Hello...

...my blog.

Again, I am forced to ponder where the time goes in between my blog postings. Ack..

I popped in on my author page at Amazon, and found this lovely review by Gail Bowen on *Cupid on a Mission*:

A cute premise, Cupid on a mission to further love, and the author did a great job. Not just one couple, but two couples to bring together. One couple was easy, only a few bumps on the road, but the second couple seemed hopeless, yet Cupid persevered and won in the end. I would enjoy reading more Cupid stories from this author.

*Cupid* on Kindle
*Cupid* on Smashwords

I guess this is the elusive sign I was looking for to motivate the Muse to work on *Cupid on Another Mission.* Someone named Laura Hamby better hop to it! Right after she finishes the Eagle Court of Honor invites for her Oldest Son, which can only be done after she goes to Kmart for the appropriate non-showing tape, buys stamps while she's out, rearranges the huge comforter in the washing machine and washing it again because there was enough kitty fur on it to knit an entire zoo of kitties, and bathes. Oh yes, the bathing must happen before the going out in public part. Nobody outside the immediate family who lives with me should be subjected to Medusa Hair, Drooping Under-Eye Baggage and the I Just Arose From the Dead look I'm sporting. Oh, and must put together Mom's and MIL's birthday prezzies...Santa, I could STILL use that clone!

And a timely reminder before I  hop to it!

Cupid on a Mission...

...Available again!

Cupid is tested by his assignment to reunite lovers with a rocky past, Nathaniel Phillips & Gail Harmon, thanks to a Cupid Council jealous of his success rate, & more than a wee bit annoyed by his arrogance. As a perk, the Cupid Council allows Cupid the opportunity to choose a couple to work his magic upon just for the fun of it - Rick Hartley & Coralie Elgin. Fall in love with Cupid on a Mission.

Cupid's on a mission to Chadwick, Kansas, to reunite a couple separated by their past. Cupid, being Cupid, can't resist, and when another unlikely pair come into Cupid's sights, the god of love winds up with more than he bargained. Are there enough M&Ms in the world to satisfy Cupid's love of the candy while he completes his mission to help Nathaniel and Gail overcome the hurts of the past and rediscover their love is still there? Are Cupid's arrows potent enough to encourage Rick to give love a chance with his neighbor, Coralie?  

 

Currently available on Smashwords

Coming soon to Amazon!             

Life...It Be Crazy!

So, the world tilted on its ear when I decided to self-publish. In a good kind of way. I'm busy, busy, busy, which is fine, but don't drop by my house unannounced, I won't let you inside. LOL. We aren't up to "Company Standard."

Okay, so here's what's going on...

Still running the contest (see Friday's blog post.)

I'm working on a new website, Books! Books! Books! where I'm currently offering FREE promo ops for authors.

The Marriage Charade is live on Smashwords AND Amazon. With this, I now have 3 novels available, and boy, does it feel good to be "out there" again.

I have several projects in the works - plans to republish, anthology style with Sherry, our Pops' Girls novels and novellas come January, going to republish Cupid on a Mission in February, along with an anthology with Sherry - 2 new novellas featuring Cupid from Cupid on a Mission. The anthology will be called Cupid on Another Mission. AND, I have a couple other new novels in the works.

Santa, please send me a clone for Christmas.

I've also applied for a job, and am waiting to hear about an interview. Fingers crossed.

Busy = Happy, and it's a great feeling.

Here's a great quote from Judy Garland, perfect for writers of romance. Great notion for the heroes and heroines we write.

 

 

And last, but not least, a great reminder to all my writer friends.

 

 



So Much Going On

With the holidays, kids and school and my job search, it, of course, seemed like the natural time to jump into the pool and self-publish. If that wasn't enough, it occurred to me I could reissue my out of print backlist.

I have been working on It's All Greek to Me since MONDAY. Ack. I had to copy/paste it to my email, remove the paragraph spacing (took the whole day), then recopy/paste to a new document (to remove extra formatting) and yep...work on the spacing again. That took another whole day. LOL. I've been updating the story, it is, after all, 6 years old and I mentioned answering machines! Hehe. The storyline itself isn't changing. Just adding details and bringing it further into the 21st century. I'm about 1/3 of the way finished.

So, into that project (with a new novel to format and publish just waiting in the wings), I had the brilliant idea to reissue my Blue Plate Special: Pops' Girls novels. It's a continuity series I wrote with my bestie Sherry (writing as Shara Jones), and another good friend, Meg Allison what, 4-5 years ago. We each wrote a stand alone, then contributed to an anthology. Meg's reissued her contributions: Second Chances and Accidentally in Love (see her webbie, I have too many windows open on my browser at the moment...eek!), and now, I've bamboozled Sherry/Shara into reissuing hers. (Allow me to pause for a moment to laugh like an evil loonybird.) We're going to issue 2 anthologies, Sherry/Shara 'n' me...one with our two standalones, retitled (Meg retitled hers, too) simply Janie (mine) and Cindi (Sherry/Shara's), and our two novellas from the original Pops' Girls anthology.

THEN, if that weren't enough, I said to Sherry, "I'm going to also reissue Cupid on a Mission. Mebbe we could do a Valentine's anthology with a couple of novellas, and use Cupid again." Sherry said, "How long?" This morning, I realized I now hafta write a novella for this project. Bwahahahahahaha. Outsmarted myself there.

Sherry and I also have some Brides themed novellas and spooky themed novellas. Yes, the possibilities are endless.

I'm just thrilled I bamboozled Sherry back into The Game again.

Okay, so why am I blogging when I have a webbie to update, a novel to finish updating/formatting, novellas and novels to write, books to publish...?

PS...For authors looking for (at the moment) free promo, I've created a new website: Books! Books! Books! in the hopes of attracting readers to their favorite, as well as, new authors.

Now I'm really leaving.