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Shift news!

Well, I think it's safe to say that Shift is out most places, even though it isn't yet March 1. How can I be so sure? Because my agent tells me that next week, Shift will appear at #29 on the New York Times extended bestseller list. ;-)

Thanks so much to everyone who's already bought the book and made the effort to tell me what you thought of it. And, of course, if you weren't able to find it early, you should be able to find it just about anywhere now.

If you've read Shift (or any of the other...

Shift love!

[If you're looking for a chance to catch up on earlier titles in the Shifters series, click here. I'm giving away five sets of the UK editions of Rogue and Pride. And scroll down for links to current Shift giveaways!]

My awesome CP Rinda Elliott sent me this last night. A full-page ad for Shift in Realms of Fantasy magazine! I could not be more surprised, or more pleased.


Except maybe by some of the reviews currently making my head spin. I feel like I should be printing them out as keepsakes b...

Want one?

Dear Readers,

I have too many books. Seriously. My office overflows. So if you want one of the following, leave me a comment in the Blogger version of this post. I'll draw names on Friday. One comment per person, please.

British copy of Rogue


















British copy of Pride

















Cover flat of the American version of Shift . This is just the cover, without the book. People sometimes use them as keepsakes or for promotional purposes.
Five people will win a set of both the UK Rogue and the UK Pride. You do not have to be from/in the UK...

ALPHA! (and several FAQ answers)

You may have already seen this on a couple of blogs. People were really good about not posting it during the early peek on The Pride (which I really appreciate), but several people got excited (which is cool; I'm glad people are eager) and snagged it from the newsletter I sent out last night. I'm sorry about the confusion there. I should have specifically asked people not to post it until I'd put it on my blog. It was supposed to be an early peek for newsletter subscribers. A perk of subscr...

Shift, on the shelf!

Yesterday I saw Shift on the top rack of the new release display at my local Barnes and Noble! It's still nine days until the official release, and I hope to have some release goodies for you very soon, but some stores already have the book on the shelf. Including the B&N at La Cantera, in San Antonio, where I left a bunch of signed copies.

Yesterday was kind of insane, in the best possible way. I had lunch/dessert/coffee with a friend, signed books at B&N, wrote 3,700 words (chapter 7) on MS...

It's been a good week.

At the risk of tempting fate, I have to say it's been a pretty good week. In the past seven days, I've:


Written 20,000+ words (Officially a quarter of the way through MSTSteal!)Been to the movies twice (a rare treat with my schedule) Spent an evening at a friend's house Received "official" versions of 2 new covers Read 2 ½ contemporary YA novels (pleasure reading; also a rare treat)

Unfortunately, I still have a lot of pain in my right wrist, but while that's necessitated a bunch of typing...

All things SHIFT!

I'm blogging at the Deadline Dames today, with a new mini-excerpt of Shift and another giveaway, so head over if you're interested.

And if you're not sure whether or not you're interested, let me just say this: I'm so completely overwhelmed by the amazing reviews for Shift so far. It was a tough book to write, dealing with the fallout from what happened in Prey, and if not for a couple of stellar suggestions from my CP, this book would not be what it is today. But I'm pretty proud of Shift...

Pizza, Zombies, and Olympians!

There's an actual blog entry in here somewhere. But first, here are a couple of new giveaways you might want to check out:

Tera Lynn Childs (author of Oh. My. Gods. and Goddess Bootcamp) is having a Winter Olympics-themed series of giveaways, and this one includes signed copies of My Soul To Take and My Soul To Save as prizes. Be sure and check out the rest of the giveaways too!

And...

BookBound has an interview with me and a signed copy of Shift to give away. Click here for details.

Now for the ...

New SHIFT mini-excerpt

My work got derailed yesterday by errands and obligations, so today I'm playing catch-up on chapter 3 of MY SOUL TO STEAL. So, in my internet absence, I give you a mini-excerpt (including a brief glimpse of their new foes) from near the middle of Shift , which will be available everywhere very, very soon.

NOTE: SHIFT IS NOT A YOUNG ADULT BOOK

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"I don't want to kill her," my father shouted to Beck. "But if you come any closer, I'll have…" His voice faded into an uneasy silence as the backgr...

The end is near--but not yet!

I'm sitting here in my office, taking a short break from writing MY SOUL TO STEAL, trying to figure out just exactly how I got here. Not here in my office. Here, figuratively. Here, with six books on the shelf (not counting anthologies), and a seventh coming out in a couple of weeks.

I swear, it feels like just last year I was querying agents for Stray. But Stray's been on the shelf nearly 3 years now, and I've been with my agent for more than four. And the Shifters series is drawing to a clos...