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Six Sentence Sunday

From New West, a dystopian western, coming in November from Resplendence. :D

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Jess fascinated him, drew him, made him want things that he shouldn’t oughta wish on. Hell, if nothing else, those things would be right dangerous on a trail drive. Ezrah made himself turn away, made himself get moving.

He could feel Jesse’s eyes on him, following him, trailing along behind him.

It was as comforting as it was itchy.

Jess had come.

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Much love, y'all.

BA

What I Worked on This Week

Eee!

I'm home and unpacked and working!

;D

Active writing:

 Tag Team: Fais Do Do -- m/m novel. WROTE THE END! The Terms of Release -- m/m novel. I'm rounding the end of this one. It's still amazing.  m/m/f novel (co-write with Julia) -- fun, sexy menage. This one's still on hold until J and I hit some deadlines. Still. :P Catnipped (working title) -- m/m/f shifters, bdsm. I'm at the 2/3 done with these guys. The angst is coming. New West -- m/m, post-apocalyptic Western. Just started.  In edits/rewrites: The Four Horsemen: Ace and Kitty -- still waiting, but I intend to work on it Wednesday. Ha.Hammer and Tongs -- edited and at proofing  Next up: Edits on Fais Do Do, write like a fiend.   Much love, y'all. BA

New Short Stories Out!

Hey, y'all! I have a Roughstock short and a Markus/Sebastian short out!

I wrote a first time with Sterling in Fever: In the Pocket and then Markus and Seb demanded a short, so I had to give in. :D 

I love writing the shorts, because I get to revisit old boys and I get to let the ones that don't have a whole novel in them a place to get out of my brain.

Remembering to Breathe -- a Markus/Sebastian story

When Markus sees Sebastian’s performance on TV, he knows they’ve been apart too long. These two semi-retired country stars need their alone time, and Markus is happy to provide it. He intends to give Sebastian just what the man needs, and it has nothing to do with pineapple.

Markus and Sebastian also appear in the novel Fighting Addiction.

Buy it here.

Sterling loves being a bullfighter, and he's good at it, too -- even his hero Coke Pharris says so. So what if maybe he has a crush on Coke, it's not like it's affecting his job or hurting anyone. Someone should tell that to Dillon, the clown and Coke's partner.

Colby Tyburn has been watching Sterling for months and hankering to meet the man. When Dillon introduces the two of them, sparks start to fly and just maybe, Dillon's not only distracted Sterling from his Coke, but done a fine bit of matchmaking while he was at it.

Also available in the Fever anthology.

Buy here.

New Life, New House, New Schedule

So, I live in the high desert and that means that at six o'clock in the morning I am up and tending to my plants for an hour, whether I want to greet the dawn or not before the sun is so hot I can't bear it.

This morning I installed the soaker hoses. Tomorrow will be weeding. Wednesday, sweeping the patio and treating ants, Thursday, repotting cacti, Friday, trimming the volunteers around the apple tree.

And so on and so on. 

Gardening is exercise, right?

;-)

The real down side to this is by 10pm I'm going... BED.

Bed bed bed.

This is leaving poor night owl Julia in the lurch.

Y'all will have to amuse her deep in the night.

Much love, y'all.

BA

Six Sentence Sunday!

From my m/m/f WIP, Catnipped. ;-)

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“Really?” Maybe she’d test him a little. Emma wiggled, trying to get away, and Bowie’s hand wrapped around her leg and tugged. He smacked her with his other hand, really letting her have it. “Bowie!”

 

Her yowl filled the air.

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Much love, y'all. 

BA

(who is *so* glad to be back to normal life...)

Happy Monday!

Good morning, y'all!

So, what to talk about? 

The last month has been nothing but packing and moving and, while I know that the next month will be all about unpacking, unpacking is way easier. My new house is older and wild and goofy, one of those places where it's grown organically and it's all mismatched and odd and old and fabulous.

I love it.

The best part is the view. I have mountains out my front window.

Maybe the best part is the backyard. I eat outside for every meal.

But then there's the kitchen...

:D

Now, if I could only find the silverware...

Much love, y'all.

BA

So, guess what!

I moved.

That's right, Julia and I are packed up and are loving the mountains and the high desert. It's lovely, we're happy, and there are boxes everywhere. 

Hopefully that means that I can get back to normal life/writing/visiting and things will settle. 

Right now I have two bassets sleeping on my feet and life is a little messy, but good.

:D

Much love, y'all.

BA

Hey y'all, not dead, just dealing with family stuff.

I swear, in a couple of weeks, I'll be around more. Right now, we're dealing with some heavy stuff.

Prayers for Julia and her daddy (and me, if you have it in you) are muchly appreciated.

Much love, y'all,

BA

Alpha Call Be-Bopping Along, I'm still writing, and RT is in 3 days

:D

I swear, y'all, I am so excited about RT in Kansas City I can't hardly bear it. So many old friends to snuggle and new friends to meet. I'm at 2 book signings, the Sex Goddess party, the disco party, and the author meet and greet. I've shipped 8 boxes of goodies and I love chatting, so if you're there and you see me, come for hugs. :D

Also, I have a couple of contests for newsletter subscribers, so if you're interested, pop over to the front page of my website and sign up -- http://www.batortuga.com

Next, 

Eee!

EEE!

We're at #11. 11. Us! Yay! Also, All Romance Ebooks is currently running Ellora's Cave ebooks at 50%, so I'm hot AND cheap. 

Wait, did I mean to say that? ;-)

https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-alphacall-1169406-142.html

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Official blurb: Wendy doesn’t need any help to get rid of her evil ex. As a cop, she can handle anything life throws at her. In fact, she’s sure of it, even when trying to capture the ex alone puts her friends in danger. Too bad local werewolf alpha Brett has different ideas. He doesn’t care if Wendy wants to be a lone wolf. He has to protect all the werewolves in his town. Including her. Especially her.

Wendy finds Brett irritating, overbearing and sexy beyond belief. Brett thinks Wendy is trouble with a capital T, and hotter than the dog days of summer. Butting heads can be fun, but there are other ways to rub against each other. Intimate, lusty ways. These two sexy shapeshifters are playing to win.

http://www.ellorascave.com/alpha-call.html'

Thirdly, what I've been working on this week. 

Active writing: Tag Team: Fais Do Do -- m/m novel. Wrapping up. Woo! The Terms of Release -- m/m novel. I'm heading into the serious angst. Pray for me. m/m/f novel (co-write with Julia) -- fun, sexy menage. This one's fixin' to come back live after RT Catnipped (working title) -- m/m/f shifters, bdsm. *grins* They're sweeter than I'd anticipated. Short story with Marcus and Sebastian from Fighting Addiction  In edits/rewrites: The Four Horsemen: Ace and Kitty Hammer and Tongs
 Next up: RT. R.T. :D Much love, y'all. BA

Guest blogging today!

http://www.arecafe.com/cafe-news/ba-tortuga/  -- Go read about the bet Julia made me!