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Free books! Get ’em right here! Brand-new contest!

One of the most hotly anticipated YA paranormal romances this fall is Lisa Desrochers’ PERSONAL DEMONS, I book I loved so much I blurbed it. And now I have a couple of ARCs, which I’ll be giving away in two separate contests! This week, you’ll not only be getting an advance copy of PERSONAL DEMONS, but also copies of the first two books in Cat Adams’ YA series — BLOOD SONG and SIREN SONG.

What do you have to do to enter? Tell me what you think are the “personal demons” of any (or all!) of the characters in the Evernight books. What makes Balthazar feel guilty? What’s troubling Dana between wisecracks? Let me know!

1) Send your answer to evernightclaudia at gmail dot com, with the subject line “Personal Demons Contest #1.”
2) Include an address where I can send your books if you win (and yes, I’ll ship anywhere!)
3) Do all this before Tuesday, July 27, when I will choose a winner at random.

Good luck to everyone!

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Rumor has it that a comprehensive tour schedule exists for my trip to Australia — as soon as I see it, I will confirm!

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hello from Rimini

Today I traveled from Rome to Rimini, Italy, for the Mare di Libri festival. Tomorrow morning, I’ll be on a panel (at 10 a.m.) called “More Than Vampires,” where we’ll talk about the paranormal trends in YA literature and in publishing overall. If you are in the vicinity, please come — I would love to meet some of you there!

I’m really loving Rimini so far, though this may be because I got to travel here via train, enjoying the lovely countryside. Or maybe because my hotel here HAS INTERNET, which is a luxury I will never take for granted again. Or maybe it’s because I went to dinner tonight with a lot of writers and publishing people, and it started with us all being very formal, like, “So tell me how people go to dinner in YOUR country” and ended up with us all drinking wine at midnight and discussing how freaky it is that Johnny Depp never ages or what we consider our favorite parts of the “Spider-Man” movie. Good times, people.

Tomorrow I return to Rome, so more luxurious train journeys (yay!) but not nearly enough time to explore the town (boo). Soon I hope to have more photos to share with you, but of course in order for me to do that I will need to find the blessed, lifegiving internet in Rome. But certainly I will have more stories. 🙂

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Viva Madrid!

Well, my four days in Madrid were absolutely sensational, thanks to all of you who came out to the book fair. My internet connectivity problems continue, and look likely to persist throughout my time here — there always has to be ONE thing keeping the trip from being perfect, right? — but while I have a moment of online time, I can point you to the photos here, which show you the high points of my time in Madrid, including lovely street scenes, the madness of the fair itself, and the two valiant fans who came all the way from Lyon for the signing.

Today is a fairly lazy day in Rome — after the big whirl in Madrid, I needed a day to read, write, eat pasta and loll around in the sun, in no particular order. But tomorrow, I fling myself into the city once again. 🙂 I’ll keep checking in … when I can.

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some Rome pics, plus rough Madrid schedule!

Hello, everybody! I am now settling in here in Rome — just in time to leave for the Madrid Book Fair tomorrow. It’s quite a whirl. But so far I am having a wonderful time. My internet access here is a little unreliable, so I am going to post this link to my Rome pictures so far; hopefully soon I can figure out how to be online long enough, stably enough, to post the pictures here direct.

Today’s adventures: I figured I would begin with the Forum, but this turned out to be the king of all bad ideas, which rules over lesser bad ideas; a massive protest or rally was being held at the Colosseum, meaning that the ancient areas were all but inaccessible, and the side streets were thronged with ever-thickening crowds of tourists detoured as I saw. I ducked into the first church I could find to get my bearings; this being Rome, that church turned out to be St. Peter in Chains, and I had therefore accidentally gone to see Michelangelo’s Moses. After that, I escaped to another area of the city altogether and visited San Giovanni in Laterno. Not only was the church an amazing sight, but I also was able to take a long walk in the park nearby. I tried to go to St. Croce in Gethsemane, but it was inexplicably closed. Well, I have a month to try again.

Now, Madrid! Here is where and when I’ll be appearing. This is as detailed a schedule as I’ve got, so bear with me, Spain fans:

Thursday 3rd June: * 7pm -9 pm. – Signature at Madrid Book Fair (Vips)

Saturday 5th June: * 12 – 2pm. – Signature to be confirmed (who knows?); * 7pm – 9pm– Signature at Madrid Book Fair (Casa del Libro)

Sunday 6th June: * 12- 2pm – Signature at Madrid Book Fair (Bertran)

And fans in Italy, don’t forget that I’ll be at the book fair in Rimini on the 20th of June. More details there if and when I get them.

I’ll report in again from Madrid!