This past weekend, Mark and I were in Birmingham, Alabama for ImagiCon 2009. We were a little concerned about it being the con's first year in existence, but our fears were largely unfounded. The organizers, volunteers, and fans made the entire weekend a blast and we can't wait for next year!

Friday, as most opening days tend to be, was a bit slow ( Read more... )

Hot off the presses! Well, more like fresh out of cyberspace, but you get the idea.

If you're in Mobile, Alabama and have been dying to meet me (I know you're out there. I can sense the disturbance in The Force. It's a warm, fuzzy, kind of vibrating feeling. Oh, wait... That's just Chaos exercising his foot fetish again. Never mind.), then here's ( Read more... )

And there was much rejoicing... Yay!

*Melpomene the Muse: It's about freakin' time! I thought I was going to have to call in reinforcements and order more Writer Motivating Devices. Geez. I'm exhausted!*

CRIMSON SWAN revisions are finally done and off to the editor!

*Mel: Oh, Happy Dance of Murderous Joy, you actually sent it. After staying up for 26 ( Read more... )

She's roundin' third and headin' for home!

Graduation is fast approaching. I turned in my thesis to the grad school for (hopefully) the last time on Friday. Unless they kick it back to me for some insane reason, HELLFIRE is officially in the bag. Woot!

I have class tonight and next Monday only. Shakespeare class ended last Thursday with my final ( Read more... )

I PASSED MY THESIS DEFENSE!!!!!!!

HELLFIRE was a rousing success with my committee. Everyone wants to read it once it's completed and (hopefully, one day) published. Yay!! *does the happy dance of murderous joy*

Now, so long as I don't screw up my other classes, I can graduate in December as planned. For now, I think I'll celebrate by working on that ( Read more... )

Muse: *checks calendar* It's Friday.

J. K.: Very observant. You want a cookie or something?

Muse: Tonight's the Horror Club's movie night, right?

J. K.: Yep, and I'm so there.

Muse: But your thesis defense for HELLFIRE is next Tuesday.

J. K.: Don't remind me.

Muse: You also have to finish reading that book for Modern British Fiction by Monday and write a ( Read more... )

Hello...Muse here. I've revoked J. K.'s blogging privileges for a while. She has to finish the next chapter of A WICKED TURN, and the only way I can get her to concentrate is to strap her into the chair with duct tape and handcuff her to the computer.

(Help! Help! I'm being repressed!)

Ignore the shouting in the background. I ran out of tape before I ( Read more... )

 The website redesign is finished! Yay!!

I'm very happy with the results, and I think my Loyal Minions will find it's a pretty cool place, as well. The content will be updated over the next several days so be sure to stop in often. For now, wander around, check it out, and let me know what you think.

New and improved website -- www.jeannieholmes.com ( Read more... )

This week has been full of firsts.

I received my official contracts from Bantam Dell this week, signed them, and sent them back. The feeling is like arriving for the first day of work at a new job. You're excited and just a little freaked out because you wonder if anyone is going to like you. It's even weirder as an author because you know someone ( Read more... )

Well, HELLFIRE is essentially in the bag. Still have to tweak the intro, but the hard stuff is out of the way. Hmm...what's a writer to do?

Move to the next project, of course.

Mark and I were discussion A WICKED TURN last night. The antagonist (Bad Guy, for the non-writers) is supposedly a techno-savvy evil genius. I, however, am not. My knowledge ( Read more... )