Cover Reveal!! No Safeword: Matte — Happily Ever After

Release is planned for late September or early October, and this one is a super-novel. HEA currently stands at 120,000 words, and the next editing pass generally adds more words. I may have written the first Matte specifically to show you can write a romance without a ton of drama and angst, but the final Ethan and Sam book has enough drama and angst to fill all four books. I *love* this cover, in part because I got to use the same model from Safeword: Matte, and in part because of the irony of showing them at a fight practice when the title is Happily Ever After. Also, we return to the roots of the first book, and there is a lot of fighting in this one — both in the cage with a large audience, and in private.

Ten Random Things about Me

In Honor of the Authors After Dark‘s kick-off this Wednesday, here are some random facts about me: I used to juggle professionally. I’ve been married to my soulmate for sixteen years. I’m allergic to latex and have a hard time with pvc, so we have a lot of glass and stainless toys. I tend to be a little shy until I get to know someone, but I worked hard to get beyond it and talk to strangers at The Novel Experience and had a blast. I’m looking forward to doing it again. Once I get beyond my initial shyness, it’s hard to shut me up. Upon reading my t-shirt, a gentleman at TNEE said, “My wife’s safeword has turned into Jim-if-you-do-that-again-I’m-going-to-kill-you.” Yes, that’s my bed in the background. Yes, it’s been retrofitted with kinky accoutrements. The picture was taken in my bedroom because I needed to go somewhere I could lock the door to set the banner up, because my kids are way too young to be asking me what a safeword is. I am incapable of writing a short story. They all turn into novels. Sometimes supernovels. This was supposed to be five random facts. I have a hard time keeping the word count down on blog posts too, apparently. I’ll be wearing my “What’s your Safeword” t-shirt, and I love meeting readers and authors. Please come say hi to me if you see me. And, if I look lost, maybe help me figure out where I should be?   I have a feeling everything will be fine once I arrive, but I’m a little overwhelmed as I pack and try to make plans. I have a game in the Carnival (Friday night from 5:00 to 7:00), and would love to have you stop by and play. We won’t be playing pin the tail on […]