May-June BLOOD LAW Contest

“May-June! Bring me that book!”

“What book?”

“That one about the vampire.”

“Which vampire?”

“You know — that one with fangs.”

“Could you be a little more specific?”

“Never mind! I’ll get it myself!”

The time has finally arrived — the FINAL BLOOD LAW ARC CONTEST is here!

Up for grabs: ONE (1) Advance Reader Copy of BLOOD LAW, featuring the highly collectable original cover. This is the LAST advance copy I have (other than my own personal copy) so if you don’t enter, you will miss your chance to read BLOOD LAW before it hits the shelves.

Because this is the FINAL contest I’ll be holding before BLOOD LAW is released, I’m going to include a few extra goodies. Winner will receive the following:

1 BLOOD LAW advance reader copy (ARC), autographed
2 BLOOD LAW bookmarks, autographed
1 BLOOD LAW cover flat, autographed
2 “Suck on This” shot glasses from Crimson Swan, the vampire bar featured in BLOOD LAW
2 ink pens — one from Crimson Swan vampire bar and one for BLOOD LAW
6 pack of Vlad’s Tears, “The World’s Finest Synthetic Blood — The Choice of Vampires Since 1984″ (Actually it’s candy, but it’s still cool.)

To receive these wonderful items, you must perform the following actions:

Leave a comment on the Wayward Muses and Shiny Objects blog.

That’s it — just leave a comment. No strings attached. Post a comment. Doesn’t get any simpler.

Naturally, there are a few rules:

1. Contest begins May 24, 2010 and ends MIDNIGHT June 22, 2010. All answers must be received BEFORE the deadline.

2. Leave a comment on the Wayward Muses and Shiny Objects blog. While the contest posting is cross-listed on several sites, only entries on the Wayward Muses blog will be considered valid for this contest.

3. You may enter only ONCE — that’s one (1) time — in order to keep it fair.

4. Contest is open to international participants.

5. Winner will be determined by a random draw.

Good luck and have fun!

Updated CONvergence Panels

The RT Booklovers Convention was a huge success and more fun than I could shake a stick at! I’ll have a full report once I’m fully conscious and have finished sorting through all the photos.

While you’re waiting for my riveting RT report, feast your eyes on my updated schedule for CONvergence (Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Bloomington, MN — July 1-4):

Thursday, July 1

8:30 PM — Psychology of Criminals

Location: Atrium 4

About: Many SF/Fantasy villains are portrayed as just plain evil, but in reality there is a deeper psychology behind criminal behavior that is not explored outside crime novels. Is criminial Psycholyg ever effectively explored in genre characters?

Panelists: Christoforo Pasquarette, MontiLee Stormer, Jeannie Holmes, Sherry L.M. Merriam, Dana Baird

Friday, July 2

5:00 PM — Jeannie Holmes and Joel Arnold signing

Location: Autograph Table

About: Jeannie Holmes and Joel Arnold will be available to sign their work.

7:00 PM — Bad Boys Are Cuter!

Location: Atrium 4

About: Why are we attracted to the bad ones? Batman, Darth Vader, Dracula, Wolverine. Good guys or bad guys, why are the dark brooding one so damn sexy?

Panelists: Amada Marquez, Tracie Peters, Jeannie Holmes, L.A. Banks, James Turnbull

10:00 PM — Jeannie Holmes Reading

Location: Vista Suite

About: Jeannie Holmes reads from her newly released novel “Blood Law” and other works.

Saturday, July 3

11:00 AM — How to Create a Good Villain

Location: Bloomington

About: What makes a villain stand out from all the others? How do you write a villain like Dracula or Marissa Coulter and not one like any number of villains we can’t remember to use as an example.

Panelists: R. Scott McCoy, Jeannie Holmes, S.D. Hintz, Christoforo Pasquarette

Sunday, July 4

2:00 PM — Super Sparkly Fangalicious Necromatic Notions!

Location: Bloomington

About: No, it’s not on Broadway yet. The evolution of the vampire in modern fiction from sexual liberator to fuzzy love bunny. Fang bangers unite!

Panelists: L.A. Banks, Tangee Harrison, Jeannie Holmes, Nick Larson, Dayna Jean Wolter