Totally out of the blue, but I have two questions about author promotional items.

1. What's the best promotional item you ever received from an author? (My most used favorites are a cat food can cover I got from Linda Lael Miller and a jar opener from Geri Krotow. My other favorites include a shot glass from Jacquelyn Frank.)

2. Do you enjoy the smaller items like bookmarks and pens? As in, do you use them or toss them?

Thanks, everyone! Hope you're having a nice weekend!!!!

Hi everyone!

I've had a lot of emails from readers asking why they can't get my Demonica books in ebook format at retailers like Amazon. Well…it should be temporary. I've been told that the books SHOULD be restored by the 3rd, but we'll see.

Apologies…seems that right now there's some upheaval in the publishing and retailing world that's causing problems for a lot of authors.

Oh, and speaking of problems, my blog is having comment issues. I have to moderate all comments for now, so if your comment doesn't show up right away, that's why! I'll approve them when I get a chance!

Hi everyone!

Making this short…I have a ton of stuff to do today. SO glad it's Friday!

Okay, so Ecstasy Unveiled is one of the DABWAHA tournament picks! Which means I'm going to be pleading for votes now and then. In fact, until noon today, he's up for vote, as well as several other books you might have read!

New covers…no, not mine! But check out Stephanie Tyler's new covers for her upcoming Shadow Force books! OMG, I LOVE them!

News! Sin Undone is being released earlier! Yep, Sin has been moved up, so she's now releasing on August 24th! Woo hoo!

Remember the International Heat Contest in the blog post below? Well, winners have been selected! So if you participated, be sure to check the International Heat blog!

And DH, if you're reading this, I've been researching fences. The SECOND you get home, we're putting something up…

I thought this was really fun and wanted to share…Kimi Alexandre from Talechasing made these voice book promos. I love toys like this…and she did a really great job!

Listen to Diana Pharoah Francis's book promo for her urban fantasy Bitter Night:

Isn't that cool? Kimi made one for Ecstasy Unveiled too…but I can't get two little flash players to work in the same blog post. Instead I have a text link:

Ecstasy Unveiled

So…how is everyone doing? Do you have snow? No snow? We got about 4 inches over the last couple of days…we're freakishly low on snow here in Wisconsin.

But, good news! I turned in Sin Undone to my editor, so fingers crossed that she likes what I've done with the revisions! And hopefully I can share a blurb and/or cover with you soon!

I saw the strangest thing on Twitter yesterday. An author (for the life of me, I can't remember who! ) went to a bookstore to sign her newest release. Out of eleven copies, the manager only let her sign four. Why?

Because, according to the manager, some readers don't like to buy signed books.

Huh? Seriously??? So out of eleven people who will buy those books SEVEN would prefer unsigned books? And who prefers an unsigned book over a signed one?

I'm having trouble with this, because I honestly can't figure out why an unsigned book would be preferable over a signed one.

So…what about you? If you have a choice, do you take the signed copy or the unsigned one? And is there any reason you'd ever prefer an unsigned book?

I know…It's been forever since I posted, so I figured I'd do a quick catch-up!

I always tend to get very scarce as a deadline approaches, and I've definitely been in deadline mode. I've got some revisions to deal with on Tempting The Fire, which is the fifth Sydney Croft book, and I'm very close to finishing Sin Undone, which is the fifth Demonica book. I also have a high school reunion to go to this weekend (my husband's), and then there are the school projects (my son's.)

So…busy! But what's nice is that the weather is cooling down and getting icky (which I like,) and all the house stuff is almost finished (landscaping and window dressings.) So very soon, we'll have a finished house, snow, and finished books!

How have you been? Enjoying the fall weather? Reading any good books? Watching any good new shows? Dish!

Hi everyone!

Well, today I'm at a couple of places, because it's fun to bounce around.

First, over at Playground Mystique, I'm there with Shade and Runa, interviewed by the lovely and talented Kensana Darnell, and we'd love it if you stopped by!

And over at Authors After Dark, I'm dispensing a little advice to aspiring and newly published authors. I get asked lots of questions, so I figured I'd throw some answers out. :)

(Okay, had a link here, but I deleted it because I actually plan to write a full post about it!)

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!!!

I get so excited when I finally see one of my books available for pre-order on a website. It's like the book is REAL all of a sudden. (Not that the gobs of revisions, copyedits, and galleys weren't real ) But it just is so fun. I love the little milestones that come with every book.

So anyway, Ecstasy Unveiled is available for Pre-Order at Amazon now!

Well, you know what I mean!

Over at Writeminded today, say hi to romantic action-adventure author, Elizabeth Naughton, and you might be eligible to win her newest book, Stolen Heat! You can also get details about how to enter her BIG contest for lots of great prizes.

Hope to see you there!