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(If you're looking for the Friday Snippet, it's one post down — I posted it last night.)

Sorry I've been a bit absent this month.  I haven't had much to talk about, so instead of writing a boring plain-Jane blog post, I've simply tried to write.

Yes, tried.  This has been a hard month.  I've made modest progress on Vicki but I've also been scattered by plot bunnies.  I've had something happen TWICE this month that I've always longed for – editors have asked me specifically for stories.  Of...

Friday Snippet: Lie to You (Part 2)

Edited to add Victor's cover, in case you haven't seen it yet.  Continuing the free read Lie to You, Victor's prequel.  (Part 1)

Warning:  BDSM and sexual content.

After last night's activities, his bad knee hurt worse than usual, compounded by an assortment of bruises and marks on both thighs.  Scowling, Victor straightened his legs out beneath his desk.  Tendons torn years ago pulled and burned almost as badly as the day he'd blown his knee.  The steady ache did little to improve his mood...

Oklahoma!

So my Beloved Sis has been rehearsing for weeks to be Aunt Eller in the musical Oklahoma! at her local community theatre, along with her friend I know as Pesh (Laurey).  It was a no-brainer that I'd go — but I wasn't sure if the monsters would make it.  They *wanted* to go, but I had to be realistic. 

After all, Oklahoma is my least favorite musical of all time. 

It goes back to high school when Mr. Adams (music teacher) would let us watch a musical in class the week after regional contest. ...

Friday Snippet: Lie to You (Part 1)

(I know it's not Friday my time yet…but it is Friday somewhere.  Right?  I didn't want to torment my Twitter buds until tomorrow!)

When the beta readers replied back after reading Victor's story Hurt Me So Good, several people mentioned wanting to know more about how he and Shiloh first met.  There's a reference in the opening chapter about how that interview "set his desk on fire."  That sounds like a great free read, right?

Luckily, Victor agreed, so he's here to tell you all about that...

Free Reads Coming Soon

In the next six months, I plan to release 3 new free reads to help build your anticipation for various releases.  I planned to finish Shadowed for Return to Shanhasson first, but Victor had other ideas.  In the past 24 hours or so, he's given me a really nice spicy but short prequel to share with you before his book Hurt Me So Good releases in Oct.   You'll get a taste of him tomorrow.  *winks*

I'm still working on Shadowed, and I'm also planning a prequel to Lady Wyre's story in March.  I...

A Jane Austen Space Opera

In a galaxy where Jane Austen reigns supreme…

Lady Doctor Wyre (we're already talking about changing the title, too) has been contracted by Samhain and will be available March 2011!

Quite honestly, I'm not really sure what genre this new series falls into, but I've been calling it a Jane Austen Space Opera.  It's not steampunk, exactly, because it's based on the Regency not the Victorian Era.  It's sort of Alternative History — except the countries and colonies of the early 1800s are instead...

Back to School

Tomorrow's the day — the monsters head back to a brand new year of school.  I'm not as prepared as I'd hoped, but with the delay in getting our A/C fixed, it's the best I could do.  Plus we were out of town Sat. for my MIL's birthday. 

So today was full with a massive grocery run to stock up on school lunch and snack items.  Laundry, of course (it never ends).  I also wanted to start them off with fresh bedding, which isn't as easy as it sounds, because their beds are buried beneath stuffed...

Friday Snippet

My apologies:  I don't have a Shadowed snippet this week.  Honestly, I haven't worked on it since last week — just too busy getting the kids registered for school, etc.  However, I hope that once you see what I *have* been working on this past week, that a few of you will forgive me.

First draft, subject to heavy revision.  Warning for language. 

What the hell is she up to?

Elias shifted on her bed, trying to figure out what was taking her so long in the bathroom. Last night, they'd been too...

Terrible

This past week, I've read Stacia Kane's Downside Ghosts trilogy Unholy Ghosts, Unholy Magic, and City of Ghosts.  I read the last two back to back, even staying up half the night last night in order to finish the series.   (3 AM and I had to work today!)

It's been on my mind all day.  I obviously enjoyed the books to gobble them so quickly, but I'm not left satisfied and happy.  No, the more I think about it, the more terrible I feel.

Terrible.  If you've read these books, you know what a...

Fun in the Country

The monsters called with tales of all the fun things they're doing in the country.  They went fishing last night and today, supposedly catching a TON of bass and perch.  They've ridden Papa's poor horses to death, learning how to trot and even riding outside of the corral.

Today, they went to an Amish farm and got to milk a cow, pet a goat, and ride in a buggy.  How cool is that?  I want to go!

Seriously, every time we go to Papa's I get the country yearning.  I want a garden and animals of my ...