all the same. The only difference is that some days I don't get as much email (ie: the weekends).

I have no point. I'm just stating a fact.

This is Sammy who seems to attach himself to my leg like a furry hot water bottle whenever I sit down t...

I'd like you to meet Nikki Donovan

Nikki Donovan is the 16-year-old heroine of my DEMON PRINCESS young adult series, which launches in 19 little days with the first book, REIGN OR SHINE!

Also included in the book is the first teaser chapter from DEMON PRINCESS #2: REIGN CHECK that will be out June 2010.

I had an illustrator friend do up a couple visualizations of Nikki. I'll be using these pics on various promo pieces. Check out Chris at Kitestring Creative if you're in need of a fab illustrator. I also do illustration, or at le...

Tuesday nibbles

I'm at Bitten by Books all day today giving away fabulous prizes and answering questions on my last Tall, Dark & Fangsome blog stop.

What am I giving away, you ask?

A $50 Amazon.com gift card as well as two full signed sets of the Rowen library (plus a bit of Maddox). That's seven books in all! Times two!

**Check it out here**

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I got some good writing done over the weekend to finish up the first act of Nightshade. I always write in three acts, or at least I try to. My hero ended the first act by...

Fang-tastic!

Today I'm visiting with Roxanne Rhoads at Fang-tastic Books for a Q&A in which I discuss keeping my pen names organized, character inspiration, mourning my vamps, and other fangtastic subjects. Plus, I'm giving away another signed copy of Tall, Dark & Fangsome. WILL THE FUN AND FRIVOLITY EVER END?

No, no it won't. But this is my last Q&A until next Tuesday. So there is a reprieve in the fun and the frivolity.

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I'm starting to hit my stride with NIGHTSHADE. At least, that's what I'm telling myself

Interview elsewhere and diet tips here

I'm over at Patricia's Vampire Notes today with an interview and giveaway of a signed copy of Tall, Dark & Fangsome. Come over and visit with me!

Last week was seriously jam-packed full of time consuming new release stuff. It's all great, but I'm glad to get back on the wagon to wordy town (as I, lamely, call it) and start writing fresh stuff. It's always interesting to do promo for a book I was completely finished with a year ago. Sometimes it's even a bit hard to remember plot points. I'm glad

An old friend gets a makeover

Found this on Amazon the other day. ANGEL WITH ATTITUDE is going to be reprinted with a shiny new cover and here it is! Valerie, Nathaniel and the key to heaven are represented nicely. No talking rat, though.

So this book should be available for purchase again soon with its lovely new packaging! Hooray!

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Snippet Saturday - Humorous Scene

I joined Snippet Saturday a while back but haven't had a chance to participate until now. The theme this week is "Humor," so I thought I'd offer up something that's fairly funny. I think so, anyhow.

This is a sneak peek at a scene from Chapter 5 in THE DEMON IN ME, the first book in my new paranormal series with Berkley Sensation that's out May 2010. Sure, it's eight months from now, but that time is totally going to fly by. I just know it!!

Darrak's an incorporeal demon forced to possess a woman

A few Fangsome reviews

Release week has totally interrupted my writing. Which is fine. I can get back to it. Just more proof of how I am sooo not a multi-tasker. Today I get back on Nightshade. I'm still waiting to hit my stride with that book, so that the writing becomes fun and easy. (Wait. That rarely happens? Damn.)

In any case, I'm excited about my new projects and want to cut my distractions (of which there are many) so I can focus on them. I'll be clearing off my to-do list this week.

I received my copy edits for