Weekend recap:
This weekend finds my hanging with people – get this – whom I didn't make up in my mind. Like, real people. In the flesh. With whom I can interact. And, bonus, I even like them.
Who knew?
Anyway, it was a big week, and it was topped off by the proverbial cherry – this review from Bitten By Books. Click the link to read the full of it, but I love what Jackie says here:
Several deadly loose ends needed to be tied up in The Neon Graveyard, lest Jo trip and hang herself on a dangling plot thread … Believe it or not, every single one of the above questions was answered, and ::gasp:: in a satisfactory manner! No half-assing it for Vicki and Jo. When they end a series, they END a series!
I think what I love most about the reviews on this last book, and about the recent reader mail I've gotten, is how real Joanna Archer is to everyone. She's a person to them, not just a character, and readers have become fully invested in her story and life. What a gift for me.
Meanwhile, I still have poker chips available as freebies. All you have to do is shoot a copy of your preorder to press@vickipettersson.com and I'll send one out to you with a signed bookplate all asap-like. Full details are here, but that's the quick and dirty. Don't miss your chance to play some soul poker. (Latest batch of chips are going out this weekend, for anyone who is still waiting.)
And, in case you missed it, the first five chapters of THE NEON GRAVEYARD are now available here. Go ahead, whet your appetite for the release on the 31st … or not. Readers seem to be strongly divided on whether to sample or wait. At least you have a choice.
Speaking of May 31st, I'll be doing a day-long event at Bitten By Books, where readers can stop by and chat with me about the series, and the journey Joanna has taken throughout six long books.
That's Tuesday, but on Friday I'll be signing in my hometown, Las Vegas. Full details on that are here, including the 5:30 p.m. tweetup for coffee with readers.
I'll be talking soon about my Houston signing, which is the next day – Saturday JUNE 4th, at 1 pm – at Murder By the Book, a fabulous indie bookstore that has long been on my authorial Bucket List. That deserves its own post, but for now just know that I may or may not show up on rollerblades.
A final word on THE NEON GRAVEYARD, by Harriet Klausner, at Alternative Worlds:
The Neon Graveyard is a great finish to the strong Signs of the Zodiac urban fantasy. The story line is loaded with action, but it is the vivid contrasting descriptions of Vegas and Midheaven that makes the thriller enticing …
Yeah. Joanna Archer has some unfinished business in Midheaven. Only 9 days now until release.
Somebody put Solange on alert.
