Cherie Priest's Blog: It's awards season, so here comes the shameless self-promotion

Since the new Russian TOS have dropped here at LiveJournal - I think it's time to close this down. I've been keeping an LJ in some for another since 2000, so this really does feel Big and Sad, except...well. This page hardly gets the traffic it used to. There are still a few folks I've been keeping track of over here, and vice-versa, I'm sure; but I'm not willing to play along with the new rules.

Going forward, you can find me blogging at my main website - CheriePriest.com .

Or, if you've migrated to DreamWidth like so many others, you can follow me there - CheriePriest.Dreamwidth.org . (I'll follow you back as I get my bearings.)

That said, to be honest I'm most active over on my Twitter account. You can also catch me there.

I'll leave this post up for awhile - I don't know how long, but we'll see - and then just delete this journal. Maybe that sounds drastic; but it feels like tidying up loose ends. The end of one era is the beginning of another, after all.

Thanks for reading, all this time.
I'll see you elsewhere.

FINALLY. The day is upon us! Brimstone Day! Whereupon you may officially purchase Brimstone, rather than pre-order it and wait impatiently! NOW IT CAN BE YOURS.

[:: throws confetti ::]
[:: pops champagne ::]
[:: sprays boozy foam all over the place ::]

Thank you times a million to everyone who DID pre-order, mind you. Those pre-orders are important, and they are deeply, deeply appreciated. But likewise beloved are the people who pick up a book once it's been released!

So...Brimstone. It's a little different for me (according to some folks) - I mean, it's a dark historic fantasy, kind of horror-y, but I'd like to think that it winds up in a different place from some of my other material. (Like, if you hated the end of The Family Plot,* you're going to like this one much, much better.) But to be more specific, Brimstone is my subtropical (art)deco mystery about a young clairvoyant in a historic spiritualist community who teams up with a shell-shocked haberdasher with a fistful of love notes from hell...as inspired by a real place and a real set of bizarre (otherworldly?) incidents.

In addition to a groovy real-life setting in 1920s central Florida, Brimstone features a variety of fun elements - including a camp meeting full of happy mediums (wocka wocka), a massive vintage flame-thrower, a vindictive German poltergeist, high-end haberdashery, and a little white dog.

NOTE: The little white dog does not die in this book. I wouldn't do that to you. The pooch gets a tad traumatized, but he lives happily ever after, I swear to God.

Maybe that should be called a spoiler or something, but screw it. I hate reading books/watching movies or TV shows and worrying myself to death about whether or not anything terrible is going to happen to the dogs/cats/whatever. Therefore, consider yourself advised that all the animals in this book are safe and well cared for, despite any alarming adventures.

Some of the people...not so much.

Right. Anyway. If you'd like to read an excerpt, Tor.Com has you covered! Go take a gander, and see how you feel about it. Publishers Weekly gave it a gave it a starred review, and Romantic times/Booklist also really dug it. And the B&N sci-fi/fantasy blog called it a spellbinding historical fantasy. If any of those recommendations might prompt you to give it a try.

With that in mind, let me make things easier for you - if you want to grab Brimstone without leaving your keyboard: Order Brimstone (and/or for Kindle) at Amazon.com
Order Brimstone (and/or for Nook) at Barnes & Noble.com
Order Brimstone through an independent bookstore near you

Thanks so much for reading, thanks for leaving reviews, and thanks for sticking with me after all this time. You guys are the best, and I couldn't do it without you.

<3


* Everybody either loved it or hated it, split right down the middle. NO REGRETS.

Okay, okay. So I'm bad at this. It's been a busy couple of months, but I keep saying that, don't I? Well, it keeps being true. This also keeps being true: I will try to do better, going forward. The only way out is through, and I'm through...a lot of the work that's been clogging my life since the end of last year. Not all of it, but enough to take some breathing room for blogging.

Besides, Brimstone is coming out in like, three weeks. I should probably say a few things about that. Hell, I should probably say a few things about a lot of things, but we'll see how much focus I can muster tonight. I'm pretty sick, so it might not be...all the focus in the world. (My husband came back from a business trip with the plague, and oh-so-kindly shared it. Oof.)

FIRST. As you may recall, Brimstone is my subtropical (art)deco mystery about a young medium in a historic spiritualist community teaming up with a shell-shocked haberdasher who’s receiving love notes from hell...as inspired by a real place and a real set of bizarre (otherworldly?) incidents.

