UPDATE: The winner of LIVING ON THE EDGE by Shannon K. Butcher is mromero! Congrats! Please send your physical addy to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net.
Last night we had an awesome chat with Chloe Neill, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Chicagoland Vampires series. Thanks to everyone who came out. The room was PACKED! For those that weren't able to make it we have a consolation prize -- Chat Transcript.
Before we jump into today's freebie, we here at TKA want to wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday weekend. We hope your summer gets off to a rollicking great start!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leave your name in the comments to win a copy of LIVING ON THE EDGE by Shannon K. Butcher. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, May 31st.
The 411 on LIVING ON THE EDGE: After a devastating injury, Lucas Ramsay knows he's finished as a soldier.But when the general who saved his life asks him for a favor, he says yes. All Lucas has to do is keep the general's daughter from getting on a plane to Colombia -- which is easier said than done...
Independent to the core, Sloane Gideon is a member of the Edge-a group of mercenaries for hire. But she's not on the clock for this mission. Her best friend is being held by a vicious drug lord, and Sloane must rescue her -- no matter how many handsome ex-soldiers her father sends to dissuade her.
With little choice, Lucas tracks Sloane to Colombia-where she reluctantly allows him to aid her in her search. But as they grow closer to the target, they grow closer to each other. And before the battle is over, both will have to decide just what they are willing to fight for.
You're Invited -- Online Pajama Party with NYT Bestselling Author Chloe Neill Tonight @ 9pm ET!
Tonight is the night! Chat online with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Chloe Neill at 9pm ET. This is no ordinary chat because Chloe will be throwing a pajama party to celebrate the recent release of HARD BITTEN, book four in the Chicagoland Vampires series. Expect games, prizes (hint: brush up on your teen heartthrob trivia) and pub convo.
WHAT:Pajama Party with Chloe Neill! WHEN:Thursday, May 26th @ 9pm ET WHERE:The Knight Agency Chat Room HOW TO CHAT:Enter any combination of username and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.
Chat with Chloe Neill THIS Thursday + Win a Copy of her latest release NOW!
UPDATE: The winner of HARD BITTEN is Crystal GB! Congrats! Please email your physical addy to Contests@Knightagency.net.
This coming Thursday, May 26th at 9pm ET, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Chloe Neill will be taking over our chat room for a Chicagoland Vampires-styled pajama party! Expect slumber party themed games, giveaways, book convo and more.
To win a copy of Chloe's latest Chicagoland Vampires book, HARD BITTEN, leave a comment with your name and your all-time favorite slumber party game in the comments. The winner will be announced tomorrow afternoon in this post.
WHAT:Pajama Party with Chloe Neill! WHEN:Thursday, May 26th @ 9pm ET WHERE:The Knight Agency Chat Room HOW TO CHAT:Enter any combination of username and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.
The 411 on HARD BITTEN:Chicago is beset by supernatural tensions, and Merit-vampire protector of a safe haven called Cadogan house-is worried that the humans will be reaching for their pitchforks any minute. It doesn't help that yet another vampire rave is broken up by the mayor, and a new inhibition- reducing drug is circulating through the community.
It's up to Merit to put her house in order-literally. And if that takes getting a little blood on her hands, so be it.
Check out Chloe's website, www.ChloeNeill.com for info on the other books in her Chicagoland series:
UPDATE: The winner of DEMONS PREFER BLONDES by Sidney Ayers is Kaya H! Congrats! Please send your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net.
CLIENT NEWS: Congrats to Chloe Neill who hit the New York Times and USA Today lists for the first time with the fourth book in her Chicagoland Vampires series, HARD BITTEN. The release debuted at #16 on NYT and #66 on USA Today. Join us on Thursday, May 26th for an online Pajama Party with Chloe in The Knight Agency chat room at 9pm ET!
Report from Cyberspace:
Agencies pursuing digital ventures was definitely the hot topic this week, spurred by the news that UK agent Ed Victor will launch Bedford Square Books, an entity that will publish his clients’ backlist in digital form. Confirmation also came from Curtis Brown that their agency is “well down the path of formulating their own strategy for republishing their clients' out-of-print works.” - The Bookseller
Authors rely on a variety of methods to get the word out about their books, including adminstration of contests via social media sites. Facebook released new rules this week strictly forbidding many of the practices used to facilitate promotions, such as “Liking” a comment, picture or fan page to capture contest entries. Nor can you use any of Facebooks interfaces (i.e. wall posts, direct messages) to inform someone about any part of the contest. This lockdown is sure to put a crimp in many a DIY promo plan - GalleyCat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leave a comment to win a copy of DEMONS PREFER BLONDES by Sidney Ayers. The winner will be announced Monday afternoon.
