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LIP GLOCK's Cover Is Here!!!

Ohhh yeahhh, D. D. Scott-ville!!!

Let the Happy Dancin' begin...

LIP GLOCK's Cover Is Here!!!



How superfab fantabulous is that?!!!!!!!!

LIP GLOCK - Book Two in my Cozy Cash Mysteries - releases in just about two weeks, and I just can't wait to share it with you!!!

Here's the scoop:

For LIP GLOCK -

Think Will and Kate gone Bond, James Bond...and the blue-hair version of Charlie's Angels too...Under the Tuscan Sun

...where my Cozy Cash, Super-Hot, International Crime-Fighting Couple Roman Bellesconi and Zoey Witherspoon, who are now very Will and Kate gone Bond, James Bond, once again team-up with The Bootscootin' Books' Mom Squad, now the blue-hair version of Charlie's Angels, to recover billions of bunches of hedge fund cozy cash...but this time, all done Under the Tuscan Sun.

It's a super-sonic speed, action-packin' thrill-ride, full of pot-bellied pigs, hydrofoils, and gelato! Buckle-up, D. D. Scott-ville!!!

Release Date: On or Around August 15th
Available At: Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Sony, Kobo, iPad & at Smashwords
Price: 99 Cents

Nothin' beats treatin' my readers and fans to great books for great prices!!!

Ciao, Peeps, and see ya in two weeks!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart LIP GLOCK Wishes --- D. D. Scott


P.S. Thanks to the superfab Shelley of WebCrafters Design for creating all my wonderfully fun and super-sassy covers!!!

Now You Can Read Any D. D. Scott Romantic Comedy or Cozy Mystery For Less Than a Trip To Your Local Dollar Store!!!

That's right, D. D. Scott-ville!!!

Happy Tuesday and Happy Dollar Days in D. D. Scott-ville!!!

You can now treat yourself to any of my Romantic Comedy Bootscootin' Books and my Cozy Cash Mysteries too for less than a trip to your local dollar store!!!



Here's the scoop:

Now that the 4th book featuring my Bootscootin' Books Characters is here -

THUG GUARD, Book One of my new, Cozy Cash Mysteries...where all your fave Bootscootin' Characters are gettin' "cozy"...as in cozy mystery cozy...

And the 5th book - LIP GLOCK - is comin' mid-August...

A lot of my readers and fans are asking in what order they should read the books to follow the series from Book One to Book Four.

So...not only am I givin' ya the scoop on each one, in order, and a sneak peek at what you can expect from each book featuring the Bootscootin' Characters...

I've just dropped the price to 99 Cents for each book in the series!!!

I luuuvvv treating my readers and fans to "great books for great prices"!!!

And now you can one-click-buy any of my Bootscootin' Books and Cozy Cash Mysteries for less than a trip to your local dollar store!!!

Here's the scoop on each one:

BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS - Think Sex and The City meets Urban Cowboy

STOMPIN' ON STETSONS - It's Hell's Kitchen mixed with Meet the Fockers

BUCKLES ME BABY - Think paparazzi-hell and Ponzi-scheme fall-out meet home-shopping and Babies "R" Us

THUG GUARD - Think The Rachel Zoe Project meets Bond, James Bond and a Madoff-style, Ponzi-scheming King

The Bootscootin' Books are romantic comedies with a chick lit, gone-country twist...and now a cozy mystery twist too!

Happy Reading and Welcome to my Bootscootin' and Cozy Cash Mystery Worlds!

P.S. The next book - LIP GLOCK - will be released in August...right in time to wrap-up all your summer, beach-time reading!

P.S.S. For excerpts of all five books plus sneak peeks at number six, visit my website's The Books Page http://www.ddscott.com/books.html

What Do Pot-Bellied Pigs, Hydrofoils and Gelato Have In Common? LIP GLOCK, Book Two of The Cozy Cash Mysteries!

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

The Countdown to LIP GLOCK's Release is Here!

LIP GLOCK - Book Two of my new, Cozy Cash Mysteries - releases in mid-August!!!

Think Will and Kate gone Bond, James Bond...and the blue-hair version of Charlie's Angels too...Under the Tuscan Sun

To celebrate the countdown's launch...I'm treatin' ya to terrific hints into the book's many, superfab fun elements.

So, to that end...

What Do...



Pot-Bellied Pigs



Hydrofoils



and Gelato

Have in Common?

LIP GLOCK...