If you'd like to get a feel for what that looks like, Tor.Com has you covered with this-here excerpt ! Chapters one and two, respectively! Click through for a taste, and then if you're so inclined, you can always put a smile on an author's face with a preorder.
Preorder Brimstone (and/or for Kindle) at Amazon.com

Preorder Brimstone (and/or for Nook) at Barnes & Noble.com

Preorder Brimstone through an independent bookstore near you

In case this is the sort of information that might push you over that preordering edge - Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review (and you can click that link to read it. Go on. I'll wait!) Likewise, Romantic Times and Booklist really liked it too . ::shuffles feet:: Just sayin'.

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In un-Brimstone-related news...I've got just one quick link to share, re: The Family Plot! Just one. I promise. And it's really cool. See, a very old friend of mine is a local musician...and when he heard that there was a murder ballad built into my book, well. Things Happened. Awesome things.

Namely, his band The Scarlet Love Conspiracy composed music for the murder ballad, and recorded it. (With my full and unqualified permission, natch.) So if you've read The Family Plot - or even if you haven't, but you dig creepy old-fashioned music - you can click right here and select "The Family Plot" for a free listen.

As a side note, the song right above it - "Dog Party" - was inspired by these two nuts, lol :)



That's Greyson and his friend Luna. Of course, these days the Dog Parties often include neighbor pup "Sophie" and Greyson's "little sister" Lucy, who is a total freaking maniac.



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In non-book news altogether, at the end of April (the 28-30th) you can catch me in Cincinnati, OH, for The International Steam Symposium . I don't do many steampunk events anymore - not least of all, because it's been several years since I last wrote any - but this should be a blast! A number of dear friends and kick-ass writers will be there, and I'm greatly looking forward to it. If you're in the area, come out and join us!

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So for now, I have to get back to work. I have two partials due to an editor next week, and another story that needs to be outlined and submitted for [redacted because it's not official]...and I'm hoping to get all that taken care of before my Scholastic editor gets back to me for the next round of work on The Agony House and/or my Tor editor hits me with feedback for the next round of work on The Toll.

But so it goes, the plate-juggling affair which is the writer life. Wish me luck, thanks for reading, and I'll post again soon - I promise. Even if it's just a pet picture. We're all on board for pet pictures, right?

Well, I've written about 4300 words today - filler stuff, Logic Spackle (so to speak) as I try to stitch back together this book that I've pulled apart. Some structural re-ordering needed to occur, and I can do it - but it's tricky. It means leaving myself a million and one notes in Track Changes, trying to keep the continuity from going sideways.

It's not the most exciting part of the process, but this is what's on deck. I've got at least one more day of patchwork lined up, and after that...I can start smoothing it all together. I really think this is going to be a solid draft of a very fun book, if I can pull it off.

We'll see, won't we?

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Training with Lucy continues apace. She is not too charmed with the structure, and doesn't like the work yet; but we have to spend at least thirty minutes a day, reinforcing the trainer's lessons. For now, they're kind of boring - reinforcing basics like "sit" and "come." She's very smart and she understands just fine (trust me), but she doesn't like being told what to do. Even if she wouldn't mind doing it, otherwise.

Next week, the trainer says it'll be more fun - learning some things that are more dog-interesting. I hope so, because right now I feel like I'm mostly just annoying the crap out of her.



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Tomorrow I'm going to lunch with my cousin, and I might drive out to the big used book store to unload a bunch of stuff I'm not likely to read again. It's always a little weird when I go there - I worked there nearly twenty years ago, and it ended badly. Let me put it this way: Toxic working environment x1000.

But it's nice to sell redundant books and get money. I have three big bags, and my insider knowledge suggests it'll be enough to cover lunch and then some. Hey, we've gotta do something to offset the cost of Dog School.

No, I never look for my own books there.

Speaking of, I found a box of I Am Princess X paperbacks in the garage. No idea what I'll do with them. Maybe I'll put them up for sale here - with signatures and whatnot. Maybe I'll move them to the attic and forget about them for another six months. Hard to say. I'm very tired right now.

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Quinnie is super IN to shoes.
Like, she won't let you have them back.



She's also been stealing my makeup, lately.
I don't know why.




