Cougar's Kiss

Working on a new story for SFP called "Cougar's Kiss." It's an interracial cougar shifter story. And when I say cougar shifter, I mean it in both senses of both words. My heroine is an older woman aka a cougar and she is a shapeshifter/werecougar.

My heroine is inspired by Sondra Locke a la Sudden Impact. (God, I love that movie.) Here's a pic of her. Isn't she lovely?

Below is a movie still from Sudden Impact.

This is my heroine's style of dress and is a good example of her wispy Southern belle look.

Accepted

Shadowfire Press accepted "Mating Season"! Whoo-hoo! *Snoopy happy dance*

I did it. Comes out April 1st. No, seriously, that's not a joke. :)

Mating Season

Back on New Year's Eve or thereabouts Michael Barnette of SFP asked me when I was going to send them more stories. I asked him if he was still accepting stories for the Easter line and he said they were. I had the perfect Easter-themed story, Mating Season. So I went to work for all of January getting it polished and submitted it today.

*huge sigh* Now for copious amounts of nail-biting, profuse sweating, and pins and needles-sitting.

This is the first submission without the aid of any CP and I hope I did a good job. Wish me luck!

Seeing Stars

OMG.

Here is the cover for my second short story "Seeing Stars." Love it. I have finally achieved beefcake cover status. LOL.

Thanks again to my CP (currently missing in action) Kitty Cahill, my editor Helen Revell, my husband, my mom and of course Shadowfire Press for making it all possible. Big hugs for all!

You can purchase "Seeing Stars" tomorrow at Shadowfire Press!

In Heaven's Arms

"In Heaven's Arms" has officially debuted today at Shadowfire Press. It's my first story to be published. Ever. So I'm very excited. I love my cover. Check out the kewl tats!

I hope readers enjoy the story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks to my CP, Kitty Cahill, and my editor, Helen Ravell, for helping me make it the best it could be.

And a hat's off to the other Shadowfire Press authors debuting titles today!

Cheers!

Covered

Well, it's official. I got my cover for "In Heaven's Arms." Like a stalker, I've been visiting the Shadowfire Press website looking for my cover on a twice daily basis. Then yesterday, I saw a spot where it would eventually be. The title, price and a box for the cover had me smiling. Yea!

Then today, I got an e-mail from Michael that let me know it would "go live tomorrow. Wondering if there was a cover image yet, I went to the Shadowfire Press website and there it was. I right clicked and saved it to my computer and looked at it.

All I can say is...

I LOVE IT!

It's really kewl!

Doing the happy Snoopy dance!

Eh Edits

Finally finished up my edits for "Seeing Stars", my Fourth of July themed short story for Shadowfire Press. I don't know if it was the pollen or just plain 'ol procrastination, or that serious case of "The Blah's" but I took a long time to get these simple edits done.

ARG.

Fortunately, my inner dominatrix cracked the whip and I submitted like a good little girl. (Insert cracking whip sound effect here!) Now I don't have to lay awake in bed tonight feeling guilty. Hooray!

I like the changes I made. Hopefully my editor will too. And I'll have two, count 'em, TWO stories with Shadowfire Press! Woo-Hoo!

Returning Author Packet

I am now officially a "returning author" at Shadowfire Press. Heeeeeeee!
I filled out and signed my set of forms for "Seeing Stars" and sent them off.
I feel a fist pump coming on. In celebration of this latest victory, here is a small fist pump collection of images guaranteed to get you in the mood!

A villainous fist pump. Nice biceps, dude...

A feminist fist pump is definitely in order here.

And finally, the baby fist pump. (Okay, he's probably eating dirt here, but still...it totally works.)

Love Me Two Times

I feel like Jim Morrison. "Seeing Stars" has been accepted by Shadowfire Press! I am very excited about being a twice-published author. Once again, I want to thank my awesome CP Kitty Cahill for helping me put the finishing touches on Payton and Savannah's story. HUGS! Her Scooby sense told her to tell me some good news was coming my way. And as usual, she was SO right. Then I checked the date. It's the 8th. Eight happens to be my all-time favorite/lucky number.

Now, I'm seeing stars.

Seeing Stars

I sent my second submission "Seeing Stars" to Shadowfire Press today. It's for their Love and Fireworks: Fourth of July theme open call. Once again, my CP Kitty Cahill, helped me polish it and I send her a big red, white and blue kiss for it! (MWAH!)

Wish me luck!

P.S. When I went to the grocery store this evening, my checker's name was...get this--Payton. Is that a good omen or what? :)

Oh The Horror

Gotta love the snail mail. It occured to me that I may not have put enough postage on my envelope containing my contracts to Shadowfire. There is but one word for this and that word is

ARG.

But it's all good as they say. If they come back the folks at Shadowfire told me to resend them. I think I'll be taking the envelope inside the post office next time this happens. Did you see that--"the next time"? Optimism! *Gasp*

P.S. Enjoy the evil mail kitty.

Signed Sealed Delivered

I had my husband print up my contract forms for Shadowfire Press today. He brought them home, I signed and dated them, put them in an envelope, and addressed it. It's all ready to go back to Shadowfire tomorrow morning.

Wow!

The Surreal Life

Spent the morning going from writer to contracted author. I filled out my new author info packet from Shadowfire Press. Talk about surreal. I never dreamed I'd be doing this.

Okay, technically that's not entirely accurate. I have in fact dreamed of signing contracts. But in my defense I've also dreamed of doing book signings and giving autographs and doing interviews and yes, even a screenplay for the motion picture adaptation of one of my books! Those were dreams!

This was real! Reality kicks ass.

Woo-Hoo

The unbelievable has happened. My short story "In Heaven's Arms" has been accepted by the editors at Shadowfire Press. This is awesome news. It will be my first publication. I am sooo excited. :)

(Insert an even louder hysterical scream here...)
This part of my post is going to sound like it just got doused with a box of melted Velveeta cheese but I don't much care, since I have every right to be out of my mind for a second. This would not have been possible were it not for the support of my darling husband, my CP (the uber-awesome Kitty Cahill) and my mom. Not to mention the scores of English teachers who showered me with praise whenever I wrote something they liked.
Lastly thanks to Shadowfire Press for giving this girl a chance.
Hugs for everyone!

Luck O' The Irish

The luck o' the irish. Wearing green. Being redheaded. Call it what you will. I got some wicked good news today. My short story, "In Heaven's Arms", has passed the preliminary reading and has been sent to the senior editor at Shadowfire Press! That I submitted--yesterday.
(Insert hysterical scream here...)
Needless to say, I believe...

Flying Free

Well, for better or worse my short story "In Heaven's Arms" is complete and out of the nest. I submitted it to Shadowfire Press with my CP's best wishes. I am nervous but also relieved.

Now, onto the next story! Back to work!