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March 16, 2015
Every Which Way
What’s this? Oh, this is my June release. Yeah, an anthology with four of my favorite hot and naughty authors. And we’re not recycling older, already published stories, simply to bundle them together. Nope, it’s an all-new story from each of us, and they will be exclusively in this anthology for three months. (anthology will be available in print and download for three months only.)
Every Which Wy will be available for Download, and in Print on June 15th.
Just because Carnal won’t be released until the fall, doesn’t mean you have to wait until then for a new Overwatch story.
My short novella for the EVERY WHICH WAY anthology is going to be about a club member who isn’t main character in any of the books. I’m starting it today, but haven;t come up with a title yet… I’ll share when I do.
March 15, 2015
Movie Time
The weekend is here and one thing I love to do is watch movies. So I thought I’d share a few recommendations with you, in case you missed these goodies.
The Other Woman (5 Stars)
Oh my God, so fun! Seriously, watch it! It’s a story of unusual friendships, unexpected romance, and fantastic fun revenge. Perfect for what it is meant to be- a fun movie.
Seventh Son (3.5 Stars)
Loved the preview. Which means maybe my expectations were too high? Or maybe it was just my mood. I’ll watch it again when it comes out in DVD but right now my opinion is that this is “Good”. It wasn’t great, but I could see how it could be, if that makes sense? I loved the characters, the monsters, adn the set-up…I think that’s why it’s only good for me. I want it to be the first of many, as I felt like this whole movie was set up for a series or franchise. I left the theater thinking, I want to more of his adventures, with other battles and creatures.
3 Days to Kill (4.5 Stars)
Kevin Costner is an actor I hate to Love. I have no idea why, but he kinda bugs me, yet, I almost always love his movies. This one had some fighting, some intrigue, some laughs and a little romance. Well worth seeing.
March 5, 2015
R.E.L.I.E.F
I’m going to share an email I just sent to a couple of close friends. I figures since I posted about why I’m behind, which was from the Bad News pile, I should share this, from the Good News pile.
“I just came from my normal doctor- who got all of the test results from all of the different specialists I’ve been seeing and read them and explained everything to me and educated me and I feel so fucking good it’s incredible. You know why because he said I am not at risk for a stroke. He said all the 14 test tubes of blood and all the test they tested everything protein levels freaking anti-viper venom or something and they all came back negative. So, according to him I am one of “those rare birds” who just had a Vienous occlusion. He said it wasn’t even an arterial one so there’s no need for me to be panicky about a stroke!!
I swear I almost started to cry I was. So relived, I never realize until just now how scared and freaked out I truly have been due to all these Dr’s and tests. Go Denial. It’s something I’m very good at But I still need to get my weight down.”
So, I’ve still got to deal with the vision issues and headaches and eye injections and such, but the big bad scary risk of a Stroke part of it is over. Like I said in my email, I’m surprised at how much relief I actually felt. I’m so good at the denial thing that I wasn’t even really aware of how freaked out I was until this afternoon when my Dr said, “You are not at risk of a stroke, so far as we can tell.”
I’m still way behind on my goals, and I do still have to do another follow-up with the Dr’s at the Stroke Prevention Clinic though, because they still don’t know why this thing happened, and they want to know why. Me, I don’t care why, as long as it’s clear it is NOT a symptom of a possible brain stroke on it’s way.
Time to kick some writing ass…:)
February 28, 2015
Working it.
I’m way behind on my plans for 2015. I’m not even a third of the way into the next Overwatch book. Yeah, the one I hoped to release in March. Might still make it, by the end of March or in time to have some ARCs at The Novel Experience, if luck can stick with me for just a bit.
A while ago I blogged about having an Occular Stroke. It seemed like such a small thing. An artery in my eye bursting, and creating some blurryness. Well, turns out it’s a bit more than that. I started getting the injections to help heal it right away, and silly me, I thought they’d just sort of effect me for the day or two after the injection, but it didn’t.