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Anyway, that's enough of me for tonight. I need a drink and some downtime.
Thanks for reading...

New Year's resolutions are for shit, and this one is no exception: I will become a more regular blogger in 2017. I'm not saying every damn day or anything, but I didn't mean to let this go for so long. There's no good reason, except that things got crazy and I got distracted and this wasn't a priority. I'd like to make it a priority again. It helps me focus. Kind of. For lack of a better way of putting it.

Let's see...what's been up since November 22nd, the last time I posted here?

Pet news is a mixed bag. The ElderCat's kidney numbers are declining, and her fluid schedule has been upped to twice a week. I don't honestly know how much longer we can expect her to be with us, but we will keep her here, and keep her happy, as long as she's interested in remaining. For now, she is feisty and funny, and in command of the entire household - even though she's lost almost two pounds in the last four months. At present, she is literally half the size she was when we first adopted her in February of 2002. (Back then she was described as being "several" years old, so her precise age is unknown.)




Over Christmas, we took the dogs to my dad's place in Kentucky and left the cats at home, to be house-sat by my cousin and her boyfriend - as well as our friends/neighbors around the corner. The cats were fine, but the dogs...had issues. Rather, Lucy had issues.

It was all too much for her, being taken to a different place with Big Dogs in Residence...and she got turfy. She got resource-guardy. She got Very Rude, and we ended up having to relegate her to "dog jail" when we couldn't keep one solid eye on her. She simply couldn't be trusted. (Dog jail was a 2-story sunroom with all the amenities. She wasn't exactly locked into Alcatraz.) When we got home, we signed her up for behavior/training classes at a local place that has a good reputation for dealing with these kinds of issues. She had her first class today, and she did very well.



When all is said and done, Lucy will have four weeks of general behavior training, and then four weeks that address her nervous aggression. Actually, we're hoping that the general training will take the edge off it - and we might just go on to the advance course. The trainer thinks it's possible. Training will give her some confidence.

Fingers crossed.

Greyson continues to do well, but then, he always does. He's an easy dog - laid back and lazy, with no interest in oh, say, stealing a bowl full of beef stroganoff and shattering that bowl for funsies and eating some of the contents while slinging the rest around your husband's office. Or taking a big dump in your office. Hypothetically.

He's just cool like that.



Quinnie is also doing great. She still gets along well with both dogs - mostly playing with Lucy, mostly cuddling with Greyson. Once in a blue moon, she gets the little old lady cat to play with her a little. But more often than not, she's napping in an outrageously posh fashion that interrupts my ability to make up the bed in the morning. All in all, it's a pretty good life.



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I got a new piercing. I had one cartilage hole on my left ear that's been bugging me for twenty years - it kept trying to close up, and sometimes got infected (even after all this time). Yes, it was done in a mall with a gun, because I used to not know any better. Now I do.

Rather than get it re-done properly, I've decided to let it go - and I got the right side pierced instead.



A friend recommended Monarch Body Piercing, and I'm very glad she did. If you're in the Chattanooga area, trust me - it's worth the drive to Hixson to have Kelly do the job. She was a total pro, and entirely pleasant. Go check out her shop!

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In writing news, I wrote another 53,000 words on - and finally finished a (truly terrible) Draft Zero of - The Toll, bringing my 2016 fiction word count to approximately 156,500 words. Not my best effort, but not my worst, either. I hope to to better in 2017, but I have a lot of production stuff in the queue - so maybe I won't be able to.

Rewrites for The Agony House are breathing down my neck, and likewise so is cleanup for a good Draft One of The Toll (which is already decidedly late). After that...perhaps by March?...I'll start working on something new. I'm not sure what yet.

Or, hell. Maybe I'll just give up and take a break.

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In publishing news, I only had one novel released in 2016 (The Family Plot) - plus a couple of short stories: “The Knoxville Girl” – in Out of Tune II from JournalStone, and “The Mermaid Aquarium” - in Scary Out There from Simon and Schuster.

2017 is going to be a whole lot busier on the publishing end of things. Depending on how publishing schedules do or do no shake out, I should have at least two books appear on shelves - Brimstone in April (Ace), and The Agony House sometime in the fall (Scholastic). Perhaps three, but I'd be a little surprised to see The Toll squeak in under the wire at this point. Still, you never know.

