Random updates and lying to my health coach...

 I have been a lucky sucker in this whole publishing business. I have met, both online and in person, the most amazing people. 

My next book Love's a Witch is in line on the Samhain Publishing website getting ready to be unleashed on the world. (It's only $3.85 right now if you pre-order in the Samhain Store. Ya know...in case you wanted to order it. *subtly drops hint*)

I am working on blog posts and promo ideas for that book, but what I am really working on is my 2015 release schedule. 

Book three in the Hart Clan Hybrids series is still on my computer, because Shelly is giving me a hard time. Imagine that, right?

So I distracted myself with some robosex. If you follow me on twitter (@RoxyMews) you have heard me babbling about this for awhile. I hope to have some official announcements regarding that project soon. 

I can't use con recovery as an excuse anymore. That's only good for a week max. So I needed another excuse to not do what I am supposed to. Sooo...I got a kitten! 

Enjoy the incredible cuteness

We have been struggling to kittenproof the house and keep the dogs from chasing him. With hubby working lots of overtime it's been a struggle getting much of anything done, but it has been full of adorable kitten fun.

I have also been trying to lose weight, and overall be a healthier person. Writing tends to involve a lot of sitting in front of a computer and a diet consisting of coffee and chocolate. I packed on a few. So I am trying to eat better, get some exercise, you know...all the unfun things.  

I signed up for a health coach to hold me accountable. The only problem with this is...I totally lie to him. 

But I feel really bad about it! That counts for something, right?  It makes me eat better and work out the couple days before he calls. And my clothes totally weigh the extra five pounds I deduct from my weight. *watches out for lightning*

So in summary...I can't announce anything official, other than the fact that I have acquired a kitten.

Distracting you with kitten pictures!

BUT make sure you save some space on your e-reader for Love's a Witch. Below are some easy links for your 1-click desires.

AMAZON 

BARNES & NOBLE

KOBO

SAMHAIN PUBLISHING **best price at the moment**

And just a little tease...because you get to hear a male voice in this upcoming book. I can't wait for you all to get inside Craig's head.

NOW...I need to get back to wrangling Shelly. If I don't get her under control soon, I think my editor may reach through my computer and smack me. 

Let me know what you are hoping to hear about in the trilogy. Because after the end of June...I wrap up writing it! 

-Roxy

NOLA NOLA NOLA

The Romantic Times Booklover's Convention (#RT14) is just a week away!

Some people are reading every post they can find about RT, and some are so sick of it all that they are running screaming from social media.

Me? I am in a very real panic of how to get everything done that I want to. I am trying to tidy up the story line of my Hart Clan Hybrids book #3. Seriously, Shelly is being difficult. It's not my fault.

I am also trying to figure out what to pack, and where my luggage is. I don't travel all that much (read at all) so I always get a bit nervous around this time.

I will be traveling with Samara Blu. She's a new author, and she is in charge of fun. We are both on the RT Guidebook app so feel free to find and connect with us. We are always looking for fun places to visit and people to meet.

Below are the events I will be participating in. I am linking to the RT convention site, so if you somehow are missing out on this fabulousness, you can add it to your schedule pronto.

Tuesday May 13th

Cinema Craptastique - I will be playing along from home, so you will have to see me online. My flight leaves at 6am on Wednesday. I will be hopped up and tweeting as @RoxyMews along with the movie using the hashtag #RTCC. Make sure your twitter app is up and running, or if you aren't attending the con, this is a great way to play from home.  There is also a Facebook event set up for this, so check out all the details HERE.



Wednesday May 14th

Mardi Gras World Carnivale  - I am going to be a "float walker" at this event. I am going to have on a sash identifying me as a Samhain Publishing Author and from what I have heard, I will have beads to fling at all of you. Make sure you stop by, because according to the schedule I have been given it is going to be an AMAZING party.



Thursday May 15th

Samhain Saints and Sinners Party - This event is going to be an absolute blast. I am going to be with Jodi Redford representing our group blog Lust With a Laugh.

Even Mary Hughes will be sending some goodies for everyone who ventures over to the Sinner side of the party space to sit at our table.

