Reminder
Chat here tonight, 7pm central. I’ll be announcing the winner of the Monthly Favorites contest and conducting an hour-long Q&A with y’all.
Crush # Eleventy-Seven
Why do I still love John Cusack, almost twenty years after he stole my heart in Say Anything? Read this. I defy you not to swoon. Brains, principles, passion. O.M.G. War, Inc — I am so there.
Heartless tease
In comments, Christine wrote: “You’re so awesome, Ann! Always doing something fun for your readers and friends!” Well, she’s right. At least about doing stuff, if not the awesome part. I’ll let y’all judge my awesomeness individually. See, after I finished my “for pay” words on HELL FIRE (Corine 2), I started working on the [...]
Contests and chats
In case you didn’t know, I have a contest running here. You will need to register for the message board in order to enter, but it’s painless. I would ask that you make your username something that looks remotely real. I’m constantly deleting nonsense spam registrations from bots that want to use the board to [...]
RT in review
First, thanks for the outpouring of support that came in the form of comments and emails after my crappy United experience. Things did get better, and I had a lovely time at RT. My first day was hurried because I had to locate boxes before my first event, and I would have preferred to do [...]
The Unfeasibly Tall Greek Billionaire’s Blackmailed Martyr-Complex Secretary Mistress Bride – Chapter Five
Chapter one is at Tumperkin‘s. Chapter two is at Carolyn Jean‘s. Chapter three is at Kate Rothwell‘s. Chapter four is at Carrie Lofty’s. Chapter five is… right here. Chapter six (and the finale!) will be at Lisabea‘s. And now… enjoy chapter five. Molly gasped. To her consternation, her nipples hardened. This was just like Nico [...]
Wherein I am nearly incoherent with rage: a rant
I’m in a mood. I was ON the plane, and United pulled me out of my seat. They had overbooked the flight, so instead of asking for volunteers, they pulled me. I’m now stuck in Dulles until 10. I should be in Pittsburgh by now. And I’m not going to get to go dancing with [...]
DoS Sweepstakes Winners
Grand prize: Stacy (34) First prize: Ellie (71) Copies of The Duke of Shadows Maya (19) Limecello (35) Linda (81) Kaetchen (11) Shoshana (86) Ok, everyone: send me an email to ann.aguirre at gmail dot com. I’ll need your full names and mailing addresses to hook you up with your prizes. Thanks so much for [...]
Nothing But Red
Now available. Other people have written more eloquently about the backstory that brought this project into being. I just thank the people who worked a lot harder than I did to make it happen. The purpose of Nothing But Red is to bring attention to the issue of violence against women worldwide, as well as [...]
April Hot Read – The Duke of Shadows
If you read this book and want to talk about it, go here. I’m dying to discuss it without worrying about spoilers. The Contest Because I love this book so much, I want to tell the world about it. The best way I have to do that is a contest. Thus commences The Duke of [...]