I'll also have several other projects hitting the streets - a contribution to the next Wild Cards project (Mississippi Roll, slated for December - via Tor) called "Death on the Water," as well as another collaborative project with Christopher Golden and others called Indigo (slated for June, from St. Martin's Press). Throw in another short project ("Good Night Prison Kings", in Dark Cities from Titan in May)... and that's a pretty decent showing to come.

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Right. Well. I've spent over an hour sitting down to write this, so I'll just wrap it up. Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you'll tune in again. Stick with me. There's more to come.

Okay, so...progress over the last couple of days has been crap, but in my defense there's a very good reason: I tripped over a concrete step in my backyard while bringing in the dogs, and busted up my foot. Like, sprained the shit out of it and dislocated a couple of toes...that kind of busted up. I lost half a day when it happened, trying to convince myself that it didn't hurt that bad and it would be fine - while simultaneously texting pictures of my increasingly gross foot to my dad and stepmom (a CRNA and RN, respectively) trying to get them to tell me I didn't need X-rays. Then I lost half of yesterday surrendering to the fact that I did, in fact, need X-rays.

Anyway, it's not technically broken. But it's eaten up a great deal of my attention in the last 48 hours, as these things are wont to do.

Ergo, here's progress on my rural gothic monster story about small-town secrets, old family lies, accidental legend-tripping, and a missing newlywed in the Okefenokee swamp - where you can drive SR 177 from west to east and cross six bridges...or take it from east to west, and you might hit seven. (But you’d better hope not.)
Project: The Toll
Deadline: January 1, 2016
New words written: 1254
Present total word count: 26,793



Things Accomplished in Fiction: Successfully dragged self out of bed at an ungodly hour after a night of too much drinking, so as to meet a cop and a K9 unit and keep looking for the missing wife.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: [Today] No neighborhood jaunts with dogs - husband is on jaunt detail for at least the next week; no yoga, either, because I can't place any real weight on the ball of my left foot or any of its toes; made a quick, limpy trip to the grocery store for milk; answered some business emails and so forth; tried to get back into the groove again.

General Other: My foot hurts and everything is terrible.

Pet Other: Quinnie-face is my everything.



Number of fiction words so far this year: 99,363

In closing, as per usual - please feel free leave reviews for any spooky books you might have hypothetically read recently. Amazon, Goodreads, you know. Wherever.

The Family Plot at Amazon.com
The Family Plot at Goodreads
The Family Plot at B&N

Things have been quiet here, I know. The truth is, I couldn't write a word for awhile - not since well before election night. I was paralyzed with anxiety for a week or more before it, and I've been blocked with stunned horror ever since. Now there's nothing to be done except fight like hell for damage control, and the fight will be uphill, both ways.

That's all I have to say about that.

Today, finally, I was able to get some writing done. I don't know when this book will ever be finished, but it'll wrap up when it wraps up. Maybe it'll even be on time. Or rather, late...but drafted in time for New Year's. I feel like I'm not being fair to this story, to let it straggle so badly. I am very fond of this book, and its characters, and the gothic southern weirdness of it. I'm not dragging my feet because I don't care, or it's not compelling, or I can't be bothered to noodle on it... I just haven't had the focus to give it the attention it deserves.

But I think I've got it now. I think I've re-located the thread I'd been pulling.
Anyway. here goes nothing.

Here's progress on my rural gothic monster story about small-town secrets, old family lies, accidental legend-tripping, and a missing newlywed in the Okefenokee swamp - where you can drive SR 177 from west to east and cross six bridges...or take it from east to west, and you might hit seven. (But you’d better hope not.)
Project: The Toll
Deadline: January 1, 2016
New words written: 2109
Present total word count: 25,539



Things Accomplished in Fiction: Awkward conversation with a barfly who may or may not be delusional; followed the light to a dollhouse, and hid there until the danger passed. More or less.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: [Today] Neighborhood jaunt with dogs; a 16-minute yoga routine that I'm trying to make a habit again; went to lunch; did some housework.

Pet Other: I don't know what day of No Dog Crime our little Lucy is on...but it's probably about the same as I last reported: a couple of weeks. (She did pee on a rug last time my husband was out of town, but that was a bit ago.) All in all, good progress. Here she is in the backseat of the car, on the way to the groomer - and not the gallows, I swear to God.



