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News: Rejection and Fighting off Writer's Block

1/27/2014

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1/27/14

Dreamspinner Press did not accept Third Time's The Charm for their Juicy Bits anthology. :'( Rejection's never fun, but since it's always a learning experience I can never complain about it. Magnified was rejected by LT3 and look at what it's since grown in to! Now I have to decide what to do with Third Time's. It's too short to resubmit elsewhere. Do I try to write a part two to make it long enough? Or, should I release it as a free story? Would LT3 take it as a freebee, or do I need to delve into the intricacies of cover art and formatting? Should I try self publishing? There are too many options!!! Does anyone have any suggestions?
On the writing front I am currently fighting off the bite of writer's block. It's not that I'm stuck, it's that I need the next bit of important plot in all of my stories. I need to build up to an action sequence in Magnified, but since I don't actually know what action is about to happen how can I? In The Oracle's Golem I'm trying to decide if the plot would function better from two different perspectives. Ge-Mi needs a touch more oomph to carry it to the next big romance scene and If A Butterfly Don't Fly won't be flying anywhere without a ton more research. In desperation, I've dusted off The Red Apple Witch, a fairytale I've been working on for ages and haven't had the motivation to write the last 5k that's been sitting untouched in my head for months. Finishing it and thereby getting it off my to-do list might galvanize my brain into breaking free of its funk! It's worth a try, at least.
Rocking Hard Volume 2 is available for pre-order. Don't miss your chance to get a 15% discount today. My story, My Truest Love, is in there.

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6/21/2013

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Road to Revenge is done being edited! It's off to get all shiny for official publishing in a week and a half. July 3rd! I'm super excited about its release.

The release date for My Truest Love coming to serial is now official. It arrives on July 17th. Please be sure to check it and all the other wonderful stories in the Rocking Hard Anthology out!
I've been writing a lot too. LT3 currently has way too many anthology calls out right now and I'm trying my hardest to write a story for every one. At this moment I am working on two more: Satisfaction Guaranteed and A Loose Screw. The first has a working title of Denton's Puppy and is about vampires and werewolves and sucky jobs. The second is titled Wings of the Stars and has a mecha theme. I'll keep you updated as the stories progress.

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News: Cover and Release Dates

3/13/2013

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3/13/13

I have a brand new cover to show off and release dates to announce! I waited months and months for any word on my story for LT3's Rocking Hard Anthology and I watched (and envied) as volume one came out on serial. Now, I finally know where and when My Truest Love will appear.

Check out the cover below! And be ready on July 3, 2013 for My Truest Love to hit LT3's serial section! That's a tentative date, subject to change, but still something concrete. The ebook will be available February 12, 2014!

I have started writing my vampire story for LT3's Proud to be a Vampire Anthology. It's called Memories of Blood and I'm liking it a lot so far. I've actually got two stories in my head right now that would work for this collection. If there's still time when I finish Memories I may write the second story too and let LT3 decide which one they want. You can follow my progress in my current projects section!
Paint, Guns, Money, & Love is almost complete. I'm currently writing the buildup to the final action scene. I hope to get the story close to 40k words, which means I still have 10k more to write. It's an exciting challenge for a very exciting book!

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News for the New Year

1/11/2013

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Here's the great news for the New Year!

As of 1/9/13, LT3's Kiss Me at Midnight anthology part 1 is out!!! Please check out my submission: Hadash Aviv

New beginnings come in many different forms. Aviv's started with a bomb in Gaza and a friendly American soldier who turned his life around. But pomegranate trees only bloom in the spring and aviv is a long way off. Can a chance meeting at anew year's party finally bring Aviv's new beginning into flower?

On 2/6/13, book three of my Dragon's Hoard Series, Stealing the Dragon, will be out

Stealing from a dragon's hoard is never a bright idea, but stealing from a baby dragon's hoard can lead to tears, sniffles,and smoke in the middle of a busy marketplace.

Jerney, a witch who does work for a well-known thieves' guild,knows exactly who's to blame for the brazen theft. With no other choice in the matter, he quickly becomes entangled in trying to help the baby dragon. What he doesn't expect is that his own heart might get stolen in the process.

I also have three more books hanging around LT3's editing boards: My submission to their Rocking Hard Anthology, My Truest Love. The fourth, and final, book in the Dragon's Hoard, Melting the Ice Witch is set to arrive in stores 6/4/13. And, my newest book, Road to Revenge, has been accepted by LT3 as well! Check out my Coming Soon section on my website for more info! I'm hoping all three will be out this year.

My final piece of news is that I have the cover for the print addition of The Dragon's Hoard. This paperback book will be all four stories in the Dragon's Hoard series bound together into one delicious volume. I have no idea when it will be out, only that it will be sometime after Melting the Ice Witch. Isn't the cover beautiful!!

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