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WIP Wednesday: Back to IKEA!

This last week has been a hectic, horrible rollercoaster, and it played havoc with my writing schedule. Those of you who follow me on Facebook or Twitter know that my 5 year old was hospitalized over the weekend--her second hospitalization in two weeks. 
She's home now and recovering well, but there's nothing quite so scary as rushing your child who's unable to breathe to the emergency room, and then having the doctors unable to easily solve the problem. :/

But like I said, she's home now,...

WIP Wednesday: More of the Zen Den!

I'm supposed to be working on my latest chapter of Some Assembly Required, but yoga happened instead. Shh, don't tell Lex.

We pick up with Kincaid and Owen, the guys we met in last week's snippet. Yoga teacher Owen has just asked Kincaid about previous yoga experience. Enjoy! *g*

The Zen Den 

“Once," Kincaid said with a slight grimace. "My roommate was into it in college and she dragged me to a class. All I remember is it being ridiculously hot and not understanding most of what the instruc...

WIP Wednesday: The Zen Den

Today's #WIPWednesday is an oldie but goodie I pulled out of my procrastination pile, aka the file of manuscripts I inch along on bit by bit whenever my active project is in a lull. Since I'm caught up on Some Assembly Required and I'm still pondering rewrites for Incoming Credits, I dove in to one of my favorite long-term WIPs, The Zen Den. 

Nicholas Tonelli/Flickr Creative CommonsI loved writing the yoga classes in Finding Home, so I wanted to take that further and write a book whe...

Failure to Adult

Like it says on the tin, as the saying goes, today's post is about me and my general failure to adult as it pertains to me missing #WIPWednesday last week.

Not that my propensity toward bad adulting is news, mind you, but I've been doing so much better lately. Hubby and I updated our will, switched financial planners, started a few new mutual funds, refinanced the mortgage and finally called an exterminator to come capture the gigantic woodchuck who claimed our backyard as his two years ago.

So...

WIP Wednesday: IKEA!!

With the nifty #amwriting bracelet I made for myself!Now that King of the Kitchen is submitted, I'm back to working on Some Assembly Required, the IKEA meet-cute that Lex Chase and I are teaming up to write together. It's uncharted territory for both of us--first time writing with a partner, first nod toward contemporary for her, first experience with fantasy/paranormal for me--and it's incredibly exciting. I'm having a blast.

Since it's set at IKEA, I decided a research trip was in order. If...

I'm a Hoosier, and I'm taking a stand against hate as part of the LGBTQ Push Back Giveaway

I'm thrilled to be a part of the LGBTQ Push Back Giveaway on Diversereader! There are 224 authors, bloggers, and publishers who are donating something to this massive giveaway. All you have to do to enter is donate to an LGBT charity of your choice in the next two weeks and then enter the giveaway. If you can't donate, you can help by spreading the word. Every little bit helps, and everyone can enter.

As a Hoosier, I'll be donating to the Indiana charities that support the LGBTQ community here...

A peek at Andrew Q. Gordon's The Eye and the Arm and a giveaway!

Andrew Q. Gordon is here today to share his latest book, The Eye and the Arm, which DSP Publications released yesterday. It's book two in the Champion of the Gods series, and it looks amazing! Be sure to watch the YouTube trailer, and scroll to the end of the post to enter Andrew's giveaway contest!





ABOUT THE BOOKTitle: The Eye And The Arm Series: Champion of the Gods Book 2

BLURB: 

After defeating Meglar at Belsport, Farrell returns to Haven to recover from his injuries, but Khron, the go...

WIP Wednesday: SAHMies

So I'm cheating a bit today for WIP Wednesday and using the short I wrote for Lex Chase's Flash Fiction Friday last week, mostly because I've been at work all day and I'll be busy all night cleaning out the junk closet so the wildlife exterminator dude can reach the attic tomorrow. (Did I mention that something is living in my roof? SOMETHING IS LIVING IN MY ROOF. It ate my house. Literally. It chewed through the soffit outside, and I already paid my handyman $200 to fix the hole...only to ha...

WIP Wednesday: More King of the Kitchen

Today's my deadline for King of the Kitchen (and if you're reading this Lynn, it's coming, I promise!), so today's snippet is from that manuscript. I had so much fun writing the recipes for it, which hopefully will be included in the back of the book.



King of the Kitchen


“So we won't get busy for another hour or so,” Duncan said as he used the spatula to break up the cooking chorizo and move it around the cook top. The onions and peppers got another squirt of oil and a similar treatment. “You w...

WIP Wednesday: King of the Kitchen

As some of you already know from Twitter and Facebook, I recently started a new job. I've been a freelance writer and editor for eight years, so heading back into a structured professional environment was a bit daunting.

I was worried it would really put a damper on my writing, since I have considerably less time to do it in. But I guess I shouldn't have worried, because we all know creativity is kind of like a gas--it expands to fill whatever space you can give it, and mine is going gangbuste...