I'm a double finalist! Sort of.

In the last two days I've received notification that both Blood Rights and Dark Kiss of the Reaper have finaled in some kind of readers/reviewers choice contest. Both nominations make me endlessly happy - who wouldn't like knowing that their stories meant that much to someone?

Both contests allow readers to vote, so if you're feeling clicky, here's where to go:


Blood Rights - Goodreads Choice Awards 2011 - just mouse over the cover of Blood Rights and a Vote button will pop up. Then, you know, click it. I think you have to be a member of Goodreads, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyone know?



Dark Kiss of the Reaper - The Romance Reviews - find the Best PNR - Angels and Demons category, then next to Dark Kiss of the Reaper click Vote Now. Again, not sure if you have to be registered, but I don't think so.


Regardless of how these contests come out, I'm just psyched to have two of my books recognized this way. Sure beats cleaning out cat boxes. Which I probably need to go take care of...

Getttin' My Geek On

I'm off to NY Comic Con today and I could not be more excited. Not only will I be signing Blood Rights at the Orbit Booth #939 on Saturday (5pm) and Sunday (11am) but I'll be on an awesome panel Sunday:

PANEL: WE’RE NO ANGELS: Leading Ladies of SF/F
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: 1A23

Beware the women of Sci-Fi/Fantasy … and their kick-ass heroines. Kristen Painter joins Patricia Briggs, Alison Goodman, Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Marjorie M. Liu and Sabrina Benulis.

If you see me on Saturday, you might not recognize me as I'll be in costume as a noble vamp. Yes, I'm cray-cray like that.

Today it begins

Two important things take place today.

1. My dad's birthday - Happy birthday, Dad!

2. Blood Rights releases in the UK and Australia. If you live in either place and see Blood Rights on a shelf somewhere, I'd love a pic!

Other than that, I'll just be writing away as usual, working my fingers down to nubs on book 4, Out For Blood. How about you?

Free stuff always rocks

If you're interested in reading Blood Rights and want to try to win a copy, there's a contest on Goodreads you can enter here. With 10 copies of Blood Rights up for grabs, your chances are ten times better!

Of course, you can always just pre-order it, too. ;o)

Catching Up - Part 1

I feel like I've been away from home for months, but it's only been 9 days. That's like 78 years in cat time according to my boys, who've been demanding massive quantities of attention in an effort to show me what a bad cat mother I am. *ahem*

Actually, after yesterday's airport disaster I wasn't sure I'd even make it home last night, but Hotrod worked his magic and found us another flight before JetBlue even announced our original flight had been canceled. (It pays to be married to a man who's proactive. That is all.)

RWA Nationals is now a blur, but I will say that one of the highlights was getting to spend time with many of the Orbit folks. This only renewed my love for my publisher. Individually, they're all amazing. As a group, I'm surprised they haven't taken over a small country and renamed it Orbitland.

While I dig out from under a towering pile of laundry and head out to restock our fridge, here are a few book-related things worth mentioning:

There's a signed ARC of Blood Rights up for bid in the LA Banks Relief Auction here. Great cause for an amazing author. Check it out!

The cover of Blood Rights has been listed in a Goodreads Best Book Covers of 2011 here. If you like the cover, give it a vote!

Today's the last day!

The Brenda Novak auction is down to only hours left! That means your chance to snag the awesome stuff up for bid is about to disappear. I've got some a few things in the auction you might be interested in:

A signed ARC of Blood Rights - get the first book in my new gothic urban fantasy series now instead of October 1st when it's released! (100 of these went in about 45 minutes when I signed at BEA. You want this. I promise.) Bid here.

An autographed set of the first three books in the series, Blood Rights, Flesh and Blood and Bad Blood. They'll be signed and shipped to you early fall (as soon as I have my author copies!). Bid here.

Lastly, a one chapter critique of your story by me. If that doesn't scare you, bid here.

This is a great auction that benefits a great cause! Get over there and bid!

BEA baby!

I'm headed to BEA tomorrow and I'm pretty excited about it. I've never been, so just the newness of it will probably be a little overwhelming, but I kinda dig that type of thing too, so no worries.

The best part is I'll be signing copies of BLOOD RIGHTS at the Orbit booth on Thursday from 10 am to 11 am, so if you're going, stop by, say hi and grab a copy!

Have you ever been to BEA? I hope to take some pictures and blog about the experience when I get back. (I'll probably tweet about it while I'm there, too.)

Want an ARC of Blood Rights?

Brenda Novak's 2011 Annual Auction for the Cure for Diabetes kicked off yesterday! It's a great cause and there's just tons of awesome stuff up for auction.

I've got a few things up for bid myself:

A signed ARC of Blood Rights - get the first book in my new gothic urban fantasy series now instead of October 1st when it's released! Bid here.

An autographed set of the first three books in the series, Blood Rights, Flesh and Blood and Bad Blood. They'll be shipped to you early fall (as soon as I have my author copies!). Bid here.

A one chapter critique of your work by me! Bid here.

Drum roll please...

In case you haven't seen it yet, here is, at long last, the cover for BLOOD RIGHTS:

You can see some sneak peeks of the next two covers here. Didn't the gang at Orbit do an amazing job? I'm beyond thrilled!