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July 8, 2011
The Sizzling Summer Reads is going on at TRR!
So come on over and meet all your favorite erotica and GLBT authors at The Romance Reviews.
We have awesome prizes for you: Grand Prize of $50 Amazon Gift Certificate, 4 pairs of RomCon 2011 tickets, and tons of book giveaways! Including a copy of my backlist!
I'll be chatting on July 21 so come on by and check it out!
We have awesome prizes for you: Grand Prize of $50 Amazon Gift Certificate, 4 pairs of RomCon 2011 tickets, and tons of book giveaways! Including a copy of my backlist!
I'll be chatting on July 21 so come on by and check it out!
May 14, 2011
My Blog Tour for Trust In Me
I've been on tour the past couple weeks with my new book Trust In Me. Thank you to everyone who has commented. Here is a complete direct list to the posts on the tour:
May 3: Goddess Fish Party Pavillion to Kick off the Tour!
May 4: Interview at Book Junkie
May 5: Blog at Whipped Cream about my fave 13 characters
May 6: Blogging at Rachel Haimowitz's about how I wrote Trust In Me
May 9: Blogging at Shelley Munro's about sexy Beta Heroes
May 10: Blogging at Victoria Blisse's about the trials of writing M/M Romance
May 11: Blogging at Erotica For All about Reigniting Old Flames
May 12: Blogger Mishap but I was blogging at Forbidden Bookshelf - Link to come soon.
May 13: Interview at Skylar Kade's
May 16: Tami's Ramblings - Link To Come Soon!
May 17: Lisa Haselton's - Link To Come Soon!
Thank you to the ladies at Goddess Fish for organizing this tour for me! After Party to come soon! :)
May 3: Goddess Fish Party Pavillion to Kick off the Tour!
May 4: Interview at Book Junkie
May 5: Blog at Whipped Cream about my fave 13 characters
May 6: Blogging at Rachel Haimowitz's about how I wrote Trust In Me
May 9: Blogging at Shelley Munro's about sexy Beta Heroes
May 10: Blogging at Victoria Blisse's about the trials of writing M/M Romance
May 11: Blogging at Erotica For All about Reigniting Old Flames
May 12: Blogger Mishap but I was blogging at Forbidden Bookshelf - Link to come soon.
May 13: Interview at Skylar Kade's
May 16: Tami's Ramblings - Link To Come Soon!
May 17: Lisa Haselton's - Link To Come Soon!
Thank you to the ladies at Goddess Fish for organizing this tour for me! After Party to come soon! :)
May 5, 2011
I've been on tour the past couple weeks with my new book ...
I've been on tour the past couple weeks with my new book Trust In Me. Thank you to everyone who has commented. Here is a complete direct list to the posts on the tour:
May 3: Goddess Fish Party Pavillion to Kick off the Tour!
May 4: Interview at Book Junkie
May 5: Blog at Whipped Cream about my fave 13 characters
May 6: Blogging at Rachel Haimowitz's about how I wrote Trust In Me
May 9: Blogging at Shelley Munro's about sexy Beta Heroes
May 10: Blogging at Victoria Blisse's about the trials of writing M/M Romance
May 11: Blogging at Erotica For All about Reigniting Old Flames
May 12: Interview at Forbidden Bookshelf
May 13: Interview at Skylar Kade's
May 16: Blogging at Tami's Ramblings about losing your hero
May 17: Interview at Lisa Haselton's
Thank you to the ladies at Goddess Fish for organizing this tour for me! After Party to come soon! :)
May 3, 2011
Trust In Me from Loose Id (M/M Contemporary Erotic Romance)
Trust In Me
Publisher:Loose Id ISBN: 978-1-60737-970-6Format: ebook
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Blurb: When Tristan takes over for a sick employee, he runs into an old high school crush. Ten years after a summer fling with Jamie, left him with a broken heart, Tristan's got a different view of it; will he push away the only man he's ever loved?
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Reviews:Daisiemae from Night Owl Reviews gave Trust In Me 4.75 stars and Top Pick!
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Top 2 Bottom Reviews gave Trust In Me 4 Kisses
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Jenre from Well Read gave Trust In Me a Very Good review
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April 25, 2011
Rolling out the blog tour for "Trust In Me"
The virtual tour for "Trust In Me" starts May 3rd, courtesy of Goddess Fish Promotions.
I'll be posting daily links if you want to check back. I'll be giving away a $25 gift card to Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Loose Id plus a copy of my book so please comment on each stop to win!
I'll be posting daily links if you want to check back. I'll be giving away a $25 gift card to Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Loose Id plus a copy of my book so please comment on each stop to win!
