Desert Island Keepers

It's been a while, but it's my turn over at Desert Island Keepers. For the next few days I'll be hanging out over there so stop by if you get a chance!

The Weekend is Here!

Another Friday is here and this sure has been a long week! As some of you know, my mom was admitted to the hospital Wednesday but she was thankfully released the next morning after a slew of tests. Last year she spent about 13 hours in the ER before they found her a room and it was just as long this time. I have a lot of respect for people that work in the hospital. I don't want to go into the details but it looks like everything is going to be okay. For that, I am very grateful as I have the best mom in the world. She's so kind and giving and I hope I tell her that enough.

I'm having a lot of fun writing my new novella. *Knock on wood* but I haven't been facing any of my normal struggles and I even managed to plot the entire thing out before writing it. Dara, if you're reading this, I hope you're impressed ;) If I'm really lucky, I'll have enough free time over the weekend and get some serious writing done.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

RWA and Epublishing

I'm over at Writers Gone Wild today discussing the recent brouhaha with RWA and epublishing. My real reason for posting however is because I wanted to let everyone know why I love being epublished. Stop by and check it out if you get a chance.

Manic Monday

Hope everyone had a good Father's Day (if you celebrated). I definitely did. Spent it with my dad of course. Since it was so hot we spent it out on his boat. There's a sand bar on the chain of lakes he lives on so we parked with the rest of the folks cooling off and just relaxed for a few hours. Even though I put on a ton of sunscreen somehow my shoulders still turned pink :( My soon-to-be niece (sister's fiance is a father) spent it with us and she's so cute. She's only three but she's so smart and funny. I can't believe half the stuff that comes out of her mouth. The girl remembers everything!

Thankfully my dog is finally feeling better so we don't have to take her to the vet. My mom thinks she had separation anxiety from when we went on vacation and she's probably right. We usually take her with us when we go somewhere. If we don't, we only go out of town for a few days and even then we leave her with family but this time it didn't work out and I think my little angel thought we'd left her :( She's normally affectionate but the past week she's been doubly so. She follows both of us everywhere. She hates the bathroom and usually avoids it at all costs (b/c she doesn't like baths) but now if I'm doing my makeup she'll plop next to me and wait for me to finish.

Over the weekend I reworked the erotic novella I was working on and now it's a shifter erotic novella. I've wanted to try my hand at a shifter story for a while but I didn't think I was ready. I'd already built the 'world', decided the rules on aging, mating, shifting, family life, anything I could think of, but I think I was too afraid to actually write the story. I got about 10K into my current story and the hero kept telling me he wasn't human and I needed to rewrite him so finally I just listened. All his actions/reactions were so primal I decided to tap into his more animalistic side and write him the way he wanted. I shouldn't be surprised, but now the story is much smoother. And now his two brothers are demanding a story too.

Friday & Other Stuff

Whew! Friday is here at last! My dog has been sick all week. Still not sure what's wrong with her but we've put her on a bland rice and chicken diet for a couple days. If she's not better by Monday it's off to the vet. :(

Finished my revisions and sent them off to my agent (feels weird writing that let alone saying it aloud) earlier this week. Since we've never worked together before I really hope my revisions are what she was looking for. *crossing fingers*

On ESPAN's blog today, RWA's president Diane Pershing had a response to Deidre Knight's post from Wednesday regarding RWA and the Digital Age so if you're so inclined, check it out. Her response was disheartening, but completely expected. I don't even read her letters in RWR anymore because they're so laced with her own personal prejudices (which sadly, I don't think she realizes she even has). I'm much more inclined to listen to someone like Deidre Knight, a well known agent with a pulse on the publishing industry.

It's been a long week and my brain is fried so that's all I've got for today! Have a great weekend :)

Villain or Hero?

I'm over at Writers Gone Wild chatting about villains and heroes today. Stop by and offer your opinion!

Deidre Knight on The Digital Age & RWA

Deidre Knight, author of Butterfly Tattoo and founder of The Knight Agency is talking about The Digital Age and RWA over at ESPAN's blog today. Her post is incredibly thought provoking and informative. Stop by and read it if you get a chance.

I'm Back (and other news)

Got back from AZ last night. As soon as we stepped off the plane the smothering humidity hit us like a wave. AZ was warm, but the no humidity thing is something I could get used to. Still, it's good to be home :) This wasn't a typical sight seeing vacation, it was more or less a chance for hubby and me to visit w/ his best friend, who's a border patrol agent. We didn't do a lot other than visit and it was wonderful. I also got a lot of research done on what the Border Patrol does.

In other news, I signed with Jill Marsal of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. She called me on a Sunday, on vacation no less, so I was completely taken off guard. I'm surprised she still wanted to sign me by the way I rambled on. Seriously, my brain was telling me to breathe and try to sound like a coherent person but it just wasn't happening. I'm insanely excited, but I don't think it's set in yet. Maybe it's all a little surreal. I was working on a short romantic erotica that will have to take a back seat until I finish her requested revisions.

Before I do anything though, I have to go grocery shopping and there's a pile of laundry to catch up on! It doesn't even feel like a Friday to me, but I hope everyone has a great weekend! In the next few days I promise to visit every one's blogs and catch up :)

Hooked on Romance

I'm a guest blogger at Hooked on Romance today. The fabulous Jax Cassidy interviewed me so stop by if you get a chance! I'm giving away a copy of Dangerous Deception too!

Writers Gone Wild

I'm over at Writers Gone Wild today chatting about vacations. Come leave me some love :)