In related news, Lucy and Quinnie are still good buddies.
Ditto Greyson and Quinnie, but you could have guessed that.





Bonus Pet Other: Lucy still loves sticks.



Number of fiction words so far this year: 98,109

In closing, once again - please feel free leave reviews for any spooky books you might have read recently. Amazon, Goodreads, you know. Wherever. The feedback on The Family Plot has been great, and I am tremendously grateful for all the support! But the algorithms must be fed.

The Family Plot at Amazon.com
The Family Plot at Goodreads
The Family Plot at B&N

Yes, it's been awhile. I feel like I say that a lot, but during this particular lull I've had deadlines and book releases and a lingering antibiotic-resistant illness and Lucy to socialize/housebreak and several more in-person events and a couple of interviews and several Skype chats with school kids and also Halloween.

In short, I've been swamped. So swamped, that I've formally submitted notice that the first draft of my next book is going to be a bit late. It was originally slated for November 1, but I figured out a few weeks ago that it just wasn't going to happen - so I gave my editor and agent a heads up, sucked it up, and now I'm shooting for New Year's Day.

That said, I hope to post progress much more frequently than I've been blogging for the last couple of months but shit happens - so don't hold me to it.

For now - here's progress on my rural gothic monster story about small-town secrets, old family lies, accidental legend-tripping, and a missing newlywed in the Okefenokee swamp - where you can drive SR 177 from west to east and cross six bridges...or take it from east to west, and you might hit seven. (But you’d better hope not.)
Project: The Toll
Deadline: January 1, 2016
New words written: n/a
Present total word count: 23,430



Things Accomplished in Fiction: Jesus, I don't even remember.

Other: Who even knows.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: [Today] Neighborhood jaunt with dogs; cleanup in the wake of last night's kickass annual Halloween bash; took down all the Halloween decorations outside and most of the decorations inside, then convinced the husband to hoof it all up to the attic until next year; took a nap after meds made me sleepy.

Dog Other: Lucy is on day 13 of No Dog Crime* - which is to say no inappropriate indoor pottying, no catfood sneaking, no pillow disemboweling, etc. This is the longest she's ever gone in a single stretch, so our fingers are properly crossed! Mind you, once in a blue moon, she'll disagree with Greyson about something and they'll have a little spat - but it's never serious. It's just Lucy gaining confidence as she settles in here, and begins to behave more like a little sister than a nervous guest. 99 times out of 100 they are best buddies who hang out, play chase, and share toys. And one time out of a hundred, Lucy gets turfy about a treat. Greyson will have hurt feelings for half an hour, and then they're off to play again.



Cat Other: The eldercat continues to do well, and her vet says she'll outlive us all. Quinnie had her 1-year checkup after the spay surgery, revealing that our little house leopard is up to 15 pounds. God help us. In other news, she's decided that Lucy is pretty darn all right, so now she has TWO dogs to snuggle with.





Bonus Pet Other: The eldercat is STILL the ruler of the roost. I love the pic below because she's eating a sprinkle of cat treats, and the other 3 animals are hovering to see if she'll leave any behind. That's 15 pounds of cat and about 150 pounds worth of dog...all hanging back to let the 18-year-old, 8 pound cat finish her business. Even though that business is delicious.



Number of fiction words so far this year: 96,000

In closing, please don't forget to go leave reviews for any spooky books you might have read recently. Amazon, Goodreads, you know. Wherever. The feedback on The Family Plot has been great, and I am tremendously grateful for all the support! But the algorithms must be fed, so I beg anyone who feels compelled to venture a public opinion, kindly consider stopping by the following and leaving a few stars and a few words. It helps put kibble in bowls and pay vet bills!

The Family Plot at Amazon.com
The Family Plot at Goodreads
The Family Plot at B&N


* She peed on the bedroom rug last night, but that's our fault - we thought she wanted to go outside and woof at the trick-or-treaters. So we kept her inside too long. That one's a mulligan.

The book is out! In ebook, audiobook, and hardback via your preferred retailers around town or online. So far, reviews are smokin', and as a matter of authorly duty, I'm going to do a quickie roundup here. Ahem.

Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi/Fantasy blog - "A ghost story lives or dies on its creep factor, and Priest absolutely nails it, spinning a Southern Gothic tale of family secrets and avenging spirits with just enough humor sprinkled throughout to break the tension before racheting the suspense back up to heart-pounding levels...."

