I blogged today at the Source Immortal blog on those common questions you get from so many people when they find out you’re an author. Some of it is pretty tongue-in-cheek, but it also speaks to some of the frustrations writers feel about how others see us.
http://sourceimmortal.com/uncategorized/how-to-respond/
Comments are welcome!
I’ll be part of this event at the Barnes & Noble Arboretum in Charlotte this Saturday:
Get Your Romance On:
Cool Summer Days and Hot Summer Nights
Join us at Barnes & Noble at the Arboretum on Saturday, June 25th as we host a panel of romance authors to talk shop. Come between the hours of
2-4 pm and meet the following authors, enjoy refreshments, and hear about their craft!
Lydia Dare
Author of It Happened One Bite
Mary Margaret Draughtridge
Author of SEALed with a Kiss
Leigh Greenwood
Author of No One But You
Chloe Harris
Author of Secrets of Sin
Regina Jeffers
Author of The Scandal of Lady Eleanor
Angela Knight
Author of Master of Smoke
Karen McCullough
Author of A Gift for Murder
Jennifer Hudson Taylor
Author of Highland Blessings
Beth Williamson
Author of Unbridled
3327 Pineville-Matthews Rd. Charlotte, NC 28226 704.341.9365 www.bn.com
I’m over at Rosalie Lario’s blog today, talking about writing quirky, oddball heroines. Please come visit and leave a comment:
http://rosalielario.com/2011/06/10/creating-the-oddball-heroine/#comment-1528
I spent last week at the beach, on Edisto Island, a barrier island off the coast of South Carolina, south of Charleston. Edisto Beach is a quiet place, well off the beaten track. There are no high-rise hotels, no amusement parks, no movie theaters, just a few restaurants and only a couple of souvenir shops. But it has a glorious beach. Except for the first couple of days, the weather was near-perfect, warm enough to make strolling on the beach and paddling in the water pleasant, but not sizzling hot.
We ate lots of seafood, spent time reading while sitting on the deck soaking up the sunlight and the sea breeze. Slept well with the sound of the ocean soothing us. More to come. There was a lot of interesting wildlife and things found on the beach.
Wow, I am one lucky Mom!
First my wonderful husband got me a Kindle! I’m really excited. I love reading on the thing. It’s so light and the screen is really easy to read. I’ve got it pretty loaded with books already.
And my daughter got me this awesome Dr. Who mug with a Tardis that disappears from one side and takes off into space on the other side when filled with hot liquid.
Cool, no?
I’ll soon be getting my rights back to my vampire story that was part of the BENEATH A CHRISTMAS MOON anthology. I need to create a new cover for it and get it released in ebook editions.
It’s hard to explain to people how this story isn’t what they might expect when they hear that it’s a vampire story. But it’s a Christmas story too, and almost as heartwarming–in its own somewhat violent way–as most of the genre.
Gotta love this:
A Question of Fire is now availabel in Kindle, Nook, and other ebook formats!
A Gift for Murder releases on January 27, 2011 according to material I got from Five Star when I signed the contract. Amazon lists it as available February 11. Barnesandnoble.com lists a trade paperback version as available in April. Confusing!