A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came to the chat yesterday, and if you weren't able to make it, I'll be taking questions at the BookDivas forum all week, so please stop by and let me know what *you'd* like to know about my books!

Also, congrats to the winners of the signed copies of Living Dead Girl--I wrote all your names down after I emailed you, but now I can't find the piece of paper with them on it. Figures! But congrats all the same, and as for this week...

Well, since it's almost Halloween, I decided to go with a supernatural theme this week, and I'm giving away books that feature vampires, faeries, and other otherwordly creatures!

The books I'm giving away are: Vamps by Nancy Collins, The Host by Stephenie Meyer, Lament by Maggie Stiefvater, and Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall.

For a chance to win one of these four books, just let me know what your LEAST favorite Halloween candy is--mine is Mary Janes, which was all anyone everyone ever seemed to give out when I was a kid. (I figure if everyone tells me the kind of candy they DON'T like, I'll be 100% sure that I get only good stuff to hand out on Halloween!)

Let me know what your LEAST favorite Halloween candy is by midnight this Friday, October 24th, and then I'll draw four names at random, and each of those four people will get a book! Though you can only reply once, you can reply no matter where you live (I will ship books overseas), or if you've won something from me in the past.

And before I go, I have (of course!) some links:

Want to know what a book publicist's life is like? Read this. (Here's a hint: BUSY! Just the length of Amy's workday--oh man!!)

Agent Nathan Bransford wants to know if your book buying habits have changed in the past year -- As usual, he's got tons of comments, and it's interesting to see what other people are saying. (I confess, I'm more likely to give up buying food than books. A life without new books? Shudder!!)

A very thoughtful and well-written post about being "skipped" or why bookstores don't stock every book that's published -- It's a long read, but a very insightful one, and well worth checking out.

Justine Larbalestier on the ever popular subject of writers and money

Tess Gerritsen, who you can always count on for awesome insights into being a best-selling author, talks about how book tours have changed-- she's been writing (and touring!) for a long time, and, as always, has interesting things to say.

Finally, it's no longer Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, but that still doesn't mean you shouldn't take the time to learn more, and see what you can do to help