Pop Culture Beast - "The Family Plot, like all well crafted ghost stories, slowly creeps up on you. Somewhere in your peripheral vision, it unsettlingly teases, dropping chilling clues. Then, in the dark, it pounces...."

No More Grumpy Bookseller - "I have to say this particular element - the fact that they all believe in the possibility of ghosts and that they even refer to ghost hunting shows and such as proof that nothing bad will happen was extra fun...."

The Arched Doorway - "I don’t usually get scared while reading books, I’ve never had any issues reading Stephen King books for example, but when I stopped reading The Family Plot for the night I decided to watch some late night cartoons before I went to sleep. It really didn’t help, I still woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night...."

Perpetual Reboot - ..." just the right note of HGTV spiced up with a little Southern Gothic mystery and charm."


Okay, that's enough horn-tooting. If you want to read a little sneak peak, you can click over to the Tor/Forge blog and read the first chapter .

And thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has retweeted, cross-posted, reviewed, and shared the love. You are all awesome! I appreciate it more than I can tell you. Seriously, those reviews and recommendations matter.

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In other news, Lucy continues to settle in to her new life as a family dog, and not a pound pupper/foster momma/shelter resident. She's 100% healthy now, no more infections - and she's filling out a bit. Can't see her ribs anymore, and her coat is just lovely.

She and Greyson have bonded in the most adorable fashion; she lures him into playtime half a dozen times a day, they hang out and share toys together in their downtime, and they often nap side-by-side or nose-to-nose.



Meanwhile, the ElderCat has quite thoroughly accepted the newcomer, and Quinn has begun to bring Lucy her stuffed mousies in an invitation to play.





Lucy also gets on famously with other dogs - in particular, she's fond of our friend's 4-month-old puppy, Sophie. She had many puppies of her own, and nursed a number of orphans...and she still loves to gently play with little ones.





We aren't quite at 100% with the housebreaking yet, but we're almost there. Once in awhile, if we leave her home alone (alone...I mean, with Greyson and the cats) she gets anxious and goes to find a rug to pee on. We don't intend to crate her every time we leave the house, so we're just cleaning up the pee and bringing home treats, toys, and the like. Eventually she'll get the idea that yes, sometimes we leave. But we always come back, and everything is fine. There's no need to fret about it.

She is a very smart girl. She'll get the hang of it, and if she doesn't, well. It's only a little bit of pee, every now and again. We will survive.

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Right. So. That's all for now, and thanks so much for reading. I'll be back with more book news and pet pictures soon.

:)

The Family Plot is upon us! IN HONOR OF THIS OCCASION or probably just by way of coincidence and generally awesome timing...please click over to Books, Bones, & Buffy and while you're there you can ENTER TO WIN a copy of this book for your very own! (Also, there is a kick-ass review that I totally want you to read. Seriously, go on. It's amaaaaaazing.)

Next! Here at the Qwillery you can find ANOTHER giveaway and review.

Likewise! Here at Dark Faerie Tales you can find YET ANOTHER giveaway and review.

FREE COPIES UP FOR GRABS ALL UP IN THIS INTERNET.


Meanwhile, here in meatspace ...

TONIGHT, 9/20 - 7:00 p.m. - At the Hamilton Place Barnes & Noble (Chattanooga, natch), I'll be signing a fresh spanky batch of books for you, yours, and whoever the heck else comes by. The Family Plot will be Officially Out and the nice B&N folks will have a fat stash on hand; but of course, I'll sign absolutely anything else (that I wrote) which you happen to bring or buy.

Same rules apply on THURSDAY, 9/22 - from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Star Line Books (downtown, across from the Choo-Choo). I'll add this, too: You do not have to buy your books at the venues, but I would strongly encourage you to buy something. Booksellers go to a lot of trouble to host these events, and it is very good form to show them that you appreciate the effort!

So that's where you can find me this week, and I need to hurry up and post this - because I still have work to do today. But in closing, if you'd like to summon The Family Plot to your door via clicks and postage, then I would like to help:
At Amazon.com - Hardback & Kindle & Audiobook
At Barnes&Noble.com - Hardback & Nook
Find The Family Plot at an Indie bookseller near you

Thanks so much for reading, everyone.
You are awesome!