Category: Book Signings

Spring Fling and Chicago Booksigning

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Hey everyone!  Thought I’d mention that I’ll be attending the Chicago-North RWA Spring Fling Writers’ Conference, which is next Friday and Saturday, April 23-24th.

There’s a book signing on that Saturday (the 24th) from 4:30-6:00pm that is open to the public.  So if you’re in the Deerfield, IL area, drop by and meet some fabulous authors!  Here’s the list of authors who are attending:

CHERRY ADAIR MORGAN MANDEL
SHERRILL BODINE CHRISTINE MERRILL
KARLA BRANDENBURG COURTNEY MILAN
MARILYN BRANT LAURA MOORE
LAURIE BROWN ANNEMARIE ORTEGA
DEBBIE CAIRO NANCY J. PARRA
LYDIA DARE JENNA PETERSEN
AMY DE TREMPE JULIA QUINN
SIMONE ELKELES ALLIE PLEITER
DEBI FARR ABIGAIL REYNOLDS
ABBY GAINES ERICA RIDLEY
BLYTHE GIFFORD PATRICIA ROSEMOOR
ELIZABETH HOYT DEBRA ST. JOHN
JULIE JAMES JAN SCARBROUGH
MARGOT JUSTES ARIANNA SKYE
BETH KERY JUNE SPROAT
MARIANNE LACROIX ANGIE STANTON
DL LARSON JENNIFER STEVENSON
JADE LEE KAY STOCKHAM
CARRIE LOFTY KIMBERLY SULLIVAN
LINDSAY LONGFORD MARGARET WATSON
ANN MACELA SARAH WENDELL
MYRNA MACKENZIE PAT WHITE
KELLY MAHER S. K. YULE

The conference and signing will be held at:

HYATT DEERFIELD
1750 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL 60015

Hope to see some of you there!

Winner–Spread the Word giveaway

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Hi everyone!  So the book signing on Saturday was a big success!  Many thanks to everyone who came. Wonderful to hang out with you guys, and of course with Beth, Colleen/Joss, and Shiloh.  The lovely Stacy over at Stacy’s Place on Earth has some pictures up on her blog from the signing, for anyone who wants to check those out.

And thanks as well to everyone who spread the word about the signing!  Much appreciated.  So without further ado, the winner of the giveaway is…

DOTTIE TAYLOR!!

Congratulations! Dottie, email me at info@juliejamesbooks.com with your snail-mail address, and also let me know which book you would like from each of us authors.

Happy reading everyone!

Spread the Word and a Chance to Win!

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So I promised you guys another giveaway… here it is:

A fabulous group of romance authors will be in Chicago on March 13! Don’t miss your chance to meet acclaimed authors:

Julie James—writes smart, sexy contemporary romances.

Beth Kery— writes steamy, emotional contemporary romances.

Shiloh Walker—writes erotic romance, paranormal romance and romantic suspense.

Joss Ware (aka Colleen Gleason)—writes a post-apocalyptic romantic adventure series and a historical vampire hunter series.

We’ll all be signing at the following date and time, so come on out and meet us!

Barnes & Noble
Webster Place
1441 West Webster Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
773-871-3610
March 13th, 3:00-5:00 pm

And if you can’t make it in person, you still have a chance to win signed copies and a $40 gift card to Barnes & Noble!

Here’s how….

Help us spread the word about this great romance author event in Chicago, and you will be entered to win a fantastic prize!

All you have to do is help us get the word out by posting the information on Facebook, your blog or on Twitter. Here’s how it works:

  1. Post in your Facebook status something about a great author book signing in Chicago on March 13, and list our names (Julie James, Beth Kery, Shiloh Walker, and Joss Ware aka Colleen Gleason) along with this link: http://authorjuliejames.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/spread-the-word-and-a-chance-to-win/, or
  2. Post on your blog the same information, and any other razzmatazz you might want to get people excited about coming to the signing, or
  3. Tweet about it if you’re on Twitter, mentioning the date and city, and link to this event page here on the blog.
  4. To ENTER THE CONTEST: simply post the link to your notices here in the comments section. One entry for each link you post up to and including those posted before the event on March 13.

