After a weekend full of romance, and by “romance” I mean back-breaking labor, it’s nice to get some nice reviews and contests and stuff thrown in your book’s honor. But we’ll get to that in a second. Here’s what I’ve been up to.

1. Painting. For Valentines Day, Caroline and I opted for sore muscles followed by the drugged haze of left-over painkillers. We finally transformed the family room/kitchen into something NOT resembling an apartment.  Here’s the before and after…

2. I had a periodontist visit which I Live-Twittered completed with pictures. Dr. Madden was so excited about the prospect of my dental porn that she volunteered her very own personal paparazzi for some “up close and personals” like this beauty here (please note mouth speculum)…

I’ll have you know, those gums are in recovery like an old drunk, but that’s beside the point, because the closer I look, the more I want to get Zoom whitening. Jeeeesus!

Oh yeah and…

3. I’ve been revising the holy fuck out of the young adult book, but that’s just boring work stuff. What’s not boring is the fact that Battle of the Network Zombies is out next Tuesday and I guarantee you you’ll find something in it that shocks/offends/titillates you or, frankly, I’m not doing my job.

Here’s a link round-up for y’all. Just in case you wanted to win some shit.

Love Romances and More calls Battle of the Network Zombies “a fun story that will have you giggling like mad.” Read more…

Vicky over at Fresh Fiction says it’s ”a hysterical page-turner with one-liners and characters that gets more unbelievable by the page.” Read more…

Shell at Bitten By Books urges readers, “Do NOT miss this book!” Read more…

Mandi at Smexy Books calls Road Trip of the Living Dead “fun, fast-paced and different than any other urban fantasy series out there.” Read more…

And…because he loves his tagline (and so do I), here’s what Zombie Joe has to say: “Battle of the Network Zombies is similar to dislocating your shoulder during sex – it is really uncomfortable in spots, but you are enjoying yourself too much to stop.” Read more…

Moving on from the reviews, there are two contests running right now…

The Qwillery has pulled together quotes from my peers to make me blush AND there’s a ZOMBIE DEVIL DUCKIE in the offing!!! Get thee to a Qwillery!

Amberkatze is giving away books and shiz! Go see! (Someone left a bitter comment. LOL)

And while we’re on the topic of winning shit, might I mention that I won the RuPaul’s Drag Race dragulator contest and got lots of stuff to wear while snarking up the show with my pal, Heather Osborn. So here’s the pay-off for wading through all my review shiz. Markita Henry (and not Martika cuz this is her)!

One last thing.

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