Thanks ever so much for the enthusiastic response to my Tantalize cover.
More specifically, thanks to Tanya Lee Stone (author interview) for blogging about it! Thanks also to Cynsations LJ readers jennyhan, mary_ohhh, lstolarz, cynthialord, crcook for their cheers, Spookycyn LJ readers jenlibrarian, d_michiko_f, beverlyjean, lizzb, moniquemadigan, cawriter, halseanderson, brandie_writer, azang, cynthea, and slwhitman for their cheers as well as everyone who wrote me directly. Most appreciated!
All of the credit of course goes to the geniuses at Candlewick Press, who--by the way--are absolute gems to work with.
For those who don't read Cynsations, sensual monster queen Annette Curtis Klause was kind offer to offer the following blurb on the novel:
"Full of unexpected, delicious delights that kept me guessing and turning the pages, Tantalize creates a froth of excitement, danger, suspense, and wit. This original book tantalizes the senses indeed, as it explores the border between attraction and disgust, and makes us question our perceptions. Who are you--predator or prey?"
Annette's latest is Freaks: Alive on the Inside! (Simon & Schuster, 2006)(excerpt). Having read and enjoyed the ARC, I picked up the hardcover Wednesday night at BookPeople along with Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris (Ace, 2005) from the Southern Vampire Series, A Princess of Roumania by Paul Park (Tor, 2005), which was a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age 2006, and Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner (Berkley, 2005). I'm completely entranced by Carpe Demon at the moment. Highly entertaining holiday-weekend read.
GLS and I made a night of our shopping expedition. After a light dinner of sliced samon with salmon cream cheese on Wheat Thins and sliced cucumbers with spinach-and-artichoke hummus, we stopped off at The Shoal Creek Saloon for a cup of shrimp gumbo and half order of fries respectively, and later we swung by Amy's Ice Creams (small "just vanilla" with chocolate syrup and pecans in a cup; hey, it's a classic!).
Another highlight of my week was lunch on Friday with HH (author interview) at Guero's Taco Bar (shrimp fajitas) on South Congress. If you haven't heard of her yet, you will soon.
Spooky News & Links
ChickenDance.Org: Austinites, on July 4th help break a Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Chicken Dance! Yes, seriously!
June is Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month. Three of my four cats--Mercury, Blizzard, and Galileo--were shelter cats, and Bashi was found in a bush.
