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I’ve just hit sent on the June issue of Vixenwriter. I hope you all enjoy it! This month there’s an excerpt from Giving Chase, some contests and fun news and info. If you aren’t receiving Vixenwriter yet, you can go here and sign up. It’s a once a month mailing and I don’t use your address for anything else.

Just an FYI – each month I get several “undeliverable” messages due to yahoo accounts being over quota. If it happens with the same address three months in a row, I remove the name from my list. So check those yahoo accounts!

Threat of Darkness

25,000 / 65,000 (38.5%)

I was bleary eyed when I put my laptop away last night. I’m just about ready to write a battle scene and a big reveal.

But – I keep finding myself wandering around in Threat of Darkness. It’s making me wonder if I’m meant to write it right now. It could be I’m tired and it’s near the middle of the book stuff but I’d been really going well and now it’s all fits and starts. I’m going to think about it today. I have other books to write so that’s not an issue. I’m going to look through my project list and see if I feel motivated to start or finish something else. I have several things lined up so I’m not wanting for ideas and projects but I do really love this story so I need to really think on it to be sure I’m not just giving in too easy. Of course, I put aside Enforcer like this and it turned out to be such a wonderful experience and a very easy write once I was ready to pick it up again. My muse can be very bitchy and bossy but she’s usually right.

My husband is off this morning at the Walk for Life with his co-workers. One of our friends will push her mother who is in the last stages of cancer, in her wheelchair. Made me call my mother and tell her I love her. And eat fruit.

But I have to make my own coffee (yes, I’m ridiculously pampered, he makes me a latte every morning). I totally suck at making coffee.

I did receive this lovely and flattering review of Enforcer from Euroreviews – FIVE flags from Holly (Thank you very much!) and she says in part: The Enforcer kept me enthralled throughout. With a well written plot, plenty of action, LOTS of heat, and the smart ass comments of Nina, this is an absolute gem of a book. I’m also thrilled to say that it is only the first in her series Cascadia Wolves. The sequels will be auto buys for me and I may have to do a bit of shopping on Ms. Dane’s backlist.

Danny at Love Romances gives Enforcer FIVE hearts! It’s a really wonderful review and she says in part: Ms. Dane created with the world of the Cascadian Wolf Pack a really fascinating place. The Cascadian pack hierarchy is really interesting, because there are two different Alphas leading the pack, Cade, the real leader of the pack and his brother Lex, the Enforcer and the hero of this book.

ENFORCER is the fantastic start of a new series and this reviewer looks forward to read many more books about the Cascadians

Thank you, Danny!

We won’t even go into the less than flattering reviews of Sudden Desire except to say I need some chocolate, LOL.

Whew! This week has seemed about nine days long. Thank goodness it’s nearly over.

I sent off my proposal for Taking Chase to my editor at Samhain so that’s one more thing off my to do list (and as I was polishing it up last night I realized just how much I really love this series and this town!) Taking Chase will also be romantic suspense and it’s Shane’s story.

Then I worked on my revisions for the proposal for Goddess With a Blade for my agent and finished that up. I’m working on the last bits on the synopsis this morning so I can go into the weekend with one thing on my plate – finishing Threat of Darkness!

Course, I’m expecting the second round edits for Vengeance Due on Sunday but those should be minor and I’ll deal with them right away and get them back so I can get a release date.

Father’s Day is Sunday and so I’m planning a huge breakfast for my husband who’s just a great dad.

It’s raining here again, sigh. Last year it was 90 degrees. I love the northwest, you never quite know what you’re gonna get, LOL.

How is everyone today?

First off, this whole week the Night Whispers are blogging about first sales – check it out. We’re doing a contest to win a download based on a random draw of commenters, head on over and see what we’ve got happening!

Working, working, working. It’s all good. I wrote on TOD and worked on my outline for Taking Chase too.

The cranky toddler strikes again, she would NOT go to sleep, sigh. So I blearily worked on stuff that didn’t require a lot of fine touch (like the actual writing) and did outline stuff. I don’t hate the process as much as I used to, which I suppose is a plus.

Updated my website and now Vengeance Due has its own page with an excerpt. I’ve been promised second round edits by this Sunday so if I buckle down and turn them around ASAP I hope to be able to announce a release date by mid next week or so.

Woo! Primed to Pounce is finally out! I have it now in my TBR pile but check out the link to see the marvelous cover and here’s a blurb:

Astin Pharmaceutical and Biotech has its share of mad scientists. Delaine must get the goods on the crackpot who is using his scientific genius to create his own personal harem. During her investigation, she meets a man who would give Adonis a run for his money. After a messy divorce, Delaine is in no hurry to love anytime soon, but her spirit guide, a sleek, black mountain lion, is convinced he’s their mate.

When Delaine discovers the man she’s taken a chance on is undercover, a decision must be made. Should she kick his butt for not being honest about his undercover status while working her case? Or should she simply shoot him for sleeping with her best friend?

I’ve been waiting for this one for a while now! Congrats, TJ!

Last night I pushed myself to work on Threat of Darkness and I’m glad I did. There was just a little bump I had to get past and now I’m cooking again. Right now Jayce and Con have found Mei in a field of lavender on Lopez Island up here in the Northwest. Mei is pissed off, LOL.

I sincerely hope Yahoo is going to behave today after being very naughty this last week. I need to look into forum board software to load into my website and move my loop over there. It’s a PITA when the messages don’t get delivered for up to two days or they’re out of order. I suppose the problem is that Yahoo mails out messages and message boards don’t so I don’t know if that makes it less easy for folks to participate or not.

Speaking of naughty, it looks like Blogger is back to behaving this week (fingers crossed).

Giving Chase releases in less than two weeks now! Wooot!

That the My Little Ponies wear swimsuits. Sparkleworks and Ranbow Dash are the only ones with the modesty to wear one piece suits. Pinkie Pie uses sunscreen.

This is where your life ends up when you have a 2 year old daughter. It’s My Little Ponies and Pokemon. Sigh.

June:

Giving Chase – releases from Samhain June 27
Finish up Threat of Darkness and get it to my editor at EC
Finish up revisions on GWAB proposal
Second round edits on Vengeance Due and Tri Mates

July:
Hopefully see Vengeance Due released
Finish Taking Chase and get it to my editor at Samhain
Reluctant Edits
Hopefully hear back on whether or not Threat of Darkness has been contracted

August:
Take a week’s long break from writing and the computer
Hopefully see Tri Mates released
Hopefully see first round edits on Thrice United
Start next project – I have to decide between Battlefront, the next Cascadia Wolves book or a Charvez universe book

September:
Reluctant releases as part of Autumn Animalia series at EC
Finish book I started in August and get it to my editor

October:
Edits on various books in the system – Sword and Crown, Taking Chase
I hope to see Thrice Bound out late this month

November:
Open as of yet, I’d like to see Threat of Darkness out by the end of the year and Taking Chase too, but I don’t know what the Samhain schedule will be like.

December:
Open! Hopefully editing stuff for next year

Most of this could change if I sell to NY which would give me a different set of projects to work on.

I love watching the distribution chain work! First it showed up in the warehouse, then at the EC print store and now at Amazon! Yay! If you read A Touch of Fae and you liked it, I’d really appreciate it if you’d stop by Amazon and leave a review!

And it’s sunny today. Yeah! So far, so good and it’s not even 9 am yet.