RT10 and 3 weeks til release day

Made it safely home from RT10 late last night. Had the most marvelous time. I think this was my most relaxing experience, even though I had stuff going on everyday.

Wednesday was the Intergalactic Bar and Grill. Wow what a crowd! We stuffed 200 bags and they were gone in just a few minutes. I hope everyone enjoyed all the blink y stuff, including the blinky unicorns I gave out in honor of the coming release of Breath O Heaven. I also participated in a great panel on writing SciFi romance.

Thursday was Bad Boy Bingo with Alyssa Day, Victoria Dahl and the imaginative and hilarious Sarah Reyes as out bingo caller. How was it that she kept drawing O69? If you missed it then try to make it next year because it will be an absolute riot!

Friday I was on an outstanding panel on Genre Jumping and met up with one of my college roomies, Nancy, who wanted to see what my exciting life was like. She got an afternoon of RT experience, then we met up with other roomies, Lana and Sue for dinner. We laughed and we cried. It was so amazing to see old friends again after 20 years.

Saturday I was privileged to be a judge in the Mr. Romance pageant. I must say the winner, Jamie Ungaro is the most amazing young men I have ever met. I have to give kudos to Andy and Antonio who were thrown into the mix at the last minute and handles it all with both grace and humor.

I made lots of new friends and deepened other friendships. I realized that the RT group is like a large family and we get to have a reunion every year.

And I got to promote my next release, Breath Of Heaven. Since I forgot to get my camera out at RT I will once more flash my beautiful cover and mention that its only three weeks until release day. Now its time for a nap. RT is exhausting!

Four weeks and RT

I'm leaving tomorrow for the Romantic Times convention in Columbus Ohio. I can't wait to get there and see my fans, my writer friends and on Friday night, a special reunion with my college room-mates. I am so excited to see Shelley, Lana, Nancy and Sue. Its been 20 years since we've seen each other.

I'm not signing on Saturday but I will be visible. I'll be talking about writing kick-ass heroines with Ann Aguirre, about Genre Jumping with Alyssa Day, will be loud and proud with Linnea Sinclair and Jade Lee at the Intergalactic Bar and Grill and playing some Bad Boy Bingo with Alyssa Day and Toni McGee Causey.

Hoping I can dance (if my foot doesn't give me trouble) at the awesome parties every night. I'll also be passing out Blinky Unicorns at the Intergalactic Bar and Grill.

Just for fun I'm flashing my lovely cover again, because its only four weeks until release day. Plus I'm going to be snatching up the new releases of my favorite authors. Find me at the book signing to see who they are.

Release Day Countdown

I've got a book coming out in five weeks. Ack! Its crunch time! What do I do? Do I flash the beautiful cover again? Do I mention the release date one more time?

MAY 25TH.

Should I tell you to go to my website and sign up for my newsletter?

How about giveaways and prizes?

How about I give you a blurb?

An Elusive Huntress She appeared out of nowhere, clad in form fitting leathers and looking as magical as the mysterious woods she roamed. With flashing emerald eyes, she taunted the intruder, daring him to come deeper into her enchanted realm.

An Arranged Marriage Rhys De Remy owed his life to her father, just as he owed unswering obedience to his king. If he took the heiress of Abugrgate to wife, he could clear the debts of the tormented boy he had been as well as the battle-hardened warrior he'd become. But it was Eliane herself who called out to the man in him, whose fierce pride cast a spell on him, whose silken bed promised a...Breath of Heaven.

Should I post exerpts? Links to reviews (while I nervously wait for them to come in) Tell me readers, what do you want to see? What builds up your anticipation for a new book and makes you rush out to the store on release day to pick it up? As an author, I'd love to know what puts a book on your TBR pile (To Be Read) Let me know what works for you and we'll to our best to make it happen when we have a new release.