More news...

I just keep plugging away. I need to be more attentive here as well. So here's a recap of the most recent events.

1. Completed first round of edits for Gothic City Lights. We may need to push out the release date, but it's worth it. The book is tenfold better than when it was first accepted. Loose Id is pushing me, but gently. It's been a great learning experience. I can't wait for it to release, you're gonna love it!

2. Breathless Press has found an audio book partner, so they have picked up audio rights to my short story, The Grass is Always Greener. I hope they decide to produce it. That would be so cool.

3. My free story, That One Night in Vegas, has been selected by Lushstories.com to produce an audiobook in MP3 format, which will be available on their site at a later date. You can read the story here, at Lushstories.com or Literotica.com

4. And last, but not least, I am in contract negotiations for my short story Divalicious... details to be announced once the contracts have been signed. Stay tuned.

Cover Art

First, let me apologize for not posting lately. I'm been knee-deep in edits and working hard on new projects. But, I had to take a break to share this...

This is the cover for Gothic City Lights, as rendered by the amazing and mega-talented Christine Griffin. We're still trying to make things go for a June release, but we may push that out. But I couldn't wait for the greenlight to share this, but it finally came... I've been staring at it in awe since I got it... Isn't it beautiful??? I know I'm biased... but still... GORGEOUS!


©2010 Loose Id, LLC. Used with permission

The Grass is Always Greener

I have an official release date. My wonderfully cool editor just gave me word, The Grass is Always Greener (a F/M Contemporary Erotic Romance Short Story), will release August 13th, 2010 from Breathless Press Whooo hooo!

Coming Soon..

It's probably premature to get all excited, but this is my first published piece. I noticed that my publisher put up a coming soon placeholder for Gothic City Lights. How cool is this???

Gothic City Lights

*dancing a jig*

A day of excitement

...followed by months of waiting. Hehehe. That's the rollercoaster ride of professional writing.

The Grass is Always Greener got the greenlight from my editor, after three rounds of edits. It's done!!! Now it goes for formatting, then a copy editor will review it. Now I wait to see the cover design and advanced reading copy before the release sometime in August! This is the first book I've finished editing and its a thrill to know it is completed. *does the happy dance*

So I can officially say... The Grass is Always Greener, coming soon from Breathless Press

Fingers Crossed

I sent my short story, Divalicious, back to the publisher for consideration. They rejected it last time, but asked me to revise and resubmit. After a major overhaul and thorough cleansing of the manuscript, its ten times better and now... on its way to the publisher. Here's hoping!

Beautiful Blogger Tagged

I got this from the beautiful and amazing J.A. Saare

Thanks!!!

So how it works, is you answer the 5 questions, each with 5 answers and then tag five blogs at the end, for people to read up on next!

here I go...



1. Where were you 5 years ago?

• 1. Where I am now.
  
  
• 2. Dead end job, going nowhere.
  
  
• 3. I hadn't begun to start writing.
  
  
• 4. I was contemplating getting a laptop to start writing.
  
  
• 5. Preparing to take my oldest daughter to Disneyland for her 6th birthday.

2. What was (is) on your to do list?

• 1. Finish novel to submit to agents.
  
  
• 2. Revise short story for ePub.
  
  
• 3. Finish a joint effort short story.
  
  
• 4. Finsh yet another short story I have in progress
  
  
• 5. Finish sequel to Gothic City Lights (not really a sequel, but another story in the same world, setting, characters)

3. What five snacks do you enjoy?

• 1. Mrs. Fields Peanut Butter Cookies
  
  
• 2. Fritos
  
  
• 3. Starbucks Black Cherry Mocha
  
  
• 4. Popcorn, with lotsa butter!
  
  
• 5. Twizzler Pull and Peel sticks.

4. What five places have you lived?

I've lived in Washington state my whole life, so...

• 1. Believe it or not, spent some time under a bridge in my teens.
  
  
• 2. Various cities and small towns in WA state.
  
  
• 3. A variety of apartments, houses and townhouses rented with friends.
  
  
• 4. I'm currently in Vancouver, WA
  
  
• 5. once lived on someone's back porch when I was young, stupid and broke.

5. What five things would you do if you were a billionaire?

• 1. Pay off all debt.
  
  
• 2. Pay off all my close friends and family's debt.
  
  
• 3. Buy a wind and solar power company and put it right in Wyoming, where they cling to dirty polluting 18th century coal power, without a care for the damage they do to the world. But I digress...
  
  
• 4. Set aside trust funds for my daughters to assure no matter what, they would have college funds and a nest egg for their own retirements, in case I blew all my money.
  
  
• 5. Write full time.

And, for the five bloggers I'm passing this onto... check out these cool sites...

Fallon Blake
Sable Grey
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