It's two weeks and six days until the release of BALTHAZAR -- I know! Where did the time go? -- and that means it's contest time.

Those of you who follow me on Twitter, Instagram or Tumblr will have seen ...

Wait. Let me back up. Do you follow me on any of those services? You should! As a further FYI, I follow back on Instagram and Tumblr. (At ( Read more... )

We have our fourth and final winner of the EVERNIGHT doll -- a miniature Lucas is now the property of Jensine S.! Congrats to Jensine, who had a very eloquent entry about why Lucas should be hers, though tons of you had great reasons. Some of those included ( Read more... )

First of all, congrats to our next winner -- Sarah C., who will be taking home the Bianca doll! She has three nifty outfits: Evernight Academy uniform, formal dress and wraithly jammies (complete with coral bracelet, which is pretty important.) (The doll has these, I mean; I cannot speak to the number of outfits Sarah C. has, nor whether her ( Read more... )

Sorry this is coming out so late, guys, but as you may know, I'm on the road this week ... on a (personal only) trip to Southern California. If you are in SoCal, you know that I somehow managed to arrive here in time for cold winds, torrential rains and flash flood warnings. Do I have great timing or what? (What I do NOT have is an umbrella. I do ( Read more... )

First of all, the first doll claimed was Raquel, and her bad-ass vampire hunting self is going to the lucky Averi A.! Congrats, Averi! Raquel will be making her way to you soon, assuming the postal service doesn't try to confiscate her weapons ( Read more... )

Can you believe the release of AFTERLIFE is only six weeks away? Me either! But it's past time we got some contests started. I have a few slightly different prizes this time, and I'm curious to see if they're prizes you'll enjoy. What are they?

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So, as I've discussed here previously, I have just begun leading an Artist's Way group at my church. For the next three months, way more people from my church than I ever dreamed would be interested, and I, are going to go through the 12 weeks of the program laid out by Julia Cameron in her book THE ARTIST'S WAY. The program helps "unblock ( Read more... )

And who are the many, many lucky winners of autographed copies of VACATIONS FROM HELL? First, the Aussies! Congrats to Kamsajini T., Ashling H., Stacey B., Terril-Lee F., and Millie T.! But there's lots more of you, too: Way to go, Amy C., Gina L., Lea K., Elizabeth K., Jamie T., Nicole B., Laurel F., Ala T., Angela L., and Dawn D.! Hope all of ( Read more... )

Congrats to Royce Anne V., Kimberly S., and Patrycja R! Each of them will be receiving a signed copy of the vampire romance anthology ETERNAL ( Read more... )

First, I should announce the winners of Contest #6: Congrats to Jaime A., Lisa S. and Astrid R. They wanted to room with the easygoing Dana, the interesting Bianca and the creative and artistic Raquel, respectively, so no squabbling over room assignments next year at Evernight Academy. That's a relief. They'll each be getting a copy of the ( Read more... )