Video Game Review: Yakuza 4
Yakuza 4
Console played on: PS3
Consoles available on: PS3
Rating: M
Play time: 80+ hrs.
Genre: Fighting/Light RPG
Wow. I really enjoyed Yakuza 3 but Yakuza 4 really outdid itself. The story is a basic one of good versus evil and it makes you reconsider who the bad guys really are. Are they the mobster yakuza and corrupt policemen? Kiryu is back and better than ever and still being his little "angelic" self but now we have three protagonists to play as and the story line does not disappoint.
This game is like a cross between old school fighting games and a JRPG. There is action around every corner as you jump into the past to find out how the four men got where they are in this game. Just like with Yakuza 3, there are side quests as well to have fun with and the hostesses are back too.
Can I just take a moment to enjoy the slashing of Kiryu and Tanimura? These two characters need to get a room at a love hotel together and stay there for a while. Preferably with cameras so I can watch *hearts!!*
All in all, this is definitely a game to pick up. With a solid story line and some of the best soundtrack music I've ever heard, I can't wait to replay this game.
Console played on: PS3
Consoles available on: PS3
Rating: M
Play time: 80+ hrs.
Genre: Fighting/Light RPG
Wow. I really enjoyed Yakuza 3 but Yakuza 4 really outdid itself. The story is a basic one of good versus evil and it makes you reconsider who the bad guys really are. Are they the mobster yakuza and corrupt policemen? Kiryu is back and better than ever and still being his little "angelic" self but now we have three protagonists to play as and the story line does not disappoint.
This game is like a cross between old school fighting games and a JRPG. There is action around every corner as you jump into the past to find out how the four men got where they are in this game. Just like with Yakuza 3, there are side quests as well to have fun with and the hostesses are back too.
Can I just take a moment to enjoy the slashing of Kiryu and Tanimura? These two characters need to get a room at a love hotel together and stay there for a while. Preferably with cameras so I can watch *hearts!!*
All in all, this is definitely a game to pick up. With a solid story line and some of the best soundtrack music I've ever heard, I can't wait to replay this game.
April 15, 2011
Brand New Cover Art for "Trust In Me" is here!
When I first saw my cover for "Trust In Me" I was ecstatic! Justin James did an amazing job here. Without further ado, here is
Hot!
Beyond that, I'm hugely excited. When I first started reading erotic romance, I kept picking up and loving books from Loose Id. So when I opened up my e-mail and saw my final copy of my cover for Trust In Me, I started to cry. Now I feel like a dork for crying, and maybe it's just the steroids, but I'm really proud of this story.
I'll keep you updated with an excerpt. I hope you enjoy it!
Keep checking back at http://loritoland.com for more info!
Hot!
Beyond that, I'm hugely excited. When I first started reading erotic romance, I kept picking up and loving books from Loose Id. So when I opened up my e-mail and saw my final copy of my cover for Trust In Me, I started to cry. Now I feel like a dork for crying, and maybe it's just the steroids, but I'm really proud of this story.
I'll keep you updated with an excerpt. I hope you enjoy it!
Keep checking back at http://loritoland.com for more info!
March 20, 2011
It's just a bad day...
I think Friday's appointment with my rheumatologist finally hit home. The rheumatologist I am currently seeing decided to wait and see about my diagnosis when I first came back with a positive ANA. She believed I had scleroderma but with my family history, it could have been rheumatoid arthritis. At the time, I had no other symptoms than I was sick. The diagnosis of RA was finally confirmed on this Friday. Blood tests are done and a future appointment is scheduled where we'll see how my current medication is doing for managing my symptoms.
I feel like I had a reprieve for four years. Anyone who knows me from before writing knew I was sick in 2007 and that's where my health issues stem from. I just have to go through what seems like a huge adjustment period right now. I have about four hours per day where I feel good and can get work done and a couple hours in the morning where I can write. I was pushing myself through the pain and stiffness and telling myself not to be weak but it's wearing on my physical and mental well being.
Something I would love to never have to hear again: "But you are too young to be this sick." No shit. What's a good age then? Let me know and I'll wait until then.
I'm just happy I have a supportive husband and father and an awesome BFF. That makes this all worthwhile.
I feel like I had a reprieve for four years. Anyone who knows me from before writing knew I was sick in 2007 and that's where my health issues stem from. I just have to go through what seems like a huge adjustment period right now. I have about four hours per day where I feel good and can get work done and a couple hours in the morning where I can write. I was pushing myself through the pain and stiffness and telling myself not to be weak but it's wearing on my physical and mental well being.
Something I would love to never have to hear again: "But you are too young to be this sick." No shit. What's a good age then? Let me know and I'll wait until then.
