Are you ready to join the Ministry?

I'm so excited to be part of this Kickstarter! My original short story, OUR LADY OF MONSTERS, includes a Parisian sleeper agent for The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences... and also gargoyles.

But the Kickstarter is about so much more than that! This video can fill you in on what Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris have created in their world-- and invited several amazing authors to revisit with new stories.

THE MINISTRY INITIATIVE KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!

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Galileo Games and Imagine That! Studios have teamed up to bring you an ambitious steampunk project! The Ministry Initiative is a two-part creative endeavor that will not only premiere new fiction from the steampunk world of the Ministry but also present a brand new role playing game from the makers of Bulldogs! and the ENnie Award winning game Shelter in Place. Thrill to the tales in Ministry Protocol anthology, or join in as an Agent in The Ministry Initiative RPG.

Find out more about this endeavor and support the Kickstarter here: http://bit.ly/ministry-initiative

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A GIVEAWAY!

I have a two prizes:
(1) free e-copy of my story, OUR LADY OF MONSTERS
(1) signed copy of WICKED AS SHE WANTS, the second book in my Blud series!

To enter, just leave a comment with your email/Twitter handle and answer this question:

If you were a secret agent for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, 
what kind of steampunk gadget would you wish to have on hand? 

Winner will be chosen using random.org. Bon chance!

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A new Kickstarter, a new story...

See a familiar book and name in there? I'm Agent 008!

If you like steampunk, spies, adventure, anthologies, RPGs, or me writing short stories about gargoyles, I hope you'll consider backing this amazing project.

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t.rex is back, now with more t.rex.

My son says weird things. I started a tumblr to do them justice.

You can find it at http://littledudesays.tumblr.com.

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get WICKED AS THEY COME for only $2.99!

Step right up, folks!

WICKED AS THEY COME,

also known as Blud book 1,

also known as Criminy Stain is My Book Boyfriend

is now on sale for $2.99 across ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS.

Amazon Kindle

Barnes and Noble

Books-a-Million

iBooks

I hope you'll check it out. If you already have it, it makes a great gift for a friend, a long-distance Mother's Day gift, or a nifty teacher's gift.

Because your friends, mom, and teachers love to read about 

dark, whimsical carnivals with sexy guys in top hats, yes?

YES.

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my new author photo

Yes?

p.s. The afterparty for the book launch party got... weird.

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THE PARTY TO END ALL PARTIES BECAUSE UNICORN

A quick rundown of the Wicked as She Wants launch party:

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with me! 

Enormous thanks to everyone who helped out, including Elizabeth, Meghan, Ericka, Debbie, Jim, Danielle, Tuck, other Jim, Kevin, the fabulous Foxes of FoxTale Book Shoppe, and Andrea. 

King Kong-sized thanks to Seth and Leah of Red Door Playhouse for hosting a spectacular shindig. Thanks to Wendy for coming all the way from Mississippi!

More later. For now: CAKE FOR BREAKFAST!

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Many thanks! And SQUEEs!

Dear everyone:
If you bought Wicked as She Wants today, tweeted about it, mentioned it on Facebook or Google+, wrote a review, or wished me a happy book birthday: THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU.

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Dear Bludbunny Brigade:

Criminy is pleased. The bunnies have been leashed. Thank you for your service today!

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Dear RT Book Reviews:
Thank you so much for the unbelievable honor of receiving the May Seal of Excellence. What an amazing surprise! Your kind words totally made my day/month/year. I'm so glad y'all liked it!

Here's the full article, including four reviews from the RT editors that, yes, made me cry.

And I don't cry.

I JUST DON'T, OKAY?

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Dear Cosmopolitan,

Thanks for picking up my 25 Humpalicious Steps for Writing Your First Sex Scene post over on Chuck Wendig's Terrible Minds blog. I've been reading you forever, and now I'm just utterly turgid that you read me.

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Derr Cherk,

Thernks fer everthernnng.

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Dear Mimi and Papa,

Thanks for the tomato plants and hugs. I won't tell you the name of my books, but you're proud just the same.

