UNDEAD Is Lucky Number 14

Thanks to you guys, UNDEAD AND UNWELCOME is number 14 on the NYT best seller list. I've never cracked the top fifteen before; to say Berkley is ecstatic would be a serious underestimation. And it's all thanks to you bums! So, thanks, you bums. :-)

More about the tour later this week but suffice it to say, I had a wonderful time and talked to as many of you as I could. Also, the same rain storm followed us all over the country. Talk about weird!

UNWELCOME Update

Sharp-eyed readers noticed that my original book tour schedule had me in Dallas *and* Dayton on the same day. Which would have been interesting, no doubt about it, at least from a logistic point of view. A closer look cleared up the confusion, so I've posted the new and improved schedule below. It's cool and drizzly in the Twin Cities right now; some blistering Dallas sunshine sounds just fine!

June 9
7:00 PM est
BOOKS & COMPANY
4453 Walnut St.
The GreeneBeavercreek, OH 45440
Contact: Sharon Kelly Roth
937-429-6302 direct
skroth@booksandco.comwww.booksandco.com

June 10
7:00 PM BORDERS
5500 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75206
Contact: Jenny Horn
213-739-1166

June 11
7:00 PM mdt
BARNES AND NOBLE #2755
8374 South Willow Street
Littleton, CO 80124
Contact: Kim McClintock Bryant
(303) 706-9660 STORE

UNWELCOME All Over The Country

I'll be singing for my supper all day tomorrow; I'm on a different radio show every half hour from 6:00 a.m. CST to 12:30 p.m. Can I be witty and glib for nearly seven hours straight? Hell, no. But tune in if you're a mind; if nothing else, you can mock my Midwestern twang ("Oooh, crap!").


6:10-6:20 AM
COLUMBUS, OH
WBEX-AM
DAN & MIKE IN THE MORNING

6:30-6:40 AM
LEXINGTON-Morehead, KY
WQXX-FM
BIG BILL IN THE MORNING

7:10-7:20 AM
BROWNWOOD-Abilene, TX
KXYL-FM
MORNING SHOW

7:30-7:40 AM
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
KWAY-FM
BREAKFAST CLUB

7:40-7:50 AM
KANSAS CITY, MO
KSDL-FM / KSIS-AM
NEWS FEATURE

8:15-8:25 AM
PHOENIX, AZ
KZUA-FM
MORNING SHOW

10:50-11:00 AM
BOSTON-Worcester, MA
WCRN-AM
THE WCRN MIDDAY REPORT

11:00-11:10 AM
NATIONAL
METRO NETWORKS
ENTERTAINMENT FEATURE

11:20-11:30 AM
CHICAGO, IL
WLPO-AM
AFTERNOONS WITH LOU ANNE LINZIE

11:50-12:00PM
NATIONAL
CNN RADIO
NEWS FEATURE

UNDEAD AND UNWELCOME Everywhere

Tony and I are mid-way through the book tour for UNWELCOME and it's pretty swell so far.  We've hit Louisville, Chicago, and Philly.  Tomorrow we're back in Minneapolis (Uncle Hugo's bookstore), and then it's back on the road:  Denver, Dallas, Dayton!  

We're seriously loving meeting all the Betsy/Jennifer/Fred/King Al fans, so come on by and bug us.  We won't call the cops or anything.  Well, probably.

Below is the rest of the schedule; I'll blog again and regale you with more gory details when the tour is done.

Later, gators!

June 6
1:00 PM 
UNCLE HUGO'S SCIENCE FICTION BOOKSTORE
2864 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Contact: Don Blyly
612-824-6347
unclehugo@aol.com
This will be a joint signing with Anya Bast.

June 9
7:00 PM est
BOOKS & COMPANY
4453 Walnut St.
The Greene
Beavercreek, OH 45440
Contact: Sharon Kelly Roth
937-429-6302 direct
skroth@booksandco.comwww.booksandco.com

June 9
7:00 PM 
BORDERS
5500 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75206
Contact: Jenny Horn
213-739-1166

June 11
7:00 PM mdt
BARNES AND NOBLE #2755
8374 South Willow Street
Littleton, CO 80124
Contact: Kim McClintock Bryant
(303) 706-9660 STORE

FAERIES GONE WILD

I actually have *two* books out today...the latest Undead, and the anthology FAERIES GONE WILD, which I share with three other talented colleagues. My story is about a six foot female fairy who is also an accountant.

