Jeaniene Frost's Blog, page 55

Last week in 2009

I'm working on a short story that I'd like to have at least half finished by Monday (when copyedits for ETERNAL KISS OF DARKNESS land on my doorstep), so I'm crunched for time. Still, it didn't seem right to let 2009 slide into 2010 without one more wave from the ol' blog :). So aside from working on the short story, here's what I've been up to this past week, copied from my Twitter posts:



Saw AVATAR. Amazing visuals, good story. Yes, if you're looking for plot holes, you'll find them, but I...

FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON trailer

Meant to post this earlier today but I got busy doing other things. Some of you will have seen this, since I re-Tweeted my publisher's post on it Friday night, but for those of you who haven't, here is the trailer for FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON. Hope you enjoy it! I also received an early Christmas present from Romantic Times when reviewer Jill Smith had this to say about FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON: "Book by book, Frost builds her reputation as an author who delivers only the best." RT gave FDOC a Top ...

Holiday randomness

In these last two weeks of the year (pause to wonder where the hell 2009 went) blogging will be scarce. You can still see some occasional daily mutterings from me on Twitter , if you're so inclined, because that doesn't require complete sentences. In fact, most of the time, complete sentences are prohibited on Twitter ;-). December is a big birthday month in my family, plus of course there's the holiday, and on the 19th, it's my wedding anniversary. Gifts need to be procured for all these...

FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON contest winners!

Contest for an ARC (advance reading copy) of FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON closed at midnight last night and all I have to say right now is wow. After I went through and deleted any double/triple/more entries, the total number of entries came in at exactly 1,100. *faints* I past the flattered/humbled stage around 400 and watched with happy shock as the entries continued to come in. You guys are awesome! Hugs and cyber-kisses to all of you!

With only 4 ARC's to give away and 1,100 entrants, I know...

Tis the season....for insanity

Dear Homeowners Association,

I can appreciate your six-page notice informing residents of all the different things they'll need advance permission for in preparation of the holiday season. Yes, some people do like to deck out their townhouses like they're channeling Clark Griswold from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and while I personally like a slew of decorations (even though I'm too lazy to put them up on my own unit), others may consider them an eyesore. I can also appreciate how ...

FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON contest

Okay, time to make good on my promise for an ARC contest for FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON, Night Huntress World, book one.





A short explanation for those new to the blog/series. The Night Huntress World novels are spin-offs from my Night Huntress series where side characters previously introduced in the Cat and Bones novels now get the spotlight as the hero/heroine. Each Night Huntress World book is a stand-alone, not the start of a new series, and they're written so that readers who've never read...

Do you hear what I hear...?

No, I'm not bursting into Christmas caroling (though I do like that song ;). I'm happy to announce that audio rights for the first two books in the Night Huntress series, HALFWAY TO THE GRAVE and ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, have been sold. So, one day in the future - sorry, don't know exactly when yet - those books will be available to listen to on tape. Approximately every fourth email I've gotten over the past year has asked "why aren't your books on audio yet?" Well, I'm thrilled to say that...

THREE DAYS TO DEAD winners!

Sorry this post is a little late. Storms swept through my area and knocked my internet out this morning. But, I have good news to make up for this post's tardiness. Due to the whopping response to the THREE DAYS TO DEAD contest (184 entries in one day!), I'm kicking in another copy of the book that author Kelly Meding will sign and ship. So, there will be two winners for this contest instead of one.



Without further ado, Randomizer was consulted to find two winners and this is what it said...

THREE DAYS TO DEAD contest

Busy trying to fit five days of work into three because of the shorter holiday week. I don't see a huge chance of success with that, so I expect to be working through the weekend to make up for taking Thursday (Thanksgiving!) and Friday (driving back from relatives!) off. Oh well, deadlines show no mercy, lol.

Enough about me, however. Right now I want to talk about Kelly Meding . If you haven't heard of Kelly, her debut novel THREE DAYS TO DEAD (excerpt of chapter one available at link...

Event Horizon

I spent way too much time yesterday clicking back and forth between Dear Author and Smart Bitches, reading up on the comments after the announcement by Harlequin about their new "Harlequin Horizons" line. Even though I swore to myself that I would stop reading and get back to work, as more information came out, I couldn't resist. Clicky-refresh-clickety, repeat.

For those of you who, like me, ended up reading the hundreds of comments on each site...well, you're probably also nursing a...