In the haiku thread that led to my new Bad Limerick Saturdays, there was a quick discussion of whether or not authors should respond to review. In general, my answer is “No” — unless there is an egregious error that needs to be pointed out, or one that leads to false expectations that would seriously […]
Thanks to the power of random.org, we have a name: ***jennifer mathis*** Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy the anthology!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered! Thanks to the power of random.org, we have our five winners: #154 – Jennifer! Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King is my all-time favorite. I also like Kelley Armstrong’s Otherworld stories. #144 – Aimee P.! Right now one of my favorite short stories is […]
I’m trying to get back into the swing of blogging again, but it’s difficult. I used to have a lot of fun blogging, but then it began feeling like work and I felt like I was always writing boring posts or just doing promo stuff, and I don’t want to be that again. Photoshopping stuff […]
Angels of Darkness isn’t the only release I have on October 4th — I’ve also written the foreword to STEAMLUST, an anthology of erotic steampunk romance edited by Kristina Wright. STEAMLUST Steampunk Erotic Romance Edited by Kristina Wright, Foreword by Meljean Brook To avoid confusion, please note: I am writing the foreword for this erotic […]
The Love Story of a Girl and a Sucker Those of you on Facebook have probably seen bits of my Endless Vacuum War. I’ve gone through three vacuums in two years, and each one clogged/burned out the motor/died in some horrible way. On Facebook, I lamented on their crappiness often. About two weeks ago, I […]
The girl is home sick today, and when I set her lunch in front of her, she said: “This doesn’t look very appetizing.” I’m kind of astonished by the implication that, in eight years, something *has* looked appetizing enough that she comments on the lack now. God knows that when I’m eating my own food, […]
I think my notification e-mail must have been lost in spam. I still need to hear from: Courtney Ostaff – Heart of Steel ARC Erica Anderson – set of Guardian novels Taylor Lunsford – set of Guardian novels Please go to my giveaway page and enter your mailing addresses ASAP! If I don’t hear from […]
Thank you so much to everyone who entered! Thanks to the power of random.org, the winners are: #138 – Alisha (My Need to Read) #164 – Anya #43 – willaful #88 Ashley C. Congratulations! I hope you enjoy the book! Winners: YOU MUST! go to my giveaways page and enter your mailing information before October […]
Please note: If you are reading this somewhere other than Meljean’s official blog, please go there to enter. Comments at other sites will not be counted as entries. It’s that time again! I have four (4) ARCs of HEART OF STEEL to give away on this blog. No hoops to jump through — you just […]
***Winners!***#11 Ebony M.#14 Misty L.#24 rissatooCongratulations!! And, whee! Ilona isn’t the only one with a recent self-pubbed release! Jill Myles has, too (and if you’ve missed her fun & sexy contemporary novel, WICKED GAMES, it’s currently FREE at Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords. I don’t read many contemporary romances (with the exception of my guilty-pleasure HPs) […]
***Winners!***#20 Nicole#44 XxxXLozXxxX#50 Kelly MuellerCongratulations!! Incredible author and friend Ilona Andrews has a new science fiction romance novella out, which is always cause for celebration! I love, love her work, and although I haven’t had a chance to read this one yet, I loved the previous book in the series, SILENT BLADE, and the excerpt […]
Look for the giveaway beginning on Monday — and combined with the Goodreads chat giveaway, will be a total of eleven Heart of Steel ARCs that we’ll be giving away next week. The picture also includes cover flats for the mass market edition of The Iron Duke; I’ll be giving those away on Monday, too. […]
Just a reminder that my chat with Executive Editor at Berkley Publishing, Cindy Hwang, will begin on Monday, September 19 and continue through Wednesday, September 21. We will also be giving away five HEART OF STEEL advance copies, two copies of ANGELS OF DARKNESS, and five sets of my Guardian backlist: DEMON ANGEL, DEMON MOON, […]
Anastasia posted another collage on my Facebook page today, so of course I’m sharing it! For every book, I have a desktop collage that I use to convey character appearance/expressions, the general worldbuilding and ‘feel’ of the book — and the central piece in my collage has exactly this color theme and overall mood. So, […]
