Come on over! They’ve compared the international and U.S. covers, and we’d love to hear whether you like one version over another … or if you like any of them at all!

(Looking for a place to comment? Go here!)

I’m also giving away books! Swing on over and comment, and you can win either Demon Marked, Angels of Darkness, or Heart of Steel.

Tonight, 11/30 – 8pm EST/5pm PST – I’ll be participating in a live chat at Literal Addiction. Per a note from our host, “This Chatroom works best with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari web browsers. It does work with older versions of I.E, though it has been known to have issues. The newer versions of Internet Explorer (I.E) do not work at all! Please use Firefox or Chrome for best results, and make sure that your Java is up-to-date!”

Friday, 12/2 – I’ll be at The Book Smugglers with a Smugglivus post, in which I will be airing some grievances.

Questions about steampunk, and my two romance series? A Heart of Steel giveaway? It’s all right here

I will put up the second part of the Steampunk Q&A later this afternoon. I haven’t forgotten them!

The limericks, on the other hand…

Gah.

From Dear Author:

We are hosting [a bookchat] for The Iron Duke that will be held Saturday night, December 18, beginning at 8 pm CST. We readers will chat for an hour and then the author, Meljean Brook, will appear at 9 pm CST to answer questions.

Please note that those times are Central Standard Time! I will be coming online at 7pm Pacific time/10pm Eastern time.

You can sign up for a reminder at Dear Author’s site. The signup form is in their sidebar.

Smart Bitch Sarah has also listed The Iron Duke in her Best of 2010 list over in a column at Kirkus Reviews. Agree with her list, disagree, want to add more? She has an open thread at her site.

Janine at Dear Author also included “Here There Be Monsters” and The Iron Duke on her “best of” list, and Jane from DA had some very nice things to say about the book over at The Book Smugglers.

And speaking of Dear Author, I will be participating in an online chat about The Iron Duke next Saturday. I’ll post the time and details as soon as I have them, but I expect it to be in the evening. I will be chatting the first hour, and then skedaddling so that everyone can talk about the book without me looking over their shoulders.

The Iron Duke is also a Goodreads 2010 Best Romance Nominee! It’s in the company of some amazing books. You can vote for your favorite here.

Preternatural Reviews has named The Iron Duke his #1 book of 2010. I’m thrilled and honored — Thank you!

While I was offline this week, Dear Author announced the authors included in their upcoming Agony/Ecstasy erotic romance anthology. I am contributing a story, which is unconnected to my steampunk and paranormal series. Agony/Ecstasy will be released in November of 2011.

Also at Dear Author, I was thrilled that “Here There Be Monsters” made Jill Sorenson’s list of her favorite stories of 2010, and The Iron Duke and Burning Up both made Shuzluva’s list.

Thank you!

I also have a few Q&A’s about the Iron Seas up around the internet today: Over The Edge Book Reviews asked me some Proustian questions (and is also having a giveaway), and we’re talking about Strong women, hot pirates and zombies over at the Vampire Book Club.

And finally, I can’t even remember why I looked this up yesterday, but it’s been STUCK IN MY HEAD ever since. I’m here to share the pain (or joy. I’m really not sure which it is. I do remember thinking that this was the coolest thing ever the first time I saw the movie, and might have tried to recreate the scene in a barn once or twice or thirty times.)

Jayne Ann Krentz invited me to guest blog over at Running With Quills. So I’m there off and on today (see previous mention of dentist appointment) — please come by if you have any questions about the Iron Seas or any of my other books! I’ll gladly answer them (or here, too, really. But it’s so much more awesome over there.)

Authors After Dark is a fun annual reader conference, and yesterday they listed their Bookie nominations for this year. They included in the finalists:

Best Anthology, Burning Up
Fantasy Short Story, Here There Be Monsters
Steampunk Novel, The Iron Duke
Steampunk Short Story, Here There Be Monsters

Thank you so much!

And, ahem — Nalini is looking for website suggestions and giving away a copy of Burning Up over at Odd Shots!