One winner will be drawn from all entries on this blog. The prize is:
A.  A signed copy of the book of your choice from EACH of the participating authors, and

B.  A $40 gift card to Barnes & Noble (also can be used at BN.com).

Winner will be drawn on Monday, March 15, 2010.

Good luck to everyone who enters!

Back Cover Copy for Book 3 (and a book signing)

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Exciting stuff– Berkley sent me the draft back cover copy for Book 3 (the summary of the book that goes on the back cover) and I really like it!   It’s only a draft, so this could be tweaked a little, but here it is:

FATE HAS THROWN TWO SWORN ENEMIES…

Of all the hotel rooms rented by all the adulterous politicians in Chicago, female Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Lynde had to choose the one next to 1308, where some hot-and-heavy lovemaking ends in bloodshed. And of all the FBI agents in Illinois, it had to be Special Agent Jack Pallas who gets assigned to this high-profile homicide. The same Jack Pallas who still blames Cameron for a botched crackdown three years ago—and nearly ruining his career…

…INTO EACH OTHER’S ARMS

Work with Cameron Lynde? Are they kidding? Maybe, Jack thinks, this is some kind of welcome-back prank after his stint away from Chicago. But it’s no joke: the pair is going to have to put their rocky past behind them and focus on the case at hand. That is, if they can cut back on the razor-sharp jibes—and smother the flame of their sizzling-hot sexual tension…

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So there it is… I hope to have more to share in the upcoming weeks– like the title (we have a potential title, but haven’t finalized it yet) and the front cover art.  Always fun, these stages where the book all starts to come together.

In other developments, I wanted to mention that I’ll be doing a book signing on August 2nd with fellow Chicago author Beth Kery.  I’m really looking forward it!  Here’s the information, so if you’re in the area on August 2nd, drop on by:

August 02, 2009    1:00-3:00PM
Best Sellers Book Store
6509 W. 127th St.
Palos Heights, IL

Barnes & Noble book signing– and I swear not all lawyers are bad!

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This past Saturday, I did a signing at a Barnes & Noble here in Chicago and I had such a great time!  There was a wonderful turn-out– I think one of the best parts of being an author has to be getting the opportunity to meet and talk to readers.  I had such fun conversations– I swear, the romance community is just the most fabulously interesting group of people.  And I even learned all about my local RWA chapter (something I really need to look into joining) and I picked up a book recommendation, too:  Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas.  This will be only the second historical I’ve ever read (I know, I know, I need to rectify that situation) and I can’t wait to check out the infamous Derek Craven, who I’ve heard is very, very yummy…

img_23813So I already knew this, but I have to say that I really am blessed to have the most amazing group of friends and family.  I was incredibly touched that so many of them came by the signing.  I should’ve taken more photos– but of course I was too busy talking to remember that– although I at least managed to get this one of me and my friends Debra and Kellie.  And how about this– I was thrilled that an old guy friend of mine that I hadn’t seen for fifteen years showed up.  Ahh… the power of Facebook.

Not surprisingly, a lot of my friends are lawyers.  There was a moment at the signing when I looked around and just had to smile– I wondered if there’s ever before been such a large gathering of lawyers–men and women– standing around discussing contemporary romance.  And yes, they’re my friends so I might be a tad biased here, but they’re just such a witty and fun group.  What cracks me up about that is that I’ve had several readers mention to me that they normally don’t like stories about lawyers.

Now, don’t get me wrong… I can tell you from personal experience that some lawyers definitely are first-class a-holes.  But I wonder, generally speaking, where do these negative impressions of lawyers come from?  Is it what we see portrayed on television and in movies?  Is it based on personal experience?  Or maybe it’s just that the “bad” lawyers stand out so much more than the good ones?  

So here’s the question: if you’ve had a bias either for or against lawyer characters in novels,  what led you to feel that way?   Or, if you like some stories involving lawyers but not others, which ones work for you and why?