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VIRTUALLY HERS came out Oct. 2009. Get it at SAMHAIN Publishing. VIRTUALLY ONE coming soon.
VIRTUALLY HERS OUT IN PRINT AUG 2010.

I've also made available at Amazon BIG BAD WOLF a COS Commando book, an earlier manuscript about Killian Nicholas Langley. You can sample the first five chapters right here. EBOOK now available for KINDLE, NOOK, and at SMASHWORDS for $4.99.

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Monday, August 31, 2009

Secret Excerpt

This is for those who like spoilers and clues. Oh, yes, this is the ultimate teaser, heh heh. This is the (very short) beginning excerpt of VOne at the back of VHers.

Hey, what can I say. MORE BIRTHMONTH gifts for GLow readers ;-). Below the cut (click below), you'll find out why I asked, between JED and ALEX, who would win a fight. Note that I've taken out some spoilers for VIRTUALLY HERS from the conversation because, you know, half the fun is in not knowing everything. But I know you're going to debate and let me know the outcome of this scene ;-). Can't wait.

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VIRTUALLY ONE short excerpt

“He’s been at this for two hours now. Go talk to him,” Dr. Kirkland said.

Alex Diamond looked down from the observation center, its Plexy glass muting the sounds coming from the workout area. He watched as his friend, Jed, methodically disposed four “assailants,” using more force than necessary and not adhering to the usual protocol of a practice session. In short, he was pounding the shit out of whoever was unfortunate enough to be on today’s workout list. A number of them had been curious enough to try to take on one of the commandos in the elite “Virus” team. A few of them, he noted, had heard that Jed was on a rampage and was wise enough not to show up.

“You have to do something,” Dr. Kirkland continued, a note of desperation entering his voice as Alex continued his silence. “That’s his fourth group. The injury list is growing.”

“He seems to be taking care of himself,” Alex observed, although he understood what Dr. K meant.

“I don’t want to see my Medic rooms filled with unnecessary patients, Alex. He broke Carrington’s arm. He knocked Jackson out. It’s time for someone to intervene before he really does someone serious damage. He won’t listen to me.”

“What makes you think he’d listen to me?” Alex murmured, not taking his eyes off his friend. “He might not be in the mood to talk, you know. ***SPOILER TAKEN OUT*** the probable cause of his current state of misery.”

He was amused at the choking sound coming from Dr. Kirkland, and even though he didn’t turn his head, he could imagine the good doctor’s stare of incredulity. Jed’s current mood was the talk of Center and misery wasn’t the word used to describe it.

“There’s a reason and he knows it’s valid. Besides, anger doesn’t solve the current crisis,” Dr. Kirkland observed, “and I doubt you want me to send T. to him. She’d likely just taunt him to fight her too.”

That brought Alex’s attention sharply onto Dr. Kirkland. There was no way he would allow T. to fight Jed, but that was exactly what she’d do because T., being who she was, would want to take on Jed at his current vulnerable condition. And Jed was vulnerable right now, ***SPOILER TAKEN OUT***.

“You haven’t asked her to go down there,” he stated, just to make sure.

Dr. Kirkland shook his head. “She’s my next choice if you refused. You’re his closest friend, Alex. All those years you were out in the cold, he’d protected you and taken care of your personal business, as well as making sure Center ran smoothly enough that the Committee listened to him to give you time alone outside.”

“So you’re saying it’s time to pay him back?” Alex asked, a bit more harshly than he’d intended. His friend, after all, had finally tricked him into returning to Center by using bait in the form of a woman named T.

Dr. Kirkland shook his head again as he gave Alex a long look. “I’m saying it’s time to be a friend,” he replied.


*


Jed looked up when he walked into the training room, finishing off an “opponent” with a back kick. He straightened, then after a moment, lifted his hand, palm out, and wiggled his fingers, beckoning him in mocking challenge.

“I’ve been sent here to talk to you,” Alex said calmly. He hadn’t seen Jed in this kind of rage in a long time.

“Not going to happen. Fight me or get out.”

“We’re running out of bodies.”

