So I’ve recently signed and sent back my first ever publishing contract. Sometime in the near future you will be able to buy my first erotic short story at The Wild Rose Press. I’m so excited that I will have the oppurtunity to write for them and look forward to writing many more stories.

Look for more news and updates weekly and don’t forget to check daily with http://southernsizzleromance.wordpress.com for more updates.

Hello everyone. Today I am doing a quick post to let you all know that I have started my website.  http://www.saydegrace.com  Also my critique partner has started hers as well, not to mention she got a three book deal with a great publishing house. So get check it out http://www.rebeccazanetti.com Home of the Realm Series, Romance with a Bite.

For a great Young Adult writer try checking out another great friend of mine http://www.branidhall.net Her series are wonderful and inspiring.

So go forth and review. I’m heading over to http://www.southernsizzleromance.wordpress.com for a great interview. Stop by and see who it is

If anyone follows my group blog, you’ll know I went to New Orleans Monday. I had a great time and am already planning on a weekend trip there. While there I took about 100 pictures in a few hours. Most of them are placement pictures for when I’m writing I’ll know the what and where about places.

As we were touring St. Louis Cemetary Number One I took a picture of an angel. I didn’t expect the picture to really mean anything to me, but it seemed neat at the time. I was searching through my pictures and found it. Something about it seemed so perfect to me. I kept going back to this picture and looking, something connected this headless angel to my heroine in my book. Perfect, yet flawed almost beyond repair.

 

What if anything has touched you this way?

 

 

WOW, it’s been awhile since I’ve blogged over here. Man I’ve been loving my group blog and neglecting my own. If you haven’t been by the group blog make sure you go over there http://www.southernsizzleromance.wordpress.com

I am talking this week about inspiration. Where do you get it, what makes it come to you, and does your inspiration ever run dry?

What does one do when they receive material to be critiqued that they just can’t get into? You know what I’m talking about, the ones that aren’t necessary written bad  but you just don’t like the voice in it and the words and emotions are off. How do you tell the person these things? Is there a polite way to do this?

 

Me, no. I don’t think so. I simply do the critique and suggest changes here and there. Unless you’re one of my friends then I tell you and hope we can still be friends. What do you do?

 

Having a contest over at the other blog, http://www.southernsizzleromance.wordpress.comCheck out Sayde’s Cowboy Eye Candy and tune in tomorrow for a great up an coming author’s interview.

A very nice and talented author I happen to be lucky enough to be friends with has finaled in a contest with a book she has been working on. She is a terrific writer and wonderful person. I couldnt be happier for her. Now what is something good that has happened to you lately?

Today a few of my fellow writers and myself started a new blog. We are southern women writing about cowboys, regency heros, doctors, and bar owners. Our group is broad on topics, writing styles, and taste in men. Come join us at http://southernsizzleromance.wordpress.com

As many of you know, I’ve been querying my new book entitled HELL’S HALF ACRE. The process can be long, lonely, and dreadful. Many authors feel this way, since those requests for partials or fulls can be slim. I’ve been fortunate with this book to get three requests for partials right off the bat, but there has been several rejections thrown in there too. As I’m writing this I’m thinking about some of my friends and wondering what they do to stay positive during the query process, even my published authors have times when their ideas are shot down.

So how do you do it? How does one stay positive during a time when there are so many people telling you: no, they aren’t interested in your work?

My tip, move forward, either by going over the manuscript you’re querying and polishing it more or by starting a new project. I’m currently doing both and thinking of reworking a project I completed a few months ago. So to those authors that are in the query process with me I suggest you stay busy. Don’t give yourself time to think about it.

My first manuscript involves a young woman who at one point in her life was beaten and raped by her husband. She leaves him but of course he finds her, that’s when he tries to kill her but is stopped. Years later she’s in hiding but because of other people, really, really stupid people he finds her again. This time he is more than determined to kill her but he finds he still loves her and wants her. She’s married to someone else when he kidnaps her. At this point we all know the crazy ex if gonna rape her even though we’re hoping not but realistically the kidnapper is NOT going to just leave you alone. So knowing that the chances are slim to none that the character isn’t going to experience being raped again how do you feel about that?

A fellow author(one I adore and hold a high opinion on) expressed her concern about how the readers will take the rape especially since at the point it is in the book since readers will have alot invested in this character.

Is rape too harsh, if the character is kidnaped by her ex that has already raped and beaten her will the reader really believe he didnt do it again? I want feedback here.

 Lets talk about relationships between friends. In my work in progress I’m setting up the book for other characters to have their own books later. If character A dates and has sex with character B then breaks up with B can character B date character A’s best friend? Does it matter that if Character B sleeps with character C that C and A will have MUCH more in common then just friendship. They would both have slept with character B. Can friends do that and still be friends?

So whats the limit there and I in no way am taking this next  book to a higher flame level. It’ll be hot but not as hot as current WIP.