I'm just happy I have a supportive husband and father and an awesome BFF. That makes this all worthwhile.
March 15, 2011
Meme gacked from everyone and their brother
Put this list in the order it occurred in your life:
Get married
Buy a house
Get Pregnant
Have baby #1
Have baby #2
Have baby #3
Have baby #4
Graduate college
Graduate high school
Meet significant other
Meet who you hoped was your significant other but wasn't
Move out of parent's house for good
Start college
Become gainfully employed
Buy a car
Get drunk for the first time
Get a cell phone
Get divorced
My answers:
Get drunk for the first time (when I was three. They gave me a cordial glass of champagne. I went headfirst into the wall)
Become gainfully employed
Graduate high school
Start college
Graduate college
Get a cell phone
Buy a car
Meet who you hoped was your significant other but wasn't
Move out of parent's house for good
Meet significant other
Get married
Buy a house
No place for kittehs in there :(
Get married
Buy a house
Get Pregnant
Have baby #1
Have baby #2
Have baby #3
Have baby #4
Graduate college
Graduate high school
Meet significant other
Meet who you hoped was your significant other but wasn't
Move out of parent's house for good
Start college
Become gainfully employed
Buy a car
Get drunk for the first time
Get a cell phone
Get divorced
My answers:
Get drunk for the first time (when I was three. They gave me a cordial glass of champagne. I went headfirst into the wall)
Become gainfully employed
Graduate high school
Start college
Graduate college
Get a cell phone
Buy a car
Meet who you hoped was your significant other but wasn't
Move out of parent's house for good
Meet significant other
Get married
Buy a house
No place for kittehs in there :(
March 9, 2011
That census meme, gacked from josephine_myles
I guess it's where, who and what you are living with every ten years? I think it's cool :)
2011 - Living in a three bedroom house, right outside Disneyworld with my husband, who's from England and our two British/American cats :). We have a pool we rarely use (but I guess I should now) and I have a house down the street my dad used to live in but since he is living in Port St Lucie because he is getting married in May, my bff lives in the house currently. The business I started in 2001 is still a home based business but has grown to support us and that writing I put on hold is now a reality with getting published for the first time in 2010.
2001 - We had just moved from Dallas to Lake Mary, FL. I was sharing an apartment with my mom and dad, just starting a business and dreaming it would grow into something that would support us, even though I wasn't giving up on my dream of writing, I was just putting it on hold for a couple years. I had an old dachsund named Pepper that was getting very gray and a cat named Princess, who had a broken tail who liked to eat frogs.
1991 - I was living in beautiful La Costa, CA in a huge three bedroom custom home. My mom taught me how to drive a manual in her Porsche and after I nearly blew the clutch in it, she handed me over to my grandmother. My dachsund was much younger in those days and a real rascal. My dad travels a lot on business and my mom takes me to private school every day on her way to work. I write my first fanfic based on The Vampire Diaries.
1981 - I was living in a town home in Point Loma, CA and the complex had a pool. I loved swimming so much, if I wasn't at home, I was at the pool. We moved here from LA when my dad started an Alarm business with his dad. My parents let me have a cat named Morris but after we changed his cat food, we named him Pupu. *gag*
Wow. 30 years summed up. :)
2011 - Living in a three bedroom house, right outside Disneyworld with my husband, who's from England and our two British/American cats :). We have a pool we rarely use (but I guess I should now) and I have a house down the street my dad used to live in but since he is living in Port St Lucie because he is getting married in May, my bff lives in the house currently. The business I started in 2001 is still a home based business but has grown to support us and that writing I put on hold is now a reality with getting published for the first time in 2010.
2001 - We had just moved from Dallas to Lake Mary, FL. I was sharing an apartment with my mom and dad, just starting a business and dreaming it would grow into something that would support us, even though I wasn't giving up on my dream of writing, I was just putting it on hold for a couple years. I had an old dachsund named Pepper that was getting very gray and a cat named Princess, who had a broken tail who liked to eat frogs.
1991 - I was living in beautiful La Costa, CA in a huge three bedroom custom home. My mom taught me how to drive a manual in her Porsche and after I nearly blew the clutch in it, she handed me over to my grandmother. My dachsund was much younger in those days and a real rascal. My dad travels a lot on business and my mom takes me to private school every day on her way to work. I write my first fanfic based on The Vampire Diaries.
1981 - I was living in a town home in Point Loma, CA and the complex had a pool. I loved swimming so much, if I wasn't at home, I was at the pool. We moved here from LA when my dad started an Alarm business with his dad. My parents let me have a cat named Morris but after we changed his cat food, we named him Pupu. *gag*
Wow. 30 years summed up. :)
