I’ve just found out that The Velvet Ribbon (Club Aegis 1) placed 2nd in the Erotic Novel category of the International Digital Awards contest sponsored by Oklahoma Romance Writers of America. Congratulations to everyone who placed in all the categories, in particular Roz Lee, who placed first in the Erotic Novel category with “Strike Out”, and whom I had the pleasure to meet earlier this year in New York – well done, Roz! You can see the full list here.
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Series blitz – thank you
The title says it all, but in a totally inadequate way. I would just like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has kindly hosted the series blitz for my Club Aegis books over the last couple of weeks. Amazing – thank you so much. And I have been equally astounded by the way so many of you have tweeted and retweeted about the series as well – my thanks go to you as well. And if there’s anyone reading this who’s also been reading my books as a result of the blitz and the tweets – thank you, and I hope you’re enjoying the stories!
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Passion’s Last Promise (Club Aegis 3) – update
Here we are, just a few weeks from Christmas. I had hoped to have Passion’s Last Promise available before Christmas, but it looks like it isn’t going to happen – for which I deeply apologise. I am making progress – the problem I have is that my characters are telling me about lots of things they want to happen in the story, but I think it’s just going to be too much for this one book. That being the case, I’m trying to rein them in and make the length of this book less daunting a prospect. Once I do get the first draft completed, it will need a lot…
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Permission to be baaaaaad…
I just read a brilliant article on Kristen Lamb’s blog: https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/good-girls-dont-become-best-sellers-channeling-your-inner-bad-girl-to-reach-your-dreams/ I identified with so much of what Kristen wrote, and I know I’m not the only one. If you write, and you’re like me, and find it difficult to bang the drum, blow your own trumpet, or otherwise be loud and proud about what you create, please read it. Please. Read. It.
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So what comes next?
To those of you who celebrate Labor Day, I hope you enjoyed the long weekend, and had a great time with your family and friends. Now that I’ve returned from the BDSM Writers Con, and I’m back to juggling the writing and the day job, I thought you might be interested to know what’s coming up over the next few months. Apart from anything else, if I tell you what my writing plans are, it means I have to stick to them! At any given time, I have a lot of projects bubbling away, in various stages of development. At the moment, however, there are two projects that are far…
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I have returned…
Just got back from a few days in New York, to attend the 2015 BDSM Writers Con. The jet lag is seriously kicking in right now, but I had to let you know I had a great time, and learned so much. So much so, that I’ve registered for next year’s event, even though I’m not sure yet whether I’ll be able to make it or not. Well, in the interests of honesty, I have to qualify that statement about having a great time. I had a great time apart from travelling to New York from the UK. Don’t ask. Do. Not. Ask. Please – really, don’t. All I’m going…
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The newsletter link has landed
I finally got my act together and looked into setting up a newsletter. The result is the nifty little link to the right. If you would like to subscribe, please click the link and fill in the form that opens up – it won’t take too long, as it only has two fields for you to fill in. You’ll receive and email to confirm that you would like to be added to the mailing list – click the link on that, and the job’s done. I don’t plan to inundate your inbox with newsletters – I’ll let you know when something of note is on the way, such as the…
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Summer holidays
The holiday season is here, and I hope you’re all having a great time, whether you’re taking your vacation at home or going away. It’s great to take some time away from the hassles of work and life in general, and relax with your loved ones…and maybe take some time out to catch up on your reading. If your reading includes the three books to date in the Club Aegis series, first of all, thank you! I hope to have the next in the series available before the end of the year – the initial draft is still a work in progress, so there’s a way to go yet. Before…
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Red Letter Day
Today’s the day for Club Aegis 2.5 – A Wanting Heart to go live. This is one of those days when the nerves really set in; until today, it’s been a case of writing, reading, revising and polishing, but today is the day when I start to find out if what I’ve done meets with your approval, if it’s entertained you, if you like the characters enough to want to read more about them and the other members of Club Aegis. I do hope you enjoy this one. It’s shorter than the first two books in the series, but I do hope it’ll keep you going until Ros Edwards’ story…
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Happy Independence Day!
Although I’m British, I know that a lot of my readers are based in the US, so I would like to wish you all a very Happy Independence Day. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend, and get to spend lots of time with the people you love. This weekend is a celebration for me too – the next book in the Club Aegis series, A Wanting Heart, will be made available for pre-order over the weekend. As soon as I have all the links – because some vendor sites take a little longer than others – I’ll make the book page available. It’s a shorter read than…
