Monthly Archive for December, 2008

2008 – A Good Time

Published on December 30, 2008 in Life, The Bond That Consumes Us and Writing. 2 Comments

I can’t believe I’m sitting here, two days away from the start of 2009. So much has happened in the past twelve months, I can barely believe it.

I’ve had four releases from Ellora’s Cave. That in itself blows my mind. With the release next week of All Bottled Up from Samhain, that will see eight of my novels our there on virtual shelves. I was invited to join the fantastic ladies over at Deliciously Naughty Writers, who I am ever so grateful to for all their support.  And to end my year off right, The Bond That Consumes Us was nominated for a CAPA by The Romance Studio. This is the first time I’ve ever been nominated for anything, so to say I was happy, is a huge understatement.

I’ve made a lot of new friends, both personally and professionally. It was amazing to have a chance to meet most of you in person at the RWA conference in San Fransisco this July. While I was there, I had my first official in person pitch to an agent (it didn’t work out, but the experience was fantastic), and the opportunity to attend a lot of very useful craft and business sessions.

I’m excited to say that 2009 is going to be starting on the right foot for me. In my other, less exciting life, I’m starting a new position within my company. It will be a challenge, and I thrive on that. :D

All Bottled Up will be out January 6th in e-book format, and I just found out that it will be in print November 24, 2009! This will be my second print book for the year, the first one coming by April from Ellora’s Cave. I’m not sure of the title name yet, but I’ll let you know the second that I do.

Speaking of April, I’ll be attending my first even Romantic Times conference! I have to say, I’m beyond excited about this one. I’m even working on my costumes as we speak. :D I can’t wait to have the opportunity to hang out with everyone there. Please let me know if you will be going so we can try to meet.

Basically, I wanted to take this time to say thank you. Thank you to all the writers out there who I’ve connected with this past year. Your friendship and support has been amazing. Thank you to all the readers. It’s because of your support that I love what I do so very much. Thank you to my editors Bree and Laurie. You ladies are amazing, patient, and make me a far better writer. Thank you to my husband…for keeping me sane. Love you, hon.

Let’s keep on snoopy dancing in 2009!!

Snoopy Dance Pictures, Images and Photos

Early Present!

Published on December 24, 2008 in CAPA Nominee and The Bond That Consumes Us. 5 Comments

Holy cow, Christmas came early! I just found out that The Bond That Consumes Us was nominated for The Romance Studio’s Sixth Annual Cupid and Psyche Awards (CAPA), in the Erotic Paranormal Romance category!!

Not only that, fellow Deliciously Naughty Writer Sierra Dafoe was nominated for Favorite Erotic Author Category, AND The Boys Back Home was nominated for Erotic Contemporary Romance!!!

AND EVEN STILL

The always wonderful Red Garnier’s fantastic story The Sheeman was nominated in the Erotic Fantasy Romance category!!

Congratulations Sierra and Red!!

*has officially used up her allotment of exclamation marks for the year*

*does a joyful snoopy dance*

Happy Holidays!

Published on December 21, 2008 in Life. 8 Comments

As most of you can probably tell, things have been a bit busy for me recently. I’ll be mostly offline for the next week with the arrival of company, and the inevitable Christmas rush. Before I go, I wanted to take a minute to wish you all a very happy holiday season.

Please stay safe over the next few weeks!

Getting closer

Published on December 15, 2008 in All Bottled Up, Life and Writing. 7 Comments

Well, I’m really not ready for Christmas. I’m getting close, but not there yet. You’d think I’d learn by now to do my shopping in November like all the normal people, but ooooh noooo, not me. Today I have to run to the post office to mail a package out East, need to get some shopping done for my girls, and somehow do all of this while it feels like my face is going to explode. I hate colds.

Good things going on? Well, I got my last shipment from Amazon on Friday. That means more yummy books to read. :) I’ve had a bit of a mental breakthrough on one of the stories I’m writing. And I had a fantastic TRW meeting on Saturday. So, that’s all keeping me smiling.

And most importantly, All Bottled Up is going to be released in 22 days!!! I’m really excited about this story coming out for a nuber of reasons. First, it’s my first book from Samhain. Second, it takes place in my former city of residence Halifax, NS. And finally, the cover rocks!!

What are you looking forward to? Ready for Christmas??

Deliciously Decadent December Chat

Published on December 14, 2008 in Fun. 0 Comments

I’m chatting today until 3pm EST at the Deliciously Decadent December writers today! Please stop by HERE and join in the fun!!

Betty Page

Published on December 12, 2008 in Life. 0 Comments

I was very saddened to hear that Betty Page passed away this week. The woman had a very fascinating life, both before and after her pin-up career. Personally, I think she did a lot for feminism, giving women permission to be sexy creatures, without being objectified.

You can read more about her here and here.

Rest well, Betty.

Dropped Coffee, Cats, and Book Reviews

Published on December 9, 2008 in Fun, Life and Review. 4 Comments

Well I had a fun start to my day. More snow landed in my area, and I wasn’t quite ready for it. I had an early morning meeting, and ended up being late because things were so bad in my subdivision. I then dropped my entire mug of coffee on the ground once I got to the office. That means I’m forced to drink crap coffee out of the machine *blech*.

My day started to look up when I finally got to my email and discovered that The Bond That Consumes Us received a five heart rating from The Romance Studio!

Wow! I picked this one up and couldn’t put it down. Taber is a tortured soul, and I had a lot of sympathy for him when I found out what had happened to him earlier in his life. The way it was put together in the story explained a lot of his actions so that it made sense and really enhanced it. Fallon was a great character; she’s strong, sexy and knows how to go after what she wants, which is this powerful, dominant man. The sex in the story is passionate and hot, and in context. The secondary characters were great; they didn’t take over the story but I was left wondering what’s going to happen to at least one of them… Sean. I thought this was a fantastic story, full of rich characters and fast paced enough to keep me reading until the story was done. Don’t miss it!

Thank you so much Julia!! I’m working hard on Sean’s story now, and hope to have it done around the end of December.

My friend then sent me the little short below. I laughed my ass off! I have a cat, and she so does this. Normally when I’m trying to write on my computer LOL!

Deliciously Naughty Writers New Look!

Published on December 7, 2008 in Deliciously Naughty Writers. 0 Comments

I’m very excited to announce that The Deliciously Naughty Writers have a new look! The multi talented Sierra Dafoe had redone our site, and it looks fantastic!

Please come on over to visit, and let us know what you think of our new look. :D

*does a snoopy dance*

Good Reads

Published on December 5, 2008 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments

Well, I’ve found a new play place. Have you been over to Good Reads?? Wow!! I’ve set myself up as an author, listing all of my books. If you have a Good Reads account, I’d be forever grateful if you’d add my books and give me a rating. My profile page can be found Here!

On top of that, you can list, and review some of your favourite books. I’m having so much fun…

Review – The Bond That Consumes Us

Published on December 3, 2008 in Review. 6 Comments

Yeah! I just received this wonderful review today from Literary Nymphs Reviews.

The Bond That Consumes Us is the latest release by Christine d’Abo in her ongoing Eternal Bonds series, and it’s another winner. Whether you enjoy futuristic stories or not, this well-written and fast-paced romance will grab your attention from the beginning pages and kept it until you read the last word. This series might be set in the future with its space travel and intergalactic colonies, but the backbone of this story is finding unexpected love and catching a killer. This type of story, especially one so well thought out and with such interesting characters, works, no matter what the genre.

Thank you so much for the wonderful words. You can read the complete review Here!