Book Two of my new, Cozy Cash Mysteries...

where my Roman and Zoey, who are now very Will and Kate gone Bond, James Bond, team-up with the blue-hair version of Charlie's Angels once again...but this time, Under the Tuscan Sun, to recover billions of bunches of hedge fund cozy cash.

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: Who do you think will be at the wheels of the hydrofoils makin' a helluva splash?!

Sexy, Sassy, Smart LIP GLOCK Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Muse Therapy Extra Tip: Life Ain't Always a Beach...So Go Sit On One!

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

It's been awhile since I've treated y'all to a little bit of Muse Therapy...so how 'bout a Muse Therapy Extra Tip?

For those of you new to D. D. Scott-ville, you can check out all-things-Muse Therapy right here:

http://www.ddscott.com/muse.html

For this Muse Therapy Mini-Session, think...

Life Ain't Always a Beach...So Go Sit On One!!!

That's right. It never hurts to find a gorgeous spot, then get comfy in your fave beach chair, and just veg...or, in my world, simply watch the boats come in.




***Note: U can of course do this the cyber way too - right from your laptop or PC - but if you can get outdoors, even if it's not onto a beach, get out and soak-in some sunshine and Vitamin D and Mother Nature's Magic!***

If you're a writer, it's sooo easy to get mired down in the business-side muck of writing-for-publication.

Even though, I've found part of the solution to that by the incredible feeling I get Paying It Forward to other writers on my grog The WG2E - The Writer's Guide to Epublishing , sometimes still...my muses just need a break.

And if you're not a writer, but rather a superfab reader, you may need a break from life and often find that by escaping into a book, right? And if you happen to be on a beach while reading too?! Well...how darn fantabulous is that?! LOL!

Sometimes you've just got to bask in whatever it is that soothes your soul.

For me, that's the beach, where I swear I can feel my chest open-up and my spirit soar with the seagulls.

I somehow find there, in my parcel of sand, the ability to put my life and career in perspective, then accept my reality and its constant changes, hassles, and advances along with the ebb and flow of the tide.

Listen to your muses - those voices in your soul - that whisper to you exactly what your body, mind and psyche need to survive and thrive.

Then find your "beach"...and sit on it!!!

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: Where do you take your muses to help 'em get back into their groove? In other words, how do you escape life's bits of crazy?

Sexy Sassy Smart Find Your Beach and Sit On It Wishes --- D. D. Scott

THUG GUARD is a Frugal eReader "Under One" Pick!

WooHooooo and huge 'ole Happy Tuesdays to Y'All in D. D. Scott-ville!

Talk about one fireworks-worthy, spectacular 4th of July...yesterday, around lunch-time, I was notified that...

THUG GUARD - Book One of my new, Cozy Cash Mysteries - was chosen as a

Frugal eReader "Under One" Pick!!!

Here's the scoop:

Monday's Three: Under Nine, Under Five, Under One!

Under One: Thug Guard (a Cozy Cash Mystery), D. D. Scott {$0.99}
Think The Rachel Zoe Project meets Bond, James Bond and a Madoff-style, Ponzi-scheming King.

Hollywood Stylist to The Stars Zoey Witherspoon is a wanna-be Stephanie Plum, and to that end, she's now moonlighting as a badge-toting P.I. But on her way to style one of her infamously diva-esque clients, she discovers her first Dead Guy in a Range Rover parked next to her. And this isn't just any dead guy. It's the guy with a Russian mob connection, who her former client, Ponzi-scheming King Bernard McCall, hired to knock her off.

Bond, James Bond-style Double Agent Roman Bellesconi is hell-bent on bringing down Ponzi-scheming King Bernard McCall. Why? Because (1) that's his job. But also because (2) he's got a lot more at stake than job security. If he doesn't bring down Bernie, his family's monarchy will be destroyed.

As the dead guys keep piling-up around 'em, Zoey may be damn sick of Roman's deep and very dark secrets, but, she's also convinced that perhaps, like Roman's been reiterating, it's only because he's keeping those secrets, they're both still alive. But is there a way for their cover to be blown, Roman's secrets thus revealed, and each of 'em live to tell about it?

"D.D. Scott is already a master at wise-cracking characters and action that moves as fast as any Ludlum flick. In fact, think of Zoey Witherspoon as Jason Bourne – with a good set of French tips and a designer holster for her Glock." –jfredlee "Jeff"

The average customer review is currently 4.5 stars {6 reviews}.

Thanks sooo very much, Elizabeth and your superfab The Frugal eReader site!!!

And btw, if y'all want to discover some of today's super hot Kindle Reads, The Frugal eReader is the place to be!

