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August 8, 2011
Kindlegraphs…?
I added a few books. Not all-that will take a while. O.o
http://kindlegraph.com/authors/shilohwalker
I'm not entirely sure how it works, although I've signed a few. Just not sure, so I'm kinda clueless. I don't think you have to have a kindle, though.
Whatcha Reading?
The summer has been so crazy, between vacation and trying to catch up with deadlines and stuff, I haven't been able to pay attention the books that are coming out.
I've done some reading, although most of it is stuff that's been on my TBR or faves shelves.
I've read…
Yeah, yeah, the Ilona Andrews books are re-reads, but I'm trying to tide myself over until another one comes out, what can I say? Dead in the Delta was okay. Chasing Fire was pretty good. Not my fave Nora, but I've got so many faves by here, it's getting hard to knock those faves down. But it was good.
So what are you reading?
August 5, 2011
Friday 56
Yep, another Friday…yay! So, that means it's time for another round of Friday 56. Grab the closest (doesn't have to be what you're reading, just what you happen to have nearby). Turn to page 56, and give us the 5th sentence…or more if you'd like. Mine this week:
"And the slight imperfection of his nose–which looked like it had once been broken–gave him just enough character to save him from being pretty."
–Sirensong by Jenna Black 
August 4, 2011
And I'm done…
Edits on book 3 are done. I need to mail them off. Will do that tomorrow.
I celebrated by making a series page.
I mentioned on twitter and google+ that I finished the book and decided, It doesn't completely suck. That might not sound like a ringing endorsement, but I tend to think most of my books do suck. I'm spastic that way. This one seems pretty decent-the whole trilogy does. It's probably one of the best things I've written.
And I'm very, very glad the mad editing frenzy is almost done.
August 3, 2011
Ahhhhh!!!!!
That's the sound of me screaming. My brain imploding. All of it.
On Friday, I had not one but two sets of edits hit my desk. First round of edits on THE DEPARTED and edits on IF YOU KNOW HER.
I've got a book due 9/1. Another one due 11/1. Trying to put together a new project that will go I dunno where if I can sell it.
Brain is on meltdown.
Things may be scarce here until the brain recovers from the ahhhhhh moments.
August 2, 2011
Best. Spam. Ever.
I kid you not. I'm not altering this in any way, shape or form. I just didn't add the email, although why I'm being courteous to a spammer, I dunno…
I am Mrs Gloria Jones.My husband and my son was poisoned by my brother
inlaw because of property been shared by my father inlaw before he died.He
killed my husband and my son so that he can have my husband property to is
own in the act of jealousy due to my husband was given the highest shares
by is father.He sent assasins to wipe me and my only daughter away which
they missed a bullet towards us,so quickly travelled to italy to stay with
my aunt in verona.I was told by my husband bank manager that my brother
inlaw is trying to pull the sum of $500,000,000 dollars to his
account,which i was adviced by him to quickly move the funds before it get
too late.I was told to find someone who will help me pull the money to
your account so that he can not detect trace of the funds to me.Which you
can have 30% of the total funds then you can transfer to me the rest of
the funds to my account.If you are interested help me please do contact my
email below
Now, I ask you, have you ever seen a spam mail so full of awesome and crap at the same time?
August 1, 2011
Excerpt from THE DEPARTED
due out in January…
For so many years, cold had been a part of Dez's life. The departed felt cold. The long empty nights she spent following leads were often cold. She went home to a cold, empty bed and she awoke to a cold, empty house.
She was more used to cold than warmth.
So it was something of a shock when she drifted awake and found herself surrounded by warmth. She stiffened, the breath locking in her throat as she stared at the wall straight in front of her, unable to move, hardly able to think.
A hand rested on her hip and in that moment, as her mind tried to figure out just what in the hell was going on, it started to move, stroking upward. She shivered, feeling an odd, tickling sensation in the wake of his hand.
"It was a mistake insisting on the three months," Taylor said quietly, his voice muffled against her neck.
She lay still, not moving, hardly daring to breathe. Even when his hand rested on the curve of her nape, she didn't move. "I knew it then, even if I couldn't have made myself say it. I can say it now. It was a mistake . . . and I'm sorry."
Dez closed her eyes. Swallowing, she asked, "Why are you in my bed, Jones?"
For the longest time, he was quiet. Then, he finally, he pressed a kiss to her nape and replied, "Because I seemed to have a lot of trouble walking away from you last night. I needed to tell you that, needed to tell you I was sorry."
"Okay. You told me. You're still in my bed."
He let go and she felt something fall across her neck. Reflexively, she caught it, but she didn't look down because he'd caught her hip and started to tug, slowly. A gentle, unyielding pressure.
She could have resisted it, but that would have felt more than a little childish. She settled for keeping her eyes closed—that was only a little childish, right? Even as she lay there clutching whatever it was in her hand, she kept her eyes closed. Even as Taylor guided her to her back and pressed a hand to her belly and even as her heart skittered and danced in her chest.
She couldn't look at him. She didn't dare.
"I have the hardest damn time putting you out of my head." Taylor brushed his lips over her cheek.
She had to bite her tongue to keep from hissing out a surprised gasp. Don't listen to him. Whatever new game this was—
Then his lips covered hers. Thought stopped. As his tongue stroked along the seam of her lips, Dez opened for him with a startled moan. What in the . . .
Winner
I keep forgetting to post this…
Winner of the Nalini Singh/Archangel book…connery, who commented:
Her face lit up the moment she saw him.
Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon
and you know there is a special place in hell for teasers, right next to people who talk in the theater *winks*
I need you to email me! email is shilohwalker(at)gmail.com~just a reminder, as stated in my disclaimer, all contest winners are posted to the blog-that's how they are notified and you have two weeks to claim the prize. If it isn't claimed within the two weeks, I don't redraw names-I just hold the book for a contest later down the road.
Thank you!
July 31, 2011
Reading ebooks on #Apple toys, iPod, iPad, etc
So Apple has gone and screwed things for etailers, and if you aren't aware of how things are running, you might think you can't buy ebooks for your iPod or iPad unless you use iBooks. Personally, I hate the iBooks app, anyway. They also aren't letting the app stores tell you why the buy links suddenly disappeared. I'm not an app store. You're not an app store. So we can tell each other and spread the word, right?
Apple has forced the apps like Kobo, BN, Kindle, etc to change things and remove all buy links from the apps. No more in app purchases. This is an Apple thing and the etailers had no choice.
But don't worry. You can still buy your books outside of the iBooks, which is cool if you hate the iBooks app like I do…and if you hate having a mega-giant try to control how you buy things (like I do). And you also have tech-savvy people at Dear Author who will tell you how. Info can be found here!
So how the heck do you get books onto the app itself? This procedure is called sideloading and it's fairly easy… (read on for more)
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