Love,

d.

WICKED AS SHE WANTS IS OUT NOW!!

It's finally here! Yay! I'm not freaking out at all!

WICKED AS SHE WANTS

The second book in the Blud series follows debauched musician Casper Sterling 

on a romantic adventure with a vicious Blud princess. 

Available from:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Books-A-Million

Indiebound

Simon & Schuster

Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping)

Here's what RT Book Reviews had to say:

And you can also read the reviews on Goodreads.

In any case, I hope you'll check it out and maybe tell your friends,

because everyone needs a little hot steampunk airship romance.

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Oh, and if you want to learn more about how to write a sex scene, check out my post on Chuck Wendig's blog today. Terrible Minds just got TERRIBLER. And more HUMPALICIOUS.

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Off to squee. Ta!

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Wicked as she SMELLS!

Y'all, I'm so excited to introduce THREE new scents from Villainess Soaps, all based on characters from WICKED AS SHE WANTS. Each character is available as a soap or artisan perfume, and the perfumes come with adorable little charms.

First up, the ice princess herself:

AHNA

Fierce frost flowers - lilac and cherry blossom - with a proud heart of blackberry and sugar plum, caught in a predatory gust of chill wind.

(Ahem, my favorite, ahem.)

Buy the Ahna SOAP or PERFUME.

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Next is her paramour, my favorite debauched Southern gentleman...

CASPER

Golden sunshine and Southern charm. New mown hay and tall pines, Georgia peaches, warm skin and bourbon-soaked debauchery. 

Buy the Casper SOAP or PERFUME.

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And finally, Ahna's enemy, the stylish Blud villainess...

RAVENNA

(Imagine a chick version of Rasputin.

Dragon's Blood heated with the Silk Road's spices - ginger, cinnamon, cloves, cedar and caraway seed - and underlined with a malevolent hint of cyanide, vetiver and black rose.

Buy the Ravenna SOAP or PERFUME.

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Let me tell you-- these scents are SPOT ON for how the characters feel, and I am constantly astounded by the genius and style of the lovely Brooke at Villainess. You can also grab a collection of 8 of the scents or pick up a few samples of all 8 new scents at the WICKED AS SHE WANTS launch party this Friday night.

I'll be dressed in blue and smelling of Ahna, darlings.

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Step 2: Keep calm and freak out

So WICKED AS SHE WANTS comes out tomorrow.

Friday is the book launch party.

I am constantly mid-flail.

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Here's how I'm staying occupied:

1. Nagging people about RSVPing to the book launch party FRIDAY, MAY 3 AT RED DOOR PLAYHOUSE IN ROSWELL, GA on the pretense that I need a head count to buy supplies.

2. Buying lots of supplies, especially alcohol, because lots of people have RSVPd, probably so that I'll stop badgering them.

3. Listening to my 4yo sing BADGER BADGER BADGER, which he calls the BEAVER SONG and believes is somehow related to my book and Justin Beiber at the same time.

4. Daydreaming about Special Book Launch Lunch, which is when I force my husband to take me out to a fancy lunch on the day my book launches. And digesting I Just Finished My First Draft Dinner from last night, because I also forced him to take me out for chicken wings last night.

5. Contemplating new things to celebrate so I won't have to cook.

6. Painting those little wooden people that will go on the gigantic red velvet cake I've ordered for the BOOK LAUNCH PARTY THIS FRIDAY.

7. Trying to think of new and interesting ways to lure people into buying my book without overdoing the self promo on Facebook and Twitter. Next up: giving away free kittens. DON'T YOU WANT A KITTEN?

8. Cutting out snowflakes, putting together raffle prizes, and contemplating my costume for the BOOK LAUNCH PARTY THIS FRIDAY.

9. Looking forward to my hair cut on Friday because my bangs are in that half-bang state where I'm not sure what to do with them and have to tuck them back all the time like Lisa Loeb.

10. BEING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MY SECOND BOOK COMING OUT OMG.

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What are you guys up to this week?