Author Christine d’Abo

Okay so I’m still blushing over this one. Wizard’s Thief just received this wonderful review from Joyfully Reviewed.

Wizard’s Thief is a wonderful story of loss and survival.  Raine and Callie were made for each other…literally! Wizard’s Thief is brilliant and Christine d’Abo is brilliant, too!  Ms. d’Abo knows how to create a wonderful world of intrigue and romance.  Not to mention hot sex!  Who wouldn’t want to live in a world where sex helps create magic!  I loved the world of the Warren wizards and I hope that Ms. d’Abo has plans for more stories in this wizarding world.

Thank you Jambrea for all your kind words! I guess I should finish the second book in that series LOL!

HUGS!

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!

It’s Thursday!! I saw Torchwood last night and (of course) it rocked. I can’t wait for next week because they are showing two episodes back to back. *drool*

Thank you to everyone for the kind words on Wizard’s Thief! And an extra thank you to everyone who bought it. I can’t express just how much I appreciate your support.

Where does this leave me now? Well, my next release is The Bond That Heals Us on May 7th. In between now and then I’ll continue to work on my book with Amy, my book with Red, and the urban paranormal I’m writing. Then I’ll shift gears and start my Dark Pantheon story for the Deliciously Naughty Writers series. I have a great idea for this one, but need to clear these other projects off my plate before I start it.

Today I’m buzzing for some reason…could be the left over coffee coursing through my veins…

How is everyone doing today?

First I want to start off by thanking everyone for sending me your hugs and positive energy yesterday. Something made it to me because the major issue I was dealing with in my day job was worked out…for the most part. I’m planning on finishing the clean up today.

Second, I’m taking a small half step away from my urban paranormal and have started working on a project with Amy . I think the stress at work was getting to me, and I needed something fun and exciting to get me pumped up again. Well I wrote all evening and about 4000 words later I’m back into my old form. The character are a blast to write and I can’t wait to see what Amy comes up with for chapter two.

Finally, and probably the most exciting of my news is the fact that Wizard’s Thief releasess today!!!! I don’t know what it was, but this one seemed to take forever to come out. Maybe because I enjoyed the characters so much, I’m excited to share them with everyone. If you do buy it, I’d love to know what you thought. This is my first fantasy story, and if people like it I might do more in that area.

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??

This is a very exciting week for us because it’s my week for the Purple Explosion!! Wizard’s Thief is coming out next Wednesday and I can’t wait. Despite my insane schedule, I have some fantastic friends who are helping me promote my book.

R.G Alexander has written me a beautiful poem, sung to The Music of the Night (which is one of my favourite musical songs!!). Thanks so much RG for the fantastc poem.

Also, now hidden somewhere on my site is my special jewel. You need to find all four (R.G.’s, Red’s, and Lillian’s) to qualify for our special grand prize. Trust me, you don’t want to miss it!

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…

I’m feeling silly this morning! I’m very excited because this month sees the release of my next EC book - Wizard’s Thief! This is a hot little number about a thief who tries to steal something from a group of wizards and gets more than she barganed for.

Wizard’s Thief is part of the February Jewel series release from EC and to celebrate a few of us are running one mega contest!!

So watch out for those jewels over the next few weeks! And now this begs the question, what books are you looking forward to this month?

As I mentioned, I was at a conference on Monday and Tuesday this week. It was great to be able to spend time with other people in my field and learn more about training, leadership, and how to apply it to the real world. I was very fortunate to hear a speaker from NASA’s learning academy talk about how they use stories as a method of sharing learning. It’s an absolutely brilliant way for people to come together and share their experiences, both good and bad, and help others grow, not only professionally but as people. My hat is off to everyone who participates in the program - it’s an amazing thing to have been told about.

It made me realize just how much power storytelling has. Not only can stories teach us, but they can be used to help us explore a part of our being that we may be neglecting. Stories stick with us for years long after other experiences fade into the background. It also takes a piece of the storyteller and embeds that person into our souls.

Sorry…got a bit philosophical there.

On a totally unrelated note, I now have the release date for Wizard’s Thief! It will be coming out from Ellora’s Cave on February 27th, 2008 as part of the Jewel of the Nile series. I can’t wait to be a part of this series.

Now finally on to Thursday Thirteen!! Since I’ve been so busy with NaNo for the past month, I thought I’d share with you thirteen things I’m going to do now that I’ve recovered my life.

1. Sleep in. Oh yes, this is so sweet.

2. Diet. I’ve been eating a lot of crap during NaNo. I start Weight Watchers next week.

3. Watch TV. I’m getting caught up on Dexter and a few other shows I’ve put off.

4. Play Uno with my girls. We have so much fun with this.

5. Have sex…err…spend time with my husband.

6. Read. I’m so far behind, but right now I’m reading an ARC of Colleen Gleason’s The Bleeding Dusk. OMG This totally ROCKS!!

7. Enjoy my evening baths again. Enough said.

8. Yoga. I’ve gotten away from this over the past little while. I’m going to start up again.

9. Sit by the fireplace and chill. I need to relax more in life. This is a great way to start.

10. Blog and check up on blogs. I’m so far behind. Please forgive me everyone!

11. Talk to my family. I think they missed me.

12. Christmas shop. I’m so scared - I haven’t started yet!!

13. Recharge my batteries. I’m going to take it easy in the month of December. Then you all better look out in January!!

Not because I don’t like my day job, but because I really was into this scene this morning and now I have to get ready for work.

*sigh*

I wanted to thank those of you who popped over to The Romance Studio’s blog yesterday to say hi. I really appreciate it.

I’ve been continuing to work on Taber’s story as I’ve been getting my edits done on Wizard’s Thief, my February release and on The Bond That Heals Us, which is Sara’s story. Thief is done now and ready to go. I have to say I’m anxious to see what the covers for the Jewel of the Nile series are going to look like. I guess I won’t have to wait too long. I haven’t started my edits on Heals yet, but I should get them out the door this week.

And then there is Taber. Poor boy is currently tied up and is trying to get out of a sticky situation. I guess he’ll have to wait around until lunch hour to find out how much more of a punishment he’s going to have to take.

I also wanted to remind everyone that there is still two days left to enter my November newsletter contest. If you sign up by December 1st, you will be automatically entered into a draw to win a passion starter kit and a free e-copy of Sweet and Spicy Spells. All you need to keep you warm on a winter’s night. Simply click here and add your name to the list.