You can even suscribe to the site right from your Kindle, read it, then buy the wonderful books recommended by the site, again, right from your Kindle!

I especially love and watch for these Monday's Three posts which recommend Frugal eReader Editor's Picks for the best in Kindle Books Under Nine Dollars, Under Five Dollars and Under One Dollar.

Whatever your price range, Frugal eReader has really terrific, Ereading suggestions!!!

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: How many of y'all have heard of and/or use The Frugal eReader?


Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott and Frugal eReader Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Behind & Beyond My Books: LIP GLOCK and The Amalfi Coast

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville, and welcome to another edition of Behind & Beyond My Books!

This time, I'm givin' ya the inside scoop on the new setting for my August release - LIP GLOCK - Book Two of my Cozy Cash Mysteries.

So buckle-up...we're on the way to...

Positano Italy and its superfab Amalfi Coast

Check this out:



How fantabulously beautiful is that?!

Wouldn't you luuuvvv to be sitting on the balcony of that hotel...with that kinda crazy-wonderful view?!

Well that's where my Cozy Cash Mystery heroine Zoey Witherspoon and her Secret Bond hero Roman Bellesconi, Prince-of-Many-Names end-up very soon after Page One of their next adventure LIP GLOCK!

We're talkin' all-things-Positano and The Amalfi Coast, Italian mafia, lemon trees and limoncello, plus gelato and Vespas along with a few, superfab fun surprises (***hint...see my previous post on LIP GLOCK's Swine Element).

Thanks to comments (and in this case, Amazon 5-Star Reviews) like these from my superfab readers and fans:

"As soon as I read her first book, "Bootscootin' Blahniks," I put all her books on my Kindle. They have it all ... romance, high fashion, adorable animals, feisty women, gorgeous guys, quirky characters, good food, great dancing .... The ultimate escape without spending a fortune on a vacation." --- Pj Schott

"...think of Zoey Witherspoon as Jason Bourne - with a good set of French tips and a designer holster for her Glock.
The difference is, D.D. is a master at making you laugh while both you and Zoey are hanging by your fingernails, over the edge of her latest cliff. Like a lot of the characters in D.D.'s latest book, Thug Guard just plain kills.
Buy it. Read it. Laugh your hindquarters off. And don't say I didn't warn you." --- Jeff Lee

I knew I could give y'all another Jason Bourne-esque comedic caper set in the amazing Amalfi Coast of Positano Italy!

LIP GLOCK will be available in August!!!

I sooo can't wait to treat you to another Zoey Witherspoon and Roman Bellesconi thrill ride...this time...on Bond-style Vespa Scooters!!!

Ciao!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart LIP GLOCK Behind & Beyond My Book Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Readers and Fans "Validate" Books - Not Just NY Pubs Anymore

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

This post today is a big 'ole shout-out and thank u to all my superfab readers and fans!!!

I sooo wantchy'all to know how very much your support and great buzz means to this author...that would be me...LOL...and how much it means to almost every author I know.

The Biz of Being an Author has sooo changed over this past year, thanks to the beyond wonderful Epublishing World!

And here's the little gem of all these changes that I think is a complete treasure and world wonder of its own merit:

Thanks to Epublishing, Readers and Fans "validate" books...not just The Big Six New York Pubs Anymore.

Readers and Fans - like all of you most wondermous here in D. D. Scott-ville - are the true gems...the proverbial diamonds in the roughs of every author's writing-for-publication journey.



It used to be - and I'm saying used to be in a short-term sense (as in just last year), that a writer, like me, as of last August 2010, still unpubbed after 10 years of playing by the TradiPub World's Rules, would still be sitting there, with 10 plus manuscripts ready to go, a big-time agent to handle her submissions, countless "we love your book(s), but they're too much this or not enough that to sell"...yada yada yada...you get the picture...

So yes, last year, at this same time, I was still waiting...waiting for the only type of "validation" writers have in the TradiPub World...in that, some editor, for some NY Pub, luuuvvved your book enough to convince the next editor up from them that "this baby will sell".

Without that "validation"...your career as a TradiPub Published Author is on hold.

You have no books on any shelves...whether cyber or brick-and-mortar store shelves...and thus, you have no Readers and Fans.

You're sharing your writing, if you're lucky, with only the dog and/or cat and/or both at your feet while you're cranking out pages and book after book after book.

But ohhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhh...not anymore!!!

Fast forward a year...I've got 5 books out, am finishing up number 6 which will be released in August, have two more coming in 2011 and another 5 to 6 scheduled for 2012!!!

