Deceived

I was so happy to visit Amira'website today and see Deceived listed among the releases coming soon. This is the story idea I had one morning over the holidays and just couldn't stop writing until it was done. The release date is April 12.

Updates

While I was over at Facebook and Twitter updating some images, my daughter thought she'd be helpful and remove the protective plastic from the screen of my phone. She'd removed the plastic from our router yesterday and was praised for it so I guess she thought she'd keep the ball rolling. Fortunately, I have more covers, but as anyone who has ever placed one of these covers, you know it's not easy. I do wonder why her helpfulness never seems to extend to her picking up her toys. 

If you've been watching my Works in Progress page, you'll notice that I removed one of the names from the list. It's going to be published with Amira. The title will be Deceived. More details to come.

What's New

I've been writing, writing, and writing some more. I've had lots of new ideas. My last story idea came to me one morning over the holidays. I woke up and there it was. The idea was pretty firm within minutes but it took me a few days to work out some of the details. The more I thought about it, the more excited I became with the story idea. I completed the story last week. Since then, I've been proofreading and adding a few more details, but for the most part, I’m satisfied with the story.

I've also been reading lots and it occurred to me that I have several types of stories that I like that I will buy again and again despite knowing that I will encounter a similar plot. One of those is the idea of friends falling in love. I can't resist a marriage of convenience that becomes more. Or the story of a woman who has an affair with a man and later conceals the resulting pregnancy. (Of course, they get back together when he finds out after a delicious show of male fury.) There are more plots I adore, but still, you'd think it would get dull and that I'd be looking for something different. Somehow it never does and these remain my favorite themes. 

Ahh, The Holidays

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I enjoyed the time with family exchanging gifts, shopping and, of course, eating. Christmas was my favorite holiday as a kid. As I got older, the excitement dimmed a bit. (People stopped buying me toys!) Since my daughter was born, I've grown to enjoy it more with my daughter. The last two years, she's "helped" me put up the tree. But this is the first year that she was really excited about the holidays. We watched classic cartoons like "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.

After Christmas, I went shopping with my sister and we visited a toy store to look for a toy for her son. I'd bought him all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles except one. Donatello was missing from every store I checked and he was ridiculously overpriced online. We still didn't find him, but my daughter found a small set with a bunny. It included a small bowl, spoon, cup, tub, and other assorted items. It looked like it should cost about five dollars. It was twenty-two! So, of course, I put it back. And my daughter was upset for the rest of the time we were in the store. I picked up other more reasonable and useful items, but that didn't perk her up any at all. Once we were in line to leave, she was still crying, but not the loud annoying crying that inspires no sympathy. No, she had the sad face, sad eyes and the look of someone trying to hold back tears. It was far more effective than acting out could have ever been. Emotional blackmail at its finest. Sigh. And so, along with the other items, this is how I ended up buying almost a hundred dollars worth of toys days after Christmas and only a few weeks before her fifth birthday.

Holiday Blog Hop Winner

Time to announce the winner. The winner for my portion of the hop is Roberta. Congratulations! I hope you enjoy whichever book you choose.

I want to thank everyone who dropped by for the hop. And I wish you all good luck in winning the iPad2!

Evernight Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Evernight Holiday Blog Hop!

We love the holidays, we love making our readers happy and we love giving away swag. What better way to do that than to hold a blog hop?

Here's how it works... the more blogs you hop to (shown below) the more chance you have of winning prizes. Each site on the hop is offering a prize and Evernight is offering an iPad 2 as the grand prize! To be in with a chance of winning the site prize simply follow the blog you're visiting and leave a comment which includes your email address. Each entry on each blog is then counted towards the grand prize draw. The more entries you have, the better your chance of winning that iPad 2! You also get extra points for liking the Evernight Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/evernightpublishing. Just make sure you let us know in the comments that you've done so.
  
Happy hopping!

This is like Christmas come early! For my part, I am giving away a copy of one of my Evernight publications to one lucky winner. Those include Whimsy, Acting Witchy, and Just Vamps. I'll leave the choice up to the winner. For information on those books, visit my Books tab. Thank you for dropping by! Good luck and don't forget to leave your e-mail address!

Evernight Holiday Blog Hop