Coming Out of My Cave in 2016

 

 I spent most of 2015 in my writing cave, which is totally my happy place. I was working hard on several projects that I’m super excited about. Some of them are still top secret, but now that it’s a new year, some of them get to see the light!

That’s right—the books are coming! I’m planning a release schedule of 4-5 novels this year.

The first release, Not A Mistake (March 15), is my first foray into self-publishing, and it’s been really fun! It’s book one in my new contemporary series, Hot Under Her Collar, about young women clergy. Its uptight but swoony hero, of all the characters I’ve written, is the one I most wish I could magically make real. (Keep in mind, my Blood Vine series vampires actually are real, so I’m not offending them.)

You can read the blurb for Not A Mistake and add the book to your Goodreads TBR here.

Two Siren Romances are also scheduled to release with Lyrical this year as a follow up to The Siren’s Touch. Those books are ridiculously fun to write and I hope equally fun to read!

And now for a New Year’s Resolution…

Like a lot of authors, putting words on the page makes me happy. Inviting other people to read them makes me itch. Frankly, marketing is a skill set they don’t teach in seminary (which may explain the declining attendance in so many churches).

Also, I’m a raging extrovert. Surprisingly enough, trying to think through marketing plans mostly alone, with occasional panicked phone calls to my expert author friends was not the right approach for me (though my friends were always really nice about it J).

So, this year I asked for help.

I’m working with the awesome Lizzes at Liztastic Author Services to make some marketing plans, so that I feel less itchy and anxious about inviting others to read my book. It’s already working!

Now I feel like this:

 

Instead of like this:

 

You’ll probably see me around a lot more online. Liz Blue promises to be a little Dommey about prodding me not to disappear back into the writing cave. Oh, here she is now, cracking the whip! I better get back to work!