Las Vegas signing – June 3.

Since the time is quickly approaching (19 days, anyone?!) when the final book of the Zodiac series hits the shelves, I thought I'd talk a bit about my appearances schedule. The whole of them are listed on the sidebar, but I want to talk about a couple of them individually. Regarding Las Vegas, here's what just appeared in my local newspaper:

Final book in Signs of the Zodiac series to be launched in June

Las Vegas showgirl turned best-selling author Vicki Pettersson is scheduled to sign copies of her newest book, " The Neon Graveyard, " at 7 p.m. June 3 at the 6521 Las Vegas Blvd. South Borders in Town Square Las Vegas.

According to Pettersson ' s website, vickipettersson.com, this will be the last in her Signs of the Zodiac series, set in Las Vegas.

Pettersson also hopes to meet with her Twitter followers to share coffee before the event. To learn more, follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/vickipettersson.

I'm so thrilled they mentioned the tweet-up. I love to get to know my readers a bit better at these things, and meeting beforehand helps me do that. So I'm planning a 5:30 "tweetup" in the park area of Town Square. We can grab coffee from one of the vendors, find a place in the gazebo or grass (or inside somewhere if it's too hot) and chat for a bit.

Mind I can't sign books or do a reading – that would be unfair to Borders, who is kind enough to be opening their doors to me there for the first time – but it might be a better time for pictures, and then we can all head over to Borders for books and readings and signings and a more formal Q&A. I'll talk there about questions all/other readers might have about the series, but if there's something you want to know specifically, well – I can whisper it in your ear at the gazebo, okay? Just don't tell!

So all you have to do to follow/find out where we are at the 5:30 tweetup is make sure you're "following" me on Twitter. And even if you think you already are, you might want to double check. I deleted my first account there a couple of months ago, and all my contacts were deleted with it. (Oopsie.)

Also, please note that the date for the Vegas signing is JUNE 3rd, not July. I mention this only because that 4th of July holiday tends to supersede things and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has accidentally "attended" an event a week or two in advance/late. Or maybe I am – which would make that confession extremely embarrassing.

(BTW, I'll have the freebie poker chips mentioned in my previous post available at the Vegas signing, and am happy to give one to each of you when signing your book.)