Short story exclusive on B&N!

[JackieKessler]

Hey, everyone:

BLACK AND WHITE is coming out in three weeks (EEK)...but if you'd like a sneak peek at the first three chapters...AND if you'd like to read an original, B&N exclusive, short-story prequel called "Black Meets White," please check out the FEATURES portion of the BLACK AND WHITE entry right here on B&N.com. 

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Black-and-White/Jackie-Kessler/e/9780553386318

The formatting for the short story is a little wonky -- sorry about that. But the formatting is perfect for the first three chapters of the book.

Enjoy!

[Nelsmom]

Jackie,

Looking forward to reading the whole book next month but I have a question when is the next Hell On Earth book coming out?  I keep checking you website but don't see anything but your last two anthology as well as the three I have so when is number 4 coming out?

Toni

[paulgoatallen]

Jackie:

This book looks AWESOME! How excited are you about this release as opposed to all of your others?

Paul 

[JackieKessler]

Thanks, Toni. I promise to share news about HELL TO PAY soon. Very soon. Like this summer soon. I'll definitely share it here. Promise.

[JackieKessler]

Paul, I'm insanely giddy about B&W. A little anxious (it's butterflies in the belly time), but mostly giddy. Tough to compare it to the other books -- nothing compares to when your first-ever book comes out; that's in a league of its own. I think for ROAD and HOT I had a lot of promotion angst wrapped up with the releases, which definitely took away from the "OMG, my new book is available!!!" feeling.

Ask me again the week of June 2. Heh. Actually, I'll be away for most of launch week -- the book was supposed to come out June 23, and I was going to do a lot of promotion/bookstore visits, etc. But then the release got moved up to June 2... and I had already booked an extended weekend retreat in the Catskills with four friends, so from Thursday through Sunday, I'll be on a forced vacation! Probably for the best. Hee.

I will be doing a reading/signing on June 2 at 7 pm. If anyone here is near the Albany NY area, I'd love to see you! My blog has details in the "Appearances" section.

[Nelsmom]

Jackie, thanks and I will look for it.  Great Luck with your new series I hope that it does real good.  I'll try to do my part about Pimping the book in my local area.

Toni

[JackieKessler]

Thanks, Toni

[paulgoatallen]

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JackieKessler wrote:

Paul, I'm insanely giddy about B&W. A little anxious (it's butterflies in the belly time), but mostly giddy. Tough to compare it to the other books -- nothing compares to when your first-ever book comes out; that's in a league of its own. I think for ROAD and HOT I had a lot of promotion angst wrapped up with the releases, which definitely took away from the "OMG, my new book is available!!!" feeling.

Ask me again the week of June 2. Heh. Actually, I'll be away for most of launch week -- the book was supposed to come out June 23, and I was going to do a lot of promotion/bookstore visits, etc. But then the release got moved up to June 2... and I had already booked an extended weekend retreat in the Catskills with four friends, so from Thursday through Sunday, I'll be on a forced vacation! Probably for the best. Hee.

I will be doing a reading/signing on June 2 at 7 pm. If anyone here is near the Albany NY area, I'd love to see you! My blog has details in the "Appearances" section.

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Jackie:

My wife's due date is a few days before your signing but you're  just a few hours down the thruway. I seriously will try to make it. A signed copy of Black and White – WHICH IS OUR #1 FEATURE FOR JULY, BY THE WAY! – would be one of my most cherished books...

Okay, I'm going to put you on the spot: Do you think that this your best and/or most ambitious work to date? 

Paul 

Message Edited by paulgoatallen on 05-12-2009 09:12 PM

[JackieKessler]

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paulgoatallen wrote:

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Jackie:

My wife's due date is a few days before your signing but you're  just a few hours down the thruway. I seriously will try to make it. A signed copy of Black and White – WHICH IS OUR #1 FEATURE FOR JULY, BY THE WAY! – would be one of my most cherished books...

Okay, I'm going to put you on the spot: Do you think that this your best and/or most ambitious work to date? 

Paul 

Message Edited by paulgoatallen on 05-12-2009 09:12 PM

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Paul -- dude, it would be my pleasure to snail mail you an author copy. No possibility of you being hours away from your wife when she might go into early labor that way! I'll PM you when I get my author copies.

JULY FEATURE??? ***Jackie does happy dance*** You folks rule. You know that, right?

Do I think this is my best/most ambitious book to date? You know what? This book was so much freaking fun to write, so it's hard for me to think of it as ambitious. Caitlin and I did it the way we thought worked. (Happily, Bantam thought it worked too!)

As for best...dude, ALL of our books are the best.  

[paulgoatallen]

Dude.

[Chomp]

Folks, I am reading Black and White right now, and it is great!

Carol

[JackieKessler]

And as far as you know, I didn't even pay Carol to say that.

[ReaderGal74]

All I can say is WOW!!  I am very excited for this book!  It is something very new and I like hero and villian storyline!  Can't wait for July!

Congratulations!

Jess

I was so excited about saying how excited I was, I forgot to ask the question I had.  How did you two come up with this idea?? Which is fantastic!  And did you each write for one of the characters or write everything together?

Message Edited by ReaderGal74 on 05-24-2009 09:53 AM

[JackieKessler]

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ReaderGal74 wrote:

I was so excited about saying how excited I was, I forgot to ask the question I had.  How did you two come up with this idea?? Which is fantastic!  And did you each write for one of the characters or write everything together?

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Thanks so much for the question! I wrote a post at Deadline Dames called "The Art of Collaboration" that talks about how Caitlin and I came up with Black and White. So I'm linking to that post, which will answer your questions.

[Chomp]

I finished the book on Monday night, and it is awesome, and very cool.

Jackie didn't pay me to say that, either. 

Carol

[JackieKessler]

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Chomp wrote:

I finished the book on Monday night, and it is awesome, and very cool.

Jackie didn't pay me to say that, either. 

Carol

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**happy dance**

Thanks, Carol!

(Er, you mean your copy didn't have a $20 in it? Oopsie...)