Posted by: Author | November 28, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by: Author | November 26, 2012

Guest Blogging Today

I’m visiting two blogs today. Lauren Clark is a writer who lives in the Mobile, Alabama area who writes some awesome southern stories and she was kind enough to invite me to come by – it’s an interview of the heroine in The Tainted Keitre, my New Orleans based story. Come by and say hello here.

The other spot is at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews. It’s part of their Sultry event that started in October. I share a ghostly encounter in that post. I’m also giving away a copy of Hot Pursuit– my romantic adventure published by Ellora’s Cave.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Happy Cyber Monday.

Posted by: Author | November 21, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by: Author | November 20, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving Week

I’m dealing with my grief over the death of my cat, edits and NaNoWriMo as well as the day job so I wanted to pop in briefly to wish everyone a wonderful week. If you eat too much turkey, take an extra nap for me. If you head out for black Friday, shop for me, too.

Gobble, gobble.

Posted by: Author | November 17, 2012

Solo Honeymoon

My first published book was Solo Honeymoon and it’s being featured today at Blurbs in Bloom. I’m excited that readers still are interested in this story. The hero is quite the Alpha male and I adore him. Parts of the story take place in Italy, parts in London and parts in NYC. Three of my favorite places. Here’s a link if you want to check it out over there.

Leda was the mother of two sets of twins in Greek Mythology. She was raped by the god Zeus disguised as a swan. She bore two children from that encounter who were fathered by Zeus but she also had relations with her husband the same night and got pregnant by him as well and had two more children with her husband being the father. Wild tale, yeah?

Anyway, Leonardo DaVinci planned to paint Leda and the swan and made some drawings of her head in preparation for this endeavor. See here for his drawings.

This week’s fact is courtesy of #2 son who showed me a drawing he made this week of Leda’s head. He didn’t trace it. He drew it free hand. And all along, I thought my other son was the artist. LOL! Here’s my son’s drawing:

I love my friends and I adore when they want to play with me. It seems like I’m not the little girl with no depth perception who was last to be picked for the softball team after all. I won’t go all Sally Field on y’all though. Promise.

This week’s tag was by my friend Mackenzie Crowne. She’s a friend who I met through Still Moments Publishing and she’s just adorable. Check out her post on the tag game here. Her tag game is called Zig-zag and it seems I’m supposed to find in my WIP the word look and post the surrounding text. Once that’s done, I have to tag five more awesome writers. Here goes.

This is from my NaNoWriMo story I’m working on this time around:

“Surprisingly, there are a lot of Americans living in Puerto Vallarta. I adjusted quite quickly and wouldn’t even have taken this job with the DEA if I hadn’t been pressured by Jimbo to do it.”

“Jimbo did what?” The man in question was back with their drinks. He set them down and slid back in beside Kes.

“Talked me into being a drug enforcement agent.”

“I had to do something. You were wasting away down there in Mexico sitting in the sun all day and growing your hair and beard out as if you were a beach bum and not a brilliant lawyer. If I’d left you there much longer, you’d be the same shade as me.”

“A very nice shade it is. I wouldn’t mind it.” Kes patted Jimbo’s forearm. “I was having a wonderful time being a beach bum as you put it and I was hardly wasting away since I was working out every day.”

“Yeah. Look at you now. With the scruff on your face, the ponytail, the tan and the extra muscles, I daresay that no one from the past would recognize you today as the short-haired, strait-laced, uptight prosecuting attorney that you were.” Jimbo flicked Kes’ ponytail.

“Good. I’m glad. There’s no one from back then who I want to talk to again anyway. That man is dead and gone and I’m glad.”

“What happened? I don’t think I ever heard. I only heard that you were a lawyer before you came to work with us.” Mike took a swig of his beer.

“Long story. I’ll tell you sometime if I ever get rip-roaring drunk enough to want to think about it again.” Kes drained his own glass and slammed it down on the table just as Captain Graham came back to the table.

My tagged writers- check out their work on their sites:

Arabella Stokes

Suzanne Purvis

Darlene Henderson

W. Lynne Chantale

Flossie Benton Rogers

Next week, When I get the other tag I’ve been warned is coming, some more of you will be tagged. No one is safe. Be very afraid.
Oh and for fun, here’s a picture I took in Puerto Vallarta on the waterfront. This location plays a part in my WIP I’ve featured here.

Posted by: Author | November 14, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by: Author | November 13, 2012

Release Day – The Tainted Keitre

Today is release day for The Tainted Keitre. It’s a New Orleans based story with a bit of romance, a bit of murder and a bit of mystery. It’s a short (only 39 pages) story that was a blast to write. It can be ordered here at Sweet Cravings Publishing.

Here’s the trailer:

I found out last week that Snowbound Hearts, an anthology with Still Moments Publishing is now available in print. I have a story in there called Sophie’s Snow Day. Even though it’s not Thanksgiving yet, this is a neat Christmas gift for someone. The stories are appropriate for pretty much all ages so there’s no fear that someone’s grandma might be offended by something too risque.

The interesting thing about this anthology is that it has sold all year long so someone, somewhere wants to read about people being snowed in all the time. Here in the 99 degree+ south, I think that’s wickedly cool.

Here’s a buy link if you’re interested. Send me a note here if you purchase and want me to send you an autographed bookplate. I’ll be happy to do that for you.

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