August 3, 2010

Post conference thoughts…

In no particular order…. Post Vacation Stress Disorder should be a recognized ailment (thanks to Kathleen O’Reilly for that one!) While I’m a fan of online bookshopping, the stores should be more like videogame interfaces. So you can stroll down the aisles and literally browse. You could pull a book off the shelf, tap to [...]

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July 30, 2010

Just a quick post before I head out to parties…

Get your copy of When Blood Calls in Orlando tomorrow…… Having a great time here at RWA. At the moment, I’m debating between a dress and pants, but I think the pants are winning out. Easier to dance in later at the Harlequin party…and I love to dance at the Harlequin party! Gave away Tainted [...]

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July 30, 2010

Fabulous Review in RT. Yay!

Got a great review of When Blood Calls in the RT Bookclub magazine — I’m so thrilled! Check out this snippet: “From the very first page, you’ll be enveloped in the story…and the rest of the world will disappear. … Once you start the book, don’t plan on moving until you finish the story.” 4.5 [...]

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July 29, 2010

What the heck happened to Wednesday?

So it’s already Thursday here at RWA 2010 in sunny (and stormy) Orlando. Somehow, Wednesday got away from me entirely. Did Disney in the morning (Animal Kingdom – rode Everest and the Safari. Much fun) and then came back to get dressed and do the Literacy Signing. Am very proud of myself because I used [...]

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July 28, 2010

Tuesday Disney & Conf report

Working at a bit of a backlog here–what can I say? My friends are Disney taskmasters! We’ve been going and going! So Tuesday started out bright and early. Would have started out brighter and earlier had I managed to roll out of bed at 7:30 as planned. Instead, it was closer to 8. But off [...]

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July 28, 2010

The second half of Tuesday

Here I am in front of the Tower of Terror, after which, as I said before, we headed back for some R & R before round two. That Round was fab, as we started out by meeting up with Sherri Erwin and Julie Ortolon and Jacquie D’Allessandro for dinner at Kouzzina, a WONDERFUL restaurant that [...]

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July 27, 2010

Already exhausted and the con hasn’t even officially started!

Let’s see, I didn’t really finish the Monday night report–I completely forgot about The Haunted Mansion (hugely fun!) and It’s a Small World (cute, but not my favorite. And that dang song… enough said. The fireworks were spectacular! Not as great as the ones at Disneyland on July 4, but I love fireworks, so anything [...]

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July 27, 2010

Sherrilyn Kenyon Rocks!

Hey folks, check out the awesome quote from Sherrilyn Kenyon on When Blood Calls and The Shadow Keepers series! A page turner! Beck’s new vampire series is riveting, dangerous, and not to be missed! #1 NYT Bestselling Author Sherrilyn Kenyon Wow!!  What awesome praise!  Thanks, SK!!

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July 27, 2010

The daily conference blog!

Here in Orlando with Dee Davis and her daughter, doing the pre-conference thing. In other words, we’re going to be exhausted before the con even starts! But as your intrepid reporter, I’m Going to TRY to post daily the word on the conference street- here or on twitter. Or at least my conference street. What [...]

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July 26, 2010

When Blood Calls…sneak peek!

I’ve updated the page for When Blood Calls … and added an excerpt! Check it out…and enjoy! Click here to go straight there!

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July 26, 2010

Contest update!

****Update! Update! Update! The drawing for this contest will be Monday, August 2…and I’ll be drawing for a winner (the Kindle and an ARC of When Blood Calls) and a runner-up (an ARC and an iTunes gift card for $25!)**** Just go here to enter: http://jkbeck.com/the-shadow-keepers/fun-stuff/contests/

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May 28, 2010

Check out my alter ego’s news!

1492 Pictures and South Korea-based CJ Entertainment unveiled their first slate this morning since signing a three-year development deal late last year to create family-friendly films with global appeal. … They start out with three thrillers. … * Carpe Demon is an adaptation of the Julie Kenner novel Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer [...]

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May 25, 2010

Great cause, great books, great raffle!

Hey y’all, hop on over to Jennifer Rayment’s raffle to benefit the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Ontario. Not only is this a wonderful cause to support, it’s also one that rings personally with me, as my younger cousin was born with spina bifida, and I vividly remember her struggles. There are lots of [...]

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May 6, 2010

Pub photos and cool publicity!

So, I recently got pub photos taken for J.K. Beck — this is the one we’re going with for the books. What do you think? (And, you know, if you hate it, feel free to stay quiet!). Had another bit of cool publicity news, and I completely missed it the day it came out (oops! [...]

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May 5, 2010

When Publishers Rock!!!