The 411: A BAD DAY FOR A DEMON
Rafe Deleon is a senior demon and he resents like hell his assignment to Earth to retrieve the Chest of the Damned before it falls into the wrong hands. But then he meets beautiful, intriguing succubus Lucy Gregory and she's just unleashed a whole load of trouble...
REALLY SUCKS FOR A SUCCUBUS
Lucy's chic suburban beauty salon has suddenly become the Underworld's center of mass chaos and destruction. The only good thing in a day going rapidly down the tubes is the arrival of a gorgeous demon who's adamant that he can help her...
But Lucy has quite a few deeply unpleasant--not to mention deadly and hateful--surprises ahead of her, and surely there's never been a worse time to try out a new boyfriend...
UPDATE: The winner of Chloe Neill's prize pack is Mysteriousrose. Congrats! Please email your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net.
Chloe Neill is helping us close out our holiday week today with a holiday scene from her Chicagoland Vampires world -- written exclusively for our readers. But before we dive into her post, we want to take a moment to thank all the authors who gave their time and talents to our blog this week. We have had an awesome time and hope these wonderful contributions have put you in the holiday mood. :-)
One lucky commenter will win Chicagoland Vampires and Dark Elite pencils, a TWICE BITTEN audiobook CD, a UK trade paperback copy of FIRESPELL, and HEXBOUND and TWICE BITTEN bookmarks. To enter, share either the best gift OR the worst gift you ever received in the comment section. The winner will be randomly drawn and posted here on Monday, December 20th.
A (CHICAGO) CHRISTMAS STORY
Once upon a time, a young vampire named Merit was perusing the Interwebs in the kitchen of her best friend--a blue-haired sorceress named Mallory Carmichael--when she let out a happy squeal.
"Oh, for cheese and rice!" she merrily exclaimed. "I know what I want for Christmas!"
Mallory, whose hair was piled into a messy topknot as she stirred a caldron of bubbling witches' brew (i.e., Rice Krispie Treats), looked up from the stove. "Fang protectors? Type A egg nog? Tiny aspen stakes to hang on the Christmas tree?"
"Ha. Ha," said Merit, spinning the laptop around so her friend could see. "This!"
It only took Mallory a split-second of checking out the image on the screen before she reached her verdict. "No. You'll poke your eye out."
Merit's smile deflated. "No, I won't."
With a disdainful look, Mallory crossed the kitchen and stepped up to the laptop, pointing at the screen. "That is a ten-inch long, double-edged, serrated-bladed, switchblade dagger. You will poke your eye out with that thing."
"But it's so shiny!" Merit protested.
"You'll poke your eye out."
"And it's a nice, hefty weapon. Size matters, right?"
"Eyeballs matter."
"I'm a vampire. Even if I poked my eye out, I'd heal."
"And in the meantime, you'd be a visually-impaired vampire complaining about your visual impairity. No. Again, you'll poke your eye out. And I don't want to hear about it."
Sullenly, Merit stared at the screen. "How about one of those two-foot-long Toberlone bars? The ones that weigh like ten pounds?"
"That," Mallory said with a smile, "you can have."
And the vampire and her sorcerer friend lived happily ever after. Although Santa did not bring Merit an eye-poker-outter for Christmas, she did receive a Toblerone bar that kept her happily munching (sans weight gain!) for a week of chocolately bliss.
UPDATE: The winner of a signed copy of TWICE BITTEN by Chloe Neill and a TWICE BITTEN swag pack is Jeannene Walker Congrats! Please send your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net.
Leave a comment to win a signed copy of TWICE BITTEN, Book 3 in the Chicagoland Vampires series, by Chloe Neill and and a TWICE BITTEN swag pack (including TWICE BITTEN and FIRESPELL bookmarks, a Chicagoland Vampires pen and a few other fun suprise goodies from the author)! The winner will be announed tomorrow afternoon.
