First and last.

Well, my first extensive interview regarding the final book in my Signs of the Zodiac series (as well as some juicy tidbits regarding What Comes Next) is up here. Larissa is a great book blogger and is also holding a contest to win a signed copy of THE NEON GRAVEYARD, with a pa-pa-poker chip, so if you'd like another way to win a signed copy, this is a good 'un.

Another 'last' … this is the last week before THE NEON GRAVEYARD finally takes root in the world. Can I get a collective Yee-haw? Hopefully it will go fast because I am ready. Don't forget, you have until midnight Wednesday to win my personal copy of the book. I'll overnight it to the randomly drawn winner first thing Thursday morning so that you have it in time for your weekend reading. Further details are here.

There's also still time to get a freebie poker chip and signed bookplate by emailing your preorder info to press@vickipettersson.com. I sent out the latest batch today, so everyone who has written me thus far should be seeing their chips in the mail soon.

I've already talked about my Vegas signing (and tweetup for coffee) on Friday, June 3 … tomorrow I want to take some time to talk about Saturday, June 4, when I'll be signing at the famous (infamous?) Murder By the Book indie bookstore in Houston, which I'm insanely excited about.

For now, I'm just off a plane – I gave the ground in Vegas a metaphorical kiss by running three miles in air that wasn't trying to smother me with humidity – and I'm back to work on rewrites for the first book in my new series (referred to in Larissa's interview). Off to it.