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10 Reasons I Love My Job (And Contest)

As I writer I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with my job. Some of it (okay most of it) is damn hard. Really hard. But thankfully the parts of writing I love more than makes up for all the days I want to light my laptop on fire and pitch it off a cliff. :)

So here’s a list of things I really love about about being a writer.

1. It gives me a reason to avoid hanging out in the man cave (a.k.a the garage) with my husband. I live in Eastern Canada. It gets damn cold up here in the winter. Cold enough to freeze my butt to the chair no matter how many blankets he shoves at me.

When the sun goes down, passion is unleashed

Primal Hunger, the first book in my brand new Pendragon Gargoyles series is now available and I couldn’t be more excited. One of the best things about writing paranormal romance is getting to play outside of box, and I definitely did that when I tossed together some sexy shifters, Fae and other power-hungry immortals with my twist on Arthurian Legend. I hope you find this new world as entertaining as I did while writing it. So how about an excerpt?

Is Summer Over Yet?

You never realize how important routines are to getting stuff accomplished (like writing) until summer comes along and blows them all to hell. :) Okay, so I had a baby in the spring and routines were a bit sketchy before school let out for the summer, but now that my family comes and goes on weekends and my boys are up later at night…

The Smiley Face Factor

Sometimes it’s the small things that make the difference between finishing your first book and setting it aside before you ever reach the end. For me that small thing was smiley face stickers. Like a lot of aspiring writers, I had the ideas (too many really) but not always the determination and motivation to see them through.

It's in His Kiss

I think the “Shoop Shoop Song” really gets it right. Whether I’m holding a romance in my hands or watching it on the big screen, I’m always waiting for the moment when the couple comes together. When the chemistry is sizzling and I’m on the edge of my seat, anticipating that first kiss. Or maybe it’s their last or one in between. Sweet kisses, hungry ones, kissing in the rain, kisses loaded with conflict and tension or the soft, barely-there brush of lips. I love em’ all.

Have you been Spellbound?

Today marks the release of my tenth Samhain release. Woohoo! Whatever It Takes is also the third book in my Spellbound series. The Calder family first came to life in my imagination in December 05. I’d heard from my writing pal Jaycee Clark that Samhain was seeking submissions and decided to put together a proposal. I’d been wanting to write a story about a family run private investigation firm, but there was still something missing. Something…paranormal.

What my six-year-old taught me about writing

I’m tired…
After I watch T.V…
It’s too hard…
I don’t know what to do…
I’ll do it later…

Homework time is not a happy time in my house. While my four-year-old can’t wait to start school next September, my oldest is not a fan of anything school related—especially homework.

Lazy...er...crazy days of summer

The days are longer, there are fewer appointments to be kept, my husband has begun the timely process of working on cleaning out the garage (again) and my boys are spending so much time in their pool that they go to bed looking like prunes. So why is it that with the extra time on my hands I can’t seem to get enough writing done?

Waitin' on a Hero - Now Available!

Some stories come to me slowly, layer by layer, and others come to me all at once, like the best kind of adrenaline rush. My latest paranormal romance, Waitin’ on a Hero, definitely falls into the latter category. I wish I could say getting to the end was as painless as how quickly the plot unfolded in my mind, which is rarely the case. But I couldn’t be more thrilled with the final result and I hope you enjoy the excerpt after the jump!