Birthday Bash Missing Blog Posts

There were a couple of small snafus with guest posts during the Birthday Bash Blog Tour. Due to a small mix up, two site hosts both got the same guest post, when in fact, Bookin' It Reviews should have gotten this post on "Veneration of the Dead Festivals" (I apologize for the mix up, Talina!). Also, the full text of the "My Best Birthday Memories" post can be found here. Lastly, if you missed the "Ghosts, Beans, and Parentalia" post at Vivi Dumas's site (which did get posted), please check it out. I was particularly proud of that bit of ghostly research. :-)

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In Case You Missed It: Birthday Bash Blog Tour

So, it's my birthday (yay!), and it's Hereafter's six-month anniversary since release (YAY!), AND it's the feast of Parentalia (say what?), so I figured it was time to throw a party...and you're all invited! YAAAYYYYYY!!!!

Thanks to the lovely Roxanne Rhodes and the folks at Bewitching Book Tours we are having a birthday party of epic portions. February 11th - 18th is my Birthday Bash Blog Tour. We've got 16 blog tour stops where we're talking birthday bucket lists, Parentalia, insider backstory on Hereafter, sneak peaks of Thereafter (due out June 1st), and giving away two awesome prize packs.

Boskone and Ghosts Panel

I've got so much going on, I'm not sure if I'm coming or I'm going. In addition to the Birthday Bash Blog Tour, this is what else I've got going on in the next couple of weeks:

Boskone (New England Science Fiction Assocation Convention), Boston, MA
Friday, February 15th through Sunday, February 17th I'll be attending Boskone in Boston, MA. On Friday @ 8 pm I'll be reading from Hereafter as part of the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading. The rest of the time, find me at the Broad Universe table in the Huckster's Room, signing copies of Hereafter, or lurking around panels. By the way - is it my imagination or is George R.R. Martin's name on this program as well???

If you're participating in the New England Broad Universe Scavenger Hunt, Boskone is a good place to track down a good percentage of us (and the RFR is a great opportunity to get us all at one fell swoop!)

Ghosts, Spirits, and the Afterlife Panel, Worcester, MA
Due to the blizzard/snowmaggedon/snowpocalypse Nemo, the Ghosts, Spirits, and the Afterlife panel at Annie's Book Stop in Worcester, MA, originally scheduled for February 9th, will be held on Saturday, February 23rd from 4 pm to 6 pm, followed by a book signing from 6 to 7 pm. Another great opportunity to get some signatures for the New England Broad Universe Scavenger Hunt - the panel features me, Jennifer Pellend, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, and Morven Westfield, plus there may be other Broads lurking in the audience.

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Cover Art Contest

Hey everyone - to celebrate her blogiversary, Cloey's Book Reviews and Other Stuff is holding a cover art contest, with the winner being featured on her blog for a month, and guess what? She's picked Hereafter to be included! The competition looks pretty intense, with some really gorgeous entries. If you get a chance, please visit Cloey's Blog and vote!

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February Blog Tours

I'm all tingly with anticipation - lots of big events coming up in February! It's my birthday so I decided to throw myself a blog tour birthday party--and you're all invited!

I've got two events going on:

The first is a one week blog tour February 11th - 18th to promote Hereafter arranged by Bewitching Book Tours. If you're interested in being a tour stop, go here.

The second is a one week scavenger hunt February 18th-22nd to both promote Hereafter and release some teaser hints of what's coming up in the sequel, Thereafter (coming June 1st!). I'm booking this one myself and I'm looking for 5-7 blogs to host an excerpt from Hereafter in which one word will be highlighted in red. Readers will visit each participating blog, collect the red words, and then unscramble them to get a preview of Thereafter (and enter a raffle for a cool prize). If you're interested in participating in this event, please email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

(BTW, Thereafter has been loaded to Goodreads (no cover art yet - you have to wait for the official cover reveal tour for that!) so if you want to see the description/back cover blurb...)

Meanwhile, there's still time to vote for Hereafter in the P&E Readers' Choice Awards (voting ends January 14th). Thank you to everyone who has voted so far--Hereafter has a very strong showing, and I'm hoping it ends up in the top ten!