Sorry for the recent blog drought. As usual, I'm kind of ...

Sorry for the recent blog drought. As usual, I'm kind of swamped with deadlines (fortunately) and it's become so much easier to do a quick Twitter or Facebook update than to sit down and compose a longer blog entry, especially when Blogger is so often a pain to work with. (A couple of weeks ago, Blogger was stripping all the hard returns from my posts, which was infuriating and time consuming. Now it's adding them, evidently at random.)
 
Also, I haven't really had much news lately. But today it occurred to me that the little bits of news sometimes add up. So here's a rundown of what's coming up: Next month, I'll be at Book Expo America in NYC and my editor tells me that in addition to signing ARCs of If I Die (which I've known for a while), I'll also be signing ARCs of Blo od Bound . I'm very, very excited about this, and more than a little nervous. It's a new series, and it's very different from either my Shifters or my Soul Screamers worlds, and as eager as I am to be putting something new out into the world, I know that there are going to be people who like the Shifters series better (Soul Screamers is YA, and thus a completely different beast, IMO). It's already found its fans, and that's as it should be. But I'm hoping that the Unbound series will be able to stand on its own too, with both new and existing readers.
For those who have been asking about the new covers, I still don't have a final version of either the If I Die or Blood Bound covers, but I'm told that HQTeen will be showing off the If I Die cover around the middle of next month, in advance of the signings at BEA. I have seen the art (though not the final cover) and it is undeniably beautiful. I have no idea when I'll be able to share the Blood Bound cover. But you'll see it as soon as I have permission. ;) And now for some International release news:
The covers for the German translation of the Soul Screamers series are up, and the books are up for preorder from Amazon and straight from the publisher. I really love the British cover art, which the German editions are also using. Also, I love that the books are numbered in Germany. I get LOTS of questions in the US about what order the books should be read in.


Also, Rogue is up for pre-order in Sweden, Finland, and Norway. And My Soul To Steal (La rose et l'ombre, "The Rose and the Shadow") is up for preorder in France, but I haven't seen a cover for that one yet either.
 If you're still with me after such a long post, check back in soon for an interview with and giveaway from HQTeen debut author Aimee Carter!