Working From Home: Or, The Struggle

So there's this thing right now, this thing where I get bombarded with ideas in the middle of writing 2 or 3 works in progress--and there's no way to stop it. I get dragged along on six different paths while I'm trying to focus on something entirely different. It's hard to avoid. Especially when I work from home, see the same scenery every day, and fall into a writing slump. I'm in one of those right now. 30k into two big books that have awesome potential, one planned NA, and one unplanned romantic suspense pouring out of me. And then all the writing comes to a grinding halt.

There are days where being my own boss is not a hat I relish wearing and when I get tangled up in plot strings it's a struggle to break myself out when I could just read, watch TV, or twiddle my thumbs on social networking. So many distractions, which I seem to snatch up as I try to find the balance between being a workaholic and living life outside of the computer screen. I often run the gambit between working my ass off and burnt out as hell--I'm currently in the burnt phase of my process--but there's no time! It's like I have two settings, stressed out of my mind, working way too hard, and procrastination. There's no happy medium.

I'm releasing Furious Temptation soon and to prep for doing that while trying to get my mojo back I'm going on a forced media black out this week. Nothing but books, my laptop, and no internet. No social networking, no TV, only me and my books and my writing. I'm hoping the forced seclusion will throw me back on the path of passion. Back to basics.

If you need me, I'll be back next Monday after plowing through Kresley Cole's Shadow's Claim, Stephen King's On Writing (again), and trying to write my little heart out. Wish me luck! Hopefully, I'll be almost done with a book and I'll have another free read for you!

Playing Around With Photoshop

A lot of author's have been releasing these lately, so I figured I'd try my hand at them. What do you think?

Yesterday I finally joined my local library. bought some books from the book sale, and today I'm gearing up for my promotional roller coaster for Furious Temptation. I'm also doing a few odds and ends for the conferences coming up! So excited to be back in the writing world I love instead of tucked away behind my computer writing book after book after book. Phew, it makes me sleepy! But I'll have lots of goodies to put out in the world in 2014. Right now, I'm working on a little surprise short that will hopefully hit the interwebs in the near future.

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Until next time....

Cover Reveal: Furious Temptation

My newest cover in the Furies Series has been pinned to the side of my blog for a bit now, but I came to the startling conclusion that I never announced it here on my blog. Author fail! With my mind running like a hamster wheel I tend to forget things here and there, it's like I have constant book pregnancy brain. So here is my latest cover for my new release, Furious Temptation, the second book in my mythology Furies series which is coming out in April 2014 from Secret Cravings Publishing. Only a couple weeks left until this mammoth of a book is out in the world, only took me more than six months to write the sucker. It'll be a scary relief to have it out for sale. If that makes any sense.

In the meantime I've been plugging away at several different WIP's including a contemporary romance/mystery, totally anxious for the release of my romantic suspense series with Entangled Publishing in May 2015. A long way away, to be sure, but I'm hoping to turn in the other two books in the series way before then so they'll all have a relatively close together release date. But, best laid plans. Only time will tell if I can knock out so many books in such a small window. Although time is flying, wasn't it January like two seconds ago or is it only me?

Which brings me to more awesome news! Wanna meet me? I'll be making appearances this year at several conferences including the Romantic Times Convention in New Orleans, LA in May as well as Authors After Dark in Charlotte, NC in August. Come say Hi, get a free book signed, pick up a sharpie, and get a hug from me. I'll be the small one with the short hair bouncing as if I've ingested nine lbs of crack, but really I'm just excited and have had too much coffee. But seriously, I really am short. Look for the 4'9 chick with the black and red pixie cut. I can't wait to meet you!