I'm bringing buttons and magnets and some more beads, because we all need some beads to wear around New Orleans.


I will be adding a few more events that I am attending for fun, but since Samara is in charge of fun, who knows where the night will take us?



To find me, just look for my swag bag with my book covers on it (see below and pet your computer screen if so inclined). My purple hair will probably also let you find me fairly easily. And before you ask, yes, it's my natural color. ;p

A Love Worth Biting For (Out NOW)

Love's a Witch (June 2014)

Come up and say hello. I'd love to chat with everyone I can. Can't wait to meet all of you!

Roxy

Camp NaNoWriMo...Because I Have To!

I keep telling myself that this year I will be organized. This year will be the one where I figure out what I am doing with my career and plan ahead.

I even make New Year's resolutions. I will be on schedule this year.

It all begins well. I start burning the midnight oil. I am writing wherever I can. I have a whole list of projects. Then I realize that I don't have a clean pair of pants. If I want a clean spoon to eat my cereal, I need to go on an excavation to the bottomless depths of my sink. Even if I find a spoon, I would have to eat cereal out of a coffee mug because there are no clean bowls either. But that means I would have to chose between cereal and coffee, and let's be honest...there is NO competition there.

It is at this point that I realize I need to clean something. So I head to the store to buy a hazmat suit. I get a killer idea about how much more fun cleaning would be if the hazmat suits smelled like chocolate and gave massages. So I should write that down, because I could use it in a story some time...maybe...oooohhh look. I have a notification on Facebook! I didn't know that show was back on. Wow, I am really behind. Some one might be talking about spoilers. I better watch those fast.

Then all of sudden it is APRIL?!?! RT is about a month away. I have things to buy/do/prep/freak out about. And it is time for the one...the only...

 

 

So I am doing it. I am getting back on track. I am finishing edits, prepping for RT, and writing about robosex!

 

 

I can do it. Right?

 



If you want to keep track of me, check out my flailings at the NaNo website HERE. Or follow me on Twitter where I will undoubtedly be posting some of my hallucinations from lack of sleep.

Roxy

Pre-Order is LIVE!

I must admit that I have been poking around at Amazon and Kobo for a bit to see if the pre-order links for Love's a Witch had gone live yet.  I don't bother with Barnes & Noble, because I know that they usually run a bit behind the other two.
 
Even though I was expecting it, I still let loose a little squeal when I saw my book up there. 

Now as I am sending out review copies, I am getting the nausea that comes with sending a book out into the world.  This one is very different from the first, and I am terrified, but in the best way.

I am off to update my website next.

This is when the whole author-thing gets real. I am off to celebrate...or chew my nails...either way.  Check out the links below.

 

AMAZON                              KOBO

Cover Reveal: "Love's A Witch"

It is after midnight and well past my bedtime.  *nods off at the keyboard*

BUT!

I sent in my final notes and to celebrate I wanted to show off the cover for the next installment of the Hart Clan Hybrids. 

"A Love Worth Biting For" let you hear from Amber.

In "Love's a Witch" you get two sides of the story as Mary and Craig get to tell you all.

Here's the cover!

 



Edits...oh, edits...you all-consuming, soul-destroying...thing.

There are some times when re-reading your own work is a pleasure, and you can't wait to take apart the pieces and let them fall into place.

Yeah. So that didn't happen this time.

I got lost for the last month in a haze of winter storms that kept me locked in my house, flu that kept me stuck in bed, and edits that had me pulling my hair out by the roots.

The words...all the angry red words!!!

*HORRIFIED SCREAMS*

Anyway, it took a lot out of me this round. 

I am putting the finishing touches on "Love's A Witch".  This is the second book in the Hart Clan Hybrids series and I am onto the last round of edits before I get that final glorious copy in my hands.

This book, just like book one, is in first person point of view.  The voices in my head like to talk that way, so that tends to be the way I write.  Mary and Craig are both telling their stories this time, and they were a lot more stubborn than Amber was.  Yes, it's possible.

By the end of all the work, though, Mary found her voice.  Craig got frustrated enough to follow along and do what I told him to. I am so happy with where the book and the trilogy has gone so far, and I am so excited to share this book with you.  As soon as I have the official release date, I will let you all know.

