Apologies to those of you who’ve been waiting for word of this freebie. I had some last minute edits, then broke for Mother’s Day. Yet now that a new week has begun I can wholeheartedly turn my attention to you, the reader, which I’ve been dying to do because … well, without you there’d be no books to write.
So this is my little thank you. A real Las Vegas poker chip containing THE NEON GRAVEYARD artwork:
Just a little something for you to hang onto … or fritter away in a game of chance, like my friend Theresa can be seen doing here (note our friend Sleepy Mac keeping tabs on the soul chips. The bastard.):
Major props go out to the most awesome Stacey Lavish for designing these babies for me. She dealt with placement, file size, resolution, and other things that make something equivalent to black tar ooze from my earlobes. She was also the first to use the annoying Lady Gaga-esque title currently in the header and my mind … which is now in your mind forever as well. You’re welcome.
Second, I am thrilled to extend this giveaway to my readers (including international) because it’s a fun way to commemorate the end of the Signs of the Zodiac series. And I really wanted to mark it in some special way; Joanna has been through a lot in these six books, agreed? Moreover, poker chips are vital to the plot – and Joanna Archer’s fate – in the last three books, and symbolic of Vegas, where her dark story takes place. So I do hope you all enjoy this freebie as much as I enjoyed making it.
So what do you have to do? Simply email me your preorder confirmation of THE NEON GRAVEYARD from whichever vendor site you prefer – indie bookstore, Amazon, B&N, etc. – to press@vickipettersson.com. Make sure you give me your regular snailmail (not email) address at the same time. I will then shoot you the poker chip along with a signed bookplate for your copy of THE NEON GRAVEYARD.
I have to mention here that I can only send one chip for each order – and while I understand that spouses and friends sometimes share books, I thank you in advance for recognizing that this is only because I want everyone to be able to receive one. If there are any left over after my signings in Vegas, Houston, Dallas and New York I’ll be happy to offer them up as I do my bookplates – yours for free with only a SASE (and I’ll let you know how much that is when the time comes – but I’m afraid it’s more than a stamp). But I can make the bookplates out to couples, if that’s at all helpful, or send two bookplates if you’re sharing between friends. Here’s what you can expect:
Coolio?
Speaking of bookplates, I must apologize to readers who are currently waiting for theirs. I ordered a new design and was waiting to receive that before sending them out. It’s here now, so check your mailbox in the next few days.
So that’s it regarding the freebie! I hope those of you who do preorder enjoy the chips as much as I do — oh, and don’t forget to include what, if anything, you’d like me to say on your signed bookplate, okay? I’m more than happy to sign my thanks to you. Shoot – mention that you’ve pimped me out to everyone you’ve ever met, and I’ll even sign it ‘Thanks for last night!’ What do I care? It’s Joanna’s last hoorah! 
Finally, for any bloggers out there, if you’d like me to visit your site on or near THE NEON GRAVEYARD’s release day, now is the time to contact me. I turned in my latest WIP to my editor last Friday, so I have a bit of breathing room before I start the next. Just write to me at press@vickipettersson.com w/NEON GRAVEYARD in the header, and I’ll get it.