The 411: Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit, Chicago's newest vampire. Merit is supposed to protect the Alpha, Gabriel Keene-and to spy for the vamps while she's at it. Oh, and luckily Ethan's offering some steamy, one-on-one combat training sessions to help her prepare for the mission.
Unfortunately, someone is gunning for Gabriel, and Merit soon finds herself in the line of fire. She'll need all the help she can get to track down the would-be assassin, but everywhere she turns, there are rising tensions between supernaturals-not least between her and a certain green-eyed, centuries-old master vampire.
Chloe Neill's TWICE BITTEN Debuts on BooksOnBoard's Hottest eBooks List
Stolen/Excerpted from Lucienne Diver's blog ;-): Chloe Neill's fabulous urban fantasy TWICE BITTEN, is just out today! It's the third in her Chicagoland Vampires series. Geek Monthly says of her heroine: “If you loved Nancy Drew but always wished she was an undead sword-wielding badass, Merit is your kind of girl.” On top of that, BooksOnBoard just announced this week's Hottest eBooks and AudioBooks. TWICE BITTEN is already #4!
The 411 on TWICE BITTEN: Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit, Chicago's newest vampire. Merit is supposed to protect the Alpha, Gabriel Keene-and to spy for the vamps while she's at it. Oh, and luckily Ethan's offering some steamy, one-on-one combat training sessions to help her prepare for the mission.
Unfortunately, someone is gunning for Gabriel, and Merit soon finds herself in the line of fire. She'll need all the help she can get to track down the would-be assassin, but everywhere she turns, there are rising tensions between supernaturals-not least between her and a certain green-eyed, centuries-old master vampire.
Halloween Week Guest Blog & Giveaway Day 2: Chloe Neill
UPDATE: The winner of FRIDAY NIGHT BITES is Ella (staging professionals Toronto). Please email your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net! Congrats!
Nevermore! Poe, Grimm & Other Spooktacular Reads
Sure, I'll spend Halloween putting creepy webbing and skeleton bits throughout the yard. Sure, I'll also spread the cream cheese frosting over my favorite pumpkin cake in preparation for a visit from friends, and we'll bring out the fog machine to add a little something extra for the kids who come to the door, ready to be burdened with the weight of lots and lots of popcorn balls and candy.
It's Halloween, after all, and I'm a writer of paranormal fiction.
But at some point during the busy day, I'm going to try and grab some time for myself, curl into a chair, and sink into a deliciously gothic book. Here are some ideas for your own spooktacular reading!
The Raven You can't get more Gothic than Edgar Allen Poe. You can start with the Tell-Tale Heart and move directly to The Raven, and imagine your own heart full of fantastic terrors and doubt, wondering at the mutterings of the "grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore."
The Crucible The play might have been about blacklisting in the 1950s, but The Crucible tells a haunting story of the fears of the masses, set against the backdrop of the Salem Witch Trials. As it turns out, we are the only thing we have to fear...
JANE EYRE & WUTHERING HEIGHTS Ready for a bit of Gothic romance? Curl up with the sisters Bronte: Charlotte's JANE EYREand Emily's WUTHERING HEIGHTS. Consider the trials of unrequited love and haunting secrets against the backdrops of wind-blown moors and mysterious mansions.
NORTHANGER ABBEY Try out Jane Austen's gothic side by reading NORTHANGER ABBEY.
Tales of the Brothers Grimm Centuries before Cinderella and her other princess friends were making merry in the Disney empire, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected creepy fairy tales. Try out their version of Cinderella, where the evil stepsisters definitely get their due.
Remember, there are TWO ways to win! Each day this week (Oct. 26 thru Oct. 30th) a guest blogger will give away a signed book to one person randomly chosen from the comment section. Today's prize is FRIDAY NIGHT BITES, Book 2 in the Chicagoland Vampires series by Chloe Neill. Check back in this post tomorrow to find out if you are the winner!
Also, at the bottom of each post there is a scavenger hunt question. The answer can be located somewhere on the author's website. Send in all 5 correct answers* to the scavenger hunt questions, and you will be entered in a drawing to win a $50 Visa gift card!!!
SCAVENGER HUNT QUESTION (2 of 5): Name six of the 12 "official" North American Vampire Houses in the U.S.
