Time to kiss some babies and shake some hands

I need votes! All Fired Up's cover has been nominated for the Best Paranormal/UF Cover for July - http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=27432 I'd love some votes if you're so inclined! Poll is on the sidebar. (I tell you because couldn't find it at first. lol)

Woot!

Caturday! And a little extra

Take my spider and I killz you.

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And now, the extra!

I'll be signing All Fired Up today at:
Borders
880 W State Road 436
Altamonte Springs, FL
From 2:00-4:00 PM

If you're in the area, I'd love to see you!

Win a book!

I'm over at Jennifer Shirk's blog today talking Writer Routines (my routine specifically). Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of All Fired Up!

Release Day!

All Fired Up is out in print today!

Desire can heal the coldest heart—or burn it to ashes.

Alrik Gunn knows from bitter experience that change isn’t always for the better. From the woman who annihilated his Viking clan to the goddess who tricked him into centuries of slavery, betrayal has dogged his existence. The Goddess of Love is going to let him avenge his family, but for a price. As a Phoenix—a merchant of change—he must grant a human woman three chances to change her life.

When former Irish dancer Calleigh McCarthy tosses a carved-bird statue that belonged to her ex into a roaring bonfire, she unwittingly summons an honest-to-god Phoenix. A sexy, irresistible Viking who offers her an unbelievable bonus—three get-out-of-her-crappy-life-free cards. She’ll take it, even if it means guarding her cautious heart against the dark pain behind Alrik’s eyes.

Alrik has vowed never to let love sway him again, but Calleigh’s innocence and kindness throw him off balance. Yet even as his need for revenge fades and his love for her grows, he is bound to let her make her choices without interfering.

One wrongly chosen word, and any chance for happiness—for either of them—will go up in flames.

* Amazon has it on sale here!

Did you know?

Did you know the print version of All Fired Up is now available for pre-order on Amazon? And Barnes & Noble?

Also, I'll be signing it at the RWA Literacy Signing in Orlando this coming July.

Just throwing that out there.

Good news!

I'm going to have a free read available for you all very soon! It will be part of the free reads Samhain is doing for Valentine's Day. It features the same characters as my Samhain paranormal romance, All Fired Up, so if you've read that book, you'll get a fun peek at Alrik and Calleigh again. If you haven't read All Fired Up, this will give you a glimpse of what you've missed!

I'll keep you posted when it's live. In the mean time, you can check out some other free reads from Samhain here.

Random Things

1. Today is my agent's birthday! You can wish her a happy birthday on Twitter at @elainespencer

2. Got comments back from one beta reader. Book Two does not suck as much as I'd thought.

3. Am working on V-Day freebie for Samhain. Will involve the further adventures of Alrik and Calleigh from ALL FIRED UP. In theory.

4. Spa was THE BEST. I wish I could get a doctor to prescribe monthly visits.

5. Stop by Louisa Edward's blog and ask her if her book is done. She'll enjoy that. Promise.

What are you up to today? I have edits to finish on one book and edits to start on another. Busy busy!

They like me, they really like me!

All Fired Up just got another wonderful review! Check it out here.

You can read an excerpt of the book (and find the buy link) here, if you're interested. It's also available on Kindle here.

Today is a good day.

I'm over at the Samhellion!

Come check out my post on the top Viking myths over at the Samhellion today! (That's the Samhain blog, if you weren't sure.)

Dude! I'm on sale!

25% Rebate at All Romance and OmniLit on All Samhain Publishing, Ltd. Titles!

This Thanksgiving Season we're giving something to you.

From November 10-November 24 readers will be receiving a 25% eBook Bucks rebate on all Samhain titles.

What are you waiting for? Hop on over to AllRomance.com or OmniLit.com and receive bucks back today...on us!

So go buy ALL FIRED UP!

I'm wiped.

If I were cute and furry, that would be me, passed out on my keyboard.

Who knew release day was so tiring? And so busy, yet so lacking in accomplishments?

I'm taking the day off from the net today so I can write and catch up. I suggest you do the same, but you know, so you can read All Fired Up, natch. ;o)

You know, reading is one of those things I'm woefully behind on too...how about you? Read anything good lately?

Release Day! And other stuff!

Today's the day ALL FIRED UP officially goes on sale! Can you even believe it? Seems like forever ago I signed that contract. But today, it's official.

YAY!

Go buy your copy here (seriously, go buy one or my kittens will cry and you don't want that, do you?), then head over to the Fictionistas and check out my interview with the lovely Carol Alt and the discussion of her super-fun second book, Model, Incorporated.

