At least, that’s the title of my essay in…

Whedonistas:
A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon By The Women Who Love Them
Release date March 15, 2011
ISBN: 978-1935234104

Full Table of Contents:

Edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Deborah Stanish

• Introduction – Lynne M. Thomas and Deborah Stanish
• The Girls Next Door: Learning to Live with the Living Dead and Never Even Break a Nail – Seanan McGuire
• Ramping Up for a Decade with Joss Whedon – Nancy Holder
• Outlaws & Desperadoes – Sharon Shinn
• An Interview with Jane Espenson
• My (Fantasy) Encounter with Joss Whedon (And What I’ve Learned from the Master) – Jeanne C. Stein.
• The Ages of Dollhouse: Autobiography through Whedon – Sigrid Ellis
• A Couch Potato’s Guide to Demon Slaying: Turning Strangers into Family, Buffy-Style – Heather Shaw
• Smart Is Sexy: An Appreciation of Firefly’s Kaylee – Laurel Brown
• Teething Troubles and Growing Up – Caroline Symcox
• Transgressing with Spike and Buffy – NancyKay Shapiro
• Brand New Day: The Evolution of the Doctor Horrible Fandom – Priscilla Spenser
• “We’re Here to Save You” – Elizabeth Bear
• Imperfectly Perfect: Why I Really Love Buffy For Being a Pill Sometimes – Mariah Huehner
• My European Vacation – Kelly Hale
• Romancing the Vampire and Other Shiny Bits – Lyda Morehouse/Tate Hallaway
• An Interview with Juliet Landau
• I Am Joss Whedon’s Bitch – Maria Lima
• Going Dark – Jackie Kessler
• Joss Giveth – Jaala Robinson
• The Kindness of Monsters – Sarah Monette
• Shelve Under Television, Young Adult – Jody Wurl
• The Browncoat Connection – Dae Low
• Late to the Party: What Buffy Never Taught Me about Being a Girl – Racheline Maltese
• How an Atheist and His Demons Created a Shepherd – Meredith McGrath
• Older and Far Away – Jamie Craig
• Why Joss Is More Important Than His ‘Verse – Teresa Jusino
• Let’s Go to Work – Catherynne M. Valente
• Something to Sing About – Jenn Reese
• Malcolm Reynolds, the Myth of the West, and Me – Emma Bull

DUDES!! I’m in the same book as JANE ESPENSON!!

There are soooo many things to be thankful for this year.

• The opportunity to contribute to various anthologies.
• Great reviews for Blood Heat
• The fact that Blood Heat debuted in the top fifty mass market paperbacks on Bookscan.

But most of all, I want to thank you. That’s right…you. My family, my friends, my fans, my editors & agents, my fellow authors. Without you, there’d be no Blood Lines series, no writing career. You are all awesome beyond the telling of it! So thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I wish every single one of you a fabulous day, week, month, rest of the year, life!!

Hi, all!

Yup, I suck at posting.

Main reason: OMGWTFBBQDEADLINE

I’m jokingly calling it ProNoWriMo – as in Professional Novelist Writer Month, aka, I am facing a drop-dead deadline (December) and am beyond busy getting the book finished. Will I make it? Absolutely. Do I have time to think of anything else? Not so much.

I don’t celebrate holidays like most folks. Thanksgiving weekend, instead of facing the madding crowds (and insane TSA regs), I’m Skyping my holiday visit with the familia, cooking up something fun (probably a lovely bit of salmon) and spending most of my time writing.

On Black Friday (through CyberMonday), I’ll be doing much of the same, sans Skype visit and salmon.

Does it bother me that I’m not with family/friends? Actually, no, not really. I LOVE being alone and enjoy the heck out of my time off by myself. I sleep in (or get up early); I nosh all day on bits & bobs (or cook a fabulous meal); I nap (or exercise) — whatever takes my fancy. For me, this is the high life!

I’ll be doing much of the same over Xmas & New Years, only by then, Blood Sacrifice will have been turned in and I plan to READ. A lot! Today, I bought Lois McMaster Bujold’s latest Miles Vorkosigan release, Cryoburn (50% at my local B&N) and the new Jim Butcher, Side Jobs. I love adding to my TBR, knowing that eventually, I’ll have these treasures to brighten my day.

So, tonight, it’s back to the keyboard (after Glee, of course!) and more of the same for the next 45 days or so.

Hope you all are enjoying reading Blood Heat and wishing my US fans a Happy Thanksgiving weekend.

I keep meaning to not buy books. Really. I already have so many books on the TBR* pile, it’s taking over the shelves/e-reader TOC. I won’t have time to read anything until Xmas. Does that stop me?

NOPE!

Next on my TBR is Clay & Susan Griffith’s debut novel, The Greyfriar, first part of the Vampire Empire trilogy. I can’t WAIT to read it. There are vampires, Victorians and all sorts of fun stuff.

From the publisher:
In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans were killed outright. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. Within two years, once great cities were shrouded by the grey empire of the vampire clans. Human refugees fled south to the tropics because vampires could not tolerate the constant heat there. They brought technology and a feverish drive to reestablish their shattered societies of steam and iron amid the mosques of Alexandria, the torrid quietude of Panama, or the green temples of Malaya.

Intrigued? I am! Stop by All Things Urban Fantasy where Clay & Susan guest blog and talk about open vs. closed societies. There’s even a book giveaway!