Blog of Author Christine d’Abo
I’ve been fortunate to have met so many wonderful authors over the years. The romance community has some amazing people. 
Sometimes I get to know these individuals before they have their first sale. I have to admit, I sometimes get more excited to see their books come out more than my own.
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I do get to take the occasional trip with my day job. Sometimes I even get to go to cool spots. This weekend I’m heading over to Amsterdam! To say I’m excited is a bit of an understatement.
I love food. It’s one of the main reasons I’ll never be a runway model. That and the fact I’m not so good in high heels. My love for baking (and tasting) has apparently been genetically passed down to my oldest minion.
I’m the first to admit that I was really bad with blogging last year. Granted, I had a crazy amount of releases, new stories written and editing, but that’s no reason to ignore the insanity that is my blog. So New Year’s resolution for 2012, get back to the blog!
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Woot! I’m super excited today that my first release of 2012 is now available. That’s right, Spectral Bond, my latest story in my Eternal Bonds universe is now available from Ellora’s Cave.
OMG Look what I got in my Inbox this morning! Squee!!
Hello my darlings! I hope your New Year has gotten off to an amazing start. I know mine has hit the ground running. But what else do you expect from me? 
On the writing front, 2011 has been a pretty stellar year for me.
It’s easy to forget how much progress has been made when you’re neck deep in writing new stories, doing up proposals for agents (getting rejected by agents), working on edits on top of everything else that is going on. It’s nice to sit back and take a look at what’s happened over the past year and see where I’m hoping to go in 2012. So that’s what I’m doing. If you haven’t given yourself the opportunity to take a moment and look back at the positives of the past year (even if they may be hard to see), you should.
Releases
This year saw the most releases I’ve ever had at one time. Not only did I have seven publications hit the stands, I got to work with three new publishers! It’s been a crazy, wild ride and one that I hope doesn’t come to an end anytime soon.
No Master – Ellora’s Cave
Girls Who Bite – Cleis Press
Steamlust: Steampunk Erotic Romance – Cleis Press
Double Shot – Carina Press
A Shot in the Dark – Carina Press
Pulled Long – Carina Press
Agony/Ecstasy - Berkley Heat
New Words
On top of the edits and promotions I did for the above books, I’d somehow also managed to get 230,700 new words written. That’s on five manuscripts, one that was published (No Master), two that are contracted and are coming in 2012 (Spectral Bond, Scorched Retribution), and three stories that I’m in the process of finishing/editing (an Exotica for EC, an erotic steampunk I hope to try and get an agent with, book 4 in the Long Shots series, and a partial for Blaze).
It’s a bit crazy…
Reading
I’ve also made a point of doing more reading in 2011. I took the Goodreads challenge and set a goal for myself of reading 50 books. I’m technically 3 books behind on the challenge, but I have actually read well over the 50. I won’t post any reviews of books I don’t like (I try to only say nice things online) and there were a few I read that didn’t float my boat. This was good for me and I found it helped keep me motivated with my writing. I plan to do this again next year.
Looking Forward
I’m already very excited about what is on the horizon for 2012. I have two releases ready to go. Spectral Bond, a new story in the Eternal Bond universe will be out early 2012. Scorched Retribution is a story I have in the new Cleis Press She-Shifters anthology coming out in July. I also hope to have Josh’s story (book 4 in the Long Shots world) out in 2012. I also will be finishing up the Blaze (even if I get a no on that one), work on a few call for submissions that have caught my eye, and I have plans for two new novella series.
In other words, I’ll be busy.
I hope you are all ready for 2012, and I hope it is as productive (and happy) for you as I hope it will be for me.
*does a snoopy dance*
We are sitting here at the ass-end of 2011 and getting ready to celebrate with our families and friends. This year has been a turbulent one, full of ups, downs and amazing surprises. On the writing front, 2011 has turned out to be probably the best of my career to date. I have each and every one of you to thank for that.
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