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September 28, 2014
Weekend Writing Warrior – 9/28/14
Had a great time at the Diamond State Romance Authors writing retreat last weekend. Clocked over 8k in three days, and now I am within striking distance of finishing the first draft of Full Court Press! Here are another eight:
Poor Brittany glanced down at the tablet in her lap, obviously trying to find the spot in her notes where she lost the thread. Kate almost felt sorry for the young reporter. Like she did when she pounded a Division II school in the preseason using only her second stringers. True champions showed mercy for the teams they outmatched, but she wasn’t about to trade courtesy baskets with a journalist who so clearly had an agenda of her own.
They’d set up this interview for one reason and one reason only. To give someone with a bigger audience than Jim Davenport the scoop. It was time to stop playing cat and mouse with the poor girl. It was just too bad she’d chosen Kate’s man as a stepping stone.
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Tagged: coming soon, Novella, romance, warrior
September 21, 2014
Weekend Writing Warrior – 9/21/14
I’m away at a writing retreat and the connectivity is hit and miss, so I have to be quick. Still working on Full Court Press. Wrote these eight while I was here.
“What story are you looking for, Davenport?”
“Something better than another up-close and personal with the NCAA basketball’s reigning queen.”
“That’s the only story I have to tell.”
“I bet I can get a juicier story from your lesser half.” He brushed past her as if they hadn’t shared the world’s most anti-climactic courtship. “Tell Coach McMillan I’ll be in touch to set up my exclusive.”
“He won’t give it to you,” Kate called after him.
“He’ll give it to me,” he answered without turning back, “or I’m sending this straight to the Chancellor’s office.”
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September 14, 2014
Weekend Writing Warrior – 9/14/14
A bit more from Full Court Press this week!
“Well, there goes Millie’s publicity plan.”
Squinting up at the other man, Danny shrugged. “Oh, I bet Kate and I can keep fighting for the cameras.”
“Hard to buy a guy and a girl going at each other if you know they’re getting it on at night.” Mike shoved his hands into his pockets and tossed down another put-upon sigh. “Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King never fell in love.”
Danny barked a laugh. “There were reasons for that.”
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I’m perked because I received a couple of fabulous reviews for The Last First Date this week. 5 hearts from Another Look Book Reviews and 5 Lip Bites from Ms Romantic Reads!
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Tagged: 8Sunday, coming soon, erotic, Novella, romance, warrior, writing
September 7, 2014
Weekend Writing Warrior – 9/7/14
I’m back to working on Full Court Press. In this scene our favorite basketball coach gives her football lovin’ man a little encouragement when it comes to sexy times.
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He scraped his teeth over the flesh at the base of her thumb and she moaned again.
“That shouldn’t be sexy.” Her back bowed and she undulated against him, a slow circle of her hips that proved her theory wrong.
He nipped at the pad of her little finger then pressed a tender kiss to the afflicted flesh. “Is it?”
“God, yes.” She dragged her free hand up the furrow of his spine, then cupped his nape. “But I need your mouth elsewhere at the moment.”
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Tagged: 8Sunday, coming soon, erotic, Novella, romance, writing
September 4, 2014
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Tagged: erotic, romance
September 1, 2014
It’s release day!
Now you can get The Last First Date as a single title release!
First date number forty-eight comes to a screeching halt for Detective Langley Sheppard when his date lifts a pack of gum from the local convenience store. But things start looking up when he encounters spunky damsel-in-distress Jessica Vickers, who’s stranded in the store parking lot. Now Lang is about to discover that on a night when everything goes wrong, falling for Jessica feels spectacularly right.
The Last First Date was truly a labor of love. There’s nothing I love more than a messy love story, and this one takes the cake when it comes to things going wrong. It also has what The Romance Reviews said, “contains what I can only describe as THE best meeting between a couple in any book ever.”
As part of the Harlequin-E Contemporary Romance boxed set, The Last First Date was a recommended read on the USA Today Happily Ever After blog, and is now available as a single title release.