When I went in at the start of Feb to get the last one I told the Dr. I wanted to stop because I’d had more headaches in the past 4 weeks than I’ve had in the past 5 years. (Needless to say I didn’t get much any writing done in January.) And some days, when I don’t have a headache, my vision is just fucked up. I can’t even read anything, glasses on or off, everything is just fucked. No matter how big I made the font on the screen, I couldn’t seem to get anything in focus. I started to use dictation on emails and some things, but I’m struggling with trying to dictate the story because when I write, I don’t really think. I know that sounds bad, but I just sort of get into character and then type, and if I think too hard, I stall out. Well, the dictating makes me think too hard. LOL
The other thing that’s kept me from writing is visiting the Stroke Prevention Clinic. I went there in January to have a shitload of tests done, and they confirmed that I do not have Diabetes, or high blood pressure. My BP is in fact, a bit low, but not at a point of concern yet. My cholesterol is fine, my heart is fine…the only thing they can see that is a risk factor for me is my weight, and stress situations. (And last year was very stressfull for me with two very unexpected deaths and the side effect from those as well as launching the Overwatch series and getting back to my career) They took some blood for more tests (14 Tubes!!) and I haven’t heard anything major, so I’m assuming all turned out well there. However, I still have to go into the clinic and be monitored for my weightloss and stress levels because without a clear indicator of why I had the ocular stroke, they’re saying it was basically a warning sign of a brain stroke to come if I don’t get my shit together, fast.
Yep, nothing like that for a kick in the ass to help me get me back into a regular exercise routine. But, I’ve never been a person who thrives on ‘regular’ or ‘routine’ so it’s hard for me. I made the choice to not worry about being behind on my writing, because stressing about it really is not a healthy thing. :) I hate to disappoint readers, and myself, because I’d planned to have the next Overwatch book for the conference in April, but I have to remember what’s important here, and if I want to keep writing for years to come, I need to find a way to live a healthier lifestyle right now. So that’s taking precedence over everything else, including writing.
I’m also still getting the eye injections (Another one on Tuesday, Yay!) because despite me feeling like it’s getting worse, the Doc assures me it’s working and the swelling has gone down and the fluid is disappearing. So, I’m behind on pretty much everything, but I’m still going. And I’m being a good girl on the diet and exercise front. Mostly. (I was doing good until my stationary bike broke almost 2 weeks ago, now I need to find a gym nearby)
This does mean not getting near as much writing done as I wanted/planned. But I’m still moving forward, slowly but surely, and thats all that matters. When you want something, you don’t give up. Right?
February 24, 2015
Win an iPad
Some very talented authors, who I am proud to call friends, have a new release today, and they’re doing a kick ass giveaway! Check it out below, and get on it!
For those who preordered the book, you can send us a screen shot or proof of purchase as well. You can also enter if you gift the book to others, the more gifts you send the more entries you have. REMEMBER THIS IS FOR A LIMITED TIME!! SO DO IT TODAY!! TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24TH!!!
Good luck to all those who enter!!!
PS: There just might be some books already downloaded on the iPad. BONUS!!!
**Amazon release day special 0.99 for preorders plus 48 hours**
From two New York Times bestselling authors comes a stunning tale of betrayal and blood…
Simple. The consummate good girl, this is the word I used to describe my life… until my stepbrother Seth came to live with us. Until that point, I’d been a very good girl… but my older, emotionally blocked stepbrother made me want to do very bad things.
With him.
In the course of one night everything changed, and my simple world was torn to shreds. I wanted to hate him. I did hate him. Mostly.
But now he’s back. And nothing will ever be simple again.
The Other Brother is a novel told in three parts. This is part one of three.
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February 18, 2015
BDSM-A-PALOOSA time again!!
Today is Day Two, and PRIMAL is one of the feautred books. Yes, I’m offering a prize there too, so be sure to go check it out. HUGE prizes for people…check each day, and comment to be entered! If you’ve never heard of BDSM-A-PALOOSA you are missing out. It’s hosted at one of my favorite blogs, by some authors I love. The Smutketeers.
What is BDSM-A-PALOOSA you ask? It’s Three Days worth of posts where the Smutketters feature BDSM authors they like/respect/ enjoy. There’s Book covers, blurbs, and interview questions from the authors featured…and prizes!!
