Win A Copy Of Champion!

With Easter over and a few thousand more words written on my requested partial, I'm back on the guest blogging/interviewee tour. Today I'm on Romance Author Hotspot talking about my favorite dessert, my favorite author, and offering a copy of Her Highland Champion to a commenter. Join me, won't you?

PS....I might have some writing information for you soon.....

Awesome Easter!

Whoohoo! Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it. I hope the Easter Bunny was good to you.

As for me, I've FINALLY figured out the opening to my latest WIP, have found my enthusiasm for it and I'm so excited to have the rest of today and most of tomorrow to work on it! Wish me luck!

What The Heck Is IPN?

Are you curious about my fictional agency, the International Protective Network? Find out how it started, what it's all about and what it's like to create your own agency. I'm on Decadent Decisions talking about it!

AND.....

I'm also the spotlight author on Morgen Bailey's blog today! Morgen is an English writer who hosts interviews and spotlights in her "spare time". I'm so thankful to her because today I get introduced to a bunch of UK readers!

It Makes Me Giggle

I've been glancing at the Amazon sales rankings quite a lot just because. I know, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter how low I am because I'm a completely new author with a completely new book and well, it's only been out a week. I checked the rankings this morning and I was around 170,000. I did a bunch of stuff, went to visit a friend, and came home. What's the 1st thing I did? Yep, checked the rankings and guess what? I was back up to 60,000! This brought a smile to my face because, wow, people are buying my book!

Now I'm going to try to control myself and get off the internet for a few hours so I can work on the requested partial I've been neglecting! Come hell or high water this puppy will be sent to my CP by the end of this long weekend! 

A Spotlight

I've been the spotlight author on the Chicks of Characterization blog all week. Today's my final day and I've got an excerpt from what I hope will be novella #2 with Decadent! Check it out!

You Mean It's The Fourth? And Wednesday?

All week I've been a day behind until it got me screwed up today. I was on the phone with a customer service clerk ranting and raving about how they're messing with me and she kindly informed me that today is the 4th and it's Wednesday and I'm the idiot. Ugh.


I'm happily working on the partial request, hoping to get it to my CP this weekend. I'm still waiting to hear on 2 other submissions and today, while herding a class of 2nd graders, I figured out my writing plan for the next few months. (You know, which story gets written when.) Of course, that may all change and I'll GLADLY reorganize my plans for a contract!


I'm still promoting HER HIGHLAND CHAMPION. This week I'm the spotlight author on the Chicks of Characterization blog. Stop by if you have a chance! I've gotten a few reviews on Amazon so far, and this is what people are saying:


"Malcom Fraser, a retired bodyguard with secrets of his own, charges into her life and heart with all the passion and desire of a Highland laird from history....Add a dash of suspense with a twisting sub-plot, another area of expertise in which Ms. Bourne excels, and you've got a riveting story that keeps you turning pages to the end." - Deborah Sanders


"The connection between Heather and Malcolm was so rich, and it moved through the story so perfectly. And Malcolm, as a Scottish hero, was every bit as num-num as those kilted Scottish lairds of old."- Rebecca from Montana


"I knew this was romantic suspense, but I didn't expect the romance to be so . . . hot! If you love Highland Warrior heros, Alexa Bourne has brought one right into the twenty-first century for us. He's a keeper, ladies - sexy brogue and all."- Irene Preston


I'm so tickled with these! How lucky am I?


I will tell you that I'm already obsessing about sales rankings. Not that I expect it to be high yet on anything because I'm a completely new author with a completely new book. But I look at Amazon and think, "What if no one is buying except friends? What if my publisher FINALLY starts thinking What did we do?" If you let it, this crap can totally drive you insane! BUT, I am stronger. I will NOT be defeated! I have too many stories to tell!


I'm putting together a new online class for me to teach, a class I always wished someone had done. I'm calling it Candid Confessions of a Newbie Author- Insider Information from my 1st year of publishing. What do you think?

I'm A Murderer

Not only do I kill people off in books, but I killed my laptop. Stupid decisions led to stupid moves which led to me dropping it and spilling liquid on it. When I brought it in and talked to the tech, he told me to wait, walked away and returned a few minutes later with a brand new one. Yeah, there would be no resuscitation (sp?). Thankfully the tech was able to get all my documents & pictures off of it, but I really can't afford a new one! And yet, I can't afford not to get a new one. {{{Sigh}}}