It’s my week for the Cobblestone Octoberfest Blog party.

Why? Because my release, Open Season, comes out on Friday!

Want to win a copy?

All you have to do is comment on my blog on any post between now and Thursday and you’ll be entered to win a free copy of Open Season. I’m not picky, just say Hi or something and I’ll enter you. Woot!

I’ll announce the winner on my blog on Friday.

Other Cobblestone authors are also giving stuff away this week. For details, look at the Cobblestone Press blog.

I’m back from my conference and had a blast. Robin D. Owens was kind enough to usher me around a bit of the city on Saturday, so I did manage to escape the librarianista networking long enough to have some fun.

Anyhoo, a fuller report will come tomorrow. For today, I’m over at The Novelty Girls.

So, I’ll be at a library conference in Denver this weekend, and I’m giving a wee presentation on how libraries are affected by social networking. If you don’t know what that is, it’s online things that help create a social network of friends…like MySpace, Blogs, and Facebook.

Not that I think you’re fascinated, but I’m a library nerd and it gets my juices flowing. Anyway, I’ll be gone…miss you already! *sniff*

Behave yourselves. So long, farewell!

Most of you may not know this, but yesterday was a huge day in history. The day my best friend was born. I won’t give you her age, because it’s no one’s business but hers (and she just might kick my ass for it).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAD MADAM M!!!

I meant to post this yesterday, so here’s a shamefaced limerick from me to you, M. And a little bit of naughty on your big day.

This year I have something to boast:
I remembered your birthday (almost).
This card may be late
but it’s close to the date.
Let’s pretend it got lost in the post.

I got another offer from Kensington Aphrodisia. It looks like they want my Wereplanets stories packaged together as one anthology…AND another book that we’ll decide on later. It’s very exciting and nerve-wracking and freaking cool all at once. I’m pretty sure I’m still in shock, so I have a picture to represent how my inner child is feeling about this.

AND THE (hippy) CROWD GOES WILD!!

It’s October already and you know what that means…yes! It’s time for Cobblestone Press’ 2nd Annual Octoberfest Celebration.

Shifters, vampires, ghosts, and everything in between. Octoberfest is about celebrating all things paranormal and in celebration of their Octoberfest releases the authors of Cobblestone are having a MONTH long Blog Party.

You know what happens at parties, right? There are gifts and this party will be no exception. Stop by an author’s blog during thier week and comment and you’ll automatically be entered to win a copy of their Octoberfest title! Woot! And you’ll be able to read excerpts, some that may not be seen anywhere else.

So let’s get to the good stuff. Here’s the schedule. Starting us off with releases this coming Friday, October 5th are Sable Grey, Ericka Scott and Shelli Stevens.

So from today October 1st to Friday, October 5th stop by their blogs and leave them a comment. The winners will be announced Friday, October 5th here on the CP Blog and on each authors blog.

October 1st to October 5th, 2007:

Sable Grey’s Blog
Prize: ebook copy of Something Wild
Blurb:
London is a city drowning in fear as a barrage of gruesome murders plague the streets in Whitechapel. Detective Baden Sikes is out to find the ripper but will his own secrets destroy him and those he loves most?

Ericka Scott’s Blog
Prize: ebook copy of Postcards from the Dead
Blurb:
The dead don’t speak to her; they send her postcards. When Cassandra Moore receives a cryptic postcard from her dead husband, Drew Brinkman offers to help her discover the meaning of the postcard. But she doesn’t know he’s an investigative reporter out to prove the ghostly postcards are fakes.

Shelli Steven’s Blog
Prize: ANY ebook off of her backlist (Octoberfest release is titled: Primal Attraction)
Blurb:
Old Centuron should have been a forgotten colony, but when Sarina arrives to do research, she confronts the brutal reality of how wrong she was. Now prisoner to a man who is both wolf and human, she faces a shocking truth and an undeniable passion.

Check back here for some surprises and updates. The blog party invites will go out every Monday and the next one is scheduled on Monday, October 8th!