Word count, etc.

I celebrate finishing my daily word count for BITING COLD — the deadline approaches! — by surveying Pinterest. Is that so wrong? Check out what I’ve been pinning, including a Chicagoland Vampires board, here.

Also, it’s Day Two of the Our Favorite Things blog tour celebrating the January 3, 2012 release of CHARMFALL. Here’s the rest of this week’s tour lineup!

Tuesday, Dec. 27 – Booking it with Hayley G
Wednesday, Dec. 28 – Bibliognome
Thursday, Dec. 29 – Fangs, Wands & Fairy Dust
Friday, Dec. 30 – Paranormal Romance Fanatic

And speaking of CHARMFALL, we’re only one week away! Here’s a little tidbit!

A flash of light filled the tunnel, and a sixteen-year-old boy in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt appeared in the hallway where the wolf had been.

“The jeans are the last thing you need to worry about right now, Lily,” he said, ruffling a hand through his dark blond hair. “I beat you in that last lap by a full ten seconds.”

“I fell,” I pointed out, blushing a little as I looked into his blue eyes. “Besides, you have four legs. I only have two.”

He made a sarcastic sound, but winked at me. That didn’t exactly stop the blushing. Actually, Jason and I had been dating for a few weeks now, and I still blushed a lot. He was just, you know, cute. The kind of cute that gave you goose bumps and made your heart flutter.

Read the rest of the first chapter.