Happy News Friday

I was going to tell ya'all how my self-editing tip worked, where I highlight all my overused words to find and change them. Well...I tried to highlight all them (in different colors) at once and found it to be quite overwhelming to see ALL the times I could repeat one word on a single page. It's definitely a useful feature, but I'd suggest highlighting only one word at a time!

In other news, Lydia has something she wants to share! Her mommy's book, A Man for Mia, is now out in hardback LARGE PRINT!!! Woo Hoo.

She even calls it "Mama's book," though she calls every book without pictures "Mama's book!" The picture books are clearly staked as "Mine, mine mine!"

Oh, yeah. We've moved into the MINE stage. She's tried to stake her claim on the iPad with the angry chant of "mine, mine, mine", but Mama and Dada refuse to let her take it over completely, though I have to admit, she knows her way around it better than I do. Anyway, we tried to teach her to share with "Mama's turn", and "Dada's turn". Now, every time she sees me with it, she claims, "Lydia's turn, Lydia's turn, Lydia's turn." Sigh. There's just no winning with her.

She'd also like you to know The Right to Remain Mine is out in paperback print, but we haven't received our copies yet, so I'm sure a picture of Lydia posing with a new Mama's book will be coming soon!

The last thing I'm excited about sharing on this Good News Friday is that the last WIP I finished and am still all proud of (usually I hit an I'm-so-ashamed-I-wrote-this-drivel point after writing a story, but I haven't gotten there with this one...yet!) has been submitted and a partial read by an editor...and she wanted to see the full! Woo hoo! That right there has made my entire week.

So, spill it. What Good News do you want to share today?

Release Day - The Best Mistake

My quirky romantic comedy novella,
The Best Mistake,
is available in ebook TODAY from:

THE WILD ROSE PRESS

I best describe this story over on the interview I had this morning at A Tasty Read blog: http://atastyread.blogspot.com/.

Other than that, here's a little TEASER for you:


“If you don’t go out with me, you really need to come back to work.”

Deri sent him a startled look. “Are those my only two options?”

“Well…they’re the only two I’ll accept.”

His honesty startled and pleased her. She threw back her head and laughed.

Cole’s gaze grew hot as he watched. “You just had to go and do that, didn’t you?”

When he visibly swallowed and let out a little groan, swaying almost across the threshold toward her, she faltered. “D-do what?”

He rested the side of his face against the doorjamb as he stared with a yearning that made her mouth go dry. “I think I’ve become quite desperately obsessed with your laugh, Dericka Crandall.”

Oh, boy. She had to physically restrain herself from confessing she’d become quite desperately obsessed with pretty much everything about him.

“I…I…” She shook her head, at a loss for words.

He took a step toward her, his gaze vigilant, intent. “I’m just going to throw one more thing out there we both need to consider before you make a final decision.”

She licked her lips, more tempted by the second. “What’s that?”

“This.”

Before she could figure out what he meant, he eased one more step closer, barely entering her apartment. She could only gawk, mesmerized as he lifted a single hand and curled his fingers around the back of her neck to draw her close. Then she was against him.

As his mouth sealed over hers....read more HERE!





And here's a recap of where I've been the past few months, talking about my newest releases or giving away copies of them:

Right to Remain Mine & The Best Mistake Blog Tour Jan 24, 2012 - Interview at Books-N-Kisses Jan 31, 2012 - Guest Blog at The Rose of Prose Feb 1 - Feb 6, 2012 - Giveaway at The Romance Reviews (winners : Mrs AJ Ward & Teresa B.) Feb 5, 2012 - Giveaway at The Goddess Party Pavilion (winner : Marie Rose Dufour) Febr 6, 2012 - Interview at Joyfully Reviewed Feb 6 - Feb 10, 2012 - Guest Week at Novel Works Feb 6, 2012 - Release Day for "The Right to Remain Mine" at Champagne Books Feb 13, 2012 - Interview at You Gotta Read Feb 15, 2012 - Guest Post at Whispers Publishing Feb 17 - Mar 2, 2012 - Giveaway at Paperback Adventures (winner announced soon) Feb 20 - 24, 2012 - Giveaway and Guest Post at Romancing the Book (winners : Allie & Patti P.) Feb 24, 2012 - Interview at Fallen Angels Review Feb 24 - Mar 15, 2012 - Giveaway & Interview at For the Luv of Sanity (contest still open) Mar 6, 2012 - Interview at BookWenches Mar 6 - 14, 2012 - Giveaway at The Romance Reviews (contest still open) Mar 7, 2012 - Giveaway at Reading Between the Wines (contest closed) Mar 14, 2012 - Giveaway & Interview at A Tasty Read (contest open now!) Mar 14, 2012 - Release Day for "The Best Mistake" at The Wild Rose Press

Okay, with that, I'm finished with my Best Mistake announcements! This countdown is officially FINISHED!!!! WOO HOO!

Have a great Wednesday!

Goodreads made me read it!!

I've been a daily guest on Goodreads lately. But it's such a nice place to hang out.

Everyone there is talking about BOOKS! And since that's my thing, I lurk a lot (yeah, I'm one of those) and I check out what so many people are talking most about these days. Ergo, there are a handful of books that have hit my radar and it seems EVERYONE is discussing these stories.

I'm getting tempted, REALLY tempted, to get the following books because of Goodreads.

SWITCHED by Amanda Hocking.
(Trylle Trilogy, #1)

Unless my sources are wrong, this is the great Indie author who sold so many of her own books, she got picked up by St. Martins Press. I couldn't tell you one thing about the book, but I'd say it has some kind of paranormal elements. Shrugs! I still wanna read it.


FRACTURE by Megan Miranda
(Not in a Series to my Knowledge)

I read someone's review about this story (for the life of me, I can't remember who's review I read), and they made it sound so fabulous, I wanted to put everything else aside and start reading it that very moment. But for some reason, I still haven't purchased it yet. It's a paranormal YA story, which better have some romance in it...just sayin'.

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY by E. L. James
(Fifty Shades #1)

This is apparently a BDSM book that is totally addictive. The hero is some greatly tortured young millionaire who likes to be ultra dominant in the bedroom, and he becomes obsessed with a sweet girl-next-door college student who interviews him at the beginning of the story. I found it surprising that so many mainstream readers were crazy, wild about a BDSM book. Which has me intrigued. Must read soon to find out what all the hoopla is about.

DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor
(Daughter of Smoke and Bone, #1)

Okay, I know next to nothing about this story either. It's fawned over by lots of YA book lovers, so me thinks it's a YA book, but don't quote me on that. I'm also going to go with paranormal, but I haven't even read a blurb, and I'm still tempted to buy it just because so many other people rave about it.

CINDER by Marissa Meyer
(Lunar Chronicles, #1)

I'm seeing this cover everywhere, so people must like it, or the author has a great promotional plan going on. From what I understand, it's a steampunk version of the Cinderella story. But I don't even know if it's for YA or adult audiences.





So there you have it. I know barely anything about them but I WANT them...all because of Goodreads! Is that totally insane or just normal for a romance reading junkie like me?

More importantly, have any of you read any of these stories? Do you recommend them? Should I, should I, should I throw caution to the wind and just get them? Oh well, I probably will anyway! Thanks for the advice.

In other reader fan-girl news: Elizabeth Hoyt has extended the excerpt she'd posted for Thief of Shadows (steamy historical romance) on her website, which I've been dying--yes, DYING--to read these past few months. It was like a soothing balm to my eager little reader soul. Oh, I can't wait until July.

Which prompts another question from me: What book are you most anticipating to read right now??