Weekly Update

Not much to report. I'm working on my college love story, More Than Anything, exclusviely and it's taking up all my writing time. I'm liking it, though.

On Thursday, June 02, 2011, Chris at Stumbling Over Chaos, will be hosting a giveaway for Becoming His. I'll post the link here when the time comes.

I actually got this picture when my friends did a blog post on him. I looked him up after that and found these picture of him. As you can see, he's quite feminine.

  

Quick Update

So, as I think I’ve mentioned, I am writing my college boys themed story (the details are on Amber Quill’s site for any of you adventurous sorts who want to try getting into AQ) and I came to a recent decision.


As I was writing it, I realized I really had two couples to write about. Besides what started off as the main couple of Shayne and Des, I was enamored of the secondary characters of Bart and Evan.

I thought about a couple of things with them. I could get them together as a couple in the story but not have any real focus on them, rather have Shayne and Des say, oh and Bart and Evan seem so great together. That kind of thing.

Or I could write a separate story telling their romance.

I didn’t really care for either option, because I didn’t like the idea they wouldn’t get spotlighted and I didn’t have a clue when I could get to write a story just for them as I am filled up on the schedule for a long time to come.

My solution was to write both couples story in the same novella. So, yeah, my college story is going to include two romances and basically four points of view. Will it get confusing? Maybe, But I’m going to give it a shot.

I run the risk of readers liking one couple over the other but yeah that happens in all books written. Some couples are more popular than others.

We'll see how it goes. Ava seems to think I should just write two separate stories, but I am fighting that right now, lol.

And…I think…I’m going to go with the title More Than Anything.

It means no “name that book” contest but I reserve that option for a book I will be working on after the college story so have no fear that one is still coming.

Weekly News

Don’t have anything to report at the moment.

I’m working on my unnamed college story. It’s not due for a while but it’s the only story I have that has a deadline so I decided I may as well get it done early.

I’m thinking of having a name that story contest if I can’t magically come up with a title soon. If I do, I’m going to not only give away a book but perhaps a gift certificate. We shall see. Stay tuned on that.

I’ve already chopped some out of the story and started a new part, but may add back in what I chopped at another point. I should do the Ava March thing and write out the plot for myself so I don’t forget my plans…but I won’t. LOL.

Quickie

I don't have much to say since I've been goofing off most of the week. You'd think I was Ava between books. Well, not entirely I did write about 2.5 pages on Finding Forever (Sutter's Bay 4), Leo's story. But that's it and I'm not trying too hard. I'll get back to writing in earnest next week.

Enjoy the pretty boy.

Weekly News

I've been busy, so I have some news.

I completed my ghost story, Lost Between, and submitted it with the forms to AQ. It's scheduled for July 10, 2011 and will be part of the A Ghostly Affair Pax.

This means Hitting it Big has been scheduled for the very last day of July, July 31. It's a very short story, might be my shortest yet.

Also, the first three Sutter's Bay stories will be out in paperback at the end of August, simply titled Sutter's Bay, Volume One.

Now...on to the next work in progress.

Galaxy's Heart

Is Officially out

Galaxy's Heart

Galaxy's Heart Winner

Hopefully this works after Bloggers massive meltdown.

There were 19 items in your list. Here they are in random order:



1.Mamarella

2.Arzu

3.Genise

4.Nikyta

5.Kaytee

6.Morgana

7.TT Kove

8.Chris

9.Mari

10.Eva

11.Moniquee

12.Joder

13.Lily

14.Sharon S

15.Rachel1

16.Melinda

17.CL

18.Rachel2
 
Congratulations Mamarella. Please email me with your format preference and I'll send it on when the book is released.

New Cover - Hitting it Big

There's still a week left to enter the contest to win Galaxy's Heart, Sutter's Bay 3. Last day is May 12th. Winner will be announced May 13th.

As an added incentive, if you win and do not own the previous two in the Series, I'll give you those too. Such a deal. If you already have those...well you still will get Galaxy's Heart if you win. lol.

I'm working like a fiend on Lost Between and I'm really liking what I'm doing with it so far. In the last few days I've written 7000 words. I seriously doubt I will make the Ghost Pax, but the story will be released on its own if I don't. I expect it to be done before the end of the month regardless.

Galaxy's Heart (Sutter's Bay 3) Contest

Official Amber Allure Blurb:

Ten years ago, Galaxy Winthrop had a one-night stand with the hottest guy ever. Galaxy also remembered one other thing from that night—the man's mention of the Northern California town, Sutter's Bay, where he once lived. Now, Galaxy has made it his mission to save his troubled little brother, Leo. The once-bright, bubbly kid has become sullen, quiet, and despondent. The quaint, picturesque Sutter's Bay seems the perfect location to start a new life for himself and Leo.

Adam Colfer returned to Sutter's Bay to run his dad's diner after his passing. He'd thought he'd left the town behind when he moved to San Francisco, but it seemed Sutter's Bay had other plans. The last person Adam expects to find in his little burb is Galaxy. After an explosive night of sex with Galaxy a decade earlier, Adam had awoken to an empty bed. But now Galaxy is in Sutter's Bay, with a troubled brother in tow, and Adam can't help but wonder if this is his second chance to win Galaxy's heart.*

*Though, Galaxy's Heart is part of a series it is a standalone and you do not have to read the prior two in the series, though you certainly may.

The contest runs from now until May 12th. I'll have all formats available to send once the story releases on or about May 15th. Leave a comment to enter. Good luck. 

Some Changes in Plans

Well, chances are fairly high that Hitting it Big will be pushed back to an August release. I don't know for sure yet the day in August so for now I'll leave it with August 2011.

More probably I'll have a different release in July, though. I mentioned earlier working on something I thought I wasn't going to have to work on, but I now am. I changed the story though. I decided to start something entirely new rather than re-work a story I had little enthusiasm for.

I had signed up many months ago for A Ghostly Affair pax coming from Amber Quill. I had planned to rework a m/f ghost story I was writing a million years ago but soon realized it wasn't really my thing anymore. I had started it years and years ago and I just didn't care even changing the girl Haley into the boy Harry. Thinking myself clever, I quietly deleted myself from our Pax tracking system at Amber Quill, but I forgot to mention it to the editorial director (oops), who was still expecting my Ghost story (as were my fellow AQ authors). Since I had already backed out of the Vacation story, I knew I couldn't back out of this one as well.

I created a new ghost story called, Lost Between, and so far I am loving it. Basically one character, Aaron, was murdered five years ago, and in order for him to be at peace, the main characters, Curtis and Robbie need to put the pieces together to find out what happened to Aaron. Robbie was Aaron's boyfriend at the time of his death. It won't be scary and there won't be any graphic murder details for those of you who are squeamish about that sort of thing, but it will be all rather sad and tragic, but will end good.

There are actually six authors signed up for the pax and only five stories make it into it so it's very possible Lost Between will be a separate story from the pax but either way it will be released. If things change around, I'll report here.

So that's the latest.