4.4.12 Spring has Sprung!

That sounds strangely steampunk. Or perhaps it's just because that's how my mind is functioning at the moment first because of the release of THE SLAYER out in April, my second book in The Legend Chronicles, and second, because I'm currently writing THE CHOSEN, the third book in the series, along with a super secret steampunk novella for release later this year from Zebra involving my character Marley Turlock. If you'd like to check out a recent radio interview with me at Readers Entertainment Radio click here. This month is also Steampunkapalooza over at the STEAMED blog with daily new content. Check it out! I'm basically underneath the proverbial deadline rock until June 1 with back-to-back-to-back books to write. But that makes me happy! So does the springtime froth of green appearing on the trees and the copious amounts of blossoms on the apple and cherry trees in our orchard. I love seeing how everything comes to life. Hope your spring is a wonderful opportunity for new beginnings, fun reading and happiness.

1.2.12 Welcome to a Whole New Year and a fabulous new cover!

I don't know about you, but 2012 is shaping up to be a big year already. No, I'm not talking about the end of the Mayan calendar or the presidential elections—though I could understand why those might leap to mind. There’s just a lot of things happening. First up I’m busy writing the fourth story in my Sons of Midnight mini series for Harlequin, as well as a short story for a holiday vampire Nocturne anthology for the 2012 season, and the third book in my steampunk trilogy, featuring middle Jackson brother, Remington and shape-shifter China McGee. Once those are done (sometime in April), then I get to switch gears and starting writing on the first and second full length stories in my Shadow Sisters series. My next Sons of Midnight series story, THE HALF-BREED VAMPIRE, will be out in March. Check out the cover! I just love it! In April will come the release of my next steampunk paranormal romance, THE SLAYER, featuring the eldest Jackson brother, Winchester. And of course, there will be the vampire holiday anthology out in December. There might also be one of the Shadow Sisters books released this year from Entangled, but I don’t have firm dates on that yet. I’m also planning to dabble this summer on one of my favorite young adult stories that’s been patiently waiting its turn—a story about a girl who finds out she’s an elf. It’s called TAKING DOWN S.A.N.T.A. I’ve read it out loud many times to the older elementary students on literacy days and now that some of those kids are in high school, they still ask me about it when they see me volunteering at school. I’m hoping to have it done for the holidays. I’ll also be teaching a few classes online this year—check back here or sign up for my newsletter if you’re interested in finding out what’s happening when, or you can follow me on Twitter as well. Here’s wishing each and every one of you a year filled with health, wealth and happiness!

11.11.11 THE HUNTER & SHADOWLANDER are out! Booksignings and More...

This month I've really got something to celebrate. I'm having twins! (OK, two books out on the same day, but still, for an author it's about like giving birth because it takes at least nine months to get a book out into the world!) Both THE HUNTER and SHADOWLANDER launched on Nov. 1 and I had some fantastic signings including this one at Barnes & Noble in Silverdale, Washington where lots of people came in costume!

More pictures are up over at my Facebook page. I've going to be out an about all over the place so come by and say hi!

• Nov. 16th, 7 p.m. at Third Place Books, Bothell, WA with authors Gina Robinson and Shelia Roberts
• Nov. 18th, 7 p.m. at Powell's, Beverton, OR, with steampunk author Meljean Brook
• Nov. 19th 10 a.m. "Book Babes Breakfast" at Barnes & Noble, Federal Way, WA with Gina and Shelia
• Nov. 19th 2 p.m. "Holiday Tea" at Barnes & Noble, Bellevue, WA with Gina and Shelia

Follow Along on the online Book Tour for THE HUNTER!

I'm thrilled with a fantastic new quote from one of my favorite authors on THE HUNTER:
"A rollicking good read...kept me turning pages until the very end." ~ Yasmine Galenorn, New York Times bestselling author

9.29.11 One Month Until THE HUNTER and SHADOWLANDER are released!

October is going to be a busy, busy month for me.

First off I'm going to be speaking, at Northwest Bookfest on Oct. 1 in Kirkland, WA talking paranormal with fellow friends and phenomial authors Yasmine Galenorn, Jessa Slade and Alexis Morgan.

Then I'll be giving a reading and participating at the fantastic Steamcon III convention in Bellevue, WA Oct. 14 - 16. It's the exclusive pre-launch for THE HUNTER so don't miss it!

I'll be starting my virtual book tour with Bewitching Book Tours on Oct. 24th for THE HUNTER and be all over the world wide web handing out goodies, and answering questions, so even if you aren't in Washington you can find me.

On Oct. 26 at 6:30 pm I'll be hosting a Steampunk Costume Party and Booksigning at Barnes & Noble in Silverdale, WA with my friend and fellow author Deborah Schneider. It's a fun excuse to dress up in our steampunk finest!

