Jeri Smith-Ready

It's Podcast-ic!

Happy Mother's Day, everyone (or at least, you know, mothers)!

I had a great time at Mysterious Galaxy's 15th Birthday Bash yesterday. Tomorrow I'll post more about it (including actual pictures, including one of giant monkeys).

Today I wanted to tell you about two interviews available online for your listening pleasure:

My friend Rob Usdin at Jersey Jamcast hooked me up with two wonderful podcasters. The first was Brian Noe of Studio C. Last week I had my very first phone-in (or Skype-in, technically) interview.

Here's a shot of me during the interview, thinking of wise and witty words. By the wet hair and lack of makeup, you can tell it was NOT my idea to have my picture taken. But at least I changed out of my jammies for the occasion.

One thing I like about the interview is that two of the tracks that I couldn't get for my playlist ("I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive" by John Lee Hooker and "Ciara" by Luka Bloom) made it onto the podcast, at least briefly.

Then later that week I did an interview with Zack "The Mothman" Daggy for his Shameless Plugcast. I really enjoyed this one as well. Zack told the world that if you love the humor and drama of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you'll love my book. And that as a DJ, he really sympathized with the characters in Wicked Game.

I love their theme song. It's now stuck in my head ("Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeaaaaahhhh....")

NOTE: you don't need an iPod to listen to a podcast. You just need one of those thingies, what do you call them? Computers! That's it.

I'm now going to avail myself of the free continental breakfast. Such as it is.

Labels: blog tour, interview, vampire series

• posted by Jeri @ 9:38 AM
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Interview at Darque Reviews

My Blog Tour continues today, with an interview at Darque Reviews.

Find out which character I'm most attached to, why I hate first drafts, and how much potential I have for becoming a crack addict.


Beginning now, I'm taking a long weekend off to do some intensive work on Bad to the Bone. I'll fill in plot holes, untangle storylines, and oh, I don't know, maybe finally figure out what happens in the last chapter. And whatever happened to the disappearing journalist. And that other guy.

May your weekends be full of fun!

Labels: craft, interview, vampire series, writing life

• posted by Jeri @ 6:30 AM
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Just you and me, ChickLitGurrl...

I'm kicking off my Blog Tour with an interview at ChickLitGurrl's blog. Find out how I got the idea for Wicked Game, which three songs would be on the soundtrack to my life, and my single biggest piece of advice for writers.

Excuse me while I go follow that advice....

Labels: blog tour, craft, interview, vampire series, writing life

• posted by Jeri @ 11:52 PM
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The winnahs keep comin' -- Be one today!

The winner of last week's drawing for an ARC of Wicked Game was Crystal from MySpace. Yay, Crystal!

This week's contest is so easy it makes me want to weep and take a shower. On December 26, my Pick Six interview appeared on author Heidi Ruby Miller's blog. (It's called Pick Six because she gives authors 15 questions and we answer 6.)

So be a bud, go to Heidi's blog, and comment on my interview. It's the least I can do since she was nice enough to give me a little exposure. Plus, she'll be totally weirded out by the sudden influx of comments.

***NOTE: if you can't post a comment there because you don't have a Live Journal account (I think you might be able to do it anonymously and just sign your name so I know who you are), then just post your comment here. Sorry for the inconvenience.***

I'll draw one ARC winner from the commenters, and I swear I won't give extra weight to those who say something along the lines of, "Jeri, how'd you get to be so cool?".

Deadline, as usual, is next Thursday at noon EST.

Have a great weekend!

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Now playing: King For A Day/Shout - Green Day
via FoxyTunes

Labels: Contests, interview, vampire series

• posted by Jeri @ 1:17 PM
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New interview and WordWatch 2007

Heidi Ruby Miller sent me her famous Pick 6 interview, in which authors choose six out of fifteen questions to answer. I managed to squeeze into the end of the year, so go check it out.

You might remember that last year I embarked on the Quarter-Million-Word March. And failed, mostly because I wasn't in the middle of any first-draft projects. This year I passed that mark somewhere around Thanksgiving (woo-hoo!), and have nearly reached my goal of writing three hundred thousand words in one calendar year.

I have 18,856 words left, so with five days, that means 3,771 words/day. Definitely a challenge, but not an insurmountable one, considering I'm in the middle of the first draft of the second vampire book (if you can call 15% finished "in the middle").

Each day I'll post my current count. If I make 300K, what should be my reward?

Labels: craft, interview, vampire series

• posted by Jeri @ 11:21 AM
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Writer Unboxed Interview

Therese Walsh from the gorgeous and fascinating writing blog Writer Unboxed approached me late last year about doing an interview. After three months of my obsessing over every word, this was the result. I hope it's half as entertaining and fascinating as those of the phenomenal authors who have gone before me.

If you look closely, you'll see some breaking news that I haven't gotten around to mentioning on this blog yet, seeing as I already had one YAY-ME! post this week, and more than that makes me want to strangle myself.

Parts 2 and 3 of the interview will be posted next Friday and the Friday after that.

If you're coming here for the first time after reading the WU interview, then welcome! And you can skip this post, since it'll make you feel like you're in a hall of mirrors. (Here's a post about an interview that brought you to this post, which tells you about the interview.)

A-Z Update: "Cadillac Ranch" by Bruce Springsteen (Hallelujah, I made it out of the B's at last!)

Labels: interview

• posted by Jeri @ 8:09 AM
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PNR Paraphernalia interview

My first online interview! My ramblings forever carved in pixels to embarrass me for the rest of my life. Yay!

I'll be participating in my first live chat on the same site on Monday night at 9PM eastern time.

In other developments, I've added a FAQ page on this website. All of them are true FAQs, not QWWPWA's (Questions We Wish People Would Ask).

A-Z Update: "Brain Damage" by Pink Floyd

Labels: craft, interview, website, writing life

• posted by Jeri @ 7:50 AM
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Podcast Interview

This week's Balticon Podcast features an interview with yours truly. I discuss the concepts and ideas behind Eyes of Crow, as well as the sordid history of Requiem for the Devil. I mostly fail to embarrass myself. Whew!

This is one of the best-produced podcasts I've ever heard. They gave the show a joint theme of "strong, independent women" and "crows," which they even incorporated in the introduction.

Other features of this episode:

• J.R. Blackwell's Rules for Talking to Girls at SF Conventions*
• a really cool song called "Scared" by Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe

You don't need an iPod to listen to a podcast. I repeat,

you don't need an iPod to listen to a podcast

Just click on "Download This Episode," and the .mp3 file will load and play on any computer.

Thanks to host Paul Fischer for doing the interview and for putting together such a great show.

Enjoy!

*My favorite: "Don't tell her she's an idiot for not knowing all the cheat codes to a video game, or that Han really did shoot first."

P.S.: Here's Chapter Seven of "The Wild's Call."

Labels: interview

• posted by Jeri @ 11:15 AM
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