What a DAY! 12/02/2011
 
It started when I got up.  It was pitch day at Savvy Authors and I planned to do just that.  Problem was, I wasn't sure I could before I left for work at 7:30.  Luckily for me, they are set to Eastern Standard Time.  Yippee!  I sent it in...all 25 words.  Now I have to wait a week to find out if she is interested.

On the subject of waiting...it's been 4 weeks since I subbed my urban fantasy to the latest publisher.  I will assume not hearing anything yet is good.  Yeah, that's the ticket!

It was a long and BUSY day at work.  I swear from 3:00 to 5:00p.m. they must have been dropping people in from the sky!  So, of course I was late getting home and scrambled when I got here to get the animals fed.  DUH, right?

Well, I had my OSM about 15 minutes ago.  I'm being interviewed today by D.A. Kentner on his blog.  And, the day was pretty much over.  Eek!  So I scurried on over to see if I had missed anything.

Please take a moment and drop by.
http://dakentner.blogspot.com/2011/12/romancesuspenseparanormal-author-debbie.html

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As most of you know, I'm a writer.  Well, I hope you know that!  Some life changes have slowed the process down to a crawl, but at the end of the day plots are still twisting through my mind.

As happens far too many times with us creative types, several ideas emerge at the same time.  Currently my choices of plot bunnies to chase include a futuristic, post apocalyptic space fantasy, a remake of an old fairy-tale, a contemporary fantasy about a virginal angel trying to get laid and book #4 of my Legacy Series which is about a different sort of vampire...or more exactly the human in the midst of them. 

Yes, I can hear you saying, "vampires have been done to death."  I have reinvented the myth.  And mine don't rust, bust, collect dust OR sparkle in the sunshine.  So there!

All of these are works in progress.  I need to buckle down and finish one.  Which would you like to read first?
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Rocking Along! 07/17/2011
 
Dare to Dream has been out for a week now and is picking up momentum.  I have garnered 3 five star reviews on Goodreads!  As a previously unpublished writer I feel very blessed readers are responding so well.

I am planning another give away soon.  I will wait on the ARCs for Mr. Fix-it to reach me and then will have a double play.  The winner will receive both e-books!  This may be the later part of August or early September, so keep an eye out! 
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Why is it that some things never seem to change?

Yes, I realize that is a pretty broad topic, so will  narrow the field.  In this day of enlightenment and supposed equality, why do people assume a divorced or single woman is miserable, that something is horribly wrong?  Is it not possible  this person is happy and  productive, or does that only apply to a man?  If so, WHY?

In the battle for equality in jobs, pay and parenting, the woman has always shouldered the burden.  She works harder, gets paid less, takes care of most (if not all) of the responsibilities of child rearing and family finances not to mention the home. 

She is woman...hear her roar...or yawn.

Yet this brave and hardy soul is someone who draws pity from those around her.  I don't get it.  Do you? 
Is it not possible she might just be better off?

Have we not passed the point where all women need a man to "complete them?"  I thought we had.  I know some very vital and attractive women who have excellent jobs and have never seen the need to marry. They go on trips alone,  have lovely homes and don't seem in the slightest, pitiable.  I say this for all you people who are thinking "she can't GET a man."  Oh- yeah- she- CAN!  But, why would she want to?

They say men who are in a loving relationships live longer.  I believe that.  Their wives/significant others are the ones working themselves to death.

Don't get me wrong, I believe in love everlasting.  I'm a romance writer, dammit!  But, don't we have to love ourselves first?

I'm not saying anything bad about the menfolk.  Well, not ALL men.  There are some lovely, hardworking, partners out there in the world.  We all know a few of them.  They're the ones who coach little league and drive in the car pool, go to PTA meetings and don't run screaming from a dirty diaper.  The ones who can cook a meal if the wife is working late or "just because" and aren't too proud to have supper on the table when she gets home.  That's equality.

So ladies, despite what you may hear to the contrary, it is perfectly fine to be happy alone.  You're not weird or needy or pitiful.  You options are limitless.  You GO GIRLS!

Bedtime.  I have 100 bales of hay to put in the barn tomorrow morning.  ROAR!
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My goodness!  SirenBookstrand Publishing, is certainly moving right along, they have already made
Dare to Dream available for pre-order. 
From now until release day, July 7th, pre-orders are 15% off the regular sale price.  Is that a deal or what?

Click on the "my stories" tab to read a story blurb and excerpt, then run along the the link provided to my blogger site for another adult excerpt.  Drop me a comment and tell me what you think, okay?

Hugs!
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I got a Cover! 06/21/2011
 
That shrill noise you hear is me squealing.  I got my cover art for Dare to Dream today!!  (Thank you Jinger) If you'd care to mosey over to My Stories page and take a gander, you are more than welcome to do so.  I sure am. 

Come back and visit on the weekend and I will have a cover shot, and story excerpt up on my News and Reviews Page as well as an adults only excerpt  if you follow my Get-bit By My Free Reads link to my Blogger site.

Dare to Dream will be released by Siren Bookstrand Publishing on July 7th but should be available for pre-order on the first.
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Over what? You might well ask.  My first go round of  edits!  What you thought we writerly types just wrote those wonderful stories and the publishers sent them to print or digitized them?  Hardly!

After we painstakingly go over each word and point of punctuation and the publisher of our choice says, "Hey, we want to publish your book!"  We must make it even closer to perfection.  The publisher assigns editor/s to go over each sentence to find typos, plot holes, mis-punctuation and so forth.  Each house has their own guidelines to adhere to.

Personally, I had a horrible case of, "Oh My God!" with a few editorial comments.  But you know what?  I have a great publisher.  One that not only cares about the business end of publishing but the human side of it as well.  She, poor dear, understands the artistic temperament.  A simple explanation, and I was good to go.

I got my edits on Friday afternoon.  On Sunday afternoon they were back in the hands of Siren Bookstrand Publishing.  Not bad for a newbie. 
(Thanks Diana)

So, look for Dare to Dream in July as a Siren Classic!
(Apparently, I'm a little too hot for mainstream.  LOL)

I can't wait to see my cover!

Siren Bookstrand Publishing Coming Soon!
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By Australian author and my dear friend, Lillian Grant, tomorrow  March 1st, on her website, www.lilliangrant.com

The interview is also being simulcast from The Author's Coach on Cornelle Keveen's website at www.cornellekeveen.webs.com

This was a noble gesture considering Lillian and I left his studio smoldering on out last visit.

Please stop by and visit.  You may learn a little sumpin', sumpin' about my books, my characters and probably more than you ever wanted to know about me.  LOL  You've been warned.
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For all my Tom fans out there, a new chapter has just been posted to his saga.  Chapter 5 is up and awaiting your reading pleasure, and a day early I might add. 
It's beginning to look like this will be a novella before I have him all caught up to the present, and that's with me just hitting the highlights.  Maybe I should have aimed for a page for each year of his life, which would be...177?  Oh well, it will be as long as it takes.  Besides, you want to read more don't you?

So run back to my home page and click the
Free Reads banner and get yourself some Tom.
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