*Please note, that the correct answers to the scavenger hunt questions must be sent in at one time. You must collect all 5 answers and send them in one email. Entries for the scavenger hunt will be accepted from Friday, October 30th thru Sunday, November 1st at midnight. The winner will be announed on this blog Monday, November 2nd, 2009. If you have any questions about this contest, please contact contests(AT)knightagency.net.
The American Library Association kicked off Teen Read Weekon October 18th. This year's theme is "Read Beyond Reality." The purpose of this special week is to remind teens that one of the greatest forms of entertainment is reading, which is "free, fun and can be done anywhere." If there are any teens out there (or adults) looking for some fabulous books to celebrate Teen Read Week, we have several great offerings from a few of TKA's young adult authors. Enjoy!
2. Marley Gibson -- GHOST HUNTRESS: THE AWAKENING (Book 2), GHOST HUNTRESS: THE GUIDANCE (Book 1)
3. Rosemary Clement-Moore -- THE SPLENDOR FALLS and her series MAGGIE QUINN: GIRL VS. EVIL (PROM DATES FROM HELL, HELL WEEK and HIGHWAY TO HELL)
4. Rachel Caine -- THE MORGANVILLE VAMPIRES Series (GLASS HOUSES, DEAD GIRLS' DANCE, MIDNIGHT ALLEY, FEAST OF FOOLS, LORD OF MISRULE, CARPE CORPUS, FADE OUT and KISS OF DEATH)
Dakota Cassidy's chat transcript is now available. The author of KISS & HELL and the ACCIDENTAL series talked well into the midnight hour. Wow! Great dish on publishing and writing life --- get it here.
Jia Gayles (that's me!) is giving web promo advice on author Chloe Neill's blog today. Come visit!Chloe's also giving away signed Chicagoland Vampires bookplates to FIVE lucky winners.
Agent Nephele Tempest is spreading the love for Jane Austen by giving away an ARC of Marilyn Brant's upcoming September release, ACCORDING TO JANE AUSTEN, on her blog. The contest ends at 5pm PT on Sunday.
Chloe Neill is guest blogging at Grasping For the Wind today about writerly dating habits. Click here for the "Significant Other's Guide to Dating a Science Fiction/Fantasy Writer.
Hot of the Presses: Chloe Neill & Lucienne Diver Chat Transcript!
Thursday night we had an awesome time chatting with Chloe Neill, author of SOME GIRLS BITE, and her agent Lucienne Diver. Thanks to everyone who came out! Some of you were almost an hour early :). Admittedly, there was some time zone confusion -- but hey, still great to see everyone.
If you didn't make the chat, we've got the next best thing available. Check out the transcript below. Chloe and Lucienne were very generous with their knowledge about distinguishing yourself in the flooded paranormal market, query ettiquette and combating writer's block. Plus, Chloe also revealed the name of her upcoming YA series for the first time, ever! A must read: Chat Transcript.
Author and Agent Online Chat Fest! Chloe Neill and Lucienne Diver will be featured guests in TKA's chat room, Thursday, April 30th @ 9pm ET
UPDATE: During the chat Chloe will give away a Cadogan House Fan Pack, which will include a signed copy of SOME GIRLS BITE, Cadogan House tote bag, Cadogan House mouse pad and "I love Cadogan" bumper sticker!
Did you know that some girls bite? Well, of course, if they're a vampire! Silly, what did you think I meant? SOME GIRLS BITE is the smart new release from talented debut author Chloe Neill that introduces the world to Merit, a new inductee into the world of the CHICAGOLAND VAMPIRES. The first book is like a potato chip...you can't have just one. It's so good, you'll be itching to read Book 2, FRIDAY NIGHT BITES, due in stores October 2009.
If you love paranormal romance and urban fantasy, are an up and coming author--or hey--if you just like really good books, join Chloe and her fab agent Lucienne Diver in our chat room on Thursday, April 30th @ 9pm ET. Chloe will answer questions about the CHICAGOLAND VAMPIRES series and her upcoming young adult series VARSITY MAGIC, share her experience as a first time author and offer advice on how newbies should prepare for the rollicking ride of getting their manuscript from 8 x 11 letter-sized to trade paperback. Also our own Lucienne Diver will be on hand to share how she discovered Chloe, and lend her seasoned advice to authors looking to break into the paranormal genre. To learn more about Chloe, visit: www.ChloeNeill.com! Also, be sure to check out a cool new feature on Chloe's blog, WIP (Work in Progress) Thursdays. If you've got a manuscript underway, just share a few tidbits in the comments and she might feature you on her blog!