I’ve been negligent in announcing my superfabulouslyawesomelyamazinglyfantabulous news! Three more books coming in the Shadow Keepers series!!! No dates or titles yet, but I’ll post as soon as I know. And if anyone wants to suggest cool When Something Something titles, feel free to pop them my way! I’m so excited! And in other news, [...]

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April 3, 2010

The End of Publishing

This is awesome. Be sure to watch to the middle….

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March 9, 2010

Forrest Gump…as horror

This is old, but I just ran across it. And I recently re-watched Forrest Gump in the hotel when I was traveling. Really gives you a perspective on how everything is about perspective, eh?

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March 5, 2010

Obsolete Jobs

This from NPR about jobs of yesteryear. I think the one that intrigues me the most is the lector. I could do that. Just sit on a stool and read to people as they rolled cigars…. Showed this link to the rugrats, both of whom were amazed. Of course, today C asked me how they [...]

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March 2, 2010

Thanks to Larissa Ione!

Larissa Ione rocks. Yup, really. Check out this great quote she gave for When Blood Calls (the book that I now have in ARC form in my hot little hands!!!!!) Gripping and utterly compelling . . . J. K. Beck takes you on a dark, twisty ride that will leave you breathless. Smart, suspenseful, and [...]

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March 1, 2010

Great Writing Resource Site

So, I’ve been poking around on line for great writing sites, and since I’ve found quite a few, I thought I’d start cataloging them here on the blog (I’ll be filing them under the new Websites for Writing category). Today, I’d like to give two big thumbs up to William Martell’s Script Secrets site. Now, [...]

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February 26, 2010

It’s here!!!!!

My advance copies of WHEN BLOOD CALLS arrived this am-perfect timing as I was rushing out the door to give a talk. Now I have visual aids! Ain’t it awesome???? – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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February 23, 2010

Simon’s Cat-App Review

You need this app. No. Really. Trust me. It’s going to put a smile in your face. And with the app, you can link through to this vid and others. Mostly, though, it’s about the game. Purrfect Pitch . The game is addictive. You can either play as “memory” (you play what the cat plays) [...]

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February 21, 2010

Alligators-no bad breath worries!

Okay, that’s not really true, but that was my first thought when I read the news in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine, that a recent University of Utah study reveals that an Alligator’s lungs are unidirectional. Sounds like they don’t exhale, doesn’t it? But that’s not what it means. It means there’s a continuous [...]

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February 20, 2010

NASA, John Glenn, and the really Right Stuff

Today in 1962, John Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the earth. Even in the world we live in, that makes me shiver, and not only because of what it represents with regard to science (and, back then, the cold war fears surrounding the space race), and not even because of where it [...]

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February 19, 2010

Check out Jessica Scott over at PBS’s Regarding War blog

Gotta brag on a friend…go check out PBS’s Regarding War blog. It’s all fascinating, but be sure to check out Jess’s post!

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February 12, 2010

Platypuses…no, really

Egads! So much for that daily thing, eh, but things got crazy. (Deadlines and colds and house emergencies of the septic tank variety…don’t even ask…AND this was scheduled to post yesterday, but didn’t, and I didn’t notice until, ahem, 11pm…). But here’s a fact I ran across doing today’s reading with Isabella (we’re doing Australia [...]

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February 5, 2010

You drink 8 glasses per day of WHAT?

I recently heard Neil deGrasse Tyson (an astrophysicist) on a NOVA podcast. His topic was water, and its use as fueling stations for space travel, if/when identified on other planets, moons, etc. In trying to find more details or a transcript of that podcast for a Daily Factoid blog post, I ran across this, which [...]

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February 4, 2010

Dang, this is cool!

Okay, I’ve been playing with some animation apps, and this one really, really impressed me. Not what I’ve been fiddling around with on my iPhone (I mean, this puppy took some time!) but it’s too fun not to share. Thanks to Darin, who forwarded it to me.

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February 3, 2010

Wishlist me!

Hey! You gotta love Google Alerts, which I just signed up for. Lots of Alerts for “Julie Kenner” — but not so many hits for J.K. Beck. Yet. But this one popped up today. So thanks to Sidhe Vicious Reviews for putting me on her wishlist! •Julie Kenner as J.K. Beck -When Blood Calls -When [...]

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February 3, 2010

The best blog post EVER….

It’s been the day from someplace hot (hotter than TX in the summer) and as I sat down to the computer, I had a Great Idea for what to write to upload in the morning.  That was about 1.5 minutes ago. (fyi, day consisted of an Entire Freaking Day of errands, ending with a crashed [...]

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