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Risking It

I signed a new contract this morning for a short story of mine. It’s going to be published in Dreamspinner Press‘s Daily Dose. Every day in June, a new story is released. You can buy the stories individually or as a whole collection. This year the book is called Make a Play and has a sports theme. I wrote about sports! My story is Risking It and I dug deep to recall that feeling I had back in high school during state basketball tournaments. Mostly, I recalled all the really cute boys from different cities. That’s all I needed and I was a writing fool. I added in a dash sexual…

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Stupid Titles Being Elusive

Usually titles magically pop into my head. I’ve struggled before, but the title of a story comes to me fairly easily. Not this time. Not at all! And it’s driving me nuts. I’m attempting to get this trilogy ready to submit to my publisher to see if they’d like to pick it up, but my titles are so shitty right now that no one would ever want to read this books. BORING is what they scream. Maybe I’m struggling because I’m having to name three books, somehow have them sorta be related, and yet still keep their individual flavor represented. I know what the entire story arc is going to be…

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Fall Into You

In the uncertainty of the 90s, Simon craves stability, but he finds himself falling in love with Thomas, a man destined to live a rockstar life. Simon Phillips always hated Thomas. Ever since his black nail polish high school days, Thomas Schultz has seemed like a carefree, uninhibited wild child, in stark contrast to Simon’s shy, cautious nature. Now, from behind the safety of his hotel bar, Simon must watch, distracted, as Thomas becomes a shirtless rock star for every wedding reception they work. But when Thomas slips him the key to his hotel room, Simon enters a world where the fine line between hate and attraction becomes blurred and finds…

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Release Date for Fall Into You

I just got the official notice that Fall Into You will be released on November 5, 2012.  I even have an official ISBN number!!! This is really going to happen. A few things I’m excited about: I now have my own author page on www.dreamspinnerpress.com and my book is listed on their Coming Soon page as well. And I’m going to be published for real!!! *boing, boing, boing*

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12 Stage of Writing a Book

12 Stage of Writing a Book

I’m identifying with a lot of this right now.

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