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Today is the official release day for BLOOD KIN, 3rd in the Blood Lines series and the first one that is BRAND new. Yup, a grand total of 2 people outside of the folks at Pocket (and me) have read this book. It's available at your local bookstore, your favorite indie bookstore and the usual chains (Walmart, Target, Amazon). It is also available in e-book format at the Sony store, Kindle store and at Fictionwise, plus via my publisher's online store. Also sharing my release date is Diana P. Francis' [ ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) difrancis ]new urban fantasy novel, BITTER NIGHT. Make sure to check it out!! The contest is still brewing: take a pic of my books in the wild (store, at your house, library, etc.) or dress in costume and take a picture of you holding one of my books and enter. Details here. Tags: blood kin, contest, release day
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Whee!! Release week begins in < 10 days!! Sunday, October 25, guest blog at Amberkatze's Book Blog and talk about why There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb* Monday, October 26: guest bloggin at VampChix, where I talk about, what else? Vampires. Tuesday, October 27: BLOOD KIN out in the wild!! To celebrate my first completely brand new book with Juno/Pocket, I'm holding a contest. CONTEST!!!! HOW TO PARTICIPATE: (1) Take a picture of one of my books in the wild (in a store, of you or someone holding the book, etc.) OR (2) Take a picture of yourself in your Halloween costume, holding a copy of one of my books. WHEN? Take pics whenever you like, but you *must* submit them no later than midnight Eastern Standard Time, Monday, November 2, 2009. HOW TO ENTER: -- either email me the image (.jpg, .gif, or .png) and I'll post for you; make sure to comment below that you are sending me the photo. OR -- post the pic to your own photo hosting site and comment below with the URL for the pic. PRIZES: Best costume overall: a set of all 3 of my books Best fantasy costume: choice of two of my books Best funny costume: choice of one of my books BONUS!! -- if there is an especially awesome photo in *either* category, this person will get the right to name a character in one of my upcoming books and have a set of my books donated to the library of their choice. ETA: To cover legalities, I've modified the rules to include the following (thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) fangs_fur_fey for the disclaimer): Contest restrictions: Because I don't know all the various international laws (and thus don't want to get in trouble for breaking any), contest is open to US and Canadian residents only. Any contest winners who cannot provide a US/Canadian shipping address will be disqualified and a new winner drawn. GENERAL PHOTO WINNERS WILL BE PICKED RANDOMLY BY COMPUTER ( http://www.randomizer.org/ ). Odds of winning are based on number of entries. No purchase of any kind necessary for entry.
COSTUME ENTRIES WILL BE PICKED BY A TEAM OF IMPARTIAL JUDGES (some of my co-workers). None of the judges will be related to or know the entrants.
(sorry I have to do this, folks, but I'd rather not get entangled in international legalities!) * Thanks to Joss Whedon for the great blog post title. Tags: blood kin, contest
Spirits:  cold
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Hola kids, fangrrls, fans and general public types. My wonderful editor, Ms. Paula Guran, has updated the Juno Books site and posted a page about Blood Kin and an excerpt from the book. Go. See. Read! In other news, work continues to be busy. Book 4, working title Blood Heat, is in progress. Been keeping a fairly low profile overall. Just darned tired. Sleep is a good thing. Currently reading: Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge ( blackaire). My only real reading time is before work in the morning. I'm loving this book so much, I've practically had to set a timer to make me stop reading so I can leave for the office. Get it. Read it. Just bought a ton of new books, but sadly, won't have a heck of a lot of time to read them until after Blood Heat is finished. Oh well. Life of a writing chick. ::g:: Happy Thursday, all! Tags: blood kin
Current Location: Chez Lima
Spirits:  sleepy
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Didja miss me? OMG, I've been SOOO BUSY. With day job stuff and copy edits on BLOOD KIN, there has been no time to just sit and relax. Major project got launched on Monday (which is the reason I exited MJ early - really miss you guys!!!) and we've been working late hours throughout the week for post launch stuff. In the meantime, right before I left for Boston, the copyedits came. Not a ginormous amount of work, but since the book had to be rushed, there were some fixes needed, plus another chapter to be written. I spent most weeknights just skimming through the easy stuff (repeated words, awkward phrasing, clarifying bits), then last night, a 7 hour marathon to finish, as I wrote to the accompaniment of Queen and Sarah McLachlan. At 3:37 ack emma, file done, spellchecked, emailed and backed up. I. AM. DONE. ::collapses:: The only reason I'm actually up is that my body will not stay asleep past 9:30 a.m., no matter how hard I try. Oh well, there's always time for a nap later. I'm going to spend my weekend watching movies ( Slumdog Millionaire is waiting for me), catching up on my shows and reading. (new Harry Dresden hot on my Kindle!) It's raining, but I don't care, because I'm going to be a sloth. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend, Passover, Easter, etc. Oh, and, speaking of peeps... the annual diorama. Tags: blood kin, done, peeps, weekend
Current Location: Chez LIma
Spirits:  pleased
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So, uhm, HAI INTERNETS! I hadn't realized that my last post was a while ago, mostly, because I've been writing. Go me! I have been Twittering my progress, but I figured I'd post it here. 6100 words in the last 3 days. w00t! I'm hoping to make 10K by then end of tomorrow (which is the end of my 4-day weekend). I'm taking a mental break right now. My pattern these last couple of days has been:
- Wake up early (before sunrise!)
- Have something to eat while reading email.
- Write for about 2-3 hours.
- Take a break and watch Dead Zone TV show (which I'm watching for the first time, thanks to Netflix)
- Read a while/surf/read LJ, etc.
- Write some more.
- Read more and then sleep
(A side note for SGA peeps: pretty funny to see the actress who played Katie Brown in an Dead Zone ep. Canadian actors FTW!)
I totally missed the Inauguration concert yesterday b/c I didn't realize that HBO would open up for us mere mortals who don't have the channel. I have been trying to see it on HBO.com, but it's only streaming at specific times, which really sucks. What's the point of streaming if you can't see it at your own time? :(
I'm staying in for the Inauguration tomorrow, despite the many lovely invites I've gotten from several folks. I really want to make my word quota on Blood Kin and, although I'd love to share the glory with friends, I think I need to sequester myself or I won't make it.
OMG, PEOPLE - ONE MORE DAY!!!
Tags: blood kin, writing
Current Location: Chez Lima
Spirits:  creative
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thankful
accomplished
