Karly Kirkpatrick's Blog

I'm very excited to announce that New Blood, the sequel to Bloody Little Secrets, is available for sale at the following retailers for $3.99:

 

Amazon

 

Kobo

 

Barnes & Noble



Vicky Hernandez thought her troubles were over after she knocked off a greedy local vampire. But when a serial killer comes to town, the cops are stumped, and Vicky and her friends decide to help out and discover

A quick update on New Blood's progress...despite a rough week which included the loss of the oldest of our three dogs, Chompers, I managed to finish my first round of edits on New Blood. It has now been shipped off to some very awesome beta readers. I'm hoping to get it back/get it polished by the end of March, and then it will be off to my eagle-eye proofreaders. My plan is to get it to you by

I am SO excited to be able to announce that New Blood has a first draft! I finished it last night and celebrated with tacos and a Dairy Queen Blizzard! You may be wondering when the release date will be, I'm aiming for an April date right now. Generally, it requires about 6-8 weeks to get the book edited and ready to go.

How will you know it's ready to go? Make sure you're following me on

In honor of the upcoming release of Megg Jensen's new fantasy novel, Hidden, join in the party! Enter the contest and you can win an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of Hidden to read before it's released into the wild, as well as some swag!





The mystery enshrouding Hutton’s Bridge is as impenetrable as the fog that descended at its borders eighty years ago. Each year, three villagers enter the

I'm finally making some decisions on what to work on next. Here are a few things you can expect in the coming months...

Short Stories:
I'm hoping to do more of these. I find that I really enjoy the pure art of story telling and don't really care how long it is. I'm hoping to put a few out over the next 6 months, quite possibly in different genres. I have convinced my little brother, Michael

I've been finding writing a bit tough lately. Not sure if it's what I'm writing or the lack of time. There were certain circumstances health-wise that made writing difficult as well earlier this year, but luckily things are better, so hopefully that will not be a problem now. So to say I've been in a bit of a rut is an understatement. I hate not writing and thinking I can't write, I know it's

Hey guys,

Sorry for the long hiatus. I noticed that my last post was in March. It's been 5 months. I'm sure you're wondering just what on earth I've been doing over here. Truth is, I've been doing lots of stuff and it hasn't all been related to writing. But a little bit has. Here's a summary of the last couple of months...

~ My health issues seem to be somewhat under control now. Working to

It's my second-favorite time of year (Halloween being the first), when I get to celebrate all things Irish! I'm wishing you the best of luck in this giveaway, brought to you by the fine folks of I Am A Reader, Not A Writer, Books Complete Me, and Author Cindy Thomas.



For this giveaway, I'll be celebrating lots of different backgrounds: a Latina vampire, Italian pizza, yummy Midwestern popcorn

Right now I'm sure you're looking at the title of this post and wondering what on earth I'm talking about. But I'm totally serious. If you help my friend save Lolo the Monkey, I'll happily give you your choice of ebooks from my list.

Monica Szczupider, an old high school friend of mine, is a conservationist that mainly works with primates (that's monkey-types for those of you wondering). She






All I can say is I'm so excited that The Soulkeepers Series is continuing! Lucky me, I get to read it now, but you guys have to wait until March. In the meantime, take a gander at the hottie on the cover! I'll happily look at that forever! You can read all about it below.

Dane Michaels has been to Hell and back and isn't interested in repeating the experience. But as a human caught up in