Our Schedule in 2014

April 30 -- Lady Jane's Salon, Raleigh-Durham 7:00 pm.

Another Broken Egg Cafe

1121 Market Center Dr.

Morrisville, NC 27560

We will be reading from Vampire Empire as well as our new fantasy trilogy coming from Del Rey Books in 2015!

May 3 -- Write Now! Triangle Area Freelancers Conference

Wake Technical Community College North Campus

Raleigh, NC

We will be teaching a seminar on collaboration in writing. There are lots of other speakers and teachers at this conference too. Check out their website for registration information.

May 13 - 18 -- RT Booklovers Convention

Marriott Hotel, Canal St.

New Orleans, LA

The annual huge gathering of readers and writers of many different genres. We will be speaking on collaboration and participating in a workshop on writing comics. We also will be signing at the gigantic book fair on Saturday!

June 20 - 22 -- HeroesCon

Charlotte Convention Center

Charlotte, NC

We're thrilled to be back at one of the greatest comic book conventions in the country!


June 27 - 29 -- Contemporal
North Raleigh Hilton
Raleigh, NC
The Carolinas own steampunk convention!

Aug. 29 - Sept. 1 -- DragonCon

Atlanta, GA

The celebration of awesomeness and weirdness that is DragonCon! We'll be sitting in at various panels, various autographings, and various bars.


Nov. 1 - 2 -- Writer's Workshop @ Your Library 2014
Cumberland County Public Library
300 Maiden Ln., Fayetteville, NC
We will be teaching a workshop on various aspects of genre writing.

This is our schedule so far. There may be more events added later!

Vampire Empire: The (Dream) Movie

Is this your Dream Cast?

One of our Vampire Empire readers created a couple of cool graphics with her suggestions for the cast of the movie version of the series. What do you think?

Thanks Lynda Dover!

RT Book Reviews article

We talk about how comics brought us together, and how we still love them.

RT Booklovers Convention

Here's our schedule for Kansas City, May 1-4, 2013

We attended our first RT Convention last year in Chicago and enjoyed it so much, we're back this year! RT is a terrific convention run by and attended by people who love books. If you're going to be there, here is where you can find us.

Wed. 2:30-3:30:     Steampunk Sojourn: Intro to Steampunk

                                   (Mezzanine, Chouteau A)

Wed. 5:00-6:00:     Vampire: Blood Light - vampires w/humor

                                   (Mezzanine, Empire A)

Thur. 11:15-12:15:  Comics: Creators Share Secrets

                                    (Mezzanine, Fremont)

Thur. 1:30-2:30:      Steampunk Tea

                                    (Ballroom, Chicago A)

Thur. 4:00-6:00:      Ebook, Indie, Graphic Novel Expo

Sat. 11:00-2:00:      Giant Bookfair

We are really excited to be back at RT. It is a great convention and we hope to meet both fans and new readers of Vampire Empire!

More Love for The Greyfriar

Check out the new issue of BTSeMag

The Chris McGrath cover still looks good!

http://issuu.com/btsemag/docs/march_emag_2013?mode=window&pageNumber=1

Music and Vampire Empire

A Vampire Empire Playlist

A reader, Carol Stucchi Molinari, recently posted on the Facebook page about a song that made her think of Vampire Empire.
Linkin Park New Divide

So we started thinking...

What songs make you think of Greyfriar and Adele or the world of Vampire Empire? Post some suggestions or links here and we'll collect some and present them in a future post!

You can post in comments below or go to the Facebook page.
Vampire Empire Facebook page

Here's one from us. Jupiter from Holst's The Planets. We used it in the book trailer for The Greyfriar. And we used it in our wedding at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh...so there's a natural connection there.

Maybe it will inspire someone to compose The Greyfriar opera from The Kingmakers!

By the way, here's another awesome music video dedicated to The Greyfriar made by Rosette Doyle

Rosette Doyle's Greyfriar trailer

DRAGON-CON 2012

Where and When to Find Us:

Friday 10:00-11:00am --         Coming of Age: YA authors & books they read as teens.

                                                A707-Marriott

Friday 2:30-3:30pm --             Vampocalypse Now! Life in a world ruled by vampires.

                                                Embassy A-B Hyatt

Friday 4:00-5:00pm --             Signing at Pyr Books booth

                                                709-711 Marquis Ballroom, Marriott

Saturday 11:30am-12:30pm -- Reading

                                                 Roswell- Hyatt

Saturday 2:00-3:00pm --         Signing at Pry Books booth

                                                709-711 Marquis Ballroom, Marriott

Sunday 11:30am-12:30pm --  Memorable Characters: The secret of creating characters.

                                                Embassy D-F Hyatt

Sunday 2:00-3:00pm --           Signing at Pyr Books booth

                                                709-711 Marquis Ballroom, Marriott

We will be at the Pyr Books booth a lot more than just the above signing times. If you go by, it's likely we will be there to chat and sign books.

 

As always, we are excited about DragonCon. THE KINGMAKERS will be available at the Pyr Books booth, in addition to all the VAMPIRE EMPIRE books, and a ton of other fantastic science fiction/fantasy. There will be a lot of other Pyr authors at the booth.

Please stop us and say hello. We love talking to you guys!

Now Available!

The Kingmakers: Vampire Empire Bk. 3

The third book in the VAMPIRE EMPIRE trilogy is now available for purchase in trade paperback. Very soon, Kindle and ebook editions will also be available.

You can order an autographed/personalized copy of any of the VAMPIRE EMPIRE series from Quail Ridge Books & Music. Just order online, and in the "Order Comments" section, place your request for an autograph or personalization. In addition, the book should be sitting on the shelves of your local bookstore very soon.

