Sire (32 page)

And the single most common piece of advice? You need an editor.

But editors are expensive - I was quoted over one thousand dollars to edit this manuscript - and this is a do-it-yourself operation. A professional editor is just out of my reach, at least right now.

So I edited myself. I read this manuscript so many times that I started to hate it. I read it forwards, and I read it backwards. Chapter by chapter, line by line.

And then I turned it over to The Lady of the Manor, and
she
read it cover to cover, chapter by chapter, line by line. She pointed out things that familiarity just wouldn't let me see.

All in all, I think we did a pretty good job.

But there are almost certainly mistakes that got by us, despite our best efforts.

So if you spot a typo, a mistake, or an omission, and you feel like helping me out, please leave a note on my blog:

http://www.thomas-galvin.com/blog/?p=4954

And I'll use your notes in the second edition.

-thomas

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Eliane Glathé, Evelyne Delmotte, and Laurel McFarland for sending in corrections to the text.

About the Author

Thomas Galvin is many things: an attention whore, an arrogant jerk, a jaded cynic. And an author who spends far too much time thinking about vampires and the teenage girls that love them.

He may also be a were-corgi-pire. No one is really sure, but the way he avoids the subject makes us think he's hiding something.

Thomas lives in the desolate rust belt of New York, along with The Lady of the Manor and their two cats, Mirjen and Pixel.

For more of his writing, including his infamous television recaps, visit
www.Thomas-Galvin.com
.

Jacket Copy

It's Caitlin's first night in St. Troy. Her first night at college. Her first night away from home.

There are two great girls in her suite, and two cute guys across the hall.

And two vampires fighting over her.

Now she's all alone, locked up in an empty room in a monster's mansion. And there are screams coming from outside the door ...

Sire
is the first book in the new
Vampires of St. Troy
series, which blends horror, action and romance into a bloody tale that will have you turning pages until the sun comes up.