Lucy Monroe's Blog, page 95

Want to Go to Africa?

Well, I would love to! After just setting a book in Zimbabwe (Close Quarters), my travel bug is on, but Africa is not in my near future, I'm sorry to say. However, we can all experience it through the eyes of an amazing photographer, who has just left for her journey to Kenya.

She has volunteered to work with a local non-profit group offering micro-enterprises to women in both Kenya and the Middle East. Another female author is in the process of writing a book giving these women a voice, and M...

New Book by Delilah Devlin

Fun with Dick and Jane
by Delilah Devlin
Ellora's Cave
eISBN: 978-1419927317
Format: eBook

He didn't know the nightly peepshow was just a naughty invitation…

Garrett knows what he's doing can get him into trouble, but he can't help himself. Every night, as he arrives home, the blonde across the alley gets busy with her boyfriend with the blinds open. He's spent the past two weeks getting an eyeful and falling deep into lust.

But when Garrett sees a man in a black ski mask sneak into his sexy neighbo...

A Way Advance Excerpt for Close Quarters

More stuff to entertain you while I'm away this weekend...

Close QuartersBook 5 in The Goddard Project seriesTrade PaperbackKensington Brava - September 2010ISBN-10: 0758242018ISBN-13: 978-0758242013
Excerpt(c) 2010 Lucy Monroe
"So, did Ibeamaka leave the compound?"
"Yes. I do not believe he likes the Americans. He thinks he has shown them some sort of petty slight by not offering to stay and take the evening meal with them."
Tanya laughed. "I'm sure they'll be horribly disappointed."
"Without...

Some More Fun Entertainment

A friend of mine has her gay romance fanvid in a contest for a chance to meet the stars. Drop by and vote ! If you're interested, my friend's entry is #4 - World Exploding Touch. :)

Mine & Hubcap's Favorite Commedian

Guess what??? I finished the book! Finally. It wasn't the book, it was everything else going on that made it so hard to actually write anything, but the book took longer than anything has to write in a long time. I'm really pleased with it. My editor is really pleased with it. And that's a lovely, lovely thing!

So, I'm taking a few days off. While I'm away at the swank hotel and doing a spa treatment (okay so it's the romantic weekend away I gave Hubcap for V-day, but I'm still going to...

Humpday Hottie

This week's hottie is courtesy of JudyF. :)

I don't often write cowboy heroes, but this guy would make great inspiration. :) What do you think?

Last Week's Blog Winner

Time to announce last week's blog winner. I did the drawing this week from 66 entries. :) Every comment counts! No, if I win, I do not keep the prize for myself, I throw my name back in and draw again. LOL I just like all those chits to shuffle through. :)

The winner is Lisa F.!!! Lisa, please send your details to Andre and tell him if you would prefer a signed book (reader pick) or a surprize title by another author from the prize closet.

Transitions...or lack thereof...

I've been thinking again...uh oh! :) I've just read so much lately that certain things are hitting me over and over until I actually wake up thinking about them. Like the lack of transitions, especially in so many of the small press books I read.

You all know I read a ton of eBooks, both from the big NY publishers and the small presses. And something has really started frustrating me - it's the lack of transitions from one scene to the next. I can't decide if the issue is an editing one, a...

Another Article in the Examner :)

Click here to read my article on travel in the Seattle Examiner.

Kate Duffy Memorial Fund

As some of you may know, many of us lost a dear friend and truly special editor a few months back. Kate Duffy was an author advocate and helped more of your favorite authors than you can imagine get their start in romance. In her honor, the authors of Brava and RWA have created the Kate Duffy Memorial Fund.

I will always miss her and feel her loss deeply in my heart, but if we can do something good in her name, something she would have approved of, that helps.


Here are the deets:

The Kate Duffy ...