And big congrats to my friend, Louisa Edwards, on the release of her book today too - Can't Stand The Heat is in bookstores now so grab a copy before they sell out!

Lastly, but certainly not leastly, today is The Sicilian's birthday. Happy birthday, Dad! I love you!

Pre-orders? Coolness!

I just found out ALL FIRED UP is now available for pre-orders! Check it out here - and you know, order one.

It's both nerve-wracking and exciting. Like voluntarily riding a roller coaster that's known to cause vomiting.

Why didn't my contract come with barf bags?

I need your votes!

The cover of ALL FIRED UP is involved in a "cover clash" this week over at Embrace The Shadows and I need your votes! Click HERE to check it out and register your vote.

Just remember, every time another cover gets a vote, a kitten dies. You don't want to kill a kitten, do you?

I didn't think so. ;o)

Also, there's still time to enter the ARC contest I'm running. Win an advanced copy of ALL FIRED UP! Check that out HERE.

Happy Monday!

ARC Contest!

I have an ARC of my Sept 1st Samhain release, ALL FIRED UP, to give away, so I've decided to run a little contest and do just that.

First of all, the link to the Coming Soon page on Samhain's site:

http://samhainpublishing.com/coming/all-fired-up

And the book's blurb:

Alrik Gunn knows from bitter experience that change isn’t always for the better. From the woman who annihilated his Viking clan to the goddess who tricked him into centuries of slavery, betrayal has dogged his existence. The Goddess of Love is going to let him avenge his family, but for a price. As a Phoenix—a merchant of change—he must grant a human woman three chances to change her life.

When former Irish dancer Calleigh McCarthy tosses a carved-bird statue that belonged to her ex into a roaring bonfire, she unwittingly summons an honest-to-god Phoenix. A sexy, irresistible Viking who offers her an unbelievable bonus—three get-out-of-her-crappy-life-free cards. She’ll take it, even if it means guarding her cautious heart against the dark pain behind Alrik’s eyes.

Alrik has vowed never to let love sway him again, but Calleigh’s innocence and kindness throw him off balance. Yet even as his need for revenge fades and his love for her grows, he is bound to let her make her choices without interfering.

One wrongly chosen word, and any chance for happiness—for either of them—will go up in flames.

Now, the deets:

To enter the contest and a chance to win the ARC of ALL FIRED UP, here's what to do:

1. Post a comment in the comments section of this blog post.
2. Tweet something about the book on Twitter including @Kristen_Painter and the hashtag #afuarc.
3. Post something on your own blog about the book, then comment with the link on this blog so I know about it.
4. Link to this contest on your blog.
5. Join my yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristenpainter/join

Each one of these gets you a entry. Do all five and you get five shots to win. You've got a week - the winner will be announced on Wednesday, August 12th.

Comments? Questions? Are you ALL FIRED UP yet?

I have a cover!

This is the cover for my September 1st release from Samhain. Hotness, yes?

Here's the blurb:

Alrik Gunn knows from bitter experience that change isn’t always for the better. From the woman who annihilated his Viking clan to the goddess who tricked him into centuries of slavery, betrayal has dogged his existence. The Goddess of Love is going to let him avenge his family, but for a price. As a Phoenix—a merchant of change—he must grant a human woman three chances to change her life.

When former Irish dancer Calleigh McCarthy tosses a carved-bird statue that belonged to her ex into a roaring bonfire, she unwittingly summons an honest-to-god Phoenix. A sexy, irresistible Viking who offers her an unbelievable bonus—three get-out-of-her-crappy-life-free cards. She’ll take it, even if it means guarding her cautious heart against the dark pain behind Alrik’s eyes.

Alrik has vowed never to let love sway him again, but Calleigh's innocence and kindness throw him off balance. Yet even as his need for revenge fades and his love for her grows, he is bound to let her make her choices without interfering.

One wrongly chosen word, and any chance for happiness—for either of them—will go up in flames.

I know you all want to buy it, but you're just going to have to wait!

The Tale of the Sale

I'm over at Fictionistas today talking about my sale to Samhain. I know most of you know about that already, but did you know I have an author group? No? Sign up HERE. Yes, the promo whoring has begun already...

You Know That Publisher...

The one called Samhain? I sold them a book. Well, I didn't sell it, my agent did. Because she's AWESOME. My first sale in book-length fiction! Seems they liked my 2005 Golden Heart finalist, ALL FIRED UP. (It is made of win, so who can blame them?)

It'll be out in September of this year. So if you're into 1000 year old Viking chieftains who end up in modern day Manhattan and turn out to be really good at underwear modeling, this might be the book for you.

Let the partying commence!