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This week I'm at Immortyl and Beyond...

This weeks stop on the Soul Seduction tour is at Immortyl and Beyond and I'm excited because there is a massive glass of Newcastle Brown Ale there! I can't show this to my husband because he will be hypnotized and I will lose him for forever.

And it's official! The Long Con has been put to bed. Coming soon to a bookstore near you... my latest release :) Woo! :)

CEO by trade, artist by birth.

I see a lot of posts about why people write, which are really interesting. There are quite few where the authors get defensive, like they have to justify the reason they sit down at the keyboard and lose themselves in the world they create.

My family always knew I was creative. I went to a Creative and Performing Arts academy because I loved creating art in any form I could. They all encouraged it, even though at some point I realized a day job was in order so I could

Last night I was watching E! for Fashion Police (I loved RuPaul! Finally someone more catty than Joan Rivers) and I caught Fashion Star which has designers competing for contracts with three huge name stores in a reality show type setting.

They are just competing with themselves really but sometimes the stores compete with each other in a bidding war for the designs. But last night, one designer, Barbara Bates, didn't get picked up and I was really sad because I loved her design. It was sexy and yet age appropriate for me.

One of the buyers asked her why she would create something like that. I loved her answer, which was, "It was something I would wear."

The show was really neat because it reminded me of the publishing industry. Sometimes there is a bidding war over your book (if you're lucky) and you have to decide what pub co to go to. But you design this book and throw it out into the world. If you're lucky, everyone loves it and it sells enormously. If not, well, there is always your next book.

I personally write books I want to read, just like that designer makes clothes she would wear. I love watching the story unfold. While I do temper my style to make it easy to read, the story isn't the words; it's the plot and the characters.

I can't wait to read The Long Con. :) It's coming 4/17. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it.

This week I'm at Books Are Magic

This week I'm at Books Are Magic with a very hot excerpt from Soul Seduction!

I hope you enjoy it.

And coming soon, The Long Con tour!

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Behind the scenes...

Last night I worked on my edit for The Long Con (coming out 4/24) and this interesting feeling washed over me. I had this feeling of being behind the scenes, seeing all the work that goes into making this book for the readers to devour.

Like when I wrote this note between Bradley and Tony (the main characters and love interests from The Long Con) I wasn't worried about what it should look like on the page, but when I get the edits back, there's a ton of notes between editors about spacing and fonts and all that. None of the chatter was meant for me necessarily, but I had a peek at what goes into all the making of a book outside of my writing.

It's just fascinating :)


Coming Soon from Loose Id!

This week I'm at Reading Romances... (NSFW)

Welcome to this edition of Lori's ramblings.

This week I'm visiting Reading Romances and talking with Nat about... Romance! What else? :) I'm giving away a $25 gift card to a random commenter so stop by and say hi!

 Not much else to say here except I've finished the edits to The Long Con and I believe it's going to line edits right now :) I'm so excited to see the cover for this, I even had a dream about it last night!Here is my idea of what Tony looks like (OMG, don't look if you're in public because oh wow...what a hot ass that is!)
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Talk at you soon! :)

This week, I'm at Romancing the Rakes...

I'm at Romancing the Rakes answering some very good interview questions :)

Stop by and comment for a chance to win a gift card! :)

But I'll also give you a lovely picture if Milly that shows her being cutey!

And the lovely RJ Scott tells all on my blog today! (No not really LOL)

I have the wonderful RJ Scott by my blog today who is kind enough to answer questions about how her craft. 


She has another new release, which I'm sure her fans will devour with ecstasy :D but to celebrate her release, she's hopping around to answer questions from me and other M/M author as well. She's like the answer fairy today!


So here's the question I posed to her.


Lori: How do you research your books set in the overseas places since you're from the UK? 

RJ: I pull from all the TV series I watch and the films I have seen but I think my answer is that I rely on my wonderful overseas friends for accuracy...


Lori: Why didn't I think of that? :D

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For answers to more questions, please visit RJ Scott's website and say hi!


Or visit this post for more details about her awesome blog hop! Win $30 bucks at Silver Publishing! (Gosh, wish I could win!)


Authors participating are: Diane Adams :: Chris Quinton :: Sue Brown :: Me! :: Anna Marie May :: Freddy MacKay :: Pia Valeno




thanks RJ, for stopping by!

The Long Con - Loose Id - 4/24/2012

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Publisher:Loose Id (May 5, 2011)ISBN: coming soonFormat: ebook
Links to purchase coming soon!
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Blurb: Coming soon!

I'm back!

Well that was a nice hiatus. Hiatus my ass.

I'm back on tour starting February 20th for Soul Seduction through Goddess Fish, so please
stop by and say hi. I'll be giving away a $25 gift card from Amazon, ARe or Loose Id.

Soul Seduction Tour - Click here for more info.

Even more exciting news, I just turned in my first edits for the long awaited m/m suspense, The Long Con. My release date is 4/24 so look for updates coming soon!

And no post these days can be complete without some kitty love.




Lots Of Love,

Lori

Soul Seduction blog tour round two :)

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February 20: Romancing Rakes -
For The Love of Romance
February 27: Reading Romances
March 5: Paranormal Romantics
March 12: Check Back soon.
March 19: Books Are Magic
March 26: Immortality and Beyond
April 2: Kindling the Fire
April 9: The Forbidden Bookshelf