A Writer by Any Other Name...

So I've been thinking a lot about this lately and wanted to put it out there.

Psst...this one is only 99¢!

I'm a writer. 

I know. Don't fall over in shock. The fact that I'm promoting my books all the time should have clued me into this little fact...

But shockingly, it didn't. I was reluctant to call myself a writer. 

I know many writers. I know professionals who have their own offices and keep a tight schedule and pump out books like crazy. I follow my idols and see them touting great reviews and best-seller monikers, and I know that they are legitimate writers. And I've read their books and they are awesome.

Releasing Feb. 9th 2016!

So just in the past few weeks, I've been outing myself to people. When they ask what they do, the words "I'm a writer." have started coming out of my mouth hole. 

Nobody made me say it. Nobody looked at my day job and said, "No...what do you really want to do?" It was just me. Something changed in me recently and I can't figure out when it happened.

You might ask why this is blog post worthy, but I have a feeling there are a few other people out there who get it. Giving myself that label...that title...it's scary. The title puts me in the same camp as some of my idols. (Which I couldn't ever compare to.)

I am reading through a book that I am insanely proud of today to get the final notes out this afternoon. It will be my sixth title with Samhain Publishing. Crazy, right?

For all the other writers out there, when did you start giving yourself the title? Did you always know you were a writer? Or did it sneak up on you like it did for me?

Love Shack...COVER REVEAL!!!

I've found a new obsession recently. I am in love with the Tiny House Movement. 

Being able to tow your house around the country and having everything around you mean something to you, while utilizing every inch of space...well, I find it fascinating. 

After I sufficiently scared my husband into thinking I might want to actually get one of these quaint little homes (in reality...I do), I used the next logical excuse all writers do and called it "research".

When I marathoned the full season of "Tiny House Nation" twice within two days, I had to either call it research or admit I have a problem. 

So coming from Samhain Publishing mid-2016, keep your eyes out for "Love Shack"! 

"Love Shack" is a contemporary romance set in an artisanal town and budding tiny house community.

This is the first in a new series called "Tiny Houses, Big Hearts".  I have two more books planned so far in this series, and I hope you all will come along for the ride with me as my characters find love in under 250 square feet.

~Roxy

Interlocking Hearts: DMA Files Book 2 [[COVER REVEAL]]

I am so excited for this book coming up in early 2016.

Coming to the end of edits is always a rush.

For me a book starts with frantic enthusiastic writing. I can't get the ideas on the page fast enough, because I write the characters that scream at me.

Paisley Compton was one of those characters that truly knocked my socks off.

I had to treat her right, so she got two men.

COMING from SAMHAIN PUBLISHING 2016

A human, an almost human, and a robot walk into a palace...

Interlocking Hearts

So? What do you think? I am excited for all of you to meet my heroes. Can you guess which one is applying for his certificate of humanity?

Roxy

Release Day!

It's RELEASE DAY!

That is the fifth time I have said those words about my own books and I still can't believe it.

I'm hard at work in the editing cave, but I am all over the internet today and checking in on Facebook, Twitter, and at the website of the FANTABULOUS Mary Hughes. 

In celebration of Shelly's story I'm having a rafflecopter giveaway!

Get your entries in, quick! This one won't last long.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you've already picked up a copy of Three's a Clan, make sure you let me know what you think!

And make sure you have a cool drink handy...this one gets hot!

BLURB:
Sometimes the only way to hold on is to let it all go.

Hart Clan Hybrids, Book 3

Finding out she's a byproduct of her maker's plan for world domination is a letdown for Shelly Meyers. Now she must figure out where to pin her loyalties. Tradition tells her to follow her leader, but something tells her tradition is overrated. Is it her conscience? Nah. Not that. Not anymore.

Richard Paulson never planned on turning furry, yet here he is, an Alpha in charge of a Pack. Even with Doc, his beta, at his back, he seems to keep winding up in another frying pan.

