New Covers

There is only one thing I like in my in box more than a contract and that is the resulting cover art for a new book.

So, folks, here is what I have coming up in the next several months. Check out these awesome covers for upcoming releases. No dates available yet so just keep a look out at the Ellora's Cave Coming Soon page. And, of course, I will post on Facebook as soon as I hear.

On Thin Ice, Book Two in the Cold Play Series

Courtesan's Passion, Book Two in the Birds of Paradise Series

Wicked Secrets, Book Four in the Wicked Affairs Series

One Last Night, the first of a new series (I hope,) but hasn't been named yet

What do you think?

And I mustn't forget to mention that these covers were all designed by Dar Albert. I LOVE the distinctiveness of themes within each series.

  

 

Words With Editor

Here's a silly post.

I played Words With Friends today - with my editor! She spanked me, but I must say it does give me even more confidence in my editor's abilities. There is something comforting about knowing the person who is evaluating your work has a strong command of the written word!

Here's the end puzzle. She killed me at the end with AFOOT and GAMINE when I was sitting with a tray full of vowels! Rematch.

The Dream of Writing

This month it will be a year since I got my first book contract with Ellora's Cave. Now, three manuscripts have been published under the Legend line, all in my favorite writing style - historical.

It is good.

The dream of writing was really a misplaced phrase. It should have been the dream of having my written work published. I have written for years, each finished novel only made my writing better, IMHO. But that didn't satisfy me the way getting a work published did.  It wasn't enough that I thought my story was worth reading. I had to know that someone else would also like my story. That the words were good enough to appear behind a beautiful cover and a copyright.

So now my goal is to find more readers, more people who enjoy what I've written. Yes, my dream has changed again. My new dream: to grow an audience and to gain more success as a published author. I think I can do it and it is wonderful to have a successful publisher and great editor behind me on this journey.

Thank you Jillian Bell and Ellora's Cave.