Katie MacAlister

Woot for good news Tuesdays! I don't actually have much good news other than I finished editing the couple of bonus chapters I wrote for Steamed, and it's off to my editor. And it's sunny out. That counts as good news. Now I just need to whip up a glossary ...

Forgot to mention that the first of my three posts for the Penguin blog is up! Feel free to leave me questions here or on the Penguin blog, and I'll answer them in later posts this week! Bloggy Goodness

Since some people (I'm looking at you, Steph) were questioning the wisdom of NAL placing a sticker on the lovely sparkly cover of Me and My Shadow, I figured I'd post a blown up shot of just what that is. Me and My Shadow is going to be part of the ...

One of my Facebook friends posted a different video (the Total Eclipse of the Heart version), but when I saw this, I laughed and laughed and laughed. Meatloaf...the literal version. Favorite line: My mattress is stuffed with gypsy sluts.

For those of you interested in the interview I did earlier (part one is here), the second part has been posted, including the story of how Paul McCartney gave me a concussion.

It's only Wednesday, but already life is driving home the point that no matter what, it goes on. On Monday, my evil assistant Jennifer gave birth to the latest minion, a lass by the name of Samantha. Mom and baby are doing well. On Tuesday, Edith Layton, a historical romance author, ...

I have a couple of bits of good news--the first is that my editor got through reading Steamed and she said she really loved it. Whew. I was worried because steampunk is something new for me, although as I've mentioned, I'm quite pleased with how the book turned out. To celebrate ...

Today, we celebrate June 1st with Edgar. Now, Edgar seems to me to have a little Robert Downey, Jr. thing going on.

I just realized I never posted a hump day question. And I don’t even have a good excuse! I just plain old forgot, and what with trying to crank on this book so I can see if Ben and Fran want to talk to me, I didn’t realize it had

Do you ever feel like there's just not enough time in the day to do everything you want to do? I do, frequently. I don't understand people--usually younger folk--who wander around saying they're bored. I need another twenty hours each day just to have the time to do everything I ...

Those of you who tolerate my reposts of a certain picture--or hang around my forum--know of the fondness many of us have for an Italian model named Luca. He's been on DGM before, but I thought, in view of the squeals of delight we all emit while viewing his portfolios on ...

I managed, by dint of yelling at the dogs and saying rude things under my breath about Mr. Katie’s habit of interrupting me while I’m trying to work, to get my daily wad o’ writin’ done today, but it was not an easy task. For one thing, I kept being sidetra

This just came in, and my editor Laura says I can share it, although the cover isn't quite finalized yet. But you can at least get an idea of how gorgeous it will be in the finished version! The artist who did this cover is absolutely brilliant, isn't she? I am ...

Eric Luper, who is on a list I run for YA novelists, sent a very funny link to an Amazon product. Now, this is a real product--it's a t-shirt with a couple of wolves and a full moon. But someone, somewhere, decided to rally a bunch of people, and poke ...

And here we are at Tuesday again. Funny how that pops up with regularity, huh? My good news for the week is that during the past week, I've written over a third of the dragon book, and because my brain is trying to drive me insane, started writing an outline ...

My apologies for the lateness of today's DGM. I have been a writing fiend, and haven't done much but write and plot and silly things like that. But since reader Lori (happy birthday!) and others pointed out I am tardy, I will post Martin for everyone's perusal. Now, I don't have any ...

The last of the bestseller list rankings came in for the week, and Crouching Vamp will be #11 on next week's Publishers Weekly list. I can now officially relax and stop imagining all sorts of dire futures for the hub, dogs, and myself ( I had visions of us living ...

I was suddenly possessed with the overwhelming desire to post this. So I will. That's just the sort of rogue author I am! Frequently people ask me if I have a specific individual in mind when I write a character. I didn't have this model in mind for Kristoff (model's name ...

Yeah, I'm in a yacky mood lately. Call it being on a "turned in a couple of books and although I should be writing the next one, I don't technically HAVE to" high. My muse is humming along nicely, although she did balk a bit when I informed her that she ...