I'll also be hanging out Oct. 28-30 at the Emerald City Writers' Conference in Bellevue, WA with the fantastically snarky Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches Trashy Books.com. There's going to be a HUGE bookfair on Sat. night 4:30 to 6 pm open to the public that helps benefit a local charity, so be sure to come and visit with a number A-list of romance authors including Sherrilyn Kenyon, Cherry Adair, Yasmine Galenorn, Meljean Brook and many others!

The amazing advanced reviews I'm getting for THE HUNTER have just been off-the-chart awesome! Publishers Weekly gave it a starred rating and said, "...Meyers piles on the gee-whiz moments and eye-ball kicks...in a well-crafted eminently enjoyable story that will leave readers wanting more time with the Jackson brothers." RT Bookreview Magazine gave it 4.5 stars and a Top Pick! rating and said, "You had me at 'steampunk western." This reviewer was bowled over by the concept and thrilled...can't wait for more..." And watch for a great review is also coming in the Oct. 15th issue of Booklist (I've seen it but I don't want to steal their thunder)!

Nov. 1 is going to be doubly awesome since it's the release date for both THE HUNTER and for my brand new Shadow Sisters series with Entangled Publishing starting with the novella SHADOWLANDER. It's a fantastic dark fae urban fantasy romance with heroes that are not your average guys! See I told you things were rocking around here!

7.4.11 Enjoying the Little Things

Summer is a brief but glorious time in the Pacific Northwest—and it usually starts after the Fourth of July. Seriously. Last year we wore rain coats while we set off fireworks (yes, you can have fireworks in Washington!) then shorts the next day. It's that predictable. But it's also exquisite. There's nothing like looking out over the deep blue waters crashing up against the rugged rocky coast, where the towering fir trees hover at the bluff's edge and watching bald eagles fly over. What you see in Twilight of the coast? Yeah. That. In fact we were camping about 15 miles away from Forks. Summer makes me appreciate the little things. The tang of homemade lemonade or the smoothness of iced sweet tea. The sound of kids laughing and playing in the water, jumping the waves. The warmth of the sun on my face. Those are my little rewards as I write the pages each day. Right now I'm finishing up my second book in my steampunk romance series, THE SLAYER, then I'll be writing on my first urban fantasy book in the Shadow Sister series, SHADOWLANDER. I hope your summer is filled with friends, fun and lots of the little things.

6.2.11 Celebrate!

It's my birthday month, and I have a new book out from Harlequin, so yeah, I have a lot to celebrate! Right now THE VAMPIRE WHO LOVED ME, the second in my Sons of Midnight mini-series for Harlequin, is rocking the web with two five star reviews in it's first week out, plus a kick ass month-long blog tour put on by those lovely folks at Bewitching Book Tours. Want to know where in the world wide web I am today? Check it out. I'm also on deadline for not one, but two new books by the end of July (can you hear the keyboard clacking away?). The first is THE SLAYER, the second of my steampunk books in the Legend Chronicles series. The second is a novella, SHADOWLANDER, kicking off my new Shadow Sisters urban fantasy series for Entangled Publishing. So fire the mechanical simians (which is steampunk talk for raise the roof ya'll)! And come celebrate with me! P.S. If you missed the wild interview over at Romance Author Hot Spot, go check it out and find out what a Planter writer is and why I love Gamma heroes!

5.8.2011 Happy Mother's Day!

I don't know about you, but my mother was incredibly influential in my life and my career, literally. She was an elementary school teacher for many years and without her dedicated effort when I was in the primary grades I never would have learned how to work with my Dyslexia and learn how to read, or fallen in love with books, or learned to write! Unfortunately she's been gone for ten years, but that doesn't mean I don't think about her every time I open up a book I enjoy to read or set about writing one. One person CAN make a huge difference. So my challenge to you is, who can you help to make a difference? It may be only one other person. It might be hundreds or even thousands. But even one matters. This month promises to be a busy one for me. I'm in the middle of writing my second book for the Legend Chronicles steampunk series, THE SLAYER, and working on edits for my next vampire romance for Nocturne. I had a fabulous time speaking at the King County Library Romance Extravaganza with some amazing fellow authors from the local area including Cherry Adair, Susan Mallery, Susan Wiggs, Delilah Marvelle, Jessa Slade, and Shelli Stevens. Pictures are up over at my facebook page www.facebook.com/TheresaMeyersAuthor if you'd like a sneak peak at what we were all up to! Don't forget to check out the second installment in the Sons of Midnight mini-series, THE VAMPIRE WHO LOVED ME, out the last week of May! It's Rebecca and Achilles' story.

