Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Cupid Tour Stop 4


The Cupids continue their reunion tour, flitting through the internet and stopping at As The Pages Turn. I love that name!! They're giving away a copy the anthology (in print). Couple more stops to go, follow along and you could win a free book.

The Boss Wore Red by Delle Jacobs and SamMarie Ashe
For city fashionista Alexandria Bergstrom, there's nothing worse than learning her crazy parents' past, unless it's having to re-live it herself on the ranch she's inherited. It's the worst possible time for her heart to tumble, especially for hunky, city-hating ranch manager Clint Riordan. But does her heart listen? That's what Cupids are for...

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Cupid Tour Stop 3


The Cupids continue their merry reunion tour, third stop is at Ex-Libris. They're giving away 3 copies of the anthology (in print). Couple more stops to go, follow along and you could win a free book.

The Boss Wore Red by Delle Jacobs and SamMarie Ashe
For city fashionista Alexandria Bergstrom, there's nothing worse than learning her crazy parents' past, unless it's having to re-live it herself on the ranch she's inherited. It's the worst possible time for her heart to tumble, especially for hunky, city-hating ranch manager Clint Riordan. But does her heart listen? That's what Cupids are for...

Saturday, February 19, 2011

I love cats, it's true, but I also love dogs, horses (especially the minis), bunnies, and smallish furry critters like hamsters. You could say I'm a Pet Person. Many try to cage me as a Cat Person and not a Dog Person, but tis not true - I love all animals. Well, except for slithering beasties or things that go thump in the night. And there's no way I'm gonna start cuddling a skunk. No thanks!

Anyhow, I digress.

What brings me to cats today is actually the weather. Yep, you heard me. It's Saturday afternoon and last night the weatherpukes all said "chance of snow" for today. I mean ALL of them said it - news online, weatherbug, news on TV. I was expecting S-N-O-W snow!! Did I get it? Heck no. I got 2"-3" snow on *Wednesday* when they said it would be sunny!! Woke up to what looked like a white-out but it wasn't. It was just the light reflecting off the ground up into the house.

My cats LOVE the sun. I think all furry animals do. I have this theory that the sun recharges their solar panels in their bellies. Every time it's sunny they bask in it like they can't quite soak up enough, and no matter how hot they get they keep following that bit o' sun across the room until it's not available anymore that day, only to stare out the night window longingly, expectant that the next day will bring them yet another solar recharge.

It must be that felines collectively have some kind of weather-control system. They communicate globally and change the weather to suit where the cats need recharging the most. After this weeks' earlier "Surprise!! It's snowing!!" my cats here sent our rain to SoCal and we have SoCal's sun today. It's Feline Weather Control! Dr. Evil would love to get his hands on it. But wait... didn't he have a cat too? Hmmm...

It's a Cat-spiracy, but for now I'll enjoy the pretty sunshine. Thanks kitties! :)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Cupid Tour Stop 2

The Cupids from the "Cupid Gone Wild" series are on their reunion tour, how fun! Follow their heckling and banter, today they are in the second stop today at Crazy-for-Books. Check out the links at the bottom of their page and follow along, plus enter to win a free book!

Sorry, I totally missed posting about the first stop at Literary Escapism.


The Boss Wore Red by Delle Jacobs and SamMarie Ashe
For city fashionista Alexandria Bergstrom, there's nothing worse than learning her crazy parents' past, unless it's having to re-live it herself on the ranch she's inherited. It's the worst possible time for her heart to tumble, especially for hunky, city-hating ranch manager Clint Riordan. But does her heart listen? That's what Cupids are for...

Thursday, February 10, 2011

For once I'm going to post a note about my writing life. And at the bottom, if you've read the Cupid Gone Wild series, there's a contest entry link, please stop in and vote for your favorite Cupid, enter to win a Kindle!

It's a fun thing, writing. Creating worlds, making characters, weaving stories - that's always my first hobby. I have many hobbies but writing is easy to do anywhere, anytime, and often when I'm away from my computer I generate ideas in my head. Sometimes I'm smart enough to write them down so I don't forget them but hey... it's fun to just let the ideas germinate for a while too. *grin* That's how stories cook.

My latest project literally cooked overnight. My friend Delle Jacobs posted a mock book cover online titled "The Boss Wore Red", asking her audience to come up with a story to fit the cover. We talked about it some more, and I thought maybe I'd write it some time this year.

That's where Delle stepped back in. She asked to co-author the story for an anthology coming out in February 2011. So we did! What a ride!! While her cover's not the one the publisher used, I still have it to look at and remember that yes, a book can be told by its cover.

Yes, it's an ebook but don't let that stop you. It's available in PDF format too so you can read it on your computer. After all, you're reading this on your computer, aren't you? And hey, it's cheap - only $2.99. Heck, I spend more than that on a fancy-schmancy coffee! And coffee doesn't make me smile nearly as much as a fun story does. The coffee wears off a lot faster, and I can read the story again and again. It's a great happy-ending romance, and who couldn't use a little happiness right now?

It's available now as part of the Cupid Gone Wild series here:


And the contest? You can vote for your favorite Cupid and enter to win a Kindle here. *grin*

Have a great day and thanks for reading!