Raffle Baskets

I’ve packed my raffle baskets for Lori Foster’s Reader-Author Get-Together, which will be next weekend near Cincinnati, Ohio. I’m taking three baskets.

First is the True Love Brides basket.This one includes trade paperback copies of all of the Jewels of Kinfairlie trilogy, plus The Renegade’s Heart and The Highlander’s Curse. It also includes a Kinfairlie cross, which features in The Frost Maiden’s Kiss, coming in August. And there’s a True Love Brides hoodie, too.

Second is the Prometheus Project basket. This one includes trade paperback copies of all four books in the Prometheus Project. It also includes Lilia’s timepiece, so the winner doesn’t miss the end of the world as we know it. There’s a Prometheus Project tote bag in this one, too.

And third is the Dragonfire basket. This one includes trade paperback copies of The Dragon Legion Collection and Serpent’s Kiss, as well as a trade paperback copy of Flying Blind and mass market copies of both Kiss of Fire and Ember’s Kiss. There are Dragonfire earrings in Thorolf’s colourway, some Dragonfire temporary tattoos and a Dragonfire tote bag, too.

I also have a couple of Serpent’s Kiss tote bags and some more Dragonfire earrings in Thorolf’s colourway to give away. If you’re going to the conference, be sure to say hello! It’s going to be a lot of fun!

Go South

Take a look over on the sidebar and you’ll see the link for Coastal Magic 2015. This reader conference will be in February in Daytona Beach Florida, which is not a bad place to be in February (even if it rains that weekend, as it did this year. You don’t have to shovel rain.) The conference focuses on paranormal romance and urban fantasy, and it’s a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and the chance to chat with fans. It’s not a huge conference (like RT or RWA) which makes it more casual. I’ll be a featured author again at the conference next February and would love to see some of you there.

The list of attending authors will be posted in June, and registration opens July 1. Have a think about coming south next winter and being part of the fun.

New Swag – Jewelry

This new swag was also inspired by Coastal Magic Reader Conference. They had a number of vendors there, Including Leslie’s shop Aunt Matilda’s Jewelry Box with wonderful steampunk-medieval-pirate jewelry. I bought a pair of dragon earrings, and on the way home had an idea. Leslie was excited about it and so we have Dragonfire Earrings.

Dragonfire Earrings

Leslie created these earrings to match the colors of the Pyr. The earrings have Czech glass crystals that catch the light. From the top left, we have Quinn, Donovan and Erik. In the second row from left we have Delaney, Niall and Rafferty. In the third and last row, we have Lorenzo, Brandon and Thorolf. Leslie has written the name of the appropriate Pyr on the back of the earring card in silver ink.

And not to forget our special girl, the star of the Dragon Diaries and the Wyvern-to-be, here’s earrings for Zöe:

Zöe the Wyvern heroine of The Dragon Diaries by Deborah Cooke

Leslie also created some medieval jewelry for me for Kinfairlie. Look at this necklace, which I’m calling the Kinfairlie Cross and will be using for promotion for the True Love Brides Series. It’s quite large, more than four inches long, and the faceted stones are a beautiful shade of aquamarine. (They look a bit paler in the picture). Any of the sisters of Kinfairlie could have a necklace like this – I might need to write it into Elizabeth and Malcolm’s books!

Kinfairlie Cross

Finally, Leslie created a Prometheus Project watch for me. It’s a bit steampunk, but has angel wings too – I can easily imagine Lilia wearing this:

Prometheus Project timepiece

I’ll be using these as prizes in contests and also in raffle baskets, but you’ll also be able to buy them directly from Leslie’s Etsy store. She’s created a page for the Dragonfire earrings, right here, where you can easily order a pair of earrings in the colors of your favorite Pyr. There’s also a listing for the Kinfairlie cross, and another one for the Prometheus Project steampunk crystal ball watch.

What do you think? I love them all!

Psst – there will be a contest for newsletter subscribers in May, with shiny prizes. Hmm. I wonder what those prizes could be…

Interview at The Reading Frenzy

Abyss, book #4 of the Prometheus Project of urban fantasy romances by Claire DelacroixDebbie Haupt at The Reading Frenzy blog was one of the readers who was most disappointed that by the end of my urban fantasy trilogy, the Prometheus Project, Tupperman hadn’t had his HEA. She wasn’t alone in that. I wanted Tupperman to have his HEA, too, but I didn’t know what his story was for a few years. As most of you know, Tupperman’s story is told in my most recent urban fantasy romance, Abyss.

Deb interviewed me for her blog, and the interview is posted today, right here.

Come on over!