Visit The Smutketeers. each day and check out the authors. I’ve no doubt you’ll see some of your faves, and discover some new ones too! Plus, did I mention the chance to win prizes?
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February 9, 2015
February 6, 2015
Everyone struggles.
I used to have a poster on my wall that had an image of a person running along a long lonely highway, and in front of them was a hill. Clearly the person had been running along for a while to be out on a highway so empty, and yet, in front of them was this ugly ass hill. The quote below it said. “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.”
This is something that has stuck in my mind ever since, and we’re talking a decade ago that I had this image. It’s funny to me that when I think about it now, I took that poster down when I was redecorating, because it wasn’t “adult” enough. You know what I mean? I wanted the room to look professional. Well, it does look more professional, but I often find myself struggling with my own motivation, and I wonder if it’s because I no longer have that, or the other posters, up on my walls to remind me to keep going.
It’s so easy to see other people’s success and think negative thoughts like “What did they do that I haven’t?” Or “Why them? I work harder, have been doing this longer, do it better,” or whatever… but that sort of thinking is a trap. All it will do is weigh you down, and slow you down. Stop thinking about how someone else got something, or somewhere, you want, and make it happen for you, by not quitting, and working for it.
For the past several months I’ve noticed that social media, Facebook in particular, has been slowing me down. At first I thought it was a time thing. That I spent too much time on it, and it stole my motivation the same way hanging out on the sofa watching television all day does. You see, in my world forward movement provides forward momentum-which means when I do nothing, I just want to keep doing nothing. Doing nothing is a sandtrap that is all too easy to get stuck in, so thinking that, I drastically cut my time on FB. I still hop onto social media once a day, but that’s all I’m doing. I’m done using it as a procrastination crutch, because man, its just become way too big of a sandpit for me.
I’ll be blogging more often, (at least once a week), and I really hope that those who want to connect with me will come by because this is where I will be.
I’d love to start a Q&A Day, but I need your help with that. If you have a question for me about writing, myself, my books or characters, either post it in the comments, or use the contact form on the site to email me, and I’ll answer it publicly for you. If it’s about writing in general, I might even see if I can find someone else to answer it. I have a lot of friends who are writers. ;)
This is the first step in my Make Things Happen plan for 2015, because I want to connect with people in a real way, and not just because a Status Update caught their eye. Plus, it eliminates one of my struggles –less time stuck in the sandtrap, more time writing stories I hope you’ll love.
January 22, 2015
TNEE Vegas
I’m getting my shit together for my April trip to Vegas for the Novel Experience Event. I’m so excited. Not only is this huge book signing event, but myself and many other authors have some great ways planned to spend more time with readers and attendees. (and my mom is coming with me, she loves Vegas, and I love to see her happy.)
Thursday I’m going with a group of 18 (so far) to see the Absinthe show at Caesars Palace. It looks to be full of naughty, naughty, fun – just the sort me and my readers love. Friday morning myself and 6 of my author friends are taking 5 readers each to a Buffet Breakfast to hang out and chat. Then Friday night is the VIP signing and I plan to be having drinks with readers after. Haven’t figured out where yet. Maybe I should get on that one?
Saturday is the all day signing, and Sat night, not sure yet either. Any readers have suggestion or request?
For the signing I’ll have copies of 7 titles for sure as well as a couple Bundles that I think will go fast. I’m going to have 3 Overwatch Bundles, and 3 Backlist Bundles. First come first serve. (More on what is in those bundles later.
So…..I thinkI’ve got enough planned, and enough unplanned time to make it a kick ass trip. I can not wait for April 1st!
January 8, 2015
TNEE Breakfast
Who Wants Breakfast with me?
Are you going to TNEE Vegas? (The The Novel Experience Event) I am, and so are some of my friends.
We’re each taking 5 readers to breakfast on Friday morning of the event. If you want to be one of my 5 guests, then be sure you’ve signed up for my Newsletter, because details on how to be entered for a seat at the table will be coming out soon!
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