Today Is All About You

As you probably know, about three weeks ago I went from a stay at home mom who did the books for my husband's business and ran for parts when needed, to full-time employee at a local farm. No, not in the fields, but as a Bookkeeper/Office Manager/Human Resources gal. Why am I telling you this? Simple. My time to blog, tweet, promote—and most painful of all, hunt down new books—has been cut short.

So, I've decided to tackle two of those things in one post. How? With a little help from you. Yup, today's Teaser Tuesday is all about you.

Using the comments section, tell me about your book. Is it a new release or has it been out for a while now? As long as it's a romance, it doesn't matter to me. I want to hear about it! Romantic Suspense, Historical, Erotica, Paranormal...bring it! Give me the back cover blurb and a short excerpt.

There's only one rule: Please rate your excerpt toward the beginning of your post, especially those some visitors may find too explicit for their tastes.

Oh, and don't forget to include where we can buy it. Come on, share your book with me!



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Now what?

Okay, the good news is—wait, let me rephrase—the great news is, I finished AFTER MIDNIGHT and turned it in to my editor. YEAH!

I’ll tell you this book was very hard for me. I don’t know why, but it gave me fits right from the start. Getting this story out of my head was a struggle, but worth it. I couldn’t be happier with the story.

So now what?

I have been playing catch up for a week now, sleep, housekeeping, bills, groceries, etc. Some things I have caught up on, others, I’m still working on. But everyday I ask myself, ‘now what’? What do I write next? Do I take a short break or do I dive right back into it? Do I work on another 80,000 word book or go for the 100,000 word single title? Do I even have an idea worth 100,000 words?

I’m not sure what the answer is. For now, I guess I’ll just keep promoting my first two books, while brainstorming the next book. Maybe I’ll drag out some notes I have scattered throughout the house. There has to be a great idea in there somewhere.

Or…I could read a good book and forget about my own for a while. I finally have the time.

Now there’s an idea.

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My addiction

I’m taking a breather right now from my WIP to blog. Why? Well, there are a couple of reasons, the first that I haven’t blogged in a long time. The second is that I’m a little tired of my WIP. Don’t get me wrong, I love my characters, I think I have a good story to tell, but unlike a certain friend of mine, I do not like having my back against the wall.

At least not when it comes to writing.

During the process of writing this book, I’ve found myself struggling. Struggling with family and friends needing my time, as well as with attempting to get the story on the page and out of my head. Some books are like this. Why? I’m not sure anyone really knows. But here I sit, my deadline breathing down my neck and I’m beginning to sweat.

Will I make it? Boy, I hope so. I could really use a break on this story. I need to finish it and get on with other things that I’ve let pile up while writing. There are the important things, like paying the bills and going grocery shopping, but I’m talking about the things I do strictly for me. The little things that keep me sane. Like reading.

You see, I usually can’t stand to read while I’m writing. At least not when I’m writing as many hours a day as I’m doing right now. Not only have I not found a way to squeeze more than 24 hours in a day, but I find reading when I’m deep into my own story too distracting.

I have to tell you, I get cranky when I’m not reading. I’m like a junkie in need of a fix. I swear I get physical symptoms of withdrawal. I long to hold a book in my hands, smell the ink on the pages and lose myself in the story. I can actually hear my ‘to be read’ pile calling out to me right now!

Sigh. I’m not the only one who does this, am I?

Well, it’s back to the WIP for me. It’s time to get this book done so I can get my ‘fix’. Have a great week, everyone, and don’t forget to join me for a chat tomorrow at Romance at Heart 8pm EST.

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