more from NY NY

The best thing about being in NY was catching up with all my friends. Awesome writers Barb Ferrer and Alyssa Day were in town with their daughters and we met Marianne Mancusi and Liz Maverick at Sambuca's, home of the $30 meatball
Afterwards we walked past the Dakota into Central Park since I had never been there. Liz and Marianne both live on the upper West Side which I have to admit it rather nice. We picked up Marianne's dog Molly and took her for a walk and enjoyed a beautiful sunset.
It was a whirlwind three day trip with family, friends, agent and publisher and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Later I'll post the official "results" of my trip.

Cool New Contest

Dorchester is doing a contest inviting readers to dress up as their favorite character from a Dorchester book and send in a photo. There are cash and free book prizes for the best in 4 categories. The Rebels of Romance did a video explaining the rules.

I can't wait to see what the readers come up with. And if you decide to do one of my characters send me a picture and I will return the favor with an autographed copy of Twist.

I just got tagged

I just got tagged by Marianne Mancusi

The rules:

a) Link to the person who tagged you.

b) Post the rules on your blog.

c) Write six random things about yourself.

d) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.

e) Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on his/her blog.

f) Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

Okay six random things about me.

1. I saw the Mothman when I was four years old. Seriously

2. My favorite movie of all time is White Christmas and I would love to dance like Vera Ellen in the song Mandy.

3. I LOVE to ride roller coasters.

4. When I was little I called station wagons cars with back porches.

5. The first time I saw the ocean we were at Virginia Beach and I was more scared of the crabs because it was night and I couldn't see them.

6. My favorite guilty pleasure is a chocolate shake from Hard Rock Cafe. Luckily there are no Hard Rock Cafe's near me.

I'm tagging Sonja Foust, Barb Ferrer, Stacey Klemstein and thats all because everyone else I know has either been tagged or won't play.

Twist

I'm excited to be part of a new line called Shomi. It's urban fantasy with animie covers. The first book, Wired, by my friend Liz Maverick will be out in August, followed up by Marianne Mancusi's Moongazer and Eve Kenin's Driven. My story, Twist will be out in Feb 08.

Here's the blurb

There’s always a moment….

Abbey Shore never intended to be the savior of the world; it was just something that happened. She’d expected her importance no more than her father’s tragic death—or the fact that she was left poor and “flipping” houses in the Chicago suburbs to finish college. And there was no way that she could have predicted the house on which she was currently working had an odder occupant than the usual resident ghosts: a swirling nether vortex that would not only reunite her with the handsome Doctor Shane X from the Sacred Heart’s ER, and the eerie, leather-clad beauty who’d seemed to shadow his every move, but send her one hundred years into the future, into a dying land filled with roving bands of humans fighting to survive, and the “ticks” against whom they fight. Oh yes, Abbey’s life has had a…

TWIST

Maybe she can twist things back.

and here's what USA Today Best Selling Author Alyssa Day has to say "A heroine with a black belt in danger! TWIST rockets its way through enough twists and turns to satisfy any fan of action-adventure romance. Romantic thrills, sexy chills, and an fascinating new take on the paranormal genre!"
- Alyssa Day, USA Today Bestselling Author

RT 2007

Just got back from a fun and exhausting RT aka the Romantic times convention in Houston. Below is Serena Robar, Marianne Mancusi and Liz Maverick at the Fairy Ball
Clowing around with cover guys Chris Winters and Travis Greiman. I can't help it. It just happens.

Me and fellow signing buddy Alyssa Day

Here's me and Susan Grant, who made Futuristic Action Romance Cool


It was the best RT ever, I had a blast, met lots of booksellers and made new friends. Can't wait until next year!