Vivian Arend's Blog, page 105

So many things to post

…so little time for them all. I found this You-tube video in the middle of the anniversary party and had to save it to play now. I lol!!! And then of course I went looking for others. Sheesh–what a way to waste the afternoon!

Testing new things

Okay, I'm a baby geek. I don't know what I'm doing but because I have friends who do…I should have a technolinked blog/facebook/tweeter now.

Which simply means I can display my split personnality easier.

Return tomorrow to see if you can spot the real me.

Quick Update

#1- I finished Wolf Tracks!! Hurrah!  TJ's story is…pretty TJ. It took a few turns I didn't expect (as usual) and it's out with my CP's now to see what they think. Yes, he and his sweetie survive the roof top incident.

#2- I'm working on edits on Whirlpool, the second in the merfolk stories, coming out in August. Ouchhhh, this is a hot one.

#3 All edits are done on Rocky Mountain Haven, so the only thing I need is a release date.

#4 BEFORE I get a release date I need to transfer my website to ...

The best anti-April fools evah

If someone would have told me I'd have enough visitors in a month to exceed my bandwidth, I wouldn't have believed them. Between my involvement in the Amazon freebie back in February, a new release in the Granite Lake Wolves, and the anniversary party, that's just what happened.

I also wouldn't have completely understood, and with my web help MIA, I had to wait until today with crossed fingers for the auto reset.

Happy anti-april fools to me!

Take a look around, stay a while. For the folks who e...

Make Some Noise- Winners

What a ton of fun it's been celebrating like this.  Thanks to everyone who came out to party with me over the past days.

While this party is over, be sure to come back soon–the 2nd book in the Six Pack Ranch, Rocky Mountain Haven, will be out in April from Liquid Silver Books, and I'm going to have to break out the sexy cowboys for that one. It's too much fun to resist.

Here's the list of winners- if you won a print book, use the contact button at the top of the page to send me your mailing...

Make Some Noise- Day 13

Wahhh! It's the last day of the party.

One last chance to say thank you for making this year so incredible. And a special-special thank you to all you readers. You make it so worthwhile.

I need to tell you that I'm the featured author today at ARe–clink the link on the right side of the page and scroll down for a chance to win one of my books from the good folks at All Romance Ebooks.

Today's prize come about because of the Lori Foster Reader/Writer get together in Cincinnati. I went to the...

Make Some Noise- Day 12

Today I want to celebrate Samhain Publishing and Anne Scott my editor.

I had no idea what to expect those first edits. The email started with a LARGE list of things I needed to clarify–and I had to call off my love affair with 'that' and '…' and 'ly'.

She's patient, and thorough, and working with Anne has been one of the best parts of this past year. I have learned so much and every step of the way Anne's encouraged me to grow and helped make my books so much better. I know she's celebrating...

Make Some Noise- Day 11

Into the last stretch and it's time to turn up the heat. I was going through my list of early ebooks I purchased, and then checking on the shelf for print book keepers and found a lot of them seemed to be by the same author.

Maya Banks.

She's one of the authors I've followed from ebook to print, and enjoyed these steamy reads. I like that she's still putting out novella ebooks with Samhain, and I like that she's got hot books in print.

Today's prize is a PRINT copy of Sweet Seduction.

He was...

Make Some Noise- Day 10

Print Antho Bks 1&2 coming April 6

Four days left to party, and I'm about to make the room get real crowded.

So many people have touched me this past year. Made me smile. Made me outright LMAO- like getting into a convoluted three-way on Twitter with Alisha Rai and Keith Melton, two awesome new authors. (Sorry about the eyebrows, Keith.)

There's my buddies at International Heat, including Valerie Tibbs who stepped out this past year herself in a big way. She's the artist in our group, painting p...

Make Some Noise- Day 9

When Twilight came out I couldn't read it. I've never been able to read stories written in first person, and so my immediate response was to put the book down. But over the past year I've discovered more and more authors are using that writing style so I decide it was time to counter my bias against first person. I'm still a hard sell, but I've now come to be able to appreciate the style. enough that when I picked up Ann Aguirre's Grimspace and saw it was first person, I didn't flinch. Or...