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It’s a Weiner!

I’ll announce the Weiner of my Contest! Contest! Contest! At the end of this post. Are you excited? I am.

But first, just a few things . . .

To see my take on why I chose to write sex in my mainstream fiction, you can go here.

Ever wondered Why-A? Mark Henry answers you here.

Finally, thought my interview with Victoria Schwab was inappropriate? Wait till you see this one, with Courtney Allison Moulton. It’s here. :-)

So . . . . are you ready to see who the weiner is? Are you excited? Are you all, “Shut the fuck up, Nicole, and tell us who won ALL FOUR of these amazing debut novels?”

The contest can has spoken!

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And the weiner is Paige Cuccaro!!!!!!!!!!!

Huzzah!

Email me at iheartselkies(at)gmail(daht)com, and I will have Amazon expedite you some debut novel goodness.

For those of you who did not win, you should definitely go buy all four of these books this weekend. Go. Now! Or I’ll interview you!!!!!!!

Published on February 26, 2010 in Contests. 1 Comment

CONTEST CONTEST CONTEST!

And what a contest! If you hear something slouching towards Bethlehem, fear not! It’s just that there’s a near-seismic launching of FOUR LEAGUE BOOKS TOMORROW!

And because this is such a big event, and because I’m running ANOTHER BIG EVENT over at the League of Reluctant Adults, YA Week!, I thought I’d run a contest THIS week, here.

First of all, let me show you what’s up for grabs . . .

The lucky winner of this contest receives NOT ONE . . .NOT TWO . . . NOT THREE! . . . BUT FOUR BOOKS!

Yes, FOUR BOOKS!

In no particular order, here is the prize…

First off, we have Mark Henry’s new release, Battle of the Network Zombies!

Next, we have my AMAZING critique partner, Diana Rowland’s, Blood of the Demon! I’ve read this one, it’s HAWT!

Third up is Stacia Kane’s Demon Possessed!

And, finally, last but not least, Anton Strout’s Dead Matter!

All of these novels launch tomorrow, February 23rd. And I’ll send all four books directly to the winner of this contest.

To enter yourself into the running, just answer the following question in comments: “Which would you rather be, a hot, fashionable, zombie socialite; a demon summoner who gets hawt sex with her side of Demon Lord; the actual head of a demon family, who gets to fraternize with other heads of demon families (Greyson! Greyson!); or a super secret, super agent for the Department of Extraordinary Affairs?”

In other words, I think I’m asking would you rather BE the supernatural? Or the human who gets to fraternize with supernaturals?

Answer that question in comments in as much depth as you would like, and that’ll put you in the running to win these four books. I’ll choose a winner FRIDAY February 26th at noon, randomly, and announce the winner here.

In the meantime, you can see me get up to all sorts of shenanigans over at the League. Because it’s YA week! And I have some REALLY GOOD ideas on how I, Nicole Peeler, can enter into the YA world with a bang. Literally.

You know you want to see this in action . . .

Published on February 22, 2010 in Contests, Over at the League . . . and Pimpage!. 83 Comments

And Another Update!

Over at Literary Escapism, Jackie is doing a HUGE CONTEST with all us Leaguers! It’s a great big stonking do, so go over there and have a look-see! There is many a prize to be won!

Published on January 27, 2010 in Contests and Over at the League . . .. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

Come Meet Ryu!

To read an exclusive interview with Ryu, and enter to win a copy of TR, just go here! Thanks!

Published on November 24, 2009 in Contests and Tempest Rising. 6 Comments

See Jane Bask, Snuggle with Skeletons, and FLY!

Hello everybody! First off, here are some recent reviews and interviews, some of which have contests! Watch out for the contests!

Interview at Suburban Vampire

Review by Sidhe Vicious

Interview at Women Writer’s

Review by Peace Love and Pat

Secondly, we have so many Selkies Spottings! The Hunt is still going strong! Alana Joli Abbot caught selkies all over the place. First she was caught in the  Yale bookstore in New Haven, Connecticut. Why didn’t they shelve with her with Derrida?

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This next photo, however, is of a selkie doing what selkies do best: a little basking. Alana says this selkie is basking on the rocks at Branford Point.

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Finally, we have flying selkies! Alana says these were caught somewhere between Detroit and Chicago. As I’m from outside of Chicago, and my third book has a lot of action set in and around the suburbs of Chicago, I think this was a particularly fortuitous sighting.

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Another reader, the ever lovely and supportive Qwill, caught Jane canoodling with YET ANOTHER skeleton, Dead Fred. What is up with Jane and her penchant for the very, very dead?

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Finally, Jamie Skofstad sent me a picture of a selkie in Fort Meyer, Florida, and another sighting of a selkie in, of all places, an iPHONE. I thought that was particularly exciting . . . Jane Meets Techology!

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Thanks for all the reports of sightings, my dears, and your names have gone into the Contest Can to win that 25$ gift certificate!

Finally, don’t forget that this weekend finds Jaye Wells and me taking part in the much publicized SHREVEPORT SMACKDOWN!

We’ll be doing a reading, Q&A, and signing books here at the Shreveport Barnes & Noble! Come see us . . . we serve our cookies with snark!

Published on November 6, 2009 in Contests, Reviews and Tempest Rising. 2 Comments

Nicole Peeler Needs You . . . AGAIN!

Two very fun things! First of all, you can check out an interview I did with Ellz Readz, and enter her contest to win a copy of Tempest Rising!

And I ALSO need ya’ll to BRING IT TO THE MAT FOR ME, here at Bitten By Books . . . They’re doing their November poll on what new releases people are waiting for, and TR is one of the choices!

