What, you still exist?

Damn, no post since May? What the hell? What happened?

You want to know what happened? Coma. That's right, I was skydiving and my shoot didn't open. I fell 10,000 feet straight onto my head and I've been in a coma ever since.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Now don't you all feel bad for suggesting that I was just to lazy to post?

Anyways, I'm out of the Fresh Blood contest. I came in third. And third prize is, you're fired. The final vote is happened now, so head on over to chizine.com to vote for your favorite. And good luck to eventual winner *he says through his tears*.

I'll be back later with some more tequila reviews. Just because I was in a coma doesn't mean I wasn't drinking tequila.

Brother can you spare a vote?

Well, through devine intervention or some hanging-chad related voting mixup, it looks like I've made it into the top three in the Fresh Blood contest. Voting for this round has already started and continues through June 14. So how 'bout a vote? Come on. Come on! It's easy. Here's what you do:

1: Click here

2: Send that email

3: There is no step 3! You're done! I told you it was easy!

If you're just tuning in and would like to learn more about this exiciting contest, you can check out chizine.com.

Thanks!

Fresh Blood Final Four FAQs!

Amazingly, I received enough votes to make it through to the next round in the Leisure/ChiZine/Rue Morgue "Fresh Blood" contest. Voting has started on the next round, so please send in a vote for me, won't you?

I'd love to, but is it hard to do?

No, it's quite easy. Just click here. That should open an email with the "To" and "Subject" lines already filled out, so just hit Send!

Wow, that is easy! But what if I find that much automation frightening and want to fill out my own email?

That's easy too. Just send an email to: freshblood@chizinepub.com

And put "Fresh Blood Vote: Breed" in the Subject line.

What if I want to vote for you a whole bunch of times?

I admire your enthusiasm, but I'm afraid you can only vote once per email address. But if you have more than one email address, knock yourself out.

What if I want see what I'm voting for first?

You can go chizine.com to read a description of the scary creatures in the top four books and see the judges tear me a new one.

That sounds fun!

I think you'll enjoy it.

But what if I don't like your entry and want to vote for one of the other books?

I'd encourage you to ask yourself, "Do I really like that other book better? Maybe I just think I do but I really like Breed better? Maybe I should just vote for Breed to be safe?"

The bloodletting continues!

The March round of voting for the Leisure Books/ChiZine/Rue Morgue Magazine “Fresh Blood” contest has started. Once again, this is a contest for first time novelists and the grand prize winner will have their novel published in paperback by Leisure Books and in hardcover by ChiZine Publications in 2011. And I’m in the top 5!

Last time I got a paltry 4% of the vote, and this time the writer with the lowest number will be eliminated. So please, VOTE FOR ME!!! VOTE FOR ME!!!

Sorry, that was undignified. But if you would be so kind, please do consider sending in a vote. It’s easy:

Just email here:
freshblood@chizinepub.com

And put this in the subject line:
Fresh Blood Vote: Breed

You can take a look at the cover copy for each of the top 5 novels here. Of course, you’re welcome to vote for one of the other four, if you prefer. But you wouldn’t do that to me, would you? WOULD YOU???? (Sorry, I’ve really got to get a hold of myself)

I live to bleed another day!

Woo hoo! It looks like I've made it to the top five in the Leisure Books/Chizine/Rue Morgue "Fresh Blood" contest, even though the judges didn't care for my opening chapter (comments included "ARGH-FUCK-KILL!" and "I was longing for Mary to blow her brains out at the end, because I simply didn’t care about her"). Author introductions are up now on chizine.com.

The top five finalists are:

• A Fine Likeness, by Sean McLachlan
• Breed, by Sean Logan
• Disunity, by Aaron Dries
• Heart of the City, by Lisa A. Koosis
• The Sorrows, by Jonathan Janz

So that's the good news. The bad news is that I only got 4% of the popular vote, and the next round of voting determines who will be eliminated. So I'm going to need to try a bit harder to rustle up some votes. And if anyone's reading this *sound of crickets* I'd sure appreciate your support when voting opens again on March 15.

Blood has been spilled!

The Leisure Books/ChiZine/Rue Morgue Magazine "Fresh Blood" contest has started, and my novel "Breed" is one of the nine finalists. Here's what happens next:

"In the following months, these writers will compete in categories ranging from scariest scene to best chapters, and voters will choose their favourite. In the end, the novel of the last author standing will be published in paperback by Leisure Books and in hardcover by ChiZine Publications in 2011."

The first chapters have been posted, along with comments from the judges. They say in the intro that they aren't going to pull any punches with their comments, and they aren't kidding. Yikes! If I didn't have a thick skin before this contest, I'm sure I will when it's done.

You can check out the contest here: http://chizine.com/freshblood/

Voting ends 1/31, and if you'd like to throw in a vote for me, I'd sure appreciate it. Just send an email here:

freshblood@chizinepub.com

And put this in the subject line:

Fresh Blood Vote: "Breed" by Sean Logan

Thanks!