Bitten By Books are currently in the final round for voting for your Favourite Paranormal Fiction Author of the year. Richelle Mead is one of the finalists so I encourage you to go and vote! Remember, you one get ONE vote this week, so chose wisely! If you vote for Richelle, don’t forget to come back here and comment! And please, pass it on to all of your friends!

In other news, Richelle posted a new blog about her wedding dress alterations. No pictures though. She wants to wait until after the wedding to show them, which is fair enough, seeing as it’s very likely that her fiance reads her blog.

Also, for any House of Night fans out there, Children of Nyx is having a book giveaway. All you have to do is become their 1000th follower on twitter, and you win! The best part is, the book is Immortal which has a short story by Richelle Mead in it!! Click here for more info on how to win!

The webmistress of the Brazillian Vampire Academy Fansite contacted me today to let me know that the Brazillian publisher of the books is being very very slow about publishing the VA series there, and that they have only just recieved the first book. All the copies they have read have been imported english versions. They asked me if I could let everyone know about a petition they have going for the publisher to print the books faster. The link is here. I’m guessing not many of you speak any Portuguese, so here’s a little guide on what to do:

Once you have opened the link click on the button that says “Assinar a petição O Beijo
das Sombras ( vampire Academy)” — this will then take you to a page where you need to fill out your name and email address (these two fields are pretty obvious). Uncheck the tick box near the “Submit” (or something similar) button (this will stop them from emailing you at random). They will then send a confirmation email .. when you recieve this click on the link that says something like http://www.peticaopublica.com/Confirmacao.aspx?id= (it will have an ip address at the end of it).

That’s it, you’re done, and you just helped all the VA fans in Brazil come that little bit closer to having the VA series published in Brazil!!

So Fan Friday totally didn’t work out last week. No submissions at all! However, I asked the lovely kryscowgirl if we could feature her awesome fan made video, so here it is:

In other news, the results of the tour poll are in, and Richelle will be visiting Miami, New Orleans and New York City. If any of you pople are lucky enough to go along to one of these events then we’d love to hear from you!

And once again, if you have anything to submit for Fan Friday then email it to admin@shadowkissed.net.

A limited edition hard cover copy of Vampire Academy featuring Richelle’s signature on the front, and the first chapter of Spirit Bound inside is going to be released on the 25th of November! Very exciting. This will be a single print run, so if you’re anything like me, you’ll be pre-ordering your books today! Don’t forget that if you pre-order from the University Book Shop Richelle will sign the book for real, no extra charge! I highly recommend doing this, especially if you live in the United States, because it supports a small(er) business which is great (and you get an autographed book! hello!?).

All the links for pre-orders (including the UBS one) are on Richelle’s blog including more information, and information about the anthology she is featured in Immortal.

Also, don’t forget to get your submissions in for Fan Fridays!! Fan Art, Fan Fiction, Fan Videos, Fan Shirts and nomations for Fan of the Week! Email them to admin@shadowkissed.net

Hey guys, we’ve got a few new affialites this week! I highly encourage you to check them all out. One of them is the V_Academy LJ community – they’ve got lots and lots of icons etc for you to check out. Another one is Children Of Nyx – this one is obviously for the House of Night series – I know lots of VA fans also like this series so again, I highly urge you to check it out for all your latest HON news and tidbits.

A very special mention should go to Richelle’s Universe who just got a shout out on Richelle’s official blog! They just had a fan art competition and there were some really amazing entries!

Just a reminder to get your submissions in for our Fan Friday! We want fan art, fan fiction, fan made videos, pictures of your fan made shirts etc. Nominations for Fan of the Week are still open too! We want to hear from you!

Hey guys, this is something new that we want to start up! Each friday we’re going to post the best Fan Art, Fan Fiction, Fan Shirts, and Fan of the Week (and any other tid bits we can come up with!) that all (obviously) relate to Vampire Academy! So, if you have any suggestions for any of the catergories, or want to submit your name to be the fan of the week please email admin@shadowkissed.net!

We really hope to hear from you, and get some awesome submissions in!

Richelle Mead is up for the award of Best Paranormal Fiction Author of the Year over at Bitten By Books. Make sure you head over there ASAP to vote for her!

At the time of this post she was in the lead by about eight votes, so make your vote count!

Don’t forget to check out the ShadowKissed.net store, and to get your entries in for the Forum Referral contest! Remember: The person with the most people referred by the end of the year wins an awesome prize! Get in now and take the lead!

We have some very exciting news for you today!

First things first – The cover of Spirit Bound has -just- been released.

What do you guys think? I love it! I’d love to know who the people on the front are supposed to be. The hair is too dark for Lissa, but too light for Rose… hmmm. Please share your thoughts!

Also, in more site related news, ShadowKissed.net is pleased to announce the opening of their online store!

Click here to see all the awesome VA related gear we have on offer. There will be much more added soon, and we’ll keep you updated with specials and what not. Also, if you have a design you’d like to share please email admin@shadowkissed.net.

This is very exciting for us! Thanks to the amazingly talented Anna at Lunazul Graphics we have a gorgeous new layout. I highly recommend her services (which are very well priced) if you’re looking for a highly professional and efficient (and friendly!) talented designer!

VA news is a little slow at the moment, but don’t forget to follow us on twitter, and join our facebook fanpage to be alerted of our latest blog posts.

Richelle updated her blog today to remind everyone to vote for her to come to your city, and to ask you guys not to post which city you voted for or to complain about your city not being on the list. It’s the publishing company that decides where she goes – not her.

Also featured in her blog is the release of two different novels by two of her author friends. You can check out the blog post here. I have to say I checked out the site for Michelle Rowan and her “Demon Princess” story. You’re able to read the first two chapters here on her site. It definitely sounds interesting and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of it!

And for anyone into the Vampire Academy jewellery by Psynde it might interest you to note that she has put up some more VA jewellery including a fire element charm necklace and an air element charm bracelet. These pieces are gorgeous, and you’ll want to get in quick as they sell out very fast!