She interrupts me. I interrupt her. Elle A. Muse is unfortunately not amused…
I participated in an interview recently along with 12 other romance writers including Allison Brennan, Rebecca York, and Kasey Michaels. The interview, Romancing the Genres, is now on-line at WOW! Women on Writing.
Please check it out if you get a chance. Penny makes a quick appearance. 😉
Thank you to Beth Daniels for inviting me to participate!
My buddy, my friend, my life-long pal, erotic romance author Kate St. James, is the Godiva of the week ALL WEEK at Candy Ready’s blog. That’s from now until Friday, folks. Visit today and tomorrow to read Candy’s two-part interview with Kate, and drop by again Wednesday and Thursday to read excerpts from Exes & Ahhs, Kate’s latest novella featured in Secrets 26: BOUND BY PASSION.
Every time you leave a comment, you’ll enter to win a free autographed copy of Secrets 26. And, what’s even more wonderful, you can enter up to 5 times. That’s five—count ’em—five, chances to win Secrets 26!
The winner will be announced Friday—not here, but on Candy Ready’s blog. So don’t leave a comment here to win Secrets 26—you have to leave the comments there. Well, you can leave a comment here if you want, telling Kate how wonderful she is, and I will make sure to pass it on to her (not difficult, sometimes I swear she’s living in my head). But comments posted here will not enter you in the contest for the free copy of Secrets 26. Only the comments entered at Candy’s Ready’s blog from Monday to Thursday, January 12th-15th will. Winner chosen Friday, January 16th.
Phew.
Sorry to clarify to the extreme, but after receiving several pitches in the comments section of my recent post about the BookEnds pitch critiques, I figured I’d better.
I’m going Christmas crazy trying to organize gifts and menus and getting my son home yesterday (which was a 10 hour disaster instead of the short 1 hour trip it was supposed to be, due to the huge snowfalls over the past few days), so thank you to Edie Ramer for alerting me that the voting for Round 2 of the American Title V contest just got underway. Visit the Romantic Times website to read the hero and heroine descriptions and then vote for your favorite through email. I just did, so I’m no American Title grinch. What about you?
Okay, I’m on hold with my credit card company (don’t ask) and my neck is aching from typing with the phone squished against my shoulder, so that’s it for today and maybe the rest of the week. I have a feeling I might declare a blogiday soon.
That’s right, my friend, my buddy, my life-long pal (well, my pal of the last two or three years), Secrets erotic romance author, Kate St. James, is chatting tonight at 9 p.m. EST (that’s 6 p.m. PST and some other p.m. in some other ST) at Romance Reviews Today. <— Just click on the link and then, when you’re on the RomRevToday site, just click on the RRT Chat button to the left. If you’re then offered a selection of chat rooms, please select Secrets or Red Sage Publishing or some variation thereof.
Kate isn’t the only Red Sage author chatting at RomRevToday tonight, but as for who else is dropping by—that’s a mystery. Kate assures me that she herself doesn’t even know!
Why is Kate chatting? Because her latest release, Exes & Ahhs in Secrets Volume 26: BOUND BY PASSION is now available! Whoot-whoot!! Way to go, Kate!
You know what this also means? Kate has updated her website! And it’s a snazzy web update, let me tell you. How do I know? Because I’m her web designer. Please visit Kate’s website to read an excerpt and reviews of Exes & Ahhs.
Kate also has a trailer for Secrets 26, designed by her anthology mate, Rachel Carrington. Here it is, for your viewing pleasure, fresh from YouTube (hint, Kate’s is the third story featured):Â
Now, here’s an idea—holding a funeral for a manuscript you can’t place with a major publisher.
Writer Mary Patrick Kavanaugh is laying her rejected manuscript, Family Plots: Love, Death and Tax Evasion, to rest tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, December 6th, 4 p.m. sharp at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, California.
From the press release:
The event will be open coffin. Many manuscript drafts, rejection notices, refinance papers, vision boards, an MFA in Creative Writing, and possibly even the authors much watched DVD copy of The Secret, will be on view prior to the service for final farewell. Guests are invited to bring remants of their own dead dreams to bury with the author’s dashed hopes.
However, all is not lost. After rejections from sixteen New York publishers, Mary decided to self-publish her book with iUniverse, and it’s currently for sale on Amazon. This is her first novel. What say you? Is she giving up too soon? Or has she hit upon The Mother of All Book-Launching Publicity Stunts? Why not try a small press instead of going the self-publishing route?
By the way, I looked and looked, but I couldn’t find an excerpt of Mary’s novel on her website.
You can attend the funeral in person or via podcast. Visit Mary’s website for directions and more information.
I returned from several days of no Internet connection to discover that Red Sage is holding an election-themed contest. Right now, they’re conducting the “Primaries.” Here’s more information, from the Red Sage blog:
Election hype got you down?
Well, here’s a full slate of candidates we can all support!
Vote in this month’s “Primary” for your favorite story from Secrets or Red Sage Presents. We’ll be showcasing some of the candidates here on our blog, so check back for platforms and polling results!
Next month, we’ll shift out of the Primary and into the Election! Watch this space for details!
Everyone who votes will be entered into a drawing to win a free download of a Red Sage Presents story of their choice!
Here’s how to cast your vote. Send an email to eRedSage at gmail.com with “Primary Vote” in the subject line. In the body of your email, name your favorite Secrets or Red Sage Presents story. That’s it! No lines, no confusing touch screens or punch cards, and best of all — this is campaign literature you actually want to read!
So which story should you vote for? Any one you want! However, if you want my opinion (and who doesn’t?), cast your vote for Good Vibrations in Secrets Volume 21: PRIMAL HEAT, by the illustrious Kate St. James, who, as we all know (or should), is a wonderful writer and so close to my heart that she (almost) feels like part of me!
Vote for Kate! Vote for Kate now! Vote for Kate NOW!!!
Kate wants votes. Kate needs votes. Kate craves votes.
In case you need that voting information again:
Here’s how to cast your vote. Send an email to eRedSage at gmail.com with “Primary Vote” in the subject line. In the body of your email, name your favorite Secrets or Red Sage Presents story. That’s it!
Good luck! (Vote for Kate St. James)
(Vote for Kate St. James)
(Vote for Kate St. James)
(That’s Good Vibrations in Secrets 21)
(Good Vibrations)
(in Secrets 21)
Vote for Kate!