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Worthy and Chit Chat

Before I forget, today’s blog tour stop is Ramblings From This Chick

I’m exhausted beyond words and Wizard is not happy about it.  But I’m thrilled that THE PROPOSITION is out and that THE BABY BARGAIN (written as Jennifer Apodaca) should be out on Monday March 4th.  I truly didn’t mean to have two releases 6 days apart, but sometimes there are scheduling shifts that are beyond our control

But lets talk about something else. BLB (my son aka Broken Leg Boy) called  me on Monday. First, he was so excited about THE PROPOSITION being out.  That made me so happy.  I doubt he will read it, but he has seen first hand all the work that goes into a book from creation to publication and respects that.  But he called to talk about his leg, and this is how he led into the it. “He mom I saw the doctor today, and I knew you’d understand this…”

And I thought, man that is awesome. He knows I understand what he’s dealing with. Frankly, it would be easy for him to lash out at me, but he doesn’t. He knows I live in chronic pain (at times, now always) and truly understand it.  He rarely ever complains, but instead, deals with it like a man and I’m just so proud of him.  The phone call was basically discussing his options, but he had it pretty well worked out. I agreed with his decisions.

I really wanted to share that with you because you all went through so much of BLBs recovery. He’s moving on with his life, getting very excited about his new degree after the accident destroyed his chances for the career he’d been working so hard for.

I’ll stop now Let’s move on to our hunk today!

Do you find him worthy?

THE PROPOSTION Blog Tour Info

I wanted to let you all know about the THE PROPOSITION blog tour. The Grand Prize is a $50.00 Amazon gift card See the dates and links below the tour banner.

02/26 – Book Monster Reviews / Literal Addiction
02/27 – Ramblings From This Chick
02/28 – Pimpin’ Reads
03/01 – Book Lovin’ Mamas
03/02 – Books-n-Kisses
03/03 – Night Owl Reviews
03/03 – My Secret Romance
03/04 – United by Books
03/05 – Cocktails and Books
03/06 – The Reading Café
03/07 – Under the Covers
03/08 – Romance Junkies
03/09 – Vampires, Werewolves & Fairies Oh My!
03/10 – Over the Edge
03/11 – Paranormal Haven

Weekend and The Proposition

Wait, there was a weekend? I ended up doing two rounds of edits/copy edits on THE BABY BARGAIN and worked straight through.  But I got a sneak peek of the cover and WOWZA!!! It’s freaking hot! I love it! I wish I could show it, but I’m not allowed to yet   But it’s excellent packaging for the Once A Marine Series. THE BABY BARGAIN is the first book in that series (under the name Jennifer Apodaca). I’m getting excited now! I’ve just been too busy to really think about it. THE BABY BARGAIN will be out March 4th.

Friday, I went to hang out with Biker Witch for a while. Normally I would see her every week or two, but lately I suck as a sister and friend. Sigh. But it was great to catch up!

And now…

After all the work and agony, after taking a huge leap of faith, THE PROPOSITION is popping up on the ebook sites.  I’m so touched by response of readers already! Here are two links:

Amazon   and   Smashwords  More links may have gone live over night, it’s just hard to predict with B&N, KOBO and iTunes.

Okay your turn, how was your weekend?

Happy Friday!

It’s Friday! Time to break out the appletinis and cookies! Yesterday was one of those days–slammed with work, and then I lost an hour and a half of edits on my computer. All day was like that. Such a pain, but that’s just the way it goes sometimes.

Today is shaping up to be insanely crazy too, but I’m taking some time off to go have coffee with Biker Witch (my sister). I haven’t seen her in a while and want to catch up. I’m really looking forward to that.

This weekend will be a lot of work as I’m gear up for the release of THE PROPOSITION! After so much work, it’s finally here.  I’m doing a blog tour too, but I’ll tell you guys about that Monday.

What I want to know now is what you all are doing this weekend?

Plus One, or No Plus One?

I’m changing things up a bit (shhhh don’t tell the Wing Slayers, and especially Linc!). But since THE PROPOSITION, book one in The Plus One Chronicles will be out in just days, it only makes sense. (P.S. you can read an excerpt of THE PROPOSITION here)

So instead of Wing Slayer Worthy, we’re going to play  Plus One or No Plus One? So let’s say you’ve been invited to a wedding or other event. And on the reply card, there is a box indicating if you will bring a plus-one (date) or not.

If this man is your choice:

Which box would you check? Plus One or No Plus One?

Weekend Roundup!

The weekend was good! Today I will be making a chocolate cake stuffed with and covered in candy for BLB. His birthday was this weekend, but BLB had to work so we’re celebrating today.  BLB is insisting on chocolate chips, and two kinds of m&ms baked into his cake and on the frosting.

Seriously–that boy loves his chocolate! The cake should have a hazard label on it–but there’s no room with all that candy

I’m hoping to get back to the gym today to work off some of that cake–plus the truffles Wizard and I had for Valentines Day and beyond.  My back is doing better, not sure its up to working out yet, but I think I should try.

Hmm…am I forgetting anything else I wanted to tell you all?

Darn it, I feel like there was something else I want to say. Okay…not subtle enough? LOLOL!!! This is my countdown guy. I’m putting him on FB too.

Now it’s your turn, how was your weekend?

Book Trailer Reveal! And Link to Contest!

Happy Valentines Day! It’s the reveal of THE OFFICIAL PLUS ONE CHRONICLES BOOK TRAILER! And at the bottom of the blog, the link to a contest to win a Amazon or B&N e-gift card.

If this won’t play for you, here’s the link to the YouTube Site Feel free to hop over there and like it or leave a comment. Or go to the Book Monster Review where we’re holding the contest and see it there.

A huge thank you to Rasit Creations for her amazing work on this video! Another mega thanks to Carla Gallway, my awesome assistant for all her help!

Now for the Contest! Hop over to the Book Monster Review Site to enter a contest! We’re giving away a $20.00 e-giftcard to winners choice of Amazon or B&N and some e-ARCs of THE PROPOSITION!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Wing Slayer Worthy

You know what? I’m not going to endlessly talk about all the stuff going on with the books. Just this–if all goes well on the technical side of things, I’ll post a link tomorrow (yes Thursday) to where The Official Plus One Chronicles Book Trailer is being released.

Life is crazy in our house right now, so naturally, my side/back thing flared up. But I am a pro at masking pain.

Or so I thought.

After dinner last night, Wizard went outside to cover the BBQ and while he was outside, I might have groaned. He immediately came storming in and  said out of the blue, “You should think about pain pills.”

Stunned, I said, “I thought I was hiding this.”

“You can’t hide from me witch.” He was dead serious.

Scrunching up my face in a totally unattractive way, I answered, “No pain pills.” (It’s not bad enough for that, trust me).

“Fine, but I’m doing dishes.”

Uhh….where’s the down side for me there?

My side/back is much better so no worries. And now on to important things. Our candidate for Wing Slayer Worthy!

What’s your vote?

(If I don’t post tomorrow, the Happy Valentine’s Day!)

Weekend Roundup

My local RWA Meeting on Saturday was fantastic.  Patrick Brown from Goodreads spoke.  His talk was tailored to authors, but the main take-away for me was something I 100% believe: It’s a place for readers to gather and talk about books. As authors we need to always be aware of that and tread carefully. I found Patrick was open, charming and very friendly.

For the question people have  asked about reviewers rating books before they could possibly have read them; the answer was pretty simple. There is no way for Goodreads to know if a reviewer got a copy or the book or not.  Unless a review is offensive or off topic, it’s unlikely it will be taken down.

In addition to a great program, I saw a lot of old friends.  I enjoyed that so much, I wouldn’t shut up when I finally  got home. Poor Wizard listened to me rambling on and on patiently, and then  smirked and said, “I was right in telling you to go. Say it, say I was right.”

It took him feeding me a glass and a half of wine to get me to say it

I can’t believe how fast the approximate release date of February 26th for THE PROPOSITION is coming! Right now, I’m trying to get one more thing added to the formatted files.  And then  on March 4th THE BABY BARGAIN (under my Jennifer Apodaca name) should be out. I can’t imagine what I was thinking trying to handle both these releases and get POSSESSION written.

I’m still waiting for the website makeover. My web designer is backlogged too.

If anyone wants to hop over to Goodreads and mark the book for your reading shelves,  here is the link to the  three books in The Plus One Chronicles (THE PROPOSITION is book one).

So how was your weekend?

Happy Friday!

Another insane week. My Firefox browser crashed the other day, that was fun. I managed to get it back, so I’m not complaining.  It could have been much worse.

You know what floors me? I to go for a routine medical test. (Which everyone knows makes me cranky, but I did it! And it’s really routine, nothing is wrong with me.) But the technician doing the test found out that I’m a writer and insisted I tell  him how much money I make. I mean he would not let it go.  Talk about uncomfortable.

Tomorrow, I’m going to my local chapter meeting.  Patrick Brown from Goodreads is our speaker, so that should be really interesting.  I’m really REALLY slammed on work, but Wizard insists I need to get out and I think he’s right. So I’m going

What are you doing this weekend?

Have a great weekend!