“Then you ought to stay and give me a bit of a challenge,” Jed lashed back. “Why hesitate? You’ve wanted to since you returned.”

It was true. Jed’s manipulation these past few months had seriously tempted him to punch the daylights out of his friend. Or attempted to, anyway. Alex took several steps forward, gave a sideway glance at the remaining operatives in the room, and issued an order. “Get out.”

A few picked up the injured and started to leave. A few strayed behind, reluctant to miss out on what could be the greatest duel at COMCEN. It wasn’t everyday that two of the top Viruses went all out at each other. Shahrukh and Sullivan’s swordfights were events to behold, but to have Number One against Number Nine? That was like taking picks for a game of fantasy death match.

When the door closed on the last one, Alex said, “You can’t blame yourself for what happened.”

“And you’re an expert at not blaming yourself, of course.”

Damn him. He would bring his own past out to bait him. “You haven’t lost her.”

“I’m not mourning her,” Jed said. “Come, let’s start this. I have a dictionary to read in an hour or so. I’ll be sure to pick out the right words for you then. Mourning more befits you than me.”

His demeanor had turned bored but Alex wasn’t fooled. It was Jed at his deadliest, when he could slash open wounds with words and actions. Everything he was throwing at Alex was meant to eviscerate his good intention not to fight him. He understood that too well—the need to hurt so he could be hurt back. Sympathy only angered Jed right now, as it did for Alex all those years ago, when he'd lost his wife.

He shook his head. “I’m trying to be your friend.”

Jed’s smile was nasty. “Trying? Let’s do better than that, shall we?”

And he leapt forward for the first strike.




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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Still Enjoying My Birth Month

My birth month wouldn't be complete without spending a day preening with my mutant poms. This was my number one priority this year because my two older furbabies, the last of my original mutants, are old ladies now, and not getting stronger.


Me and my young 'uns. These two were too busy chasing each other to want to pose with me but they weren't going to escape that easily.

These two precious babies are my Old Ladies, the Grand Dames. We had fun eating some of my birthday cake and they even deigned to howl out a Happy Bird Day to mommy. My original six (Mom, Dad, and their four mutant kids) had always loved taking photos. As you can tell, the Old Ladies knew where to look and even smiled for the camera.

After that, we all ran into the back yard and chased some lizards (favorite past time).




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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Post #2: I Bow To L. Viehl

Holy cow on a pogo-stick! I think I busted something while reading this. If you enjoy a good vampire satire, check out the brilliant Lynn Viehl's post, Mawked! By Dawkness!

So, so funny. I bow.

Makes me want to write a piece on macho-machismoronic SEALs and Spec. operatives ;-).

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Internet Denizens aka Cyber Flame Warriors


Courtesy of Mrs. Giggles.

Are you a Flame Warrior? Or maybe you recognize some of these during the killing sprees on the Intertubes?

I want to be a Kungfu Master!

"Though Kung-Fu Masters are powerful Warriors, they generally choose not to fight. Many lesser Warriors delude themselves into thinking that they are masters of war, but few are the genuine article. The true Kung-Fu master fully appreciates his own superiority and is therefore unruffled by petty provocations. When forced to fight, however, he quickly crushes his opponent with devastating blows."

Yeah. Or maybe, YEEE-AH!

Anyway, going through the list was an amusing morning endeavor. I recognized many of these denizens, esp. Cyber Sister, Bliss Ninny, Filibuster, and, Godzilla. Very, very apt and funny ;-). Now I also aspire to be Big Cat.

I wonder whether people realize what they seem like to others when they participate in a flame war?


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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Question

In a match between Alex and Jed--yes, you heard right, Number One and Number Nine in a fight--who would win? Who would get the most hits?

;-)

Consider this while I...uh...go back to figuring out my WORD DOC problems to create a nice ARC for y'all.

And oh, today I received in the mail Patricia Briggs' Hunting Ground. I can't wait to start it! If you have not tried her Alpha and Omega werewolf series, I highly recommend it. What are you reading now?

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Scissors, Paper, and, uh, staples....

