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Reminder: Last Day to Enter Weekly Contests

 I'm going to keep giveaway announcements on Sunday untilthe first of the year, so….
There's still time to enter this week's contests if you haven't already. Justkeep scrolling down, or hit the links—well, don't hit them. That might hurt.Just click on them.
Enter to win:
To win four more chances at winning my gently used wi-fiKindle, click HERE.
To win one of two copies of Terry Spear's Dreaming of theWolf, click HERE.
To win Jane Kindred's terrific new fantasy The Fallen Queen, click HERE.
To win ...

Kindle Giveaway Friday--What Are You Reading?

Today's the third day to be entered to win my gently used Kindle Wi-Fi (what's now being called the Kindle Keyboard, I think). Next Friday will be the last day to enter--a total of 28 entries per person possible--and then I'll draw the winner on Sunday, Dec. 11!

Earlier chances to enter are HERE and HERE.

So today, instead of me telling you about a book I think you'd like, let's talk about what we're reading!

After reading the first book in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series for the Preterna...

Meet Author Terry Spear and Win DREAMING OF THE WOLF

Ah, what's warmer on a chillyalmost-winter night than a shapeshifter? Today, bring on the fur, because we'relooking at Dreaming of the Wolf, anew paranormal romance from author Terry Spear, who writes hot, sexy beastsbetter than most. Today, she's talking about how to keep a series fresh. Dreaming of the Wolf is her eighth wolfnovel, although each book reads as a standalone.
And Terry's publisher, SourcebooksCasablanca, is giving away two copies of Dreamingof the Wolf to commenters today, so...

Royal Street Photo Album: The Napoleon House, New Orleans

The Preternatura Book Club is on hiatus until January (when we'll start reading the first book in Patricia Briggs' oh-so-fabulous Mercy Thompson series), so today I'm continuing an ongoing series of photos from places that play an important role in my upcoming urban fantasy Royal Street. (Cue shameless self-promotion music.)

Today, let's visit the Napoleon House, which is one of my favorite spots in New Orleans. (And if you're going to be at Authors After Dark 2012 next August, I'm planning to...

Review: THE FALLEN QUEEN by Jane Kindred--and Get a Copy for Yourself

Acouple of months ago, I had the chance to do copyediting on a new fantasy-urbanfantasy hybrid called The Fallen Queen,due to be released next Tuesday. I approached it with some trepidation, I haveto admit. First, I'm not a great fan of high fantasy, and this had a feel of epicnessto it. It also had a freakin' chart of the realms of the heavens in the front—andnothing annoys me more than a book that needs to explain itself before youstart it (yes, that even goes for my much-loved Black...

New Releases Nov. 25-30 and Reader's Choice

It'sthat time again! In case you have a little Black Friday money left over forbooks, there are quite a few new releases coming out tomorrow (Nov. 29)…so manythat I'm putting all the mammoth Dec. 1-6 releases in next week's list!
Asalways, Reader's Choice is an international giveaway, so dig in. (And if a bookin a series catches your eye, you can always request the first in the seriesinstead.)
*Genrekey (at the end of each listing): SF=science fiction; F=high/epic fantasy;UF=urban fantasy...

Did You Win a Book This Week?

HappySunday! You know what time it is :-)
Didyou win a book this week by commenting on the blog? Here are my weekly winners—and remember the GentlyUsed Kindle giveaway continues with four more chances to win on Friday.
Emailme at suzannej3523@gmail.com with your snail-mailinfo if you see your name.
Congratsto TERIL for winning Lois Gresh's The Hunger Games Companion.
Congratsto LADYVAMPIRE2U for winning theweek's Reader's Choice contest. She was waffling between Unleashed and Immortal...

Reminder: Last Day to Enter Weekly Giveaways

 My giveaway announcements have moved to SUNDAYS until theend of college football season (don't even ask), so guest what? An extra day towin!
There's still time to enter this week's contests if you haven't already. Justkeep scrolling down, or hit the links—well, don't hit them. That might hurt.Just click on them.
Enter to win:
To win a chance at winning my gently used wi-fi Kindle,click HERE.
To win a copy of The Hunger Games Companion by LoisGresh, click HERE.
To win your choice of book in this w...

Holiday Q and A--and Black Friday Shot at a Kindle

Happy Black Friday. I'm not acknowledging that Christmas is approaching, so the only store that will see me today is Publix, doing my weekly grocery shopping since I have to be at work at 7-freaking-o-clock on Saturday morning to work the Alabama-Auburn football game. Roll Tide Roll and War Damn Eagle yada yada yada.

Anyway, if you read the blog last Friday, you'll know that I treated myself to a new Kindle Fire and, as a result, am having a contest to give away my gently-used, much-loved basi...

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

For those of you in the U.S., Happy Thanksgiving! For those of you outside the U.S.....well, Happy Thanksgiving!

Just a few of the many things I'm thankful for this year...

My eldest kid, Shane O'Mac


My youngest kid, Tanker McNamara



My current muse, Zachary Richard, who has the most achingly sweet voice. I could listen to him all day--oh, wait, I often do.



Samwise Gamgee the Xterra, who's still rolling along after ten years--which I'm thankful for because I can't afford a new one.


Auburn U., where ...