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Thank you, Maggies judges!

Just a quick note to any potential Maggies judges who have stopped by this blog to see if my invitation-to-judge email was a scam or not: it's not! This year's Maggie chair, Bryonna Nobles, had the brilliant/insane idea to get input from *three* judges per group of books rather than two, so we need even MORE judges than we've had before.

So if you're considering judging the Published Maggies, PLEASE SAY YES!! You're helping improve the romance genre as well as getting your hands on some wonder...

It's Greek to me - spanikopita, an epiphany, and an excerpt

Last Thursday (of course I'm posting it late, look at the title of the blog!) I made spanikopita and I had an epiphany. Both words are Greek, ergo (ha!) this blog post almost has a theme. And since I was going to post about spanikopita before I had the epiphany, to fill it out, I thought I'd add an excerpt from my only WIP with a Greek character. Actually, his family is Greek, but according to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, it's really the same thing. :)

First, spanikopita. It's been awhile since I...

Simmer excerpt #2

In which Sule pushes Olaf to try to get him to lose his temper, with very unexpected results.

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"You didn‘t answer my question, ox," Sule snapped, and gave Olaf a shove, or tried to; it was like pushing against the stone face of a cliff. He snarled and shoved harder, this time causing Olaf to stumble just a bit.

"Stop it." Olaf growled, frowning, his heavy blond brows drawn together.

Finally, a reaction. "Stop what? Stop this?" Sule asked, slapping Olaf on the shoulder, then...

Simmer except #1

When Olaf (who isn't actually Dutch) gets invited to stay on the ship.

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"I will not!"

"I‘m captain, and I‘m ordering you to do it!"

Sule snarled at William, who snarled right back at him, even as he kept one hand pressed tightly against the Dutchman‘s side, trying to stop the bleeding. The Dutchman‘s eyes jerked between the two angry men as they argued in English.

Sule felt the old rage bubbling up, burning through him like molten iron. He clenched his fists and...

Alec's memory of the fox

An excerpt from my novella, "A Cunning Plan". This scene is a memory Alec has of a time when he and his brother had snuck out to the lake to play, when they were children.

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As they headed home, they heard a noise behind them. When they turned to look, a fox stepped out from behind a tree. They stared at the animal, which stared back at them.

“Alec? Is it going to bite us?” Hugh asked, his voice quavering.

Alec made sure to keep his own voice steady when he replied, “No. It’s just...

The plan is hatched -- excerpt from "A Cunning Plan"

In which Morgan Villenie discusses The Plan with Alec,  Earl of Whittlesey.

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Villenie frowned. “Even if a man doesn’t need an heir, most men crave the companionship and the, er, warmth… that a wife provides. Might I ask why you don’t?”

“No.” Alec scowled. “It’s none of your damned business.” He stood again, ready to end this outrageous conversation, but Villenie again caught his wrist, holding on with a surprising strength.

“Well, you see, really, it is.” The hint o...

interview and giveaway!

Another interview and a giveaway, this time at HC Brown's blog! (I'm hoping this time that this post will update to goodreads BEFORE the deadline for commenting....)

Dreamspinner Thanksgiving sale - Nov. 24-30

Aaaaand the post I did for the Cross Bones Tweetaway might not have updated to Goodreads until hours after it was over. Sorry about that.

But here's some good news: everything in-stock at the Dreamspinner site is on sale for 30% off for Thanksgiving! That includes "A Cunning Plan", now at $3.49 instead of $4.99 from Nov. 24-30.

And because I'm trying to create interest around the novella, here's a cute picture of a fox, "borrowed" from the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife site. Photo...

Dreamspinner Tweetaway for Nov. 23, 2013: Cross Bones

Hi, all, just a quick note here so it will go to Goodreads as well:

Dreamspinner Press will be doing a Tweetaway of "Cross Bones" sometime before midnight EST today, Nov. 23, 2013. That means when the tweet goes out, you can download the book for free for one hour.

So follow @dreamspinners to find out when that hour starts!

Oh, right, and I'm posting about it because that anthology contains my first published work with Dreamspinner, the short story "From A Simmer To A Burn".






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News, everyone!

Yes, I know it's November and I still haven't written about the bike tour part of our Netherlands trip in June-July. I still plan to. See title of blog.

But news! My first-ever non-anthology work will be released from Dreamspinner Press on Nov. 29. "A Cunning Plan" is a Regency novella with a touch of paranormal. (Just enough to piss off historical purists but not enough to satisfy paranormal fans -- obviously my aim is to annoy everyone. I feel I'm a success so far.)

Let's see hur....Cover! (p...