Realistically, I will get stomped by Kenyon and MacAlister, not least because, if I’m perfectly honest, I voted for MacAlister as well. BUT WHATEVER. Vote for me! And also my league colleague Kelly Meding, whose book I’m about half way through with . . . and it ROCKS so far.

Published on November 2, 2009 in Contests and Tempest Rising. 2 Comments

Contest Alert: Don Yer Wellies! It’s a SELKIE HUNT!

CONTEST ALERT!

According to my maaaahvelous Editrix, Tempest Rising will begin shipping VERY SOON. So Jane True could begin appearing in the wild anytime now.

This means two things. The first is that I’m officially nauseous, but the second is more exciting:

It’s time to have a SELKIE HUNT!

There are two, $25 dollar gift certificates to Barnes and Noble up for grabs, and here’s how you win ONE of those $25 Dollar Gift Certificates:

If you find a selkie in the wild (a copy of TR in a bookstore or your pre-ordered copy freshly birthed from its shipping package), take a picture (you can be in it if you like), and send it to me at iheartselkies(at)gmail(daht)com! I’ll post it on the blog, with your name and the location where you found your selkie. I’ll also add your name to the CONTEST CAN.

To win the OTHER $25 dollar gift certificate, you’ll have to get creative! I want to see a real, WILD selkie! In other words, whoever takes a picture of the most outlandishly located copy of TR wins! Did you find a selkie up a tree? In Zurich? In the ladies room at MOMA? Maybe lunching with Vikings?

The winner of this contest will be chosen by a panel of estimable judges, all highly important members of the upper echelon of les beaux artes and lettres. Our panel will be  revealed on the day the winner is revealed!

These judges will choose from the artsy fartsy photos you send of the Wildest Selkie Imaginable, and gift to the winner the other $25 gift certificate.

Both contests will run until November 8th, with the winners to be revealed November 8th or 9th. You can also enter each contest as many times as you like, as long as the pictures are (in the case of the first contest) of a different selkie spotting (store) and in the second a different, totally uniquely artsy-fartsy photo.

Any questions? Ask in comments! Otherwise, start selkie hunting!

AND ANOTHER CONTEST: I’ve also donated a signed ARC to the illustrious Bree and Donna, the team writing erotica as Moira Rogers. We have books coming out at around the times, and both books have parts set in Maine. Therefore, the lovely Bree and Donna have put together a GORGEOUS contest over at their site of Maine ephemera, including my ARC! Details here. The contest is hilarious and be sure to check out their new book while you’re there!

Published on October 20, 2009 in Contests and Tempest Rising. 10 Comments Tags: , , , .

WORSHIP ME! I am the SUPER DUPER MEGA BLOG!

Okay, fine. It’s just wordpress got fancy. BUT WHATEVER. I HAVE A PRETTY NEW BLOG AND I LOVE IT.

Look at Jane! She’s so HAWT! I love her sassy little seal self. I think she just winked at me! Minx.

To celebrate my awesome new blog, I’m going to run a CONTEST! To win one of THESE! Yes, my friends, that is an ARC of TEMPEST RISING!

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To win? All you need to do is comment below! I’ll randomly choose a winner using my highly scientific CONTEST CAN!

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If the comment box, or anything else, doesn’t work, totally don’t blame me. It’s someone else’s fault. Just tell me and I’ll swear at my iMac till it accedes to my demands. (Actually, I’ll send a panicked email to Orbit, then watch as my roommate fixes the problem, then send another email to Orbit apologizing for the original email.)

And while you’re here, I’m going to EXERCISE MY PIMP HAND! For there are two NEW LEAGUE RELEASES for your reading pleasure!

First out of the gates, is Cherie Priest’s BONESHAKER.

In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice. Thus was Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born.But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead.Now it is sixteen years later, and a wall has been built to enclose the devastated and toxic city. Just beyond it lives Blue’s widow, Briar Wilkes. Life is hard with a ruined reputation and a teenaged boy to support, but she and Ezekiel are managing. Until Ezekiel undertakes a secret crusade to rewrite history.
His quest will take him under the wall and into a city teeming with ravenous undead, air pirates, criminal overlords, and heavily armed refugees. And only Briar can bring him out alive.

Next up is Michelle Rowen’s new YA Para-Rom, DEMON PRINCESS: REIGN OR SHINE

As if trying to fit in at a new school and navigating the social scene isn’t enough stress for her, sixteen-year-old Nikki Donovan just found out that her long-lost father is, in fact, the demon king of the Shadowlands — the world that separates and protects ours from the Underworld. When she is brought there by the mysterious (and surprisingly cute) messenger Michael, she learns that her father is dying, and that he wants her to assume the throne. To complicate matters, a war is brewing between the Shadowlands and the Underworld, her half-demon qualities are manfesting, and her growing feelings for Michael are forbidden. Ruling a kingdom, navigating a secret crush, and still making it home by curfew — what’s a teenage demon princess to do?

How good do those look? SO GOOD. My pimp hand is so excited about both of those books and their covers that it’s not even stinging after that pimpage.

So yeah! Awesome! We have a HOT NEW SITE and some LEAGUE PIMPAGE here at the home of Jane True. And keep your eyes peeled. . . my release date is coming soon and there will definitely be some EXCITING contests for books/prizes/small mammals (okay, those don’t ship so good).

We should also be releasing the cover of Tracking the Tempest very shortly, as well as unveiling an excerpt from Tempest Rising! YAY!

So comment below to win an ARC! And a gerbil! Just kidding about the gerbil!

Published on September 29, 2009 in Contests, Pimpage! and Tempest Rising. 110 Comments