'Cause, you know, I'm insane.

I've decided to toss my hat into the NaNoWriMo ring yet against this year for a variety of reasons - first, and mostly, being that I have sold my 2007 and 2008 NaNo novels - "What God and Cats Know" and "Blaze of Glory" respectively, and thus I'm trapped in the horror that is a streak, and to quote Kevin Costner in Bull Durham (THE best baseball movie ever!)  "a player on a streak has to respect the streak".

Now, you think, she just said that she was working on a steampunk novel. Shall she put it aside and start anew? Can she?

I say, nay!

What I *am* going to do is clock my wordcount at midnight on the 31st (probably after partying in SL) and then ADD 50,000 to it so that I play fair. Sure, I could start a new novel but I don't think I want to - and to be brutally honest, with only 20,000 words on "Spring Cleaning" done, I need something to force me to get it done and at a decent length.

So... November will be another silly month of dragging the laptop into the den and writing while watching and giving support in Second Life to all the other NaNo writers and hoping that lightning strikes a third time.

It'd be nice.

:)

We have a cover! Check out the cover for "What God and Cats Know" at  http://bit.ly/199U9H and get ready for January 4, 2010!

We have a release date for What God and Cats Know!

January 4, 2010!

Now you know what to do with your Christmas gift money, right?

*laughs*

As soon as I have a book cover, I'll have it up as well - but the clock is ticking!!!

There's no such thing as a "Purr"-fect murder…

Rebecca Desjardin thought she had put her past behind her...until a dead "cat woman" appears on the front page of a local tabloid.

Street-smart and sassy, Rebecca is a survivor. Outcast from her Felis family because she can no longer change shape, she’s adapted to the world of men, and is quite capable of taking care of herself in her sometimes challenging career as a private investigator. But for her success she pays a price, her heritage, which she must keep secret at all costs.

Along for the ride, investigative reporter Brandon Hanover has his own troubled past. A photograph of the dead woman was supposedly slipped under his door, marking him as a possible suspect in the murder. Now all he wants to do is find the killer, clear his name, and get a good story…And maybe find out more about this mysterious woman he might be falling for.

Content Warning:  Violence, Sexual Situations.

Now... you know you're interested, right?

;)

Coming in 2010 from Lyrical Press!!!

It's been one heck of a busy week, as you can guess...

I've got a tentative release date of April, 2010 from Samhain Publishing for "Blaze of Glory" - it releases about the same time as the Romantic Times convention in Columbus, Ohio, so I'm debating if I should perhaps go to the convention and push it there. It'll be the ebook release, with the paper version coming out in the early months of 2011, as per my contract. I'm anxious to see how a superhero romance book does, to tell you the truth - and I'm still in shock that I get to list Samhain as one of my publishers!

We dropped about three grand on the car for a "new" transmission - since Ford doesn't have any current Taurus model that's compatible with ours, we went with the dealership's suggest and got one from their factory, refurbished or some such thing. Of course, now it's acting up and we barely got it back. Probably going to get another "new" one installed while it's still under the dealership warranty, but it's a pain to deal with rental cars, etc. while getting the problem solved. Of course, they pointed out the Nice Shiny New Taurus on the lot for "only" $40,000, but that's a wee bit beyond our reach right now.

*chuckles*

Waiting for the next stage at Lyrical Press for "What God and Cats Know" - I believe now it's off to the copy editor, who will probably find many errors that the editor and myself missed. There's about seven stages a manuscript goes through at LP, so you can bet that by the time it goes to press it's been picked over time and time again. Sure, some errors may still get through thanks to human nature, but it's certainly not for lack of effort! And it's a much better book than it started out to be, thanks to ND's magnificent editing and suggestions. If anyone ever says that he/she doesn't need editing, smack them in the side of the head.

Off to the doctor's this weekend to see what's up with my hip. I fear that old age is finally catching up with this old broad, since I can't sit at the computer too long before pains go down one leg and it aches almost all the time. Of course, dislocating two joints in my spine in my misspent youth may have something to do with it... *sighs* But at least my broken finger is finally healed and it doesn't hurt too much to type. Although the Catholic in me says something about pain being good for the soul or something... drat it!

And it's time for the Autumn Writers Exhibition in Second Life!!! Each year the kind souls at the Written Word, Jilly Kidd and Hastings Bournemouth, arrange for a series of tents and stalls to be put out on land donated by Thinkerer Melville for writers to showcase their works and services, both in and out of Second Life. I participated last year, but frankly didn't have much to put up. This year I'm tossing up links to Samhain and Lyrical, giving away some short stories, and pointing them to my virtual bookstore in SL where I provide links to Project Gutenberg books, highlighting the number of classics that are in the public domain! It'd be better if I actually had books to sell, but it's definitely a chance to do some PR for the next year!

And... that's about it. Other than to note that Zyngo is still my poison of choice in SL and camping at casinos my new hobby.

:)

*thuds*

now back to the rewrite of "Blaze of Glory!"

*thuds harder*

Well, almost free...

Lyrical Press is celebrating their first year of operation with a FABOO giveaway - hit the blog here, leave a comment and possibly win a great ebook!

does it get better than that...

I.

think.

not!

:)

I am pleased to announce that I have signed with Lyrical Press for the publication of my paranormal novel, "What God and Cats Know".

More details to follow as we head toward publication but I'm feeling pretty good right now.

*does happy Snoopy dance*