Long ago, Trevor "Doc" Paulson gave the woman he loved to someone who could give her the life she deserved. Now, as he and Richard fight to prevent history from repeating, he's struggling not to act on pure attraction...again. He knows he should be Rick's voice of reason, but what happens when the three of them get close makes no sense at all.

Together they must decide to let go of the past to forge a new future...and fast. Before a power-hungry vampire takes it all away.

PRODUCT WARNINGS:

This book contains a sexually volatile vampire who is about to grab the world and a couple of werewolves by the balls. Not for the faint of heart, or those who are opposed to sex, blood, bites, multiple partners and multiple orgasms.


BUY IT NOW!

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ALL ROMANCE

Can't wait to hear what you all think!

~Roxy

It's a SALE!

Three's a Clan is coming to an e-reader near you in just 2 weeks! (And if you buy it at Samhain Publishing you still have time to get the PRE-ORDER sale price. But hurry, it's a limited time deal.)

Shelly's ready. Are you?

*pets cover*

But while we're all waiting to hear from Shelly, Samhain Publishing would like to bring more people to the Hart Clan Hybrid party. 

So they are putting A Love Worth Biting For on sale for only 99¢! 

This was my first release, and for less than a buck you can read the category length novella that starts the Hart Clan on their journey. 

ONLY 99¢!

Now...I know what you're all saying...

I promise you. Shelly's coming soon. It's not much longer to wait and she gets the men I've been teasing you with for two books now.

Until then, share the series with a friend. E-books make great presents. 

~Roxy

Buy A Love Worth Biting For at these fantabulous retailers for only 99¢

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Goodreads Giveaway!

Just a quick update folks,

I've got a giveaway live on Goodreads right now.  Make sure you add Love's a Witch to your TBR shelf if you haven't already, and enter to win your very own copy!

US residents only. More opportunities to get your hands on the book coming soon!

~Roxy

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Love's a Witch

by Roxy Mews

Giveaway ends July 02, 2015.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to Win

How I Pretend to be Organized

I have had a few people tell me lately that I'm really organized.

After I picked myself up off the floor from falling out of my chair laughing, I tell them in no uncertain terms, that I'm not.

I DID, however, find a new planning style that seems to work for me. I've started using a technique developed by Ryder Carroll called "Bullet Journal". If you've seen me chatting about it, it's because I really can't shut up about how life-changing this has been for me.

The technique is using a basic journal and taking time every morning (or night before) and writing down everything you have to do.

Yes. I'm aware this sounds like a basic to-do list. But if you number your pages, use an index, and keep all of your to-do lists, all of your brainstorming sessions, all of your bills that need paid...if you keep it all in one book... Now that was an idea I could get behind.

I am a gal who adores technology. My phone is a shiny new toy, and I sure jumped on the e-reader bandwagon with gusto. BUT...there is something powerful about putting what you have to accomplish in writing.

Taking the time to put things on paper not only helps me remember them (because seriously...if it's not on paper, I won't remember), it also helps me feel a sense of urgency. I have my bullet journal open on the days I'm working from home, and I take it with me whenever I am at my Evil Day Job.

I have to look at those boxes sitting unchecked. Something about those poor empty squares pulls me off the couch and forces me to turn off Netflix. (Even though I desperately want to bingewatch ALL of Daredevil.)

Dumping my story ideas used to happen on whatever spare piece of paper was around. When I was ready to put a brilliant thought on paper, I was always running around trying to remember which notebook it was in.

Now...I flip to the next blank page, make a note in my index, and go! I find this system freeing in its simplicity, and inspiring in its ability to be adapted to exactly what I need at any given moment.

So that's my not-so-secret secret to how I give the illusion to the world that I have a handle on things. The technique is simple and not overwhelming and I am so in love with it, that I had to share. I've kept up with my little notebook for closing in on six months now, and I can't even imagine going back.

What do you do to keep yourself organized?

I'll make sure to keep a list of your suggestions in my bullet journal. :D

~Roxy