Here are the chat deets:
What: Online Chat with Author Chloe Neill and Agent Lucienne Diver
How Do You Chat: Visit the chat room here: http://client1.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=115545. Enter a username and password (this can be any combination). Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.
All About the Visual - From Photograph to Inspiration Board by Guest Blogger Chloe Neill
UPDATE: The winner of a signed copy of SOME GIRLS BITE is Caffey! Please send your physical address to contests @ knightagency.net (remove the spaces). The winner of the inspiration board will be announced on Chloe's blog. That contest closes April 15th at midnight.
Make sure to visit Chloe's blogTODAY to learn more about inspiration boards with guest blogger Anne Sage. One lucky commenter will win their own fabulous electronic inspiration board hand-fashioned by Anne! Also, leave a comment on this blog, and enter to win a signed copy of Chloe's debut novel SOME GIRLS BITE, Book 1 in the CHICAGOLAND VAMPIRES series!! Lots of excellent contests today!!!
You've probably heard the classic adage: "Write what you know."
Problem is, writers aren't just writers. Writers who do any kind of world building are also architects, interior designers, fashion designers, psychologists, aestheticians, stylists, set designers, city planners, etc., etc. We have to know where the hero/heroine lives, works, plays. What they wear. What they drive. And most importantly, we have to figure out a way to translate all these things into words in order to create a seamless map of our world for readers. A map they can imagine. A map they can *see.*
One of the best ways for me to do that is to see the map on my own, to have my own visual understanding of the world I'm attempting to create. Thus, I'm thinking about an adjustment to the adage. Maybe something along the lines of "Write what you see."
For me, what I "see" comes in a couple of forms of visual inspiration: (1) images that serve as literal source material, or (2) images that serve as inspiration.
The first category includes those pictures that I know you've stuffed into a folder or binder (or saved on your computer desktop)--pictures of houses, cars, monsters, outfits, hairstyles and/or pretty boys with pretty blue eyes who would make an outstanding hero down the road. Maybe you took a photograph, maybe you printed them off the web, maybe you tore them out of magazines. Either way, these are the images a writer uses to facilitate description later on.
I consider myself to be a "visual" person, so I do a lot of visual sourcing. For example, when it came to creating the architecture of the CHICAGOLAND VAMPIRES, I researched Chicago real estate, neighborhoods, architectural styles and historically important homes to figure out (1) where the vampires should live and (2) what kind of building they'd live in. There are some amazing resources out there. For the neighborhoods, you can't beat Wikipedia, which provides summaries and basic data about the the Windy City's 'hoods. In bigger cities, Google Maps offers "street view," which can give you a sense of, for example, what a character might see if they were standing on a particular corner.
For the architecture, the city of Chicago provides an entire catalog of architectural landmarks online, and places like the Wheeler Mansionand Cheney Mansionhave web sites with photo galleries. The web site of Chicago magazinehas an outstanding "Deal Estate" section where they review luxury home sales and postings in the metro area. It was in searches like these that I found the model for Cadogan House, Kimball Mansion, which currently houses the U.S. Soccer Federation.
But what about stuff in the second category, which is a little squishier to define? These aren't just images you've stuffed into a folder, but images that serve as triggers for your writing. Images that send you to a different place, a different time, a different mindset. I'd propose that these kinds of images are JUST as important as source images. The can help you in world-building, especially when it comes to esoteric concerns (the "feel" of your world, the philosophy of your characters, the emotion of a particular scene), and they can serve as inspiration when the words are only trickling out, especially if you're a "visual" person like me.
Here are some ways to think about (and look for) both kinds of inspiration.
> Where you live
Thus far, I've lived in six cities. Nothing that I've written so far is set in those six cities, but that's not to say that parts of the cities don't make their way into the books. Even if you live in Podunkville, but want to set your manuscript in Excitotropolis, there may be discrete parts of P that could serve as appropriate visual sourcing for E. Think about (and take pictures of!):
- Architecturally interesting buildings, bridges, towers. Architecture from the WPA era, which often has tons of interesting detailing, might serve you particularly well here. And don't just think about the pretty buildings--think about the decaying ones, the peeling ones, the well-used ones.