Oh...and I'm now selling over 1000 books per month...just on Amazon Kindle alone!!!

And...getting beyond superfab Reviews too!!!

Why?

Because Readers are now "validating" my books! Readers are reading my books, luuuvvvin' 'em and addin' em to their keeper-shelves, then tellin' all their friends to check 'em out too!!!

I'm turning my Readers into Fans, with every new book I release, and sharin' my journey with other writers too...paying it forward and helping to fill my Readers and Fans' cyber shelves with even more "great books for great prices".

NO MORE WAITING!!!

Nothin' beats making Readers and Fans happy, and when you've got 'em, and they're continuing to grow in huge numbers, that's the only "validation" you need!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart Readers & Fans Rock Wishes --- D. D. Scott

D. D. Scott Writes "The Jason Bourne of Comedic Capers"!

Ohhh yeahhh, D. D. Scott-ville...that's one of the comments made in one of the best Reviews I've gotten to date!!!

I'm over the moon with Author and Reader Jeff Lee's Amazon Review of THUG GUARD - Book One of my new, Cozy Cash Mysteries!



Here's Jeff's Amazon Review for THUG GUARD:

Who Needs Bourne When You've Got Zoey Witherspoon?!

5-Stars

Everyone in Hollywood packs a hyphen; you've got your writer-directors, your agent-producers and your actor-parking valets. Well, Zoey Witherspoon is a completely different kind of Hollywood Hyphenate. She's a studio stylist-interior designer-P.I.

Picture Stephanie Plum here, but with a tall, dark and brooding Bond-type as her sidekick. Together, they're hot on the trail of a Ponzi-scheming con man who makes Madoff look like a Filene's bargain basement mark-down. Their trail takes them from Rodeo Drive to the Riviera, butting heads with everyone from crown royalty to the Russian mob.

This is one fast and furious, funny as H-E-Double Hockeysticks caper story, and I literally found my abs aching from laughter by the end of the first chapter. With books like Bootscootin' Blahniks and Stompin' on Stetsons under her belt, D.D. Scott is already a master at wise-cracking characters and action that moves as fast as any Ludlum flick. In fact, think of Zoey Witherspoon as Jason Bourne - with a good set of French tips and a designer holster for her Glock.

The difference is, D.D. is a master at making you laugh while both you and Zoey are hanging by your fingernails, over the edge of her latest cliff. Like a lot of the characters in D.D.'s latest book, Thug Guard just plain kills.

Buy it. Read it. Laugh your hindquarters off. And don't say I didn't warn you.

Here are my fave lines from Jeff's Review...which will now be a few of the superfab blurbs I'll be using all over for this book:

*** Picture Stephanie Plum here, but with a tall, dark and brooding Bond-type as her sidekick.

*** In fact, think of Zoey Witherspoon as Jason Bourne - with a good set of French tips and a designer holster for her Glock.

*** With books like Bootscootin' Blahniks and Stompin' on Stetsons under her belt, D.D. Scott is already a master at wise-cracking characters and action that moves as fast as any Ludlum flick.

*** D.D. is a master at making you laugh while both you and Zoey are hanging by your fingernails, over the edge of her latest cliff.

Thanks bunches, Jeff, for writing one of my all-time fave D. D. Scott Reviews!!!

U rock!!!

And speaking of what and/or who rocks...I'm now reading Jeff's debut release THE LADIES TEMPERANCE CLUB'S FAREWELL TOUR ...and OMG, talk about LMAO fun!!! Wow!!! If you love winos and would enjoy a "Thelma and Louise meets Lucy and Ethel" adventure, check out The Ladies Temperance Club!!! Every page I read, I'm humming to myself that terrific Dixie Chick's song "Goodbye Earl". LOL!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart All-Time Fave D. D. Scott Reviews Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Behind and Beyond My Books (LIP GLOCK): The Swine Element

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

Boy...did me and The DH have a huge aha moment this weekend!!!

Yep...The DH was actually helping me brainstorm plotting ideas for my August release LIP GLOCK - Book Two of The Cozy Cash Mysteries.

And here's a hint at what we came-up with:



That's right...LIP GLOCK and all the Cozy Cash Mysteries hereafter will have a big-time...

"Swine" Element!!!

No more hints for now...just know that the Cozy Cash Mysteries do deal with...

