Two Stops on the Tour

There are two blog stops today, Friday Feb 27:

First, over at Pat Bertram Introduces... my vampire character, Eleanor de Burgh, will be interviewed. If you ever wondered what makes a vampire tick, pop over and read the post.

And later, at 8:30 pm EST, I'll be a guest on the blogtalk radio show Introducing WRITERS!, hosted by Kim Smith, author of Avenging Angel: A Shannon Wallace Mystery.

BlogTalk Radio

Tomorrow, Friday Feb 27, (8:30 pm EST) I shall be jumping head first into the arena of Blogtalk radio. I shall be interviewed by Kim Smith, author of Avenging Angel, host of Introducing WRITERS!

It should be about a 30 min spot and you can call in (the guest call in number is on the site) with comments or questions.

Come and see what I have to say, you never know what might happen.

Lulu.com Troubles

I like publishing with Lulu.com, I really do, but lately they are making very difficult to consider using them for future books.

• First their so-called economy shipping is anything but economical. I needed some review copies and it cost me $15.72 for two books; the shipping and handling (this is to Canada, where I live) was $19.96. How is paying over double the price of the book cost, economy shipping!?
• Second they currently have a serious glitch with their site; my book, Chronicles of the Undead, is not showing on my storefront or in the store widgets I have on my website. Also the buy links are missing from the book's Lulu page, effectively removing it for sale at Lulu.com (and this is currently the only place to download the ebook). I have contacted Lulu, and they say they are working on it, but I'm not seeing improvement or hearing any updates on the situation.
• Third, their distribution changes just confuse me. They say their free distribution gets you on Amazon.com. Fine, no problem, but what about the other Amazon sites? I've done some checking and Chronicles of the Undead and Inside Realms seem to be on sale at some of the international Amazon sites (except for the Canadian one; I'm a Canadian author who can't effectively sell her books in Canada). So what is it Lulu, how many Amazon sites does the free distribution get you?

I wish Lulu.com would address some of these issues.

Vote in More Death's Than One contest

I recently entered Pat Bertram's More Death's Than One contest over at Second Wind Publishing. The idea was to write a scenario or synopsis based on what would happen if you saw your living mother's obit in the paper (a variation on the key plot point in More Death's Than One).

Somehow my entry has made to into the finals (along with two other marvelous entries), so please pop over and vote for your favorite:

Contest Vote

Latest Tour Stop.

It's Feb 23rd, and today I am at Rhetta's Blog, talking about the special needs of Paranormal Characters.
Come and see how to write these misfits into our reality.


For more blog dates see my post: My Virtual Blog Tour