3.20.2011 Spring Has Sprung, and I've Sold Four More Books!

I absolutely love spring. It's one of my favorite seasons just because I love all the green growing things, the flowers, the birds returning, the frogs singing at night in the wetlands near our home. But this spring I'm even more excited and busy than usual. In addition to looking forward to the release of my next Harlequin Nocturne, THE VAMPIRE WHO LOVED ME, on May 24th, I also am thrilled to share that I've sold four more books! This is a brand new series called the Shadow Sisters, which looks at the world of the dark faeries (who are far more like demons and shapeshifters than your mother's glitter and starlight winged Tinkerbell types) from the lands of Shadowland and Wyldwood who are out to reclaim the world from humans. I'm still hard at work writing my second steampunk novel in The Legend Chronicles, THE SLAYER, and preparing for the release of my first steampunk novel in the series, THE HUNTER, which comes out in late October. In May I'll be participating in the Romance Extravaganza put on by the King County Library System starting at 10 am on May 7 at their Covington Branch Library in Covington, Washington. I'll also be giving a special one-day, all-day workshop at the Coeur de Boise chapter of RWA, on Saturday, May 14th. It's open to the public, but spaces are limited. Then, May 21 I'll be speaking on plotting and how I use plotting boards to plan my work at the Peninsula RWA Chapter special one-day writer's retreat at the fabulous Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Washington. Again it's an event open to all writers, check it out! If you'd like to hear a recent radio interview with me, click here!

2.22.11 THE TRUTH ABOUT VAMPIRES is Out!!!

I hope your February has been full of love, hearts and chocolate so far, but that you still have room for a little more! My Harlequin Nocturne, THE TRUTH ABOUT VAMPIRES, is out on store shelves now, even though it's marked as a March release. So if you want it, get it now before they're gone. Nocturnes are monthly releases so you have to get them while you can. If you'd like an autographed bookplate for your copy, send a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope to:

Theresa Meyers
P.O. Box 25
Port Orchard, WA 98366

I'll be on a virtual book tour during the last few weeks of February and into the month of March, as well as giving radio interviews. If you'd like to find out where I'll be and when, click here!

1.21.11 Kickin' It in 2011

I don't know about you, but for me 2011 has already started off with a bang—and I'm not talking fireworks. I've been working on edits for two books (my first steampunk THE HUNTER and my second paranormal vampire romance for Harlequin Nocturne THE VAMPIRE WHO LOVED ME) as well as writing on two new books which will be finished before July. In the meantime I'm going to be teaching several writing classes online this year and speaking in a number of places. First up is a two-week class on Instant Character Development at Savvy Authors which starts Feb. 14th. We'll be covering not only how to get instant ideas on motivation and conflict from your character's name, but also look at natural plotting threads already inherent in your character and how to maximize your character in the story. February also kicks off my online blog tour for the release of THE TRUTH ABOUT VAMPIRES. I'll be giving away some fun prizes at many of them so try and stop by. The first week in March you'll also be able to find me at the Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention in Tucson, Arizona and giving a class on Steampunk at Savvy Authors which starts March 21.

12.14.10 Happy Winter Solstice, A New Cover and A New Contract

Happy holidays to you no matter what you celebrate. Here's wishing you a season full of friends and family, love and joy! So far December has been an exceptional month. I've gotten my cover for my March Harlequin Nocturne, THE TRUTH ABOUT VAMPIRES, which is the first book in my Sons of Midnight mini series. Isn't it gorgeous? And they got the off-the-shoulder red sweater on the heroine absolutely perfect. If you want to know more about the story, check out my Books page. As an extra bonus they'll be including SALVATION OF THE DAMNED in the back of the book, so it's really a two-for-one for readers. Second, I'm thrilled to tell you that Harlequin has offered me another contract for two more books in Nocturne! I've very excited to be able to continue writing stories in my vampire world.

11.17.10 In Which I Delve Into SteamCon

I've just finished writing The Hunter, the first in my new steampunk series called The Legend Chronicles, featuring the youngest of the three supernatural hunters in the Weird Wild West. And just in time! I've got a few more outfits to make final preparations to so I can wear something different every day of SteamCon II. I've got a girl steam mechanic/lab assistant complete with the modified tan ladies trench coat I turned into a spencer-length jacket in the front with long coat tails in the back and my new goggles, a western bustled gown that includes a short fringed black leather jacket and black cowboy hat (to go with this year's SteamCon theme), and a fetching new Victorian ensemble to go with my new black top hat. I'll post some pictures up soon! If you happen to be going, stop by one of the workshops I'll be participating in including What Makes a Novel Steampunk?, an Author Reading poolside on Saturday evening, Which Comes First, Character or Setting? and Steampunk YA to Watch For. If you're interested in finding out about my series, I tend to twitter a bit, or you can sign up for my newsletter.

