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February 9, 2014
Valentine’s Day Gift Hop
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Happy early Valentine’s Day!
There’s a lot going on with this blog hop we’re participating in and you don’t want to miss a second of it.
There are grand prizes and there are prizes at each blog stop. And there’s a fantastic grand prize of a Kindle Paperwhite (I have one and I LOVE it!) along with a New Adult romance bundle which features our wonderful host, Skye Warren’s Beauty series!
Leave a comment below to be entered to win!
For my part of the hop, I’ll be giving away a $25 gift card t...
January 27, 2014
Music Monday – Gonna Get Over You (NSFW)
KindleAnd no, this version of Gonna Get Over You by Sara Bareilles is NOT safe for work or likely mixed company (young kids or those offended by the word F*CK. Now, the actual embed link has been disabled by either YouTube or someone else, but… The share link still works.
This sentiment is a lot how I’m feeling of late with some things, some people, some issues, and it’s the best way I could come up with to express such and smile while doing so.
January 23, 2014
Thursdays with TED
KindleI’ve talked about how I want to work smarter, not harder, this year. I love writing. I love what I do. But, I don’t want to work 16-20 hours a day, 7 days a week. I don’t want to sacrifice my family, my sanity, my health, or me. And I’m still trying to figure out how to do that. I can master one concept of it, or another, but not all of it at the same time. That’s the goal this year, though. All of it, at the same time. All of it working seamlessly at the same time.
I know, I know. Go ah...
January 22, 2014
Tattoos and Bad Boys
KindleFirst of all, I have another of those books coming out soon. Slide Down On Me. Oh yes, the hero is a bad boy and he’s all tattoos and piercings and naughtiness. You’ll adore him!
The release date for Slide Down On Me is February 12th. Mark your calendars. You can see it on the Ellora’s Cave Coming Soon page, here. I’ll be updating my website page for it soon.
Ever since writing Simple Need and the unbelievable response to it and to Vinter, I have loved, hear me, LOVED writing these tattoo...
January 21, 2014
Temptation Tuesday – Runaway Groom
KindleI have a friend. Her name is Virginia Nelson. And her first Samhain book is out today. It’s called, Runaway Groom.
And it’s a hoot! Pick up a copy today!
He’s ready and waiting. She’s wanting…but wary.
Runaway Groom
Watkin’s Pond, Book 1
The groom is back in town.
Abigail lost her best friend years ago when he ditched her at the altar like a loaf of stale bread. Now he’s back and determined to do whatever he has to—even lie, apparently—to get under her skin. Altho...
January 17, 2014
Passionate Sprinkles Books
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I was told yesterday and have been told many times since Pink Buttercream Frosting that when people thing of me as a writer the things that come to mind have been cupcakes, BDSM, and emotion. It’s only been recently that the BDSM was dropped and honestly, that’s fine with me. I used to want to be an author of erotic BDSM romance, but that was dashed on the rocks by several scathing, mean, less than constructive reviews. My books are not the only ones to have received them and haven’t be...
January 16, 2014
Thursday’s with TED Talks
KindleHave y’all ever been on the TED website? Ever watched any of their videos? They’re called TED Talks and I love them. I find them informative, inspirational, and educational. I see different points of view on all sorts of subjects. I like that. A 20 minute video while I’m on the treadmill and I’m good…and I’m often left thinking, my brain moving.
So, I thought I’d post some of my favorites on Thursdays.
This one is Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love. It’s about muses and geni...
January 15, 2014
Last Minute Muse
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As a friend said to me, ‘she’s a mercurial bitch’… And she is. It is. He is. Whatever. Either way, it’s a pain in the ass when I show up and the muse doesn’t.
More often than not, lately at least, I’m foraging in the dark, waiting for the bright light of A-HA! Waiting for the path to show itself. I plug along, yes, but the writing is never in the right order or its never the right tone. All the pieces and parts are scattered until the muse stumbles through the door and blows sprinkles ev...
January 14, 2014
Temptation Tuesday – Exposed (Masked #4)
KindleI thought you all might like to take a gander at the very rough draft of the first chapter of the next Masked installment, Exposed.
There is no release date for it yet, but it is coming…
Exposed, Chapter One
Thor glanced at the door for what had to be the hundredth time since he’d arrived at seven. His shift at Abyss hadn’t started until nine, but he’d been hopeful. With each minute that passed, his hope crashed.
He bit back a curse and turned back to the young woman strapped to the spankin...
January 13, 2014
Music Monday – Manic Monday
KindleI know, I know. I’m so very, very, very late today. I apologize. It’s been a few days since my last blog. Sounds like a confession, doesn’t it? Maybe it is.
Today’s music selection is a throwback. It wasn’t necessarily a Manic Monday for me, but it was one those days when I woke up, rolled over, and realized immediately that it was going to be one of those days. Have you ever had one?
Anyway, when I was thinking about this post earlier, this song is the one that came to mind…
If you had on...
