Cover Art

I have to say one of the scariest things about writing is the idea of cover art. We have input and get to make suggestions, but we do not design our covers. (Which is a good thing in my case. I tell people that I flunked coloring in kindergarten.) So, after my suggestions and input, I had to wait to see what Loose-Id gave me for cover art. And all I can say is WOOHOO. I love it. I really do.


Adele is a designer at the architecture and design firm owned by her two best friends, Max and Leo. Now look at this picture, isn't it perfect? I love Loose cover artists.

Great News

I just got the information that my Ellora's Cave story, "Hungry Like a Wolf" will be in the first volume of the Cavemen Anthologies. The title of the series is Ellora's Cavemen; Flavors of Ecstasy. I will be in Volume 1, which comes out on March 20th. The equinox. Makes it an extra special holiday for me :).

I also got a sneak peek at my cover for "Redesigning Adele" from Loose-Id. All I can say is AWESOME. LOL, I loved it. I can't wait to get the finalized version of it so I can post it everywhere.

Awesome Invite

I just got the best thing in the world in the mail today. (well the bills don't count.) A long time friend of mine sent me a pre-invite - a save the date card for HIS WEDDING! Okay, okay, a wedding isn't a big deal, I know. BUT, IT IS!! He and his long time partner, also a male are going to get married this JUNE!! Not just have a civic union. They are going to get married. It is legal for them to get married and that is exactly what they are going to do!!!!

That makes me a happy camper.

I am not going to get into the argument of a civil union is a good and legal as a marriage, etc, that marriages are religious in nature or whatever. I am just saying that He CAN and he is GOING TO. And I am going to be there to support him. I can't wait.

Now-what am I gonna wear?

Everything is Official

Okay, I really really feel official now. I signed and sent both contracts to both publishers, and have now received both contracts back with THEIR signatures.
WOOHOOO!!!

Another One

Okay, can we say lucky week? I started out the week with a rejection. Within two days, I got an acceptance (the one for the anthology I mentioned the other day). And now, today, I got another acceptance for a stand alone novella from Loose-Id. I am sooooo excited, I can hardly stand it.
No news yet on when anything will be out, but I really am ecstatic. Wonder what else I should do this month? November seems to be a good month for me this year. Maybe I can finish Nano this year, too!!!

SUCCESS!!!!!!

Okay, I am jumping for joy here, bouncing in my seat. The story I submitted to the anthology has been accepted. WOOOHOOOO

I am not sure how much information I can divulge right now, at least not til I send them and they send back the contract fully signed, but I AM GOING TO BE PUBLISHED!!!!!!!!

Submissions, Submissions

I submitted the story to an anthology. Now I only need to wait, wait and more wait. I subbed it in right at the deadline, well the day before the deadline. So now I wait. Will find out by December 31, I guess. The longer I wait, the better, right? No news it good news cause as long as I don't get a rejection then that means I still have a chance :).

My crit partner is also editing another story for me, one that I hope to submit as well. Oh, yeah, the one I subbed months ago got rejected, but I think I had said that I was pretty sure it would be. I wasn't the happiest about the story itself, so I wasn't too surprised, and they actually gave a pretty good reason for it being rejected. Helped me figure out what it was that I actually didn't like about it, either.

Oh well, I have the other subs out, we shall see what happens. Wish me luck.