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Winners and Q&A for Mind Storm Part 1

Thank you to everyone for tossing us questions; we had a lot of fun comparing thoughts and answers, and we hope you have as much fun reading them!

I wanted to say a special thanks to Karin for going forward with me on this. She was absolutely brilliant and sweet to share her time like she did.

I've cut this into two posts because Livejournal is an odd duck when it comes to word count and we decided to go all out on the answers. But here are the winners of the contest, because I promised you all...

MIND STORM Release Day!!!!

I don't even know what to do with myself. Seriously.

MIND STORM gets released today!!!

My day job is full of awesome people and they let me take today off so I could run around, be a spaz, and sign book stock in a ninja-like attack. This is insane, guys.

I'll be posting later on today the Q&A session I did with Karin Lowachee and announcing the winners of said contest. I know you guys want your swag. I won't deprive you of it ;)

But right now I'm going to go savor this moment.

Guest Blogging and Movie Going

So I went and saw Thor today with my roommate (who was hungover as hell and man, I applaud her ability to sit through a loud movie like that). I actually liked it. It was funnier than I thought it would be but didn't swing into camp territory. Also? Chris Hemmings needs to be shirtless ALL THE TIME. Who's with me on this?

Annnnddddd THREE MORE DAYS PEOPLE!!!! That shrieking you hear? Probably me.

If anyone is interested in joining yet another contest to win a free copy of MIND STORM (who am I k...

Biting Down My Nails

So it is five days until MIND STORM comes out, the culmination of the only goal I ever gave myself. I've got a few guest blogs lined up next week, a couple contests which I'll link to from here on those same blogs, and a week where I basically celebrate with booze.

I think at some point I'm going to share my (admittedly) crappy query letter I sent to my agent for MIND STORM and talk a bit about the process. There are far better sites available for query letter information, but I figure sharing...

Contest Update - Now With Karin Lowachee In the Mix

Heads up guys! So the contest going on in the previous post now has a twin. Karin is now back from her holiday and has posted on her site's blog as well.

You can find her half of the contest here. Please go and ask her questions as well and join the mix.

Contest runs through midnight, May 9. Discussion will be posted May 10 along with contest winners.

Contest and Q&A for MIND STORM

Okay, so before I get into the nitty gritty, unless you've been living under a rock the world exploded last night over the death of Osama bin Laden and the crazy hardcoreness of Navy SEALs Team Six. Seals will never be sweet and cuddly again (I lie, they're adorable when fat and white and lounging on snow in Canada).

Anyway! Moving on to other things!

Q&A: Talking Characterization with Karin Lowachee: Myself and Karin would love to answer any questions you might have on characters and character...