Now....

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. I have been working like a crazy person on a special blog project.  My favorite books all have humor prevalent in their pages. So I started LustWithALaugh.com with Mary Hughes and Jodi Redford.  I couldn't be more excited to launch the blog tomorrow. (follow @LustWithALaugh  on twitter for updates)

2. I am excited to take part in a Facebook party with Mary Hughes on March 5th. Her latest book Downbeat is the main attraction and it deserves to be.  I loved this book.  And I will be giving away a copy of A Love Worth Biting For and an Amazon or Samhain Publishing gift card to whoever comes to play with me. I'll even have a couple quotes from the next Hart Clan Hybrids book, Love's A Witch. ;p

3. I am getting my next projects in order, and getting ready to go to the Romantic Times Convention in May.  My publisher has some FANTASTIC things coming your way if you plan to party in New Orleans with us.  I will have swag from various authors, and other industry peeps.  So make sure if you see me running around, you stop and ask what I have left.  I will also have some special author cards that Samhain is printing up for me that I can sign to you personally. I only have 50, so ask early if you want one.

4. I joined Pinterest!  I will be posting some of my favorite things at the Downbeat release party, but you can snoop around the pictures I love HERE.


Now...I need to get to work on editing two more projects to submit, BUT...if I do any more editing I might cause an alcohol and coffee shortage in the US. 

I think I'll write about robosex instead. ;p 

Roxy

My New Years Resolutions...AKA The Author Diet

Happy New Year!

I love the new year tradition of making resolutions.  The idea of a fresh start means a lot to me.  Sure we could do this anytime, but there is something special about rolling over to an entire new year.  If only I could remember to write 2014 on my checks.

The vast majority of people are vowing to a healthier year.  Lose weight, eat right, exercise more...you know, all those really unfun things.  People say you get endorphins from exercise.  All I seem to get are cramps.

Instead of the classic chocolate deprivation diet, this year I have decided I am going on what I'm calling my "Author Diet".  I am going to cut out some of the garbage work, and start writing healthier.

I am separating each part into my healthy steps.  Making myself a priority and developing a stronger writing life...that's my New Year's resolution.

Roxy's Writing Diet 1.0

1. "Grocery Shopping" Acquire Office Time and Space = To say I have a chaotic home life is a gross understatement.  I am going to carve out one hour a week to enter receipts and generally organize my business life, and I am going to make sure to get out of the house at least once a week to write.  I do need an office space, so I am going to buy supplies to give myself a portable office. Yay, shopping!

2.  "Diet Plan" Cut Down on My Alter Egos = I entered this wonderful world of romance under a different name.  Between the "real" me, the "reader" me, and the "author" me...I don't have enough space in my brain for that many sides of myself.  One of them has to go.  Hubby has told me I can't ditch the "real" me.  Damn.  So, that leaves the "reader".   I learned a long time ago, that even if I have good intentions reality tends to smack me upside the head.  This year, I am going to delete some of the online accounts and social media that I can't keep up with. I am going to keep what works for me and cut out the fat.

3. "Exercise" Publish 2 Books in 2014 = There are a lot of ladies I know who can whip out 5-10 novels a year.  I am not there yet.  I want to get two books out to my readers this year.  And one is already in progress!  Love's a Witch is under contract with Samhain Publishing.  I will post release date info as soon as it hits my inbox.  But whether it be with Samhain, another pub, or dipping my toe in self-pub, I want to get two manuscripts into the world by Xmas 2014.

4. "Inspiration" Fill My Mental Bucket Each Month = I want to give myself a monthly goal.  I will start each month with a project.  Things I want to read.  Things I want to do.  Places I want to go.  I have a couple of story ideas in rough outline, that I need to do some research on.  Those are going to be where my muse can go play.   Any checklist addict knows that accomplishing smaller goals can be a great motivator for knocking out the bigger ones.  Even if I plan a reward for accomplishing my dreaded editing work, I want to do something that gets me moving forward.


So that's my plan.  I stretching my mental muscles and marathoning through this year to make great things happen. 

Anyone else going on a diet?

Roxy