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What I’ve Been Up To Lately

I have been very remiss about blogging lately. I’m sorry. At least I set up funny kitty pics to post automatically every Friday for the next few months. That’s something, at least.

As far as what I’ve been up to… I finished writing A DARKER SHADE OF DEAD on March 15th and handed it in to my editor at Kensington. Since then, I’ve been working on ideas for the next and possibly final installment in the zombie series from Kensington Brava. I’ve also been working on edits for my next ebook release, WARRIOR’S HEART from Samhain Publishing and proofing the galley of DRAGON STORM, which I believe is coming out in September in print.

Lots going on. Plus, I spent last weekend at LunaCon in Rye, NY. It was awesome to hang out with so many great authors, including my friends Stella Price, Kayleigh Jamison and Michele Lang. Those ladies are so much fun!!!

I’ve also become addicted to the game Farmville on facebook. Oh boy. I resisted playing anything on facebook for SO long. And now, in about a week, I’ve become completely addicted. Of course, I know how I am with these things. I’ll probably play until I’ve mastered everything (or become completely bored with it) and then ease off. I have sort of a short attention span once I’ve learned how something works. But I enjoy building my farm and decorating it.

Right now, I have a section on the left hand side of the grid that I’m calling “Mom’s House.” She loved lavender and Provence. She was born in the Netherlands, but our ancestry comes from England, Belgium and France, among other places. French was her second language after Dutch. English was probably her fourth or fifth language. Maybe sixth. She was a very intelligent woman who had traveled the world by her teens. So when I saw the French house “La Maison” and the barn and shed to match, I liked it immediately. I’m decorating it sort of the way my Mom had set up her dream house.

She was lucky enough to have bought her dream house in the Amish country of Pennsylvania a few years ago and we spent a lot of time creating a gorgeous garden there, together. I’d promised her a fountain, which we never got around to installing, but I’ve got a nice virtual fountain in “her” garden in Farmville now. LOL. I suppose this is sort of therapeutic. I always liked doing things for her. This way, I still can, if only in my mind. It’s weird, I know, but I like it. For now. I also put the so-called Dutch Windmill behind “her” barn. It’s not exactly the style I consider a Dutch windmill. This one looks more Spanish in style to me, but from time to time the blades rotate and it’s kind of pretty. Now I need some more tulips – though Mom wasn’t too keen on them because they wilt so fast when cut. LOL.

So that’s what I’ve been up to. Wasting time on facebook and missing Mom. Editing and proofing. Thinking about my next book. I should be writing, but I haven’t found the motivation to get started just yet. I usually take a week or two off after I finish a project, so this isn’t completely abnormal. I’ll try to blog more often. Really, I will!

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March Excitement at ARe

Check out AllRomanceEbooks.com every day in March for great deals and awesome freebies – including one from me! Here’s the official announcement:

FANTASTIC rebates this month!
- Phaze titles will be rebated 25% for the first 2 weeks
- Samhain, Loose Id, Kensington, Penguin, and Harlequin (all imprints) will be rebated 25% for the entire month
- All Ravenous Romance titles will be $2.99 for the last 2 weeks of the month.

Prizes
Daily – A free download (by the featured author) and a $10.00 OmniBucks certificate
Grand Prize – An iPod Touch, pre-loaded with 31 Books (one from each featured author) and a $100.00 OmniBucks certificate

The official line-up:
Our March 1 Featured Author is Cat Johnson
Our March 2 Featured Author is Brenna Lyons
Our March 3 Featured Author is Claire Thompson
Our March 4 Featured Author is Mari Carr
Our March 5 Featured Author is Selena Kitt
Our March 6 Featured Author is Bianca D’Arc
Our March 7 Featured Author is G.A. Hauser
Our March 8 Featured Author is Stormy Glenn
Our March 9 Featured Author is Dee Dawning
Our March 10 Featured Author is Tilly Greene
Our March 11 Featured Author is Charlene Teglia
Our March 12 Featured Author is Cat Grant
Our March 13 Featured Author is Eden Bradley
Our March 14 Featured Author is Cherise Sinclair
Our March 15 Featured Author is Shara Azod
Our March 16 Featured Author is Samantha Sommersby
Our March 17 Featured Author is Beverly Rae
Our March 18 Featured Author is Marie Harte
Our March 19 Featured Author is Zena Wynn
Our March 20 Featured Author is Marie Rochelle
Our March 21 Featured Author is Jamieson Wolf
Our March 22 Featured Author is K.F. Zuzulo
Our March 23 Featured Author is J.M. Snyder
Our March 24 Featured Author is Moira Rogers
Our March 25 Featured Author is Annmarie McKenna
Our March 26 Featured Author is Lorelei James
Our March 27 Featured Author is Eliza Gayle
Our March 28 Featured Author is Maya Banks
Our March 29 Featured Author is Jamie Craig
Our March 30 Featured Author is Vivian Arend
Our March 31 Featured Author is Lissa Matthews