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Tagged: Harlequin, Novella, romance, writing
August 31, 2014
Weekend Writing Warrior – 8/31/14
Okay! I’m back to work on my WIP – Full Court Press. Here’s a little pillow talk for you:
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“This is bad,” she whispered at last.
His heart lunged, but he took a moment to get his synapses in line before he refuted the statement. “I thought it was pretty damn good, but if you’re thinking we can up or game I’m willing to try again.” He forced a weak smile. “You might have to give me about thirty minutes or so, I’m not twenty anymore.”
To his relief, Kate chuckled and turned onto her side to face him, considerately curling her arm so he could maintain his hold on her. “I may need more than thirty after that.”
“Because it was so bad?”
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I hope you liked it. Tomorrow, I’ll be celebrating the single title release day for The Last First Date! Wooot!
Hope the rest of your Labo(u)r Day weekend is easy and relaxing. Be sure to check out all the posts from my fellow Weekend Writing Warriors!
Tagged: 8Sunday, coming soon, erotic, Novella, romance, writing
August 24, 2014
Weekend Writing Warrior – 8/24/14
I’m still working on the sequel to The Last First Date. Here’s a bit where Jessica compares Lang with the handsome older gentleman who has been wining and dining Lang’s grandmother.
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Marcus was all sleek silver hair and smooth edges. The modern-day version of Cary Grant of Gregory Peck. His sleek handsomeness was almost too perfect to be believed, but confidence rolled off him in waves.
Lang, on the other hand, was a mess. Her mess. He’d been almost as immaculately turned out when he showed up at her door that evening. Pride and remorse mingled in her belly as she eyed him now. His suit was rumpled, the white shirt he now wore open at his throat had lost it’s starch, and his necktie trailed from his pocket.
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Your input is welcome and most appreciated. I hope to polish the first few chapters and get them sent off on proposal this week!
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Tagged: 8Sunday, coming soon, erotic, Novella, romance
August 17, 2014
Weekend Writing Warrior – 08/17/14
Here’s a test – is distracted writing dangerous?
Here are 8 sentences I wrote while conversations swirled around me at my local RWA meeting. Since I managed exactly 8, I said I’d post them for my WWW entry. What do you say? Help a distracted writer out?
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Gazing up at her from the depths of his pillow, Lang wondered why he ever thought leaving this apartment was a good idea. What could be better than being fed lo mein noodles by a beautiful woman? Jessica still wore his old uniform shirt but, like him, it was completely undone. She straddled him, smiling as she swirled the bamboo chopsticks in the take-out container. Hot pink handcuffs dangled from one wrist as she held a clump of lukewarm noodles over his mouth.
“More?”
Instead of opening up, he shook his head. “More of you.”
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Fingers crossed, this story will turn out to be the sequel to my current Harlequin-E release, The Last First Date. Your input is welcome and most appreciated!
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Tagged: 8Sunday, Harlequin, Novella, romance, writing
August 10, 2014
Weekend Writing Warrior – 08/10/14
I have to be quick because I have company in town this weekend. Here are a fast eight from the first draft of the story I wrote the synopsis for last week. :)
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Jessica bit the tip of her tongue as she watched him fit the key into the ridiculous heart-shaped cuffs.
One of them had to be sensible. That’s what she told herself each time she stifled the urge to doodle his initials or draw hearts in the steamy bathroom mirror. They’d only known each other six weeks. They’d been together only eleven days longer than the free trial on her Netflix account. True, she hadn’t been completely sold on the need to stream television shows when the membership fee hit her account, but she figured it was a damn sight better than buying season after season on DVD untested. And Langley Sheppard made no bones about the fact that he was looking for the lifetime membership type of relationship. He told her so seconds after their first kiss.
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Want to find out how Lang and Jessica met? The Last First Date is available as part of the Harlequin-E Contemporary Boxed Set, or pre-order the single title (coming September 1, 2014)!
That’s it for this week. Be sure to check out all the excerpts from my fellow Weekend Writing Warriors!
Tagged: 8Sunday, coming soon, erotic, Harlequin, Novella, romance, warrior
