After a long flight home …

RichelleMead “In Seattle. Exhausted.” 13 minutes ago via txt.

Yay for Richelle – Hope she had a great time visiting family!

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In other news, I was filtering some new comments on our forum today, and found some awesome things.    Check out the forum to talk and get creative about the series and other Vampire Academy things too!    We’ve had an influx of members recently – So lets all get posting! A special mention needs to go out to member Dimka4ever – She posted a thread about how she is an apsiring Author.   Check out the thread as its a great start, keep it coming! 

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Happy new Week guys!
All you guys in Michigan – Richelle Mead spotting alert!
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Unfortunately whilst she is in Michigan shes not doing any appearances or signings but, she did post this on Facebook and her blog…

“I’m not doing any public events in Michigan since I’m here to visit family, but people in Grand Rapids can buy signed copies of my books at the Grandville B&N, Woodland Mall B&N, and the Schuler’s by Woodland. I swung by and autographed some for those stores today.”

How exciting is that!  So, all you Michigan-ians go grab yourself some!
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Congratulations Richelle – The Children’s Book Council announces the finalists for the third annual Children’s Choice Book Awards! And Blood Promise is one of them!

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Blood Promise is running up against four other books for the Teen Choice Book of the Year! How awesome is that!  Check out the other catagories etc here…

Winners are announced on May 11 at the Children’s Choice Book Awards gala!  So fingers crossed for Richelle – what an honor that would be!
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In other news, Richelle posted on her blog last week that her hands not doing so well, and theres proof!

AND, Richelle Tweeted a very exciting tweet today…

“Phew. Just finished reading through the first 300 pages of VA6’s rough draft. Yes. It is definitely called ‘rough’ for a reason.”

VA 6 is on its way people!

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Richelle has placed the excerpt of Spirit Bound on her official website.. So for those of you who havn’t read it yet.. check it out! It’ll make you want the month of May to come even quicker than it already is!

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Below is part of what will be on the back of Spirit Bound, from her website…

“She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and she knows in her heart that he is hunting her. And if Rose won’t join him, he won’t rest until he’s silenced her…forever.”

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Also, another of Richelles series is due for a #6 release too, in March – the Geogina Kincaid series.  If you love VA, then you’ll GK! 

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Just a quick one today – Richelle tweeted earlier today…

“Been reading Brazil’s VA fan page this morning. You guys make me smile. A visit really is up to your publisher, but thanks for the support! about 11 hours ago via web.”

Awesome work guys – Maybe you should bombard the Brazillian branch of her publishers with letters to get her over there! I’m sure she’d love it!

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Check out the VA Brazil Fan page here – (May need to be translated!)

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Richelle has recently blogged again about her time in England – This time it was at a big Convention (Eclipse: Eternal Twilight 3.).

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She had a mass amount of fans come see her to sign the books – even some travelling from Europe to see her!  Including Chocolatiers…

Yum!  Looks good!

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So check it out – Theres a few blogs up from her time in England now!  She seems to be having a hard time adjusting though!

Richelle Twittered “UK commercials seen in the last minute: steak flavored potato chips, an air freshener shaped like a rock, & a hashbrown/fried chicken wrap.”

Hehe 

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As we all know, Richelle is currently in England doing a book tour..

If you havn’t checked it out already, check our her blog post from the first signing – in London, at Waterstones.  (Great bookstore over there).

Shes got some great pictures up too!    Love the name generator!

Vampire Name Generator at Richelles UK Signings

Have a great day guys!

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Richelle Mead is currently touring the UK, and will be appearing in these spots:

19th Feb: PUBLIC STOCK SIGNINGS, LONDON

Waterstone’s Finchley Road – 10am
Unite 5, 02 Centre
Finchley Road
London NW3 6LU

Waterstone’s Harrods -12 noon
Belgravia/Knightsbridge
London

19th Feb: CHESHIRE VAMPIRE PARTY AND SIGNING – 6pm

Simply Books
228 Moss Lane, Bramhall, Cheshire SK7 1BD (Near Manchester)
6pm event. Tickets are £7 (this includes a VA book of your choice, #1-4). Call 0161 439 1436 to book a ticket, places are limited.

20th Feb: Signing at ECLIPSE, the Twilight Convention, Birmingham
Signing at the VA stand from 11:30am – 12:30pm
The convention is ticketed. It appears as if this event has sold out, however I cannot confirm this.

If any of you are lucky enough to be going along to one of these events we’d love to hear from you, especially if you get photos from the event! Drop us a line: admin@shadowkissed.net.

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That’s right! The sixth Vampire Academy book is currently in its first draft! Richelle Mead tweeted earlier saying she is currently at 75k words, and has set a goal of 100k (but may go over that amount when editting). How exciting is that?

Do you guys prefer longer books or shorter ones? Keep in mind this is the last planned book for Rose’s story in the Vampire Academy series. There is a chance there will be a “spin off” series after this one, focussing on different characters.

Let us know what you think! According to Richelle, the book should be released in December this year!

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That’s right! We’re holding a competition where one of you awesome people will win a copy of Spirit Bound when it is released!

To win will be really simple. Once we reach 1000 followers, we’re going to ask a simple VA trivia question (via Twitter, obviously) and you will have three days to reply with the right answer. Everyone that replies with the correct answer will go into the draw to win!

The reason for there being three days to answer is that the competition is open to fans all over the world, and this will allow for all the time zones to be taken into consideration. If we reach 1000 followers before Spirit Bound is released, the book will be pre-ordered for you so that it is delivered as soon as it is released, meaning you’ll be one of the first to get your hands on it! How cool is that?

So if you’re not already doing so, follow @ShadowKissedNet on twitter to be in to win, and don’t forget to tell your friends to follow too!!