Joely Sue Burkhart's Blog, page 83
June 18, 2010
Organization
I'm making a conscious effort to get more organized, both in writing and my personal and business life (because they go hand in hand). I cleaned up my Evil Day Job workarea this week, recycled all the old scribbles, and put all my current notes into one folder. I'm also trying a new filing/organization system that I've been reading about at The Simple Dollar called Getting Things Done (the book should arrive today). I don't know that I'll be able to devote a huge amount of time to make...
June 17, 2010
Blogging at Embrace the Shadows Today
To learn about how important the jaguar is to the Maya, stop by Embrace the Shadows today. Bonus: another exclusive excerpt!
June 16, 2010
Another Use for Notecards
I don't know if this has ever happened to you (or whether I'm the only obsessively anal neurotic writer out there), but I recently faced a problem where I could NOT make a decision. I had two choices for how a story could unfold. I knew each path pretty well, and both had their positives and negatives. But which was the BEST? I couldn't decide. I waivered back and forth, stewing about the right choice, and meanwhile, I couldn't make progress down either path, because OMG, what if I was g...
Review and a Note about Tomorrow
First, an incredible, tear-wrenching review from My Beloved Sister Molly Burkhart for THE BLOODGATE GUARDIAN:
This book isn't a page-turner. It's a page-devourer. The demons and their hell are chilling. The sense of danger surrounding the hero and heroine is suffocating. And yet, in all of that darkness, there is a light. And that light is always Joely's gift to her readers. It shines in all weather, and it cannot be quenched, though her characters sometimes lose sight of it.
Hugs, wipes tears ...
June 15, 2010
Blog Swap with Toni Anderson
Please welcome fellow Carina Press author Toni Anderson to my blog today, while I trade spots and blog over at her place.
Toni's novel, Sea of Suspicion, was released on 6/14!
Thanks for letting me be on your blog today, Joely.
JSB: From as early as I can remember, I loved books. As a young reader, my favorite book–the first one I can remember reading myself over and over–was Heidi. What's the first book you can remember falling in love with?
TA: The Silver Brumby books by Elyne...
June 14, 2010
Review: The Bloodgate Guardian
From Susi of Book Lovers Inc and the Geeky Bookworm (entire review):
…she knows how to make the couple "perfect". They aren't all the same but they are unique in their own way but every time I read one of her books it feels like: Yes, that's the way they should be. They aren't without flaws or an easy fit but just never could imagine one of them with a different character. Her couples are more real than most in romance novels- they always speak to my heart and touch me deep inside.
The story...
The Bloodgate Guardian is Available!
At Carina Press, Amazon, B&N, All Romance E-Books, and Books-On-Board!
Don't forget: if you review or rate The Bloodgate Guardian (or any of my books) before July 31st, send me the link to be entered to win at least two $50 gift certificates! (Details here)
To celebrate, here's:
Chapter Two
If men were as easy to decipher as Maya glyphs, then perhaps Jaid would have been able to translate "beware" carved in her boyfriend's handsome forehead and saved herself the trouble.
Watching Dr...
June 13, 2010
A Monsterless Week & Craft Update
Mark this week down in history: the monsters are going to be gone this week. They've spent a night or two away before, but never all three gone at the same time for this long.
Princess is going to church camp Tuesday – Friday with her older cousin, over on Lake of the Ozarks by Grandma & Grandpa. It's close enough that Grandma plans to go see them at least once. When she heard that Princess was going, she invited the other two monsters to come spent time with them at the lake too.
So we...
June 11, 2010
Review: The Bloodgate Guardian
From Pearl's World of Romance:
This was my first taste of Joely Sue Burkhart's non-contemporary/erotic work and I definitely want to read more of it. I absolutely loved the extensive look into the Mayan world of mythology. It was truly fascinating and worth reading through the few violent scenes. THE BLOODGATE GUARDIAN is suspenseful and brilliantly set up. Romance is not the focus of this book in the first part of the book and that was absolutely okay with me as I was entranced and...
June 10, 2010
The Bloodgate Guardian Review
The first review and it's a fantastic one! Soleil at Black Sun Reviews says:
Ruin's arc is extremely tragic and in overcoming that tragedy, extremely rewarding. I bawled my freakin eyes out over the heartache and suffering he had to go through for his HEA. He literally fought tooth and nail (and blood) for it. (Remember how I said I love sadistic authors? Joely makes those suckers EARN their endings. This usually means I have to keep kleenex close by. You've been thoroughly warned.)
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