Yeah. An accountant with wings. Embrace the horror!

So check it out here if you're of a mind:
http://www.amazon.com/Faeries-Gone-Wild-MaryJanice-Davidson/dp/031294568X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244000259&sr=1-1

UNDEAD AND UNWELCOME (Unleashed!)

UNDEAD AND UNWELCOME hit shelves today...Betsy, the bubble-headed queen of the undead, has to hoof it over to Cape Cod and explain to 50,000 werewolves that she didn't screw up...much...well, maybe a little...but it's not like it was her fault or anything...prob'ly...

Anyway, I hit the road tomorrow to promote the bejeezus out of the book, and I hope to meet as many of you as I can.

Later, gators!

ME, MYSELF, AND WHY

I have to apologize in a grovel-esque fashion (I try to work an "esque" in at least one blog paragraph...never mind the discipline of Twitter, try working "esque" into a sentence without looking like a--you know what? Never mind.); I haven't posted in forever. Which is bad. Even for me! (My PR reps would clutch their heads and agree.)

But! I have an excuse. And unlike most of my excuses, this one isn't lame. I've been slaving over a hot manuscript, ME, MYSELF, AND WHY, and I finally finished the thing.

I loved it. (Hey, who's gonna want to toot my horn if I don't?) My agent loved it. Best of all, my editor loved it. She suggested I might do for the mentally disturbed what I did for (or, rather, to) vampires. I dunno about that, but I sure do like the book. It's about an FBI agent tracking down a (what else?) serial killer. The thing is, she's a multiple personality. That is to say, she's not one woman, she's three. And one of her is batshit crazy.

Anyway, tons of fun, psyched about getting started on my editor's suggestions, and--oh, yeah! Gearing up for another book tour, this one to promote UNDEAD AND UNWELCOME, which is out next Tuesday.

Below are my tour dates as well as where the heck I'm going. If I'm in your neck of the woods during the tour, please come on up and say hi! I love to meet you guys. Especially when you bring me presents. But that's not necessary. Not that I would say no. Because I wouldn't. It's just--oh, never mind. Just say hi already.

June 2, 7:00 PM
BORDERS
866 Rosedale Center
Roseville, MN 55113
Contact: Amy Stanton
Store #606
General Manager at the store: Jill Heininger
651-633-1344

Wednesday, June 3
7:00 PM
BORDERS7:00 PM
4600 Shelbyville Rd.
Louisville, KY 40207
Contact: Deborah Lepper

Thursday, June 4
BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC
N. La Grange Road
LaGrange, IL 60525
Contact: Kristen Sohacki
630-574-0800 ex 580

June 5
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM est
BARNES & NOBLE
#2086 Exton
301 Main Street
Exton, PA 19341
Contact: Rosene Compaine
610-524-8806

June 6
1:00 PM
UNCLE HUGO'S SCIENCE FICTION BOOKSTORE
2864 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Contact: Don Blyly
612-824-6347
unclehugo@aol.com
This will be a joint signing with Anya Bast.

June 9
7:00 PM est
BOOKS & COMPANY
4453 Walnut St.
The Greene
Beavercreek, OH 45440
Contact: Sharon Kelly Roth
937-429-6302 direct
skroth@booksandco.comwww.booksandco.com

June 9
7:00 PM
BORDERS
5500 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75206
Contact: Jenny Horn
213-739-1166

June 11
7:00 PM mdt
BARNES AND NOBLE #2755
8374 South Willow Street
Littleton, CO 80124
Contact: Kim McClintock Bryant
(303) 706-9660 STORE

I Escape the Hospital...and RT as well

Unfortunately, I spent the last few days in the hospital and am now on the hunt for a specialist. There was just no way I could go to RT, which I maturely handled by crying into my shirt. Only death--and hospitalization--could have kept me from it.

That's all the next that's fit to print. I'm feeling better today and was very excited to eat a supper that was NOT hospital food. :-)