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It’s CONTEST time!  We (Beth and Becky) the owners of the Broken Heart Consortium gift shop on Café Press ( www.cafepress. com/bhconsortium ), are calling on all Michele Bardsley fans to get creative.  We are updating the shop to reflect things from Michele’s latest book, Because Your Vampire Said So and we want YOUR ideas!  Come up with the best phrase, saying or design that relates to the book and you could be famous!  Ok, so maybe not famous, but if you win you will have your design on an item (or two) in the store, receive an autographed copy of Because Your Vampire Said So (courtesy of the fabulousness that is Michele Bardsley!) and other assorted Broken Heart swag.  To enter, please email your design(s) to michelesminions@ aol.com by midnight on June 30^th.  The winner will be announced on (or around) July 4^th.  (Oooh!  And we might even throw in some fireworks JUST FOR YOU to celebrate your win!  *g*)  Just remember folks, no copyrighted pictures/designs please unless it’s your own.

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I’m featured today at Romance Novel TV. We’re discussing the viability of dating dead guys. Is undead the new cute? One winner will be chosen from those readers who leave comments. The prize? An advanced reading copy of WAIT TILL YOUR VAMPIRE GETS HOME, which comes out on November 4, 2008.

http://www.romancenovel.tv/

And don’t forget to check out Mark Henry’s interview at Bitten By Books. You can win a copy of his hilarious book, HAPPY HOUR OF THE DAMNED and a $30 Amazon Gift Certificate.

http://bittenbybooks.com/?page_id=4

Michele

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In an effort to make up for trashing half of Louisiana, Bobbie Faye’s been offered a chance to right her wrongs by writing an advice column for her local paper. Michele Bardsley and Dakota Cassidy decided who could use advice more than their heroines, Nina from Accidentally Dead, and Patsy from Because Your Vampire Said So?

We’re all giving away prizes! Just leave comments at each blog. Each author will choose a winner. And here’s what you could win if you come play with us!

Dakota’s giving away a signed ARC of Accidentally Dead and an Amazon gift certificate for 15 smackers

Michele’s offered up an ARC of her November release Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home and some Broken Heart goodies.

Toni’s giving away a $15 Barnes & Noble gift certificate and the most AWESOME T-shirt to ever hit RT: http://www.cafepress.com/bobbiefaye.245732603

And now those damned contest rules–

Contest begins Sunday June 1, 2008 and ends Monday June 2, 2008 at midnight CST. All winners are chosen at random and must check back at each blog on Tuesday June 3, 2008 to see if they’ve won in order to claim their prize.

Read Bobbie Faye’s answers to our poor heroine’s dilemmas, and get to know one of the freshest, funniest voices in humor today! And if you haven’t already, check out Bobbie Faye’s (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family Jewels. And don’t forget to pick up Bobbie Faye’s first adventure, Bobbie Faye’s Very (very, very, very) Bad Day!

And now, let’s start the fun!

Dear Bobbie Faye,

I’m dating a new guy, and I’m just not sure if it’s gonna work. He sleeps all day, never springs for a real dinner, won’t take me to meet his mother (he says she’s just too much of a zombie to have visitors), and he has a real fascination with my neck. I don’t mind how he nibbles on me, it feels kinda nice, and oo-wee, he’s a real good kisser. Ever since we started going out, I feel weak–in the knees and everywhere else. The man’s gotta be doing something illegal. He got wads of money, but no job. He lives in a big ol’ mansion on the edge of town and boy, does he need a housekeeper. And I think he might be sick on account of he’s so pale. I keep telling him to get some sun, and he says he’s allergic. Who the hell is allergic to sunlight?

But for all his faults, I really dig him. He fills out a pair of jeans like nobody’s business and his smile could melt the polar ice caps. He keeps promising me that we can be together forever, but I just don’t know. Is he the one, or am I falling for another bloodsucker?

Batty in Love

Dear Batty:

Honey. Okay. Listen. First? I need you to step away from the tight jeans. I know. I know. Yes, all the way away. Seriously. Yes, if counts if it’s just one hand.

Are ya on the other side of the room yet? Now, ask yourself this, does he flinch whenever you flash a toothpick? (What do you mean, you don’t have a toothpick? Are you American?) Fine, does he get all frowny and squirmy when he sees your silver cross jewelry? Does he look really longingly at dark, cramped sleeping quarters? Is he all over that dental hygiene? You MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM.

But here’s the thing. Just tell him to keep his nibbles to himself, and otherwise, you can have some fun. God, er, maybe not in this case, maybe somewhere a little south of God, but someone KNOWS that really fine filled-out jeans usually mean ABS and OTHER STUFF and I am all about the ABS and OTHER STUFF. I’m not entirely sure if I’d be able to say no to…. oh, who the hell am I kidding? I’d so be there, stitching those curtains closed.

But the upside is, he pisses you off? You simply WHIP OPEN THE CURTAINS, gooooooooooooood morning little Bluebirds of Singlehood, because your problems will be SOLVED. That would be the easiest breakup on record. Women all over the world will be impressed. Divorce attorneys will cry. It could be an entire reality TV show.

Just make sure that dustbuster is charged. Trust me on this one.

–Bobbie Faye

Read Nina’s cry from the lovelorn here: http://www.dakotacassidy.net/

Hit Toni McGee Causey’s blog: http://www.tonimcgeecausey.com/blog.html

Originally published at Michele's Mutterings and Musings. Please leave any comments there.

Not to brag or anything, but me and BFF Renee George took Charlaine Harris to dinner this evening. Earlier, we went to Barnes & Noble and picked up copies of FROM DEAD TO WORSE. (I will not read, I will not read, I will not read … I will write, I will write, I will write.) We fed Charlaine before we actually sprang our books on her and forced her to take pictures with us. Muhahahahaha… if only she’d known the true price of that chicken pecan salad. No, really. Charlaine is very nice and we had a lovely time. She showed us pictures from the set of “True Blood,” which begins airing on HBO on September 7th.

Charlaine came to Tulsa on the second day of her book tour for FROM DEAD TO WORSE. She talked a little about her books,answered questions, and then got to signing. Barnes & Noble was PACKED, even though it was raining and under threat of tornado. Just goes to show that Tulsans love them some Charlaine!