Author Christine d’Abo

Woohoo!!! The super fantastic people over at Nightowl Romance have given me thee opportunity to read an excerpt on their site!

If you’ve ever wondered what my sultry voice *snort* really sounds like, pop on over and check this out!

Added bonus…you get to hear Amy Ruttan read an excerpt of her book too!!!

Click here for excerpt reading fun!

First off CONGRATULATIONS RENEE!!! Her fantastic book Rapture WON in her EPPIE category.

*does the snoopy dance*

Folks, I’m sorry I haven’t been around the last few days. My day job is a bit on the consuming side this week. I’m going to be offline for a few days, just so I can get caught up with a number of different things.

I’ll give you all a progress report on Sven soon…

Miss you all, and I hope to be back on Wednesday.

This is a fantastic Friday! Why? Because it sees the release of two super fantasic books from two super fantastic EC authors.

Lillian Feisty’s I Love Lacy is out! This is the fourth and final book from our Purple Explosion contest, and I for one can’t wait to get my hands on it. Lillian is an amazing writer, and this sounds awesome!

Today also sees the release of Deep Cover, the very hot and sexy futuristic novel from my Naughty sister Anna J Evans! I’ve been reading excerpts of this book for a while now, and I’m drooling. I’ll be getting them both as soon as I can tonight.

This weekend I plan on working on my books and getting some marketing done. I’ve been on fire this week for word count…though not on my paranormal. Amy and I have been on fire with our story, and I’m going to finish up my chapter and get it back to her tonight. The rest of the weekend I’m devoting to the paranormal, not wanting to lose the momentum that I’ve gained. I might actually finish it in the next month if I can keep this pace up.

Other than that, I don’t really have any other plans. Relax, write, and maybe drink some wine…

What are you up to??

That’s right everyone, this is the final week of our Purple Explosion contest! All four jewels are up, hidden of the websites of myself, Lillian Feisty, Red Garnier, and R.G. Alexander!

And this week is doubly exciting because it sees the release of BOTH Wizard’s Thief (Wednesday) and Lillian’s fantastic book I Love Lacy (Friday)!

And if you haven’t picked up Red’s Amatista or R.G.’s Who Wants To Date A Superhero you are missing out on some hot, sexy reading.

A harsh breeze blows a tumbleweed rolling down a snow-packed street. The soft clicking of metal on metal steps to the beat as heavy footfall walk toward the awaiting couch. The author, tired, bleeding, approaches with cautious respect. Pulling the brim of her hat down, she leans slightly forward, glaring at the laptop before her.

“You haven’t beaten me yet…”

Okay that was just silly…but that’s how I feel. I didn’t reach my 5000 word goal this week, but I did come in with a respectable 3,367 on my paranormal, putting the total at 35,387 words. On top of that, I got all caught up on my secretary duties, and have almost finished critiquing a 300 page manuscript (almost done Lilli!).

This week, I’m going to really focus on my writing. The key for me is consistency, so I’m setting my word count goal at 5000, but having a secondary goal of making sure I write everyday.

And this is officially the last week of my kick in the pants challenge, so I’m going to try extra hard to make it.

This week also sees the release of Wizard’s Thief!!! So mark Wednesday on your calendars everyone! This is a slightly darker story than I normally write (but not by much), with a hero and heroine who have a lot of scars they must overcome to be able to make their relationship work.

Today I’ll be chatting over at the Ellora’s Cave group from about 12-4 EST (NOTE: Woopse put the wrong time down!) with the Deliciously Naughty Writers! Please stop by for some hot, sexy excerpts and a lot of laughs.

How is everyone else making out with their writing??

I have the most wonderful friends in the whole world!! This has been a really crazy time for me in my day job life, making it next to impossible for me to do anything except work and maybe get a bit of writing done.

But the super fantastic Lillian Feisty and R.G. Alexander have put up some fun things about me today! Please check out Lillian’s site to see if you can guess which facts about me are true and which aren’t.

And then hop over to R.G’s site who was sweet enough to post thirteen reasons why I rock! I have to say I’m blushing like crazy at the moment. I love you ladies!!

I’m always amazed at how supportive the writing community online is. Impressively supportive. I’ve been such a bad blogger with everything that’s been going on in my life. I barely managed to get posts on my site, let alone come visit everyone. Yet, everyday you are all coming to chat with me, to say hi.

Most sincerely, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who visits this blog.

I also wanted to take this opportunity to pimp a few friends of mine.

To start things off, my friend Eve WON THE BRAVA CONTEST!!! I’ve been bouncing ever since she told us. Congratulations darling!!! 

Tomorrow sees the release of Sherrill Quinn’s Jewel of Apthgar. This is one smoking hot book from the excerpts I’ve read. I’ll be first in line to buy this one.

This week also sees R.G. Alexander’s How To Date A Superhero released! Remember that we have a purple explosion contest on the go. Look for the jewels hidden on Red Gardner, Lillian Feisty, R.G Alexander, and my own site. One will pop up per week. Find them all and you are entered for a chance to win a fantastic prize! Red’s is up last week, R.G.’s this week, mine next week and finally Lillian.

And Wizard’s Thief is coming on February 27th. Only two weeks away!!! Woohoo!

Go and hunt!

On the writing front I didn’t do a lot yesterday, but I managed a bit on my paranormal. I’m going to buckle down tonight so I can get a few more thousand words finished. I really want to hit 35k by the weekend, so I need to focus.

Of course episode 5 of Torchwood is on Wednesday…

Yes everyone the purple explosion has hit the blog world. This month the are many of us who have an Ellora’s Cave Jewel book releasing. Today sees my good friend Red Garnier’s Amathista released! Now, I’ve had the pleasure of reading this book already and let me tell you, I can’t wait to buy it! It’s a hot futuristic with a hero who will melt your computer screens.

Here’s the blurb:

For years the Fohers have sought the same treasure—Amatista. Only by finding the mystical river of amethysts will Kavi and his people be safe.

But Kavi doesn’t realize his human captive, Liana, with her lush body and eager responses, is more than just a distraction—she is the key to finding the very treasure he seeks.

And don’t forget about our contest!!

Hello everyone! We got a pile of snow here last night, and its still coming down this morning. I’m not looking forward to having to shovel out from under all this later.

But for now I’m enjoying participating in our EC List Mom day over on the EC chat loop. Come joing the Six Degrees of Sexy writers, and our friends the Deliciously Naughty Writers for some hot fun!

I can’t believe it, but Chasing Phoenix will be out next Friday! I just love this Quickie and I can’t wait to share it with you all. A little hot fun for the chilly nights ahead.

This weekend I’ll be going to my TRW Christmas party. This is only the second meeting I’ve been able to attend this year, not bad considering I’ve lived in a different part of the country for most of the year. I’m looking forward to being able to see Amy, Wylie and the rest of the TRW crew. I’ll try and take some pictures.

This weekend I also have to finish my final edits for Chasing Phoenix and start my edits on Taber’s story so I can get it sent off to my editor.

What are your plans?