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3 August, 2005, 01:21 pm
Taking Care of Business
Well, I've just returned from Reno and my anthology with LuAnn McLane and Patricia Ryan officially hit the shelves yesterday. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS is a collection of three novellas about couples who find passion and love in the workplace and my contribution to the book is a
story called BRUSHSTROKES, of which you can read an excerpt on my website!
The release of this book, coming on the heels of the conference has me busy, busy, busy. Starting tomorrow, LuAnn McLane and I will be hitting local and regional bookstores to sign copies, and I'll also be signing copies of IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS, so if you live in Ohio, Kentucky, or Indiana, keep your eyes peeled for autographed books : ) And hey, how fun is this? A feature on our little "Love Bug Book Tour" appears in the September issue of Romantic Times!
Speaking of fun stuff - TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS was featured in Barnes & Noble's romance newsletter for August! Hooray! And get this. LuAnn (my aforementioned friend and co-author) recently won an evening with James Denton of
Desperate Housewives (that's Mike the Plumber ; ) ) So what does that have to do with TCOB? Not only did LuAnn ...
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25 July, 2005, 02:40 pm
Off to the races!
Okay, not really. Just off to the Romance Writers of America's national conference in Reno - but it's a very busy, crowded affair, and there are times when it FEELS a lot like a race ; )
So tomorrow I get to spend six hours in transit on two airplanes, tickets for which cost an arm and a leg. My travel companions and most of RWA discovered when it was time to book flights that "you can't there from here." No matter where "here" is ; ) Just seems Reno's a difficult place to get to for some crazy reason, at least from this side of the country (I'm in the Midwest). But it will have its rewards in getting to see lots of long distance friends, touching base with various editors, and attending lots of fancy publisher and RWA shindigs : )
One of the highlights is the big booksigning on Wednesday, July 27, where the proceeds go to support literacy. There will be over 400 authors - including ME : ) - signing books from 5:30 to 8:30PM. Which I mention because this event is open to the public, so if you happen to be in Reno, head on over to the Hilton on Wednesday evening and say hi : )
Until next time (when I'm sure I'll have jetlag, ...
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12 July, 2005, 02:38 pm
From Under the Cloud of Dennis ...
I come to you from under the cloud of Hurricane Dennis, which has now moved far north into the midwest to keep things just slightly wet and very gray. Seems so early to me for hurricanes ...
I haven't been a very good blogger, have I? One entry, then whoops, you don't hear from me forever. Yeah, I know it's only been a couple of weeks, but they say blogs need to be pretty active to keep folks coming back. I'll try to do better ... although the jury's still out on whether I think I'm really a blogger at heart ; )
Have been out and about the last few days trying to sign copies of IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS at local bookstores. So wouldn't it be swell if the booksellers could actually <i>find</i> the books? They generally know they're there somewhere, but they're just not sure where. Needless to say, this concerns me - so should you wander into your local bookstore looking for a copy and not be able to find it, please ASK : ) And then please tell them the books should be displayed front and center : ) And I should not neglect to mention that most booksellers are very nice about the search and that I'm sure there just <i>gazillions</i> of
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29 June, 2005, 06:34 pm
Greetings from Blogville
Wow, look at me - blogging! Whoda thunk?
The fact is, I've avoided blogmania bigtime, thinking - hey, if I'm busy blogging, when am I going to have time to write? And I've even resented (just slightly) the *pressure* I've felt to blog - like if you're not doing it, no one is going to visit your website or pay attention to your books.
And yet, here I sit, posting my first entry to a blog - because the lovely folks at Romance Reader at Heart have so kindly offered me blog access, so I'm gonna give it a whirl and see what happens. Could be you'll check back in a month and find I have just blogged myself silly. Or could be you'll check back and this will be the only entry. Only time shall reveal the answer to this most profound question ; )
Now would probably be a good time to segue into news about my career (since I've promised myself this will be the purpose of the blog - that I won't just sit and chatter endlessly, that I'll actually relay relevant information! : ) )
Foremost at the moment, of course, is the release of my new Warner Forever romance, IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS. Super, super sexy and set in New Orleans, it's the story of a mild-
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