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Membership privileges; Alpha blog tour

Okay, this morning I posted the supersecret link to the supersecret deleted scene from the second chapter of Alpha . It's available only to members of the Pride. Because membership has its privileges. Seriously. This is a thank you to those who keep me company and discuss the Shifters and Soul Screamers books on my discussion board. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you guys!

Also, if you're a member and you haven't dropped in for a while, we have a new moderator (Hi Cem!) and I've recentl...

Excerpt set to music

I've been getting questions about writing to music, and whether or not I do it, as well as questions about what songs are on the playlists for my various books. The answers to those questions are:

1. Yes, I sometimes write with music playing, if I need to be in a certain frame of mind, and the environment around me isn't helping set the mood.

2. Yes, most of my books had a certain playlist of songs I listened to while I was writing them. Unfortunately, I didn't write those playlists down. Which...

New name; New poll; Coming Soon!

First of all, thanks to everyone who wrote with suggestions for the name of the main character in the first novel of my new adult series. Unfortunately, the series and individual book titles are still being chewed over in NYC, so I can't announce those yet. But I have chosen a name for the first main character, and I'm 99% sure my editor will approve it (it was one of the ones she liked from the list of possibilities I sent her yesterday), so I can and will announce that. Right now.

The new ma...

Guess what I'm doing today?

Does this help?
Yup. I just opened a new Word document and created the title page for IF I DIE, the fifth Soul Screamers book. So far, this is the sum of the words I've written on it so far, though I've been finalizing the outline and doing some preliminary research this morning.
After lunch, I start the first chapter, and I won't go to bed until it's finished. I have a tight deadline on this one, which means I'll probably be working most weekends. But, I have to say, I've REALLY been...

For the directionally challenged...

I wanted to post this on Monday, but instead, I went on a kind of last minute trip to Oklahoma, and everything work-related kind of fell to the side for a few days. But, I'm back, and I have this week's Countdown to Alpha extra! (Last week's was the first chapter of Alpha!)

Number 1 has been working on this for a while, and it's finally done, at least for the moment, though we may add some map pins for specific locations soon. But for now, it's up and hopefully functional. And with that, I pre...

Assorted updates

If you're still looking for a chance to read My Soul To Keep or you just want a signed copy (and a Soul Screamers t-shirt!) click here. TeenLibris (love them!) is giving away four sets (MSTKeep + shirt) in the next two weeks. Today, I will finish the Tod story. (There. I've said it. Now it has to happen, or I've embarrassed myself online.) That's the goal for today. And in my spare time (ha!) I'll be hunting down images and footage for the Alpha trailer, as well as sketching out the outline f...

The ALPHA excerpt...

...is live here!

Eleven, and counting...

In obsessively staring at glancing at my calendar, I noticed that Alpha officially comes out 11 weeks from tomorrow. Since I'm terrified stressed paralyzed by nerves excited, I've decided that we'll be celebrating the countdown to this sixth and final Shifters release in style. I'll be offering something new every week until the release. Excerpts, deleted scenes, prizes, trivia, the Alpha trailer, Shifters extras, etc...
This week's Shifters treat is the first chapter of Alpha. I'll be...

Two-fer Friday!

Okay, I have something special for you today. One mini-excerpt each from Alpha and My Soul To Steal.

This first one is from the first chapter of Alpha, the sixth and final Shifters book (adult). Next week, I'm planning to post the whole first chapter.

My fist flew before I knew it was going to. His nose crunched, then blood sprayed my shirt and neck. Ryan howled, but the sound ended in a gurgle. His hands flew to cover his face.

Marc purred and rubbed against my ankle. Ryan dropped to his...

Today I'm a Dame!

I blogged at The Deadline Dames today, about the difference between writing novels and writing short fiction. To find out what short fiction I'm writing at the moment, head over and check it out!

In other news, this past week I deleted my MySpace account, after notifying all my "friends" about where they could go to keep up with me instead. Sorry MySpace users, but (for me at least) that forum was dead. No one's ever there.

I also tried to switch from a Facebook personal profile (which limits t...