Winners!

In replacement of Monday Moans today (and yes, the characters aren't thrilled, but they'll deal) I'm announcing the winners for all three of my contests. Each recieve a copy of my latest book, My Immortal. All will be notified today via email that they've won!

For my blog tour, sponsored by Goddess Fish Promotions, the winner is:



The blog tour Visitor winner is:



And the Blog Fest visitor winner is:

BlogFest!

Don't forget to stop and trip the blogs!



Next on the tour? Jan von Harz's Eating YA Books Blog!

Be sure to become a follower, comment, and leave your email addy here in order to win a copy of My Immortal or another book from my back list!

Winner announced tomorrow!

Never Forget

I posted this over at Total-E-Bound's blog, since today's my day, but I thought I'd put it here, too.

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I'm going to start out with this since this is a symbolic day. This date marks a time when a lot of us had to grow up. A time when a lot of us realized that all the things we hold dear can be gone in a matter of moments. September 11th reminds me of sitting in the seventh grade art class I taught, trying to explain to a room full of scared 12-13 yr olds that bad things happen to good people and we'd be safe. I hoped anyway. We sat and cried and tried to make sense of the things we saw on television. I'll never forget. I can't say I've lost any good friends because of date, but at least one of my stories has been inspired by a friend who has served multiple times in Iraq.

"Dance like no one's watching and love like there's no tomorrow."

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On to the rest of my post...

I'm not necessarily new to the Total-E-Bound family. I have three books out now with them. But to the blog? I'm a newbie. *Grin*

I'm a mom, wife, cleaning lady (ever stepped on those stupid Star Wars Figures at 3 AM? Don't. It's not fun.), erotica author, chauffeur, sounding board, CSI:Miami and chocolate addict, and race fan.

How'd I get started writing dirty little stories? Glad you asked.

Back in the day, saying the word S-E-X was a dirty word. Yeah, like back in the '50's. Sadly, that idea stuck around the household I grew up in. Yes, 1997 and S-E-X was still a dirty word. At the same time, I watched General Hospital. Really exciting stuff. I thought to myself, gee, they talk about sex all the time, have lots of sex, and no one seems offended. Maybe that dirty nasty thing I'd been taught to stay away from wasnt' so bad after all.

You might be thinking I went off the rails at this point. Sadly, no. I'm too anal retentive to really act crazy. I waited like a good little late bloomer.

Once I came to the conclusion that my lips wouldn't fall off because I said cock or because I thought the horizontal mambo was fun... I ran with it. I have the best research partner who loves to help me work out the mechanics of a love scene.

Now that I'm off the leash, I'm having more fun and more comfortable in my own skin. Life is good.

Friday Flirts and the Final Stop

First of all, I'm heading over to Isabel Roman's for the Final stop on my blog tour. **Le sigh** I love the tour. Love promoting my work. Kinda sad to see it end. But then again, it's good because I need a short respite to work on other things.

So stop by http://authorisabelroman.blogspot.com/ for a chance to win a copy of My Immortal.

And since you're already out and about, go over to Menagerie Authors. My dear friend Megan Slayer is doing her weekly post and would love you to say hi!

And since I'm on a roll.... I've started working hardcore on the threesome story. Parker, Jacoby, and Juniper saw a picture on the 'net courtesy of Kealie and screamed. Hey, I can't hold them back all the time. So, once I'm done here posting and twittering and FBing and commenting... I'm going back to playing with the threesome. It's niiiiiiicccceeeee.

Thank You Thursday--I'm heading to Judy's Today!

Because I've loved going on this tour, meeting new people, and visiting new blogs, I wanted to say thanks to those who stopped by, hosted me, or were nosy enough to take a peek. I hope you nab a copy of My Immortal and like it.

Today I also wanted to thank a dear friend of mine for having me on her blog today. Miss Judy. She's the silent one a LASR and you can't help but love her. :) I do. So follow me for My Immortal Thursday 13 at her blog!

What the? Wednesdays

First off, I have nothing to complain about today. Nope. Not a thing. Which I guess could be a what the? in that, wow, nothing to complain about. Nah. I'll leave it as a positive. :)

For another postive, and I've been looking forward to this, I'm at D. Renee Bagby's site today, previewing chapter one of My Immortal, so those of you wanting a bit more of the book, it's there. I met Ms. Bagby down at the infamous Lori Foster event in Cincy and she's a great person and fantastic writer. I'm honored and humbled to be on her site. :) So visit, read, and be merry!

Monday Moans and Another Tour Stop!

I should've posted this earlier, but last night (I normally write my posts the night before or tell the characters to step up to the plate the night before), I ended up with a whopper of a headache. Not a migraine, but it wasn't fun. Worst part? Woke up this am? Still there. Ugh. My characters knew better and hid out for the day.

But I'm telling you about the party and where I'm at today! I'm blogging with my pal Victoria Blisse at her blog. http://www.victoriablisse.co.uk/blog

I'm having a blast hanging out with Victoria, so join us and put your name in the hat to win a copy of My Immortal!

Friday Flirts

I'm tapped out. Ok, not really, but I've been so busy blogging and touring that I haven't had time to really write the way I want to. It's been fun stopping by the new blogs and meeting fans and such, but whew, I'm glad it's Friday.

Where am I today? I'm at Authors By Authors. Yessir. I'm there and blogging and having a great time. Stop by and win!

But you're also here for flirts...

Ok.

Ghost Explorer... He's just about done. Ryan and Samara have cooperated and are ready for their story to CP. Now to corner CP...

Gypsy...she's busy dancing and won't talk to me. I must've waited too long to listen to her. She's my diva so I expect it.

Treble...if I could pin Parker, Jacoby and Clover down, then I'd be in like Flynn.

So I'm going to slink off and try to corrale them before they totally leave me.

Toodles and stop by the tour stop!

Thank You Thursday

For today I have two things to mention.

One: Thank you to those who've hosted me on my tour so far. It's been a blast to stop by your blogs and to talk about my work. Also, thanks to those places I haven't stopped but are on the docket for the rest of the week and next week. I appreciate you helping me get the word out.

Two: Thanks to those who've entered in for the copy of My Immortal. I love getting comments and feedback about my work and when you enter and leave a comment, it helps me get better as a writer.

So where will I be today? Embrace the Shadows! Stop by, keep me company, and enter to win. It's that easy. I'll look forward to seeing you there!

What the? Wednesdays

Normally today would be my day to ask the eternal question...what the?

Not today.

Nope. Today I'm in a great mood. Why? Today I'm in day three of my tour and I'm at Fangtastic Books. Now I gotta tell you, I've been looking forward to going there because I had such a great time talking about why I wrote a vampire novel. Want to check it out? Sure you do. Simply click the button. It'll take you there. :)



And don't forget to comment. You could win a copy of My Immortal or another title from my backlist if you have MI.

See you there!