Category Archives: Coming Soon
What’s Next
I mentioned to you earlier that I had another story to write before starting the Phoenix Series. That story is called Dangerous and I’m having a terrific time writing it.
Dangerous is a dark erotic romance, with bdsm and suspense. It will be published this summer in nine bi-weekly digital installments. When it’s complete, all the installments will be gathered into one volume, which will be available in print and digital in December.
I’ll let you know when I have a start date and more details to share.
The Plume: The Third Anthology
Here’s the cover for the third Plume Anthology.
Isn’t it pretty? This anthology will include Flashback, Switch and Celebration. It’ll be available in a digital edition and also a trade paperback edition. Right now, it’s available at Createspace in print, but will perk through to other portals, probably by the end of the month.
A Plan Comes Together
I love it when an idea pulls together, just like it was meant to be.
There will be another series this summer, not the Plume or the Phoenix, but something completely different. I hope to have a cover to show you in the next day or so, and will tell you more then.
I’m having such fun with this story. I hope you’ll all enjoy it too. 
Celebrate!
Celebration has gone to be formatted for publication. The formatter is ready to jump right on it, so I’m hoping to start publishing it before Monday.
YAY! This novella is almost 45,000 words, so you’ll have a longer read this time.
Stay tuned for links etc. Right now, I’m going to have a glass of wine – why don’t you join me and celebrate, too?
Update!
Phew! You’ll all be glad to know that Celebration is very very close. (I’m certainly glad!) I have to go through the whole story one last time, probably add a bit here and there, then will get it to the formatter on Friday. I’ve asked her to do us all a big favor and turn it around quickly, so fingers crossed that there’s time in her schedule for that.
Right now, it’s looking like Celebration will be about 40,000 words in length. The other Plume novellas have been around 30,000 words, but there were lots of loose ends to tie up on this one. I’ve run out of Post-it notes on my desk, and no characters have whispered in my ear for a few days, so I think we’ve got it all covered.
I’ll let you know when it’s published. It’ll go to all the portals roughly at the same time, but will go live at ARe and Smashwords first (because they have no review process), then Amazon, KOBO and B&N. Apple will bring up the rear, as usual.
Thanks again for your patience and I hope you find the final installment of the Plume Series was worth the wait!
Next up will be the anthology of the last three Plume books, in both print and digital. Look for that in June, as I still need to have a cover designed.
Almost Mid-March
Time for an update on Celebration!
The story is coming along really well – Rex IS behaving himself and his part is done. (Yes, I’m kind of amazed about that myself.)
One of the things I’ve been wanting to do is to have my book files professionally formatted. This will make them look better on your e-readers, and is also an opportunity to get lots of links into them. This means I need to read them all through one more time to check for minor corrections and tweaks. It’s a great moment to do that now – I can ensure that Celebration ties up all the loose ends and that there are no continuity errors in the series. I’m diving into that this week, before I do the final edit on Celebration.
Celebration will also be the first of my books to be professionally formatted right from the outset. I’m hoping that this will mean it is published more quickly at Apple than other titles – things seem to be really slowing down there. It will, though, take a bit of time depending on the formatter’s schedule. We’re trying to keep everything tightly organized! I’d like to try out the pre-order option now available on KOBO but that will depend upon how the time shakes out. That might have to wait until the next book.
At this point, it looks as if Celebration will be a March release, but not one on the 15th.
I’m hoping that by the end of April, there will be beautiful new editions of everything out in the world. You might get the new versions automatically from the portal where you bought your copy, or you might need to request them, but I’ll let you know when they’re available.
And finally, I’m adapting my plan for the future. For the next series, I’m going to write all of it before I begin publishing it. There will be a gap in releases while I write away, but then we’ll have definite release dates for every installment of the next series.
So, there you go! That’s all my news for now.
Where’s Rex?
Just a quickie update for you impatient readers out there! I’m working on SWITCH and hoping to have it done by the middle of the month – give me a week and I’ll either update you again or give you buy links.
In the meantime, what do you think of the cover? I really like it!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Things will be quiet here for a few days – as I argue with Rex, Joanna disciplines Mike and Athena gets even with the Count. Keep an eye out for the Naughty New Years Blog Hop. This event is being organized by Skye Warren – she organized one last summer which was a lot of fun. There are over 200 stops on the hop, with a prize at each blog and a Grand Prize to be awarded as well. You could start off the new year with some hot reads! Details on January 2, but you can have a sneak peek at the participating authors, right here.
In the meantime, Merry Christmas to all of you, and every good wish to you and yours for the New Year.
Progress
I’ve been having a wonderfully productive month, so thought I’d give you all a little update.
I’m just about finished FOREVER BOUND – that’s #3 in the Wedding anthology – and am hoping to publish it this upcoming weekend. I’ll tell you when it’s been uploaded, as usual, and post the links when they go live.
There will be a Wedding anthology, but I’ll have to format the files (for print and digital) plus get a new cover done. With the holidays coming, that anthology might not be available until the new year.
And yes, then I’ll head back to the Plume for SWITCH.
