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Something Sweet releases June 18th!

Okay, so it's been a slow year. All the big goals I set for myself on New Years day are shot to hell because I flaked out and spent too much time procrastinating (again.)

Now, with two releases coming out, it's time to think about promotion again. *gag*

I've never found much results from doing promotion, maybe because I'm not doing it right, or because I'm not the pushy sort. I get all squirmy in my stomach at the thought of posting excerpts all over every yahoo group in existence. I always find I skip over them when I see them on my normal chat groups anyway. Same with live chats. Usually there are a few other authors being hosted, and I'm always the one hiding in the back, hoping time runs out before it's my turn.

Being shy when talking to people face to face is one thing, but this is a little silly.

After reading an article in Writer's Digest on online promotion, I got thinking about blog tours. Sounded interesting. So I thought about it, and realized it probably wouldn't work. The point is to hunt down blogs that deal with topics related to your book...Something Sweet is about maple syrup, so that wouldn't be hard to find blogs on...but would any of those bloggers want to be part of promoting a m/m romance story? I'm thinking, probably not. I'm sure the idea must work well for those who don't write the naughtier stuff (in which case, I'll keep it in mind for other books.)

Anyway, I'm off to work on Xander's Extreme. I reread the introduction to Brodie Miller, my snowboarder who's a bit of a man whore (though he likes to refer to it as living life to the fullest) and that whole scene is dumb. Totally need to redo it.

Edits for both Brazen's Army and Something Sweet will probably be arriving soon. I was totally sure both publishers would have more lag time before I got added to the cue, but it looks like that won't be true.

I'm working on a new WIP called Xander's Extreme Survival Guide, about a young man who stars on a reality tv show where he's forced to survive in remote locations. The other hero is Brodie, a snowboard champion who has a bit of an obsession with Xander and doesn't realize that they'd met before, and that Xander was one of the many faceless men and women to grace his bed. Brodie plans to seduce Xander, but Xander has other ideas...like maybe a little revenge.

Anyway, I'm having a lot of fun with this pair, and even though I'm barely 3K into it, I'm excited about how well it's coming along.

I'll be sure to post ASAP if I get release dates for Brazen and Something Sweet.

Well, my legs are trembling in the wake of too much Wii fit (who the heck thought it would be a good idea to do a ten minute run with no bra on?)

Anyway! I've been neglecting my blog duties. In november, Red Rose Publishing accepted Something Sweet, my first m/m romance, then a few weeks ago, Loose-ID accepted Brazen's Army, a post-apocalyptic m/m romance. Weird, but very cool.

This January, a few of us will be doing a motivational/challenge thing on Bianca's blog. I'm so in the need of some serious arse kicking, so I'm really looking forward to it. I've been working on my 2009 goal list, hoping I'll do better than I did this year.

So! Gotta rescue the wii from the kids who are fighting over who gets to ski jump next.

Blood Bonds is mine again. After a lot of help from Aline and Wendi, I got might rights back. Hopefully I'll be resubmitting it again very soon.

In other news...well, there isn't any. It's summer time and that means camping and generally being in places where there are no outlets. I've been doing minimal writing but ideas are flying in at a very rapid rate.

Squeee! I got my first review for torrid Teasers vol 45, and it's an awesome one!

http://whippedcream2.blogspot.com/2008/04/review-torrid-teasers-volume-45-epic.html