Buckeye Friday

Happy Friday! Well, as our week winds down and we all get to look happily forward to the weekend, the Necropolis Blog Tour just keeps on going strong.

So head over to A Buckeye Girl Reads and check out the latest installment of The Night Beat. Don't forget to get entered for yet another chance to win the bookie wookie while you're there.

So, don't miss out -- visit and enter at: Stop 1/Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell, contest ends Sept. 27; Stop 2/My 5 Monkeys; Stop 3/I Smell Sheep, contest ends Sept. 28; Stop 4/boeklogboek, contest ends Sept. 20; Stop 5/Ex Libris, contest ends Sept. 21; Stop 6/Pearls Cast Before a McPig, contest ends Sept. 29; and Stop 7/Bibliognome, contest ends Sept. 19.

Added bonus? If you hit all the stops listed at Invasion of the Blog Tour, and in order, you'll have read the first 10 chapters of The Night Beat. Pretty sweet, huh?

Also, just had a call with Andy Caploe, the voice artist who's recording Alexander Outland: Space Pirate for Audible.com. He rocks and I just can't wait because the audio book is going to be SO good.

That's it for today and this week, but never fear, more's coming next week. So, get down with your bad selves this weekend and let's be readers out there! Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!

Love,
Gini

Invasion of the Blog Tour

Happy Hump Day! Hope everyone had a great weekend and got through the Tuesday that was like a Monday, at least here in the States. I had a great time at CopperCon, and will, as per my usual, be giving you that update later in the week.

Why not today, you ask? Because, as my Hook Me Up! subscribers already know, today's a big day and we need to roll your bad selves right into it. That's right, it's the start of the Necropolis Blog Tour, in honor of The Night Beat! And in addition to getting cool excerpts of the book (if you follow along you'll get through Chapter 10) there are prizes at EVERY stop of the Tour!

Make sure you start over at my Deathless Prose page to get all of Chapter 1 of The Night Beat. Then go immediately to Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell where you get the next excerpt and the first chance to win (contest ends Sept. 27th). After that, head to My 5 Monkeys, where the next excerpt, and chance to win, awaits (contest ends Sept. 11).

The next stops are all listed for you at Invasion of the Blog Tour, so if you miss any, you can go there to get caught up.

Once you've toured for today, check out what My ParaHangover is waiting for.

That's it for today, but the Necropolis Blog Tour is running all month, so until the next time, enjoy the start of the Tour and let's be winning readers out there!

Love,
Gini

Gone But Not Forgotten

Happy Monday! Well, I've been gone, but I hope you haven't forgotten me! *sniffle* Connectivity issues at the 'rents' house in SoCal prevented a lot of interaction while I was getting the chicklet settled into USC (Go Trojans! Brought to you by Len and Kyle.)

But I'm back...at least, for a few days. Then it's off to CopperCon...but more on that later. Let's get caught up on goings ons whilst I was away, shall we? We shall.

First up, check out the awesome contest running over at Bibliognome. For the price of a haiku, you can get entered to win some amazing prizes, featuring coolness from moi, Carolyn Crane, Anton Strout, and Beth Revis. Truly, you don't want to miss out! Contest runs through August 31st, so enter today!

Speaking of winning, remember that there's an ARC of Alien vs. Alien up for grabs at Goodreads. Yes, you'll get another chance at more of them later, but if you want to increase your odds, hit Goodreads and get entered today.

Speaking of winning in a different way, if you've missed it somehow, check out this hilarious video, "We're NASA and We Know It" sent to me by alert Alien Collective Member in Very Good Standing Shawn. And let's not forget to have a moment of silence and a lot of reflection of amazing accomplishments for the passing of Neil Armstrong, who went to join ACE's collective consciousness last week.

Now, onto some reviews. See what boeklogboek and Mixed Book Bag think of The Night Beat. Then check out Heroes and Heartbreakers and chime in on what you read when you've finished with the latest great book from Patricia Briggs.

After that, head over to The Night Bazaar, where I'm running the yap about How to Con for Fun and Profit.

As mentioned earlier, I'll be at CopperCon this coming Labor Day Weekend. And I have my schedule, so if you're in or around the Greater Phoenix Metro Area, come by and hang out with me and other awesome authors like Marsheila Rockwell, Jordan Summers, Ari Marmell, and Saul Garnell. This year's con appears to be a Night Owl's Delight, too...and so, I give you: My Schedule

Friday, August 31
7-8pm How NOT to Get Published
9-10pm Creating Alien Characters
Saturday, September 1
1-2pm It's a Weird World of Contemporary Fantasy
4-5pm Autograph Session
6-7pm Are Space Adventure Stories Still Viable?
Sunday, September 2
4-5pm Guilty Pleasures
7-8pm Reboots: Do They Work?
9-10pm Writing Erotica
Monday, September 3
1-1:30pm Reading (and yes, it might be a reading from Alien vs. Alien...you never can tell...)
3-4pm It Started With Lovecraft

And that's just MY schedule. So, don't miss out, come to CopperCon this weekend and have a blast!

There's a lot more coming this week, including an exciting sales opportunity (starting tomorrow!), but I'll leave you with this news: There's something starting next week, with lots of winning attached to it, so check out Invasion of the Blog Tour and get ready for some winning fun!

Until next time, peace out, my li'l gangstas and let's be readers out there!

Love,
Gini