Author Kelley Armstrong Guest Blogs & Is giving away a copy of Frostbitten!

This week I am really happy to have one of my favourite authors back on the blog as a guest. Kelly Armstrong is one of the first authors I got into when I started reading Paranormal Urban Fantasy so when she agreed to be interviewed last year I was over the moon. So imagine my happy dance when this year she agreed to write us a Guest Blog!

Frostbitten, the 10th Women of the Otherworld book, is out now and the narrator is the lovely Elena. If you haven't already got your hands on a copy then make sure you read to the end of the Guest Blog. Kelley is giving away a copy, I am saying signed because I doubt she would send it any other way :), of Frostbitten!

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Playing Favourites by Kelley Armstrong

I get asked to play favourites a lot, especially with my own work. Who’s my favourite character? Which is my favourite book? I always demur by saying, honestly, that I don’t have favourites. But there is one “favourite” question I will answer: what’s my favourite supernatural type?

It’s no mystery that I love werewolves best. I started with them, and it wasn’t because “werewolves sell.” When I was writing my first werewolf novel in the nineties, I’d occasionally admit what I was working on, and the response invariably was “Oh God, Kelley, if you have to write that stuff, at least write about vampires. People buy books on vampires.” But I loved my werewolves and, eventually, the book sold.

When I admit to my favourite supernatural type, there’s an obvious follow-up question. If I like werewolves best, why don’t I just write about my werewolf Pack? To answer, I use the analogy of chocolate chip cookies. I love chocolate chip cookies. But I don’t eat them for every snack, because if I did, they’d become routine, dull and ordinary. I’d start craving something else and pretty soon, I’d never want to see another chocolate chip cookie again. I love them, but I like other snacks, too. And while I love writing about werewolves, I also really enjoy writing about necromancers, witches, half-demons…

By not playing favourites in my writing, I keep things fresh and I keep the passion in my work. I put the werewolves aside (reluctantly) then go off and have fun playing with my other supernatural types. Before I know it, it’s time for another werewolf book, and I dive back into their world with as much joy as I did the first time.

This month saw the release of my fourth “Elena” novel, Frostbitten, and I can honestly say I had as much fun writing it as I did with Bitten a decade ago. Now the werewolves will go back on the shelf, taken out occasionally for a short story or novella, then returning in a few years for another adventure. And I’ll be waiting for them.

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Contest Time!

Kelley is kindly giving away a copy of Frostbitten!

EDIT - Make that TWO copies of FROSTBITTEN!!!!

This is a great opportunity to get your hands on the newest Women of the Otherworld book and from Kelley herself!

So to enter the contest all you have to do is tell us your favourite! Are you a vamp, Were, Zombie or Witch lover? Maybe you love something else completely different?

No favourite = No entry!

The usual rules apply!

Earn another entry for each place you link this contest on the net. Make sure you add links here for me to confirm your entries!

You can also earn extra entries by emailing your friends about the contest. Just make sure you send a copy of your email or receipt to me at Amberkatzes_book_blog at gmx dot net.

I can offer more prizes if my Amazon Associates account gets more money!! So please make sure you order at Amazon.com through the links around the site and help keep the contest coming!



The contest will stay open until Sunday 11th of October 2009 4pm CET and the winner will be picked by a randomizer. Entrants should check back to see if they have won. I do not hunt down winners and will pick new winners for any prizes not claimed within 7 days.

If you are claiming a prize, have emailed me and have not heard back before the 7 day limit is up then post a comment here on the blog. Your email may get sucked into my spam filter.