I'm running a giveaway contest over on Goodreads between now and release day. Head here (or follow the link in the widget below) to enter to win 1 of 5 paperback copies of Transcendence. Winners will be announced March 23rd.

• Fun blog post today: Behind the Scenes with Transcendence. Getting a little deja vu? Behind the Scenes with Vertigo was just a few short months ago. Learn how many heads are lost in Transcendence (not merely deaths, but actual lost heads), who makes the best open-field tackle and more!

• Awesome blogger and sci-fi/fantasy author Raven Oak is hosting me on her blog for two straight Fridays. Check out my guest post from last week, Flashback Friday: Foundation, in which I confess to being a nerd as a child (shocking news, I realize) and dare to disagree with ones of the greatest science fiction writers ever, Isaac Asimov. (It was done from a place of love and admiration). Then check back tomorrow for my Flashforward Friday post.

• There happens to be another teaser quote reveal on the calendar for today, so I'll just leave this here:

• It was my tremendous honor to be included in another list of noted science fiction authors (who happen to be women), this one by online entertainment magazine itcher: Top Female Science Fiction Authors: From Space Opera to Cyberpunk. To be listed alongside some of my biggest heroes and inspirations (C.J. Cherryh, Lois McMaster Bujold, Ursula K. Le Guin, Catherine Asaro and more)...it's beyond words, even for a writer.

• Don't forget, you can now download Restless, the prequel short story to Starshine, for $0.99 here. Both Restless and Transcendence have Goodreads pages now, so feel free to add them to your shelves.

• If you use Outlook and my last newsletter happened to crash the program, deepest apologies. Feedburner, MailChimp and Outlook got in a 3-way-melee - it wasn't pretty. It should be fixed now, but please email me if you continue to have problems.