And We're Off!!!!!

HAPPY NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH!

I'm already hard at work writing Silent Surrender. I got a neat idea just the other day and the characters were screaming at me so I decided to scrap my originally planned book for NaNo and write this one. I'll tell you more about it when I learn more about it! Check out here during the month and I'll keep you updated on my progress.

ALSO.....Fractured Paradise comes out next Tuesday (November 6th). I'll be partying here all week starting Monday (Hey, even with NaNo a girl needs some breaks!) with snippets, blurbs, fun facts, prizes and more. So make plans to visit and join in the fun!

Prepping for NaNoWriMo!

At 12:01 tonight I'll be on my way to writing 50,000 words in the month of November with TONS of people around the world. It's National Novel Writing Month! I'll be working on a story called Silent Surrender. I was going to work on a different book, but this one is better for me to write at the moment. I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited! For more info about NaNoWriMo, visit the website here. I'll be sharing my progress and my insanity on this blog during the month, so be sure to check on me! And let me know if you're participating in NaNo. We can support and console each other.

Here is a picture of all my necessary items for me to have a successful NaNoWriMo:

*2 gorgeous pictures of Glenfinnan, Scotland (my happy place) that one of my best friends sent me for my birthday. These are for inspiration.
*The paper on the left is specific writer craft details I need to keep in mind as I write.
*3 notebooks, because I write all my rough drafts by hand.
*Tissues for when the characters make me cry or when I cry because they're no longer talking to me.
*Pens and pencils for writing in those notebooks.
*Nail file for fixing my nails after I chew them off out of worry and/or frustration.
*Ipod, because I usually get "in the zone" when I've got music.
*A pencil sharpener for those pencils I break from either writing too fast or from snapping them in half out of panic.
*Aspirin for the headaches I'll get when the characters go one way and I want the story to go another.
*Peanut M&Ms because they're my favorite candy....wait. That package is open. Hey! Who stole my M&Ms????? (Well, at least I have a few more hours to stock up!)

Are You Ready????

Can you guess what I'll be doing in just FOUR weeks from today? I'll give you a hint:

 

Yep, I'll be joining NaNoWriMo for the 4th year in a row. I'll be working on a new full-length novel that is more suspense than romance. This year's baby is called Stripped and the couple have been on my case to write their story since NaNo 2011. I LOVE these two, am excited to share their story, and hope you'll one day get to read it! For now, you'll have to settle for this blurb:

 

Stripped

Tessa has two men in her life:
One doesn't know she's alive,
the other wants her dead, and
by the end of the week she'll leave them both speechless.

 

 

The Next 5 Weeks!

In.....

1 week~~~ I celebrate another year on this fabulous planet! (I'll be celebrating with a gift for you!)

2 weeks~~ I submit my first ever historical story to my fanatabulous senior editor. Then I head back to my home state after 3 years away.

3 weeks~~ I'll be brainstorming the manuscript I plan to write through NaNoWriMo.

4 weeks~~ I'll be back home working at the day jobs and searching for a full-time job.

5 weeks~~ I'll be celebrating the release of Fractured Paradise!

I got my official blurb over the weekend so I'm going to share it with you! Yes, some of you (most of you???) hav seen a version of it before, but here it is again!

Technical analyst for the International Protective Network, Rachel Grant arrives in Sunderland intent on tidying up her grandmother’s cottage, but the disaster she discovers requires more than a gentle sweep of a dust rag. Determined to please the most important person in her life, she trades her computer keyboard for a hammer and nails to make the repairs. She doesn’t count on the chilly reception from the locals who want to claim Nan’s home as their own.

Tour guide Aidan Camden wants to buy the cottage. He’s determined to acquire the property no matter how attractive he finds the current occupant. However, when tragedy strikes, throwing them both into a tailspin, he discovers he wants more than the house. He longs for the sexy American as well. Can Aidan put his own ghosts to rest in time to save the woman who’s claimed his heart?