AUTHORS BLOG AWARDS 2010


Golly! I've been nominated for the Authors Blog Awards 2010. I have to tell you that I'm seriously excited about that. You can join in and vote here. And it there's a blog you'd like to nominate, there are prizes to be won here


It's especially lovely since I know I've been a bit lax on the blogging front lately. A heavy deadline left me in "lying down in a darkened room" mode. And now, of course, there are revisions to deald with. Nothing hideously heavy, but still requiring intense concentration. But the "elf" now has wings. And a title. I'm not entirely sure about MISTLETOE & THE LOST STILETTO - it's so far from my cherished Santa's Secret Elf that I'm taking time to get used to it. But by the time it's pub'd in October/November, I know I'll be with it.


Finally, just an excuse to post the gorgeous cover again, the BRIDES OF BELLA LUCIA - SECRETS REVEALED, is on sale about now retail, so look out for it because it is really, really pretty!

BRIEF POST...

...to wish you all a wonderful and safe Bonfire Night. I'll be chained to my laptop because having delivered The Bachelor's Baby Proposal (working title) on Monday, I started SANTA'S SECRET ELF on Tuesday, which has to be in eds hand by mid January so that you can read it next December.

Heroine Lucy Bright
Hero -- uh-uh. He hasn't appeared on page yet and I'm still struggling for his name -- need to check brilliant suggestions offered by you all earlier in the year.

Setting -- a fabulous London department store in the run up to, you've guessed it, Christmas. (Second Christmas book in a row. I must be mellowing in my old age -- and you still have time to win a copy of Christmas Angel for the Billionaire, so scroll down to the previous post and check it out.)

LISTENING TO: Nothing. I had to set up my computer after major problems and somehow the leads from the speakers didn't get attached and I am so not going under the desk. But singing Jingle Bells a lot to get me in the mood.

READING: Just finished Heaven Can Wait by Cally Taylor -- cried through the entire last chapter. In middle of Girl From Mars by Julie Cohen, which is making me laugh a lot, but has a deep sadness, too. In awe of her writing. Just broken down and ordered the hard back of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

WATCHING: Garrow's Law, Spooks, Muriel's Wedding.