- City parks, arboretums or trails
- Museums, mansions, birthplaces and historical sites: If you can tour it, there's probably a good chance the architecture is at least interesting.
- Public utilities. How about an old train station? A railroad depot?
- The thing that put your Podunkville on the map. Was it trains? Agriculture? Car production? Somebody famous was born there? If your Podunkville ever had a "thing," there's a good chance that there's some remnant of that "thing" around town. Trainyards. Stockyards. Manufacturing plants. Houses. Restaurants that were reviewed on a Food Network show. Check them out ( and, if the management approves) with camera in hand.
> Where you travel
Sure, it would be great if I could spend every weekend in Chicago. But that's just not feasible (which, in January and February, is probably a good thing). That also doesn't mean that "travel" has to include a road trip or plane flight to be inspirational. Pull out a map: What's within a couple hours' worth of driving? Any of the items listed above? Even if you can't spend a week solid in your "source" city, is there a building a couple of hours away that might be interesting to look at, and which might serve as inspiration for a bit of world-building down the road? How about a country road that might make for an interesting drive, and a setting for a Regency romance or countryside chase scene?
> Where you write
I'll admit it--I'm currently pre-move, so my "office" is the couch, laptop in hand. But once I'm settled in, I'm hoping I can fashion a space that's organized, clutter-free, and contains some nice bits of visual inspiration to keep the word count moving.
Think about it this way: if artists and designers can have lovely, well-organized studios, why can't writers?
If you're looking for a bit of inspiration, Ali Edwards is a favorite of mine in terms of office organization. As a scrapbooker, she has lots of little supplies and bits here and there. But she's managed to create a streamlined officedotted with beautiful bits of design. Her typography print and inspiration bulletin board are particularly nice.
> The Internet
Now that the Interwebs put millions of facts at your fingertips, it's easier than ever to research, to browse, to become familiar with new people, new places, new things, new trends. In terms of the visual, you can peruse stock photographscheck out headshots for heroes and heroinesand shop for handmade prints and other design elements.
Alright. So you've clipped, printed, downloaded or photographed a pile (or folder) of images. Now what?
Well, you have LOTS of options. Electronic source material can be organized in computer folders or by using photo software like iPhoto, and paper material can be arranged in gorgeous binders, accordion files, foliosor presentation binders.
The problem is, if you're anything like me, you end up with LOTS of images stuffed in a folder that you completely forget about, however helpful they might be. If that's the way you work, I propose it's time to think about a different way of seeing. A different way of visualizing. And that's where we come to inspiration boards.
I was very fortunate to come across The City Sageone day during my Interweb travels. Anne blogs about gorgeous style and design, but she also creates electronic inspiration boards. Utilizing Adobe InDesign, Anne creates mosaic images intended to inspire--inspiration for color, style, emotion and theme. And how, you ask, does one go about creating one of those lovelies? Well, you're a very lucky reader: Today, Anne will be guest bloging on my site, where she'll offer details on how to put together an inspiration board of your own. She'll also have a mock-up inspiration board for you to peruse, which was created with SOME GIRLS BITE in mind.
And, it gets even better. On her guest blog, Anne will be hosting a fabulous contest--one lucky commenter will win their own electronic inspiration board prepared by Anne. Are you mulling over an new manuscript idea? A new world? A new manuscript? You could win an inspiration board of your very own to help you on your own creative way. Mosey on over to my blogto check it out.
Well, that's about it for me. Thank you so much for having me, TKA, thanks to Anne for her guest blog and contest, and thanks to everyone for reading!
Best,
Chloe
Special Notice: Chloe and her agent Lucienne Diver will be guests in TKA's online chat room Thursday, April 30th @ 9pm ET to talk about Chloe's hot debut series and dish out publishing advice from the point of view of a first-time author. More details to come soon!
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The 411 on LIVING ON THE EDGE: After a devastating injury, Lucas Ramsay knows he's finished as a soldier.But when the general who saved his life asks him for a favor, he says yes. All Lucas has to do is keep the general's daughter from getting on a plane to Colombia -- which is easier said than done...
