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June 28, 2012
Leaving…on a jet plane
No. In a rental car. But it never sounds as well like that.
We’re heading to Pennsylvania for a few days where the kids will ride roller coasters and glut on chocolate (I’m assuming) and I will go to Gettysburg.
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That is the plan for Pennsylvania.
THEN!
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NEW YORK CITY!
While I’m in New York…I am signing books. IN NEW YORK CITY! I feel like real author now. O.O
Are you in New York City? Wanna come see me get stupid because I feel like REAL. AUTHOR. NOW. signing. books. in. New. York.
Yes. I’m excited about this.
The details!
New York
7.5.2012
Posman Books
9 Grand Central Terminal
Drinks/Drinks to follow
info (link will take you to facebook…if you’re not on FB, that’s fine. Just know it starts at 6pm and we head out for drinks and dinner afterward. No. I’m not buying drinks and dinner for everybody. I’m a REAL. AUTHOR. NOW…but I’m not a rich one. Dang it.)
June 27, 2012
Who has time for that?
So I was reading this blog post over at Dear Author… a self pubbed author who basically uses the comments in reviews to fix her published works.
Now… I will say that if there’s one of my self pubbed titles and it’s typos, yes, I’m likely to go in and fix it, when I can. It’s a time consuming process, and can take hours to get it all taken of on my end, because I tend to screw things up and have to redo over and over, but I try.
But the post seems to be about revising the work based on reviews, and using reviews to find beta readers.
The beta readers thing…eh, I don’t think that’s the place for it. Some may not care, but it’s obvious by the tone of the post that others do. Reviews are for readers. Yes, authors can use them… I certainly have learned stuff from reading my negative reviews but it’s my choice to decide whether or not I’ll do that. But the reviews, in the end, really are a buying tool for readers.
The thing I want to focus on is using the reviews as revision tools.
Ah… who has time for that? Seriously. The way to get better as a writer is just to keep writing…more books. The ones you’ve written need to stand on their own. Write more. Get better. Write more. Get better…so on, and so on. I’d bet just about all of us could crack open our previous books and think...damn it, I should have done this. Or that. OR THIS AND THAT!
But all that time we spending fixing that book…the one that’s already out there? It’s time we’re not spending on the next book. And the next one. At some point, you need to just let the published books be that… published. And focus on the works in progress.
That’s my thoughts on it anyway…
June 26, 2012
You want these…
I read them. I loved them. I bought them today. You should read them.
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June 25, 2012
I was waiting…
The cover was mostly done, but I was waiting on a quote.
I just got the quote.
“Do yourself a favor and read this book. This story is original and hard-hitting with terrific world building and some of the best characters I’ve read. Yum.” Author Patricia Briggs, author of the #1 NYTimes Mercy Thompson series
So… NOW… my cover is ready and final. And um, I’m going to go dance for a minute. Patty Briggs liked my book!
June 23, 2012
Snippets!
It’s about romance, wooing, seduction!
This is from WRECK THIS LIFE… and don’t bother looking for more info on it, cuz there isn’t any. I don’t have release info, blurbs or anything… just sold it.
But, well… it fits. Zach has only been after Abby for…well, most of his life.
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“Why did you kiss me?”
Blood rushed to her face and she turned away, focusing her attention on the sprawling window that stared out over the desert. At night, she could stare out at the spread of the sky and feel lost in the beauty of it. During the day, she could stare at the desert and find some peace in the chaos of her day.
But right now, it wasn’t working.
Hearing a faint movement behind her, she turned around her as he came to a stop just inches away. “No answer?” he murmured, reaching out tug on a lock of her hair.
She jerked her chin up and fell back on the attitude that had gotten her through things when little else could. “Hey, it was a spur of the moment thing. I could always ask you why you kissed me back,” she shot off.
A hot grin appeared on his face and he dipped his head to whisper in her ear. “But I can give you an answer for that. Are you really you want to hear it?”
Abigale rolled her eyes and tried to back away from him. But he followed her. Step by step, until she stood with her back braced against the wall just by the window, the heat of the sun already warming her skin. “I probably already know what it is,” she said, curling her lip at him. “You’re a man, right?”
“Well… there is that.” He closed his hands around her hips, holding her steady as he leaned against her. She felt the heat of him, the length of his cock like a brand against her belly and her breath caught in her lungs, lodged there as he started to rock, slow, steady.
Each movement sent flickers of heat flying through her, turning her brain into absolute mush.
“But there’s the real reason.” He rubbed his lips against hers and whispered, “You see… I’ve only been waiting for you to kiss me for a good long while now. I can’t be held responsible for liking it when you finally do it.”
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June 22, 2012
Books and Shiny Stuff… Blade Song Blog Tour coming up
Going to be setting up the list for my blog tour soon, but if you wanna post the button…
And maybe see the prizes?
Another image of the earrings because mine doesn’t show as much detail…
Image from Amazon
The bag contains swag from RT, a couple of samplers, as well as a T-shirt and cap from Ellora’s Cave, The Vampire Shrink from Lynda Hilburn, The Wolf Gift from Anne Rice and Cowgirls Don’t Cry by Lorelei James.
The books and bag were picked up for giveaways at RT.
The earrings…I wanted something that was kind of… Kit-like. Kit likes shiny stuff, but usually the sharp short of shiny stuff. So the dagger earrings were perfect.
The goodies will all be for the blog tour and I’ll have info coming up soon.
The Friday 56
I’ve got a million books open on my desktop right now, and yes, this is one of them.
So….
From Hot in Handcuffs, The Unwilling
This—sex? Something more? But he didn’t want to think about that right now—didn’t want to think about anything but her. Having her. Finally. After too many years.
About the Friday 56
Grab the book nearest you. Right now
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
June 21, 2012
Ignore the fiddling
I know I had a whole bunch of weirdness happen with my website today. The theme I was using wasn’t working right for some reason. It had done just fine for the longest while and then some of the ‘featured’ images just…went nuts.
Dunno if I’ll stick with this one or not, but if you see anything off kilter, let me know. I’m no code expert so if it’s not working right, I’ll probably just have to keep changing until I get a theme that DOES work.
Wanna Read!
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