A. A Ton of "swine"-like thugs

B. Tons of wine-and-dining in Zoey and Roman's royal, red-carpet worlds...or could that be "swine"-and-dining? LOL!

C. A ton of Cozy Cash-style crimes in the worlds of Wall Street and the "pork" barrel politics influencing all that money and those markets

D. And certainly tons of various "bring home the bacon" angles

R U gettin' the Piggly-Wiggly picture now?! LOL! Do they have even Piggly-Wiggly groceries in Europe? I'll have to research that...LOL!

And u betchya, there's gonna be a ton of Bond-style mud-slingin' goin' on too!

So there you have it...LIP GLOCK and its Swine Element...a total "out-of-money experience" or so says the too cute Piggy Bank the DH bought me Saturday at a Cracker Barrel Restaurant and Shop!

Sexy Sassy Smart Swine-Filled Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Behind & Beyond My Books (LIP GLOCK): Writing Page One

Happy Thursday, D. D. Scott-ville!

And welcome to my first Behind & Beyond My Books for my next release LIP GLOCK - Book Two of The Cozy Cash Mysteries - which will be released in August!

So...how is it...that an author gets to the point when he or she can write that first page of a book?

Well...for me, that first page begins in a series of images, that, for whatever reason, grab-hold of my muses and scream 'oh yeahhh...you're writing this one about these things'!

For example, for LIP GLOCK, here's what my muses are demanding of me...



And here's the result...

SPOILER ALERT!!!

LIP GLOCK (Page One...plus a wee bit more):

CHAPTER ONE


Life in a castle ain't all it's cracked-up to be.

Especially when you've arrived here after being at the wrong end of a Glock.

A Glock held to your chest by a woman old enough to be your Granny, and who's endowed with these monster-sized lips, formed into a maybe-evil-maybe-not, super-botoxed, Cheshire Cat-style grin.

And I mean it...Granny Veruschka's lips take-up half her damn face. A face that once graced the world's top fashion magazines, with a body attached that also got her on every hot catwalk. But now, a face that had seen one too many botox injections, and a body, although still sleek and cat-like, was currently filled with who knew what the hell kinda motivation to be holding me at Glock-point.

So now...here I sit, in my fave of all positions – the fetal position...my new M.O. –gazing at the Actaeon sculpture in the cascade of the castle grounds now holding me hostage.

Not familiar with the story of Actaeon?

Here's the scoop...

Actaeon is an iconic motif used in ancient art, both Renaissance and post-Renaissance, in which a hunter becomes the hunted.

Are you starting to get why I'm in the fetal position staring down good 'ole Actaeon?

Let me make it perfectly clear and paint y'all a rather disturbing snapshot.

Actaeon was once a hunter of stag and wolves, but now, thanks to Artemis, another Greek Mythology big-shot, Actaeon was a stag himself, with the wolves he used to hunt now about to rip him apart.

Kinda the story of my life the last couple weeks.

I'm Zoey Witherspoon, a fairly new, badge-toting P.I., who's been on Thug Guard hunting a twisted bundle of Ponzi-scheming turds throughout both The States then Europe too, along with my Secret Bond – as in James Bond-esque - Roman Bellesconi, Prince-of-Many-Names, and now his Granny Veruschka too.

Except the strangest thing happened on my way to get my all-things-green Naked Juice, my fellow hunters – Roman and his could-be-lethal Granny – decided I was the one to be hunted.

At least that's the impression I got.

But maybe that's just me, and there was another reason good 'ole Granny had a Glock pointed at my Gucci blouse in the parking lot of the Jiffy Mart back in Music City.

Not like I'd know said reason...because Roman and his Could-Be-Lethal Granny had so far refused to tell me shit!

I'm tellin' ya...life in a castle ain't all it's cracked-up to be...not when you don't have a God damn clue how or why you're here.

Okay...so maybe I had the tiniest of ideas "why" I'm here.

'Course that was before Granny drugged me and got me all comfy in the family kingdom's private jet for a flight across the pond...then into Milan...and straight to Castle Command Central.

Thus the fetal position...

And...oh shit...here comes Granny...

Now...from here, I'll spend a couple weeks fine-tuning these first couple pages, along with writing the first three chapters.

The first three chapters of each book are the toughest for me, and thus, take the most time.

That's when I'm really fleshing-out my characters and plot-points.

Once I've nailed these first three chapters, I can write the rest of the book in about four to six weeks.

I'm writing at a pace of one book every two to three months now...and that's sooo workin' for me and my muses and my readers and fans too!

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: What questions do you have about my writing process or are there any of my characters you're dyin' to read more of...and no worries..."Yes, your fave Mom Squad is back in LIP GLOCK...and OMG are they outta control!!!"

Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott Page One and Beyond Wishes --- D. D. Scott