Amazon is shipping the book now.


We are very proud of this book and we think it provides a satisfying and emotional continuation to the lives of Adele and Greyfriar.

Let us know what you think. And we appreciate reviews on Amazon or Goodreads or Twitter or your own blogs and websites.

Thank you all for the last 3 years. We have been humbled by the enthusiastic reception to VAMPIRE EMPIRE. We know how exciting it is to fall in love with a book, to have the characters live on in your head after you've finished reading, and to know that we've been able to do that for you guys has been the thrill of a lifetime.

The Kingmakers: Vampire Empire Bk. 3

The Trailer

Here's a book trailer that Susan created to give you a taste of THE KINGMAKERS as we're very close to the book hitting the shelves. There's also a link to the trailers she did for THE GREYFRIAR and THE RIFT WALKER.

They're cool!

THE KINGMAKERS trailer

THE GREYFRIAR trailer

THE RIFT WALKER trailer

It's a GIVEAWAY!

The Kingmakers (Vampire Empire Bk. 3)

The Giveaway went live July 12. It will end after July 18.

Go to Goodreads and sign up to win one of 2 ARCs (that's Advanced Reader Copy) of The Kingmakers, the final book in the VAMPIRE EMPIRE trilogy. That's right! You can read it before it hits the shelves in September.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Kingmakers

by Clay Griffith

Giveaway ends July 16, 2012.







See the giveaway details

at Goodreads.

Enter to win

USA Today Interview

We Don't Usually Sit This Close Together

We haven't posted anything new here in a while. But we just did a Skype interview with USA Today which has been posted on their romance book blog. It was a lot of fun and we talk about writing as a couple and the upcoming 3rd volume of Vampire Empire, THE KINGMAKERS

Here is the interview...

FOR THE EMPRESS!

The War Against the Vampires is Coming. Are You Prepared?

Equatorian war propaganda.

THE KINGMAKERS cover reveal...the final chapter!

Here it is!

After weeks of waiting and hinting, we are proud to unveil Chris McGrath's cover for THE KINGMAKERS: VAMPIRE EMPIRE Book 3

One of the great joys of this series for us has been seeing Chris's take on all 3 covers. We've been very fortunate to have his powerful and beautiful art represent our books.

We want to thank Lou Anders, our editor and the art director at Pyr, who knew from the start that Chris McGrath would be perfect. And also Grace M. Conti Zilsberger, who did the stunning design and layout.

So here it is.
The book will arrive in early September.

Feel free to link this page or post the art on your own pages!

THE KINGMAKERS cover reveal Week 8

The End Is In Sight! And so are Adele and Greyfriar!

We are at the penultimate reveal of Chris McGrath's beautiful cover for The Kingmakers. Some readers who met us at the RT Booklover's Convention in Chicago were lucky enough to see the full cover.

By the way, we met a lot of fans at RT and you were all great. We were particularly taken by the affection you guys have for the series, and how you lovingly pester your friends to read it too. Word of mouth is what any author craves. We grew up as readers and we know there is nothing more satisfying than finishing a book you love, and immediately thinking of a friend who will love it too. And then talking about it once they finish it.

So thanks for talking Vampire Empire!

Here's week 8...

THE KINGMAKERS cover reveal Week 7

There's mysterious stuff going on in Chris McGrath's artwork.

We can finally see a good hint of Adele, wielding some fantastic power. But there's no real view of Greyfriar yet, although you can glimpse a hand with a sword...so he must be at her side, as usual.

Check it out. Soon it will all be revealed.

THE KINGMAKERS cover reveal Week 6

We're nearing the end...


We're only a couple weeks from the big finale. Here's a few more tantalizing hints of the lusciousness that is Chris McGrath's cover of Vampire Empire Book 3.

We'll also remind you that we will be in Chicago for the RT Booklovers Convention April 11-15 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. We'll be on a couple of panels (we'll post our schedule later) and signing at the big Saturday night Book Fair. If you're coming to RT, find us and say hello!

Without further ado...

It's The Kingmakers Cover Reveal Friday on THURSDAY

Here it is. A little early.

We got 15 new Likes on the Facebook page as of today, so here's the new post, just like we promised. Thanks to everyone!

Week 2 gives a few more hints about what exactly is happening on Chris McGrath's beautiful cover for VAMPIRE EMPIRE Book 3.

Look closely. Is that a scary hand? What's that other thing? Is it a kitten? No, probably not.

Or is it?

And again, as with last week, if we get 15 new Likes on Vampire Empire's Facebook page, we'll reveal the next puzzle pieces earlier than next Friday.

Vampire Empire on Facebook

And the talisman goes to...

Laura Shoup!

Congratulations. You are the new proud owner of a geomantic talisman that should, if properly used and maintained, protect you from roving packs of Homo nosferatii. Unless, of course, there is some particular vampire whose attention you are hoping to attract. Then you should choose your times to wear it carefully!

For all who entered...THANK YOU!

We will have other giveaways as we move toward the publication of Book 3 in September.

Until then, Pet says "Happy Valentine's Day!"

The End of the Contest

The contest for Adele's talisman officially closed at Midnight Feb. 6. We will pick a winner today and contact you to find out where to send your prize.

Thank you for everyone who entered. We were gratified by the turn-out!

We'll come up with another giveaway soon!

Goodreads Giveaway

You can win a book! And then another book!

We are giving away an autographed copy of The Rift Walker and The Greyfriar on Goodreads. Go to the link and find out how to enter and win.

The giveaway runs through January 2, 2012.

Go here to find out how to win Vampire Empire on Goodreads!