10.1.10

I just love fall, and it's not because October is one of my favorite months ( I write paranormals, what did you expect?) I love fall because of all the changes that happen, the colors of the leaves, the crispness to the air, the smell of wood smoke curling through the fog in the mornings in the Northwest and the delights of hot tea on a cold day. I'm also looking forward to going to Steamcon II in November (the biggest steampunk conference in the Northwest). I've got a fabulous new top hat to celebrate the sale of the Legend Chronicles to Kensginton. Now I just have to sew up a dress to go with it. If you're looking for more about steampunk, you can join me over at the STEAMED! blog where I post every Tuesday as one of the new lolitas! You can also check out the new links I have posted in my Extras section under Steampunk! I'm also going to be teaching several classes online over the next year. If you want to get updates on where I'll be teaching, send me a note on my contact page and I'll add you to my class notification list.

7.6.10 New Book Deal, Classes I'm Teaching Online and More!

Woo Hoo! I've recently sold a new three-book steampunk series to Kensington!!! The books, centered around a family of supernatural hunters in the 1880's will feature three brothers all named after their father's favorite guns, Winchester, Remington and Colt. What's steampunk? Well, the best way I can describe this series is what would happen if you mashed together the television show Supernatural with the film Wild Wild West. If you're looking for more about steampunk, you can join me over at the STEAMED! blog where I post every Tuesday as one of the new lolitas! You can also check out the new links I have posted in my Extras section under Steampunk!

I'm also going to be teaching several classes online over the next year. The Next one coming up is Going to the Dark Side: Writing and World Building for Vamps, Weres and Other Paranormal Types which runs from August 16 to August 27, 2010. You can find details on the class at Savvy Authors. If you are interested in learning how to Foreshadow in your stories, check out my class at the Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal chapter of Romance Writers of America happening Sept. 20 to Oct. 2, 2010. If you want to get updates on where I'll be teaching, send me a note on my contact page and I'll add you to my class notification list.

4.28.10 The Spellbound Bride now out from Diversion Books!

It's here, it's here! The little book that could. My Scottish historical, THE SPELLBOUND BRIDE, that so many of you have asked about is finally out and available again as a fiction launch title from Diversion Books. From being a finalist in the American Title II Contest (the American Idol of Books) to having it's original publisher file for bankruptcy just weeks before its release, this book has had a history all of its own. It received four stars from RT Bookreviews and this quote from New York Times Bestselling historical author Brenda Joyce "Passion, intrigue, a falsely accused witch and a tormented mercenary hero... Theresa Meyers is a fresh and welcome new voice in romantic fiction! Immensely satisfying." For the next three months it'll be exclusively available at Amazon as an ebook, then available at other online retailers. Click here to find out more. Curious about Diversion Books? Check out my blog for an exclusive interview with Co-President Scott Waxman!

4.1.10 Launching for Diversion Books and Trip to Portland, Oregon!

Imagine my surprise when I found out I would be having not just one, but two books out this month! My Scottish historical, THE SPELLBOUND BRIDE, has been selected as the fiction launch title for a brand new digital publisher, Diversion Books. If you want to know more about them, check out my blog. An interview is coming soon. If you happen to live near Portland, Oregon, don't miss out on the Rose City Romance Readers Luncheon on April 17th. Jane Porter is going to be their keynote speaker and there will be more than forty authors signing books, giving away goodies and chatting with readers! I'm bringing a vampire basket that includes some Vampyre Wines, a Love Bites mug and chocolate (of course) and so much more! Stop by for a visit.

2.28.10 Another Book Coming Out Soon, Great Reviews and Going to Portland!

I've just found out that A Vampire's Mistress will be coming out in April from Silhouette Nocturne. Originally the novella was going to be out in Oct. So it's here early! I'm also excited that Salvation of the Damned got a 4.75 out of 5 Top Pick review from Night Owl Reviews and Long and Short Of It Reviews gives it 4.5 books!!

I'll be in Portland, Oregon, on April 17th with a vampire basket of goodies to visit with readers at the Rose City Romance Writers Annual Readers Luncheon. If you happen to be around you might want to drop by. I hear it's an amazing event! If you don't get the Romance Writers Report from Romance Writers of America, and would like to get your hands on a copy of lecture packet on Author Branding Basics mentioned by editor Deb Werksman at Casablanca Authors blog you can order it directly by emailing me on the contact page. I only teach the class once a year online, but the packet is available anytime. I'm working to have that lecture and several others I've given online classes for available on this site soon in the Extras section.

1.9.10 Are You Ready for Mardi Gras?

It's a new year, a new decade! So how about a party? Mardi Gras gets underway Jan. 6th and runs through Feb. 16th, 2010. My first Nocturne Bite, Salvation of the Damned is actually set during Mardi Gras, so it has a special place in my heart. Okay, that and king cake. So I'm going to celebrate!

Salvation of the Damned gets great review at Seriously Reviewed, check it out!

In other news, I finished up and turned in three more vampire books to Nocturne before the end of the year and I'm working on more. I'm also going to be giving some writing workshops online in 2010.