RELEASE DAY!!!!!

PREY is the fourth book in Rachel Vincent’s Shifters series. Here’s the back cover copy:
SOMETIMES PLAYING CAT AND MOUSE IS NO GAME…

Play? Right. My Pride is under fire from all sides, my father’s authority is in question, and my lover is in exile. Which means I haven’t laid eyes on Marc’s gorgeous face in months. And with a new mother and an I-know-everything teenager under my protection, I don’t exactly have time to fantasize about ever seeing him again.

Then our long-awaited reunion is ruined by a vicious ambush by strays. Now our group is under attack, Marc is missing, and I will need every bit of skill and smarts to keep my family from being torn apart. Forever.

 

 

CITY OF SOULS is the fourth book in Vicki Pettersson’s Signs of the Zodiac series. Here’s the back cover copy:

Joanna Archer, Agent of Light, has survived a violent initiation into the paranormal world lurking behind the seedy seams of Las Vegas. She’s found a home, friends, and even t he chance for a new life and love.
But evil never rests, and to save her beloved city, and herself, Joanna must venture into a new world hidden among the shadows, one where the line between good and evil is barely visible, every agent is a rogue … and each breath could be her last.

Scooper’s Library is Gone

Scooper, a book reviewer and fellow blogger, recently lost her book collection in a fire–right after taking in two little girls along with the two she already had.  I can’t imagine what a rough time she’s having.  A lot of authors are sending her copies of their books to replace her library.  I’m hoping to help spread the word. 

The story is here.

Dame for a Day

Come meet debut author Diana Rowland and read about her life as a cop and forensic photographer.  Plus, she’s giving away TWO copies of her new book Mark of the Demon! (Click here to try and win  or click the book cover to buy a copy.) Described as a hard-boiled police procedural and gritty urban fantasy.  Sounds really good!

Out of The Fog

So, I’ve been doing yet another draft on the book.  My critique partner went over a couple of chapters and felt I didn’t have the youthful voice down yet.  Once that clicked, I started over.  This book has now had three complete drafts.

Today, I polished the last three chapters–or what I thought were the last three.  Decided to rewrite the last chapter from scratch. Did that today, too.  I’m very, very tired right now. 

So, I have to polish that last chapter.  But I uploaded the other eighteen chapters to Rachel today.

I’ve worked on this story so much, I can no longer see it objectively.  I think it’s good.  Hope so.  Hope Rachel thinks so, too.  I’m so ready to have a second book out there circulating.   But as of right now… I’M SICK OF THIS STORY.  Need to set it aside for a little while.  Will do so while it’s being critiqued. Don’t worry. I’ll love it again.  I have this urge to read it all the way through after this last polish, but really, I’ll just find stuff and well, it’s better to wait on Rachel and let it sit.

So… what has been failing during my POLISH FOG?

Laundry. (Mom? Is anything clean?)

Clean bathrooms. (Took care of those this morning before the massive polish/rewrite phase. Was stunned. Book Fogless eyes see so much more.)

Job hunting. (Okay, been doing this at same time, but the process is so unbelievably frustrating.)

Fun. (Between working so hard and the job hunting, fun has been conspicuously absent.  Must remedy.)

Come Share!

I switched weeks with Rachel Vincent  since next week is a big release one for her.  So, I blogged at the Deadline Dames again today about my beginnings in publication.  Also, what it felt like the first time I saw actual art created for one of my characters.  Come share your stories on seeing your book covers for the first time!

http://www.deadlinedames.com

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