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Happy Birthday, Evernight!

Quick blog post this week. (But there will be another this weekend with a nice surprise in it!)

So, it's Evernight Publishing's second birthday today, and they're giving their readers all sorts of presents! Starting today is the Evernight Scavenger Hunt that starts at SmexyBooks and continues on from there. That runs until Friday, just five days, people.

Then there's the weekend surprise, so make sure you come back to visit.

And next week is the Evernight Birthday Blog Hop. There are a LOT...

I'm Beautiful

Excuse the wonky-ass formatting of this post. I don't know what happened.


My perennial stabbing victim, Andrew Patterson, decided to give me an "award". While I appreciate that he thinks I'm beautiful (*fluffs hair*), there will be a random stabbing in his future over this. Which is probably exactly why he did it. He says he doesn't like the stabbings, but they will continue until morale improves, damn it.

And now I have to do things. I'm supposed to do them in groups of seven, but I'm a non-co...

Cupid's Been Busy...

Guess what?

I have a new release this week! Edits moved super fast and it got bumped up on the release schedule. So, my very first M/M romance comes out Friday from Evernight Publishing. It's my second story in the Cupid's Conquests series and the first M/M for the series! I'm both very excited and very, very nervous.

So, a little story. At the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Chicago this past spring, my friend Deanna Wadsworth introduced me to the amazing Damon Suede. Between the two o...

Deconstructing Raiders 30 Years Later

I'm back! Sorry about missing last week. Real life, blah blah blah.

First, a huge thank you to all the bloggers who let me visit during my blog tour!

Second, the post at Keri Stevens is going up THIS Friday (there was a hiccup... namely me forgetting to send the actual post. Oops.) Also, because the owner is awesomesauce, Aine's Realm is hosting a giveaway of Kiss of Death--nice and simple rafflecopter entry. Go. Do it. Now.

Thirdly, there is a release date for Love & Other Indoor Sports! I...

ChiCon and Blog Tour Schedule

There's still some of the blog tour left this week....


8/27-- I'm at DemonLover's Books & More with Remy Says: Remy's Guide to Demons
8/28-- RELEASE DAY! I'm celebrating with an interview over drinks with my editor of awesome, Skyla Dawn Cameron. (GIVEAWAY HERE)
8/29-- Today I'm at PonyTails Reviews with another edition of Remy Says. Today he's talking about pets. And since this is Remy, it might not be what you're expecting :P
8/30-- Remy Says at Keri Stevens' p...

The Blog Tour Is Coming! The Blog Tour Is Coming!

I need it to not be summer break anymore so I have some idea what day of the week it is. Sorry for the very late post. Anyway... the blog tour for Kiss of Death starts next Monday. So there will be no post here other than to remind you to stalk me elsewhere the following week. For those who like to know what's going on in advance, however...

8/20-- I'm at Wicked Lil Pixie with a game to celebrate the awesome man flesh on my cover. Trust me, you'll like the game.
8/21-- I'm at Insane Hussein Rev...

WTF Barnes and Noble?

So, I went into my local Barnes & Noble last week to pick up Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong. Now, this book is ranked pretty high on the NYT bestseller list (#15 for hardcover last I checked).  That means that for a store that claims to discount bestsellers, it should have been a good price. And, I like to buy from brick and mortar stores since I hope to have some of my books in them one day. Buying from Barnes and Noble online won't encourage them to keep their stores open.

After...

Breathing...

Sorry for no post last week. As my Twitter followers know, I was on the extended-family summer-trip-thing (aka visiting the Carolinas). It is now July 31, and I am happy to report that I made the submission deadline... with a couple hours to spare. *dies* I really need a more sanity-inducing summer schedule one of these years.

In forty-five minutes (from the point of me writing this), it will be August, which means it is the month of editing madness. Multiple projects need to be edited, which...

Drowning in Deadlines

Thus far, this summer has been one of writing madness. New contracts. New projects. Edits on other projects. Did I mention I have a release next month? (I do. The first Blood Kissed novel, Kiss of Death, is out August 28. Feel free to add it to your Goodreads shelf because, you know, that would make me smile.)

What that means is I've had to be really diligent about deadlines. Which is really good for teaching me discipline, but really bad for my sanity. I'm finding that I'm hitting book-b...

Break On Through...

I've been struggling with a new project (tentative title is Slaying for Keeps). The heroine is very different from anyone I've ever written before (think River Tam different--only not--just that degree of different). Anyway, I've been plugging away at it and struggling to figure her out. I mean, I know the neurological reasons she is the way she is, but this one thing kept plaguing me. I didn't know emotionally why she acted the way she does.

It's a strange disconnect for me because that'...