I'm sorry the blog has been so quiet. I have an excuse! Several, actually.

1) I'm writing/polishing parts of the first chapter to include at the back/end of Virtually Hers! It's due! I'm late! I must keep get this done!!!

2) I'm making ARCs (only a few) of Virtually Hers for a future contest and several reviewers. It isn't as easy as it sounds (not download and print and there you go). I have to reformat the pdf to fit 2 pages to 1 regular print page and then I'm cutting it down to look like a paperback. Because I'm poor, I'm trying to do everything by myself. Do you know how difficult it is to cut 300 pages with a pair of scissors?! Heehee.

3) Taking care of two olded furbabies (my two old ladies, I call them) is taking up a LOT of my free time. The meds. The running home at lunch time. And man, their finicky eating has made me done desperate things, even sing to them, which, for some reason must make the food tastes better because they would eat. I'm sure it's the melodic wonder of my pure voice and not the need to run and cover their little ears that make them forget about their taste buds. Whatever. I'm just happy when they eat!

4) So you know what my first birthday gift to you is (see #2). For now, amuse yourself with this:

What is it, you ask? It's for Twilight fans ;-). It's an Edward Cullen life-size silhouette CUTOUT that you can stick on your bedroom wall. It's only $60.00. I kid you not. Go click on the link and ck out the site. Now you too can wake up at night and see him watching you while you sleep. Awww.



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Saturday, August 22, 2009

So Happy I Could Bungee Jump Off A Cliff

Why? Because of my birthday present which I love, love, love ;-). Nope, not telling you yet.

It's officially the beginning of my Birthday Month. You may send presents, pictures, poetry and persons-of-interests to moi to celebrate your undying love for me. Remember, this is very important for the well-being of one of your favorite people (me). It helps with the creative writing. Just ask Alex Diamond. He was given much love in writing form last night.

I'm also a generous birthday girl. There will be many things in the GLow World for you to enjoy this coming month too. For starters, you have the Magic Eight Ball back, if you haven't noticed, answering your questions.

Maybe, this coming week, there might be an ARC contest. Oh my. This birthday girl ought to get some love for that!

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

FYEO

The Magic Eight Ball is back. You know what to do.

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I just find these titles incredibly funny.




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Monday, August 17, 2009

New World Order: No More Alpha Males!

This article from Women's Health Magazine says it all:

Dwindling Alpha Males

It's a long article but basically, it laments that alpha males are a dying species and the males of today aren't into "I am male, hear me roar and pound chest after hunting down a big buffalo for my woman and kids" thing much. In fact, they prefer to live with mom and dad, swill beer, play computer games, and generally, let the womenfolk worry about the money sitch.

And you know, I've sort of seen this trend the last decade or so, from my working with the kids looking for summer jobs. The girls consistently outworked the boys and the latter consistently end up dropping out of school. 'Tis sad, 'tis sad. There used to be some fun watching them grow into men, but not any more as the years went by.

Anyway, the article brings up the fact that women with marriage/relationship on their minds are having difficulty finding partners of comparable status. In days of yore, the dudes were the main wage-earners, but supposedly, in this new age, it's moving the opposite direction. Women are now the sugar-mamas.

What say you? What's that going to do with to our--gasp--romance stories! The take-charge billionaire will now be the bought love slave! The tough kickass female commando will rescue the himbo in distress! The two alpha females will fight to the death over the metrosexual hero!

'Tis sad, 'tis sad.

What would Number Nine say!?

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Friday, August 14, 2009

Oh. My. God.

ARCHIE IS MARRYING VERONICA!!!!!!!!!

Look at Betty crying in the background! Poor Betty. I can't believe Archie's getting married after 30 years in high school ;-). Damn. I always wondered who he would choose....



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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Post #2: Marriott Hotel, You're Full Of Fail

Woman was sexually assaulted at the Marriott's parking garage while STRAPPING HER CHILDREN into their carseats. She sued the hotel for security's failure to note of the perp's loitering in the hotel area. Marriott's defense? Woman "failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children."

CONN Marriott Claims Rape Victim Was Careless And Negligent

So, yeah, it's really her fault since she was busy taking care of her kids. And how dare you bend over like that?

Words fail me. Marriott lawyers = morons.

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Thursday Tease

Here's the first line from VIRTUALLY HERS:

Remote viewer. Super soldier spy. Sex maniac. Now that was some resume for a future job application when she retired from this crazy life.

More teasers coming soon....

Yes, you may ask questions.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

October Is Almost Here!

I just realized today that October is a month an a half away! And I have done nothing, promotion-wise, for Virtually Hers. Been. So. Busy.

And I'll be very, very busy all the way to end of Sept too. First, I have to get the first chapter to Virtually One ready because my editor thought it would be a good idea to insert that at the end of Virtually Hers. It's very rough right now and boy, this cold isn't helping the rewriting one bit.

Then, I've been invited to contribute in an anthology for The Mammoth Book of Spec. Ops. Romance. It sounds great but the deadline is end of September! I'm nervous that I can't do it because that's a lot of writing.

Oh, not to forget, Sept. 15 is deadline for my Business Tax Extension. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sob.

Sure I'll do it. Not a problem!

Oh, nearly forgot. I started the post saying that I've done zilch about promoting VHers, which I need to do for the next month or so. I need my reviewer readers out there who review for blogs, sites, and such, who won't mind an e-ARC. I need peeps who know about blogs that review ebooks. Please either post here or email me with info about your review site. Really appreciated.

(No, you cannot pretend to be a reviewer because you want hot Jed in your hands ;-) because I'll ck your site, silly. But I love your enthusiasm anyway. Also, I'll think of a good contest, like, say, a HARD COPY of Virtually Hers, in the next couple of weeks. Happy now? Smooches!)

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Monday, August 10, 2009

ATChooo!

Sniff.

Atchoo!

Sniffsniffsnort sniff. AAAAAAAATTTCHooooooo!

I'm dweeeeling dout offit. But I'm bosting while sneeeeeeeeeeCHOOO! See wha a goo bloggirrr I yam?

Whyamyup chooask? Twying to get Chapter One of Wortually One in shape for back of book. See wha a goo authorrrr I...cHOOoooo?!

All fwo you. All four you my dahlinks....

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Friday, August 07, 2009

And Now Something Beyond Deep Thoughts

You don't need to dwell too long on this video and I guarantee you will think of another way to gain...umm...strong upper arms. But then you'll probably need a JR Ward seven-foot vampire/brothah to really, really, REALLLLY achieve the effect.

I promise this video isn't as weird as the pics from the post before.

$19.95? Really? ;-)

Via the Smart Bitches.



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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Too Weird Not To Share

Paintings of Obama Naked With Unicorns

Go on. I dare ya.

Maybe you can explain some of them to me.

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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

TA DA!

Look, look! Oct is almost here ;-).


Jed time is coming! This is the new Virtually Hers cover. Hope y'all like it!



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Monday, August 03, 2009

WINNER of RWA Vintage Tote Bag


Thank you for entering the contest! It's always fun to read what one's first romance book is and see how far we've gone ;-).

Out of fairness, I put all your names in the totebag and picked the winner and it is...

DRUMROLL...

HEATHER.

Congratulations! Please email me, Heather, with your snailmail addy.

As for everyone else, don't worry, I have a LOT of RWA Loot to give away in the near future ;-). I want to use them to promote VIRTUALLY HERS, though, so if you have any good suggestions how to make a fun contest that will also help me to get VHERS pub date out in the web world, please leave me a post!


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Sunday, August 02, 2009

How Hot Was It?

Nobody believed me when I told them yesterday that my shoes were melting. Tada. Look at my brand new shoes. Half an hour on the roof later, and the glue melted and I was soleless!

Then everything started to fall apart at the seams! It was strange...I had the top of my shoes on, but everything at the bottom just fell off piece by piece.

Somebody suggested duct tape. Male of course.

I opted for a new pair of shoes.

And yes, it was THAT HOT yesterday even my sole left me. Bwaha!



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