It's June? When did that happen?

Okay, May just went by in a zap! I can't believe it's June 1st! And the San Antonio Romance Author's Book In A Week group has decided to extended the normal challenge to a Book In A Month! Unlike the infamous NaNoWriMo in November, we don't have to do 50k words of one manuscript. A lot of us have novellas or sample chapters or just need a kick in the posterior to finish something. Me? I have several projects I plan to work on.

Jun 1 - 7: Finish the sample chapters for my Kensington single title proposal. Sorry slash fans, it's a het story! LOL (9k)
Jun 8 -14: Finish the Ellora's Cave story I started on ages ago but can't seem to find time to finish. (9-10k)
Jun 15-30: Work on the sequel to Thirty Days or the proposal for Tor or the LSB antho. The last two are with Kayelle Allen and Sienna Black.

I have an online meeting tomorrow with Kayelle and Sienna to talk about our series and antho.

Oh, and the Wild Rose Press story, Double Deutsch, will be released as a short story by itself on November 21st! I'm waiting on the cover but I have no fear on that front. The Wild Rose Press has some awesome artists!

So with all that stuff planned for June, I'm sure this month will fly by as well!

Hugs to all,
Shayla

The Romance Studio Reviewed Thirty Days!

Another great review for Thirty Days! Julia at The Romance Studio gave it 4.5 Hearts!

She wrote: "I thought this was a wonderful story that really made me think about what a relationship was between submissives and dominants. Cavan was so desperately and systematically abused with his previous master that it was sometimes hard to read. Through all that, the author was able to convey the feelings that Biton had for him even though Biton was also a dominant, and how much he cared about what happened to Cavan. I thought that the struggle that Biton had controlling his needs and giving Cavan as much space as he could was touching. I liked how the author showed that Cavan was so abused, he didn’t understand what his master was doing, and it caused some problems. This is a touching story that isn’t for the faint at heart because of some of the material it covers and the BDSM involved."

Check out her entire review at The Romance Studio! And read all the reviews on my website!

TGIF! And a three day weekend!

I have been going non-stop for the past month. This weekend, my only obligation is lunch at Momma's tomorrow with the siblings and nieces. After that, Sunday and Monday are mine! All mine!! *evil cackle* Hopefully, we'll get out of work early today. Unless we're under deadline for something, the boss lady is usually amenable to an early exit on the day before a holiday.

I plan to use this weekend to get some serious writing and resting done!

Now I need to get my face out of my coffee cup and get moving. I'm already running late... Just couldn't face the world without sufficient coffee intake.

Hugs!
Shayla

Tired but Dancin'!

I went to the San Antonio Romance Authors conference over the weekend. I got to talk to my Kensington editor about a new story idea. I planned to propose it as a novella but my friends, Delilah Devlin and Kimberly Kaye Terry, both said it sounded like single title material. And my editor agreed! She likes the premise and wants to see a proposal! Woo hoo!

So I'm going into deep dark lurk while I knock out a synopsis and three chapters. Of course, for Kensington, it's not m/m romance but it is my first shot at a single title! I've never written anything as long as 80k words! *headdesk*

I want to get the proposal out within the next few weeks. Don't want her to forget that she liked it! *cackle*

Hugs to all!
Shayla

TA Chase Pimped My Book!

I was away for the weekend, more about that later, and didn't know until today that TA Chase pimped Thirty Days on his blog Friday. I'm tickled pink! I adore his novella, No Going Home! It's one of my fav re-reads. I don't have time to read much so if when I re-read stuff, you know I love it!

Check out his blog entry at http://tachase.blogspot.com/2007/05/pimping-books_18.html. While you're there, read some of his wonderful free stories and then go buy No Going Home or any of his great books!

Hugs,
Shayla

Gaