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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!

Wing Slayer Worthy

Wizard called me yesterday about four and said, “Guess what? A friend is in town from out of state and I’m bringing him home for dinner in an hour.”

I know what you’re thinking, but Wizard is still alive. We went out to dinner, and lucky for Wizard, I was thrilled to see our friend. We had a great time. But seriously, Wizard, a little more notice next time????

Okay here is our candidate (can’t remember if I showed him before).

So what do you think? Wing Slayer Worthy?

Weekend Roundup

Biker Witch and I had a great lunch! We ate this:

Okay we EACH had our own. There, I admitted it.

Sunday I made and ate a bunch of these:

 

I don’t know why.  I tend to do that when I’m stressed about plotting. When I’m truly upset, I rarely eat.  But plotting stress drives me to bake and eat. Bad bad witch! Especially since I can’t work out much this week.

Otherwise, my weekend was good.  I’m plotting/writing up some stuff for Entangled, plus I ordered post cards for The Plus One Chronicles.

I’m still super jazzed over–wait for it– the AWESOME booktrailer we have for the three books; THE PROPOSITION, POSSESSION and OBSESSION. We’re going to do a big reveal on Valentine’s Day on Carla’s Book Monster blog. Maybe give away a few things. But I gotta tell you all, this book trailer EXCEEDED my expectations. I wrote the script, found the pics, and with the designer’s help, chose the music. Throughout all this, Carla was a huge help too. But the real magic came from Rasit of Rasit Creations  I can’t wait to show you guys this trailer!I think it captures the heart of the series!

I want to quickly add (cuz I know I’m going on and on) that I have an incredible and talented team. Carla (virtual assistant), Trish (cover artist), Sasha Knight (one of the best editors I’ve ever worked with!), my trusted first reader, Marianne Donley, my three friends/colleagues that I rely on –  Laura, Maureen and Kate. Laura in particular knows exactly when to kick my ass and when to hold my hand.  Now I’m adding Rasit, and another designer Ana. Oh and my web designer (she’s working on a new design) Frauke. And this is just some of them.

And every single one of you

Okay moving on,  I know yesterday was the Superbowl–so did your team win? As I write this, Wizard is yelling at his team. He’s going to be a bear to live with if he loses!

How was your weekend?

Happy Friday!

I blinked and it’s Friday! How did that happen? It’s just been a crazy week. I’m working on POSSESSION and by working, I mean, write, delete, write, cut-and-move-fix-write-delete-move-again…

My process sucks. A lot.

But in good news, some early reviews for PROPOSITION are trickling in, and they are good! And  when Carla (my assistant) sent me the reviews, she said, “Told You PROPOSITION is good, now stop worrying!”

LOL! She knows me so well. She is also working her butt off right now and I appreciate it so much.  We’re planning a special Valentines Day event probably on her Book Monster Reviews Blog, I’ll tell you all more once we have it finalized.

But tomorrow, I’m going to hang out with Biker Witch! So excited, I need to get out.  And Biker Witch has started to do some volunteer work with dogs, so I can’t wait to hear all about that. I’m so jealous, but really happy for her.

So what are  your weekend plans?

Happy Friday and Have A Great Weekend!

I blinked and it’s Friday! How did that happen? It’s just...

I blinked and it’s Friday! How did that happen? It’s just been a crazy week. I’m working on POSSESSION and by working, I mean, write, delete, write, cut-and-move-fix-write-delete-move-again…

My process sucks. A lot.

But in good news, some early reviews for PROPOSITION are trickling in, and they are good! And  when Carla (my assistant) sent me the reviews, she said, “Told You PROPOSITION is good, now stop worrying!”

LOL! She knows me so well. She is also working her butt off right now and I appreciate it so much.  We’re planning a special Valentines Day event probably on her Book Monster Reviews Blog, I’ll tell you all more once we have it finalized.

But tomorrow, I’m going to hang out with Biker Witch! So excited, I need to get out.  And Biker Witch has started to do some volunteer work with dogs, so I can’t wait to hear all about that. I’m so jealous, but really happy for her.

So what are  your weekend plans?

Happy Friday and Have A Great Weekend!

Wing Slayer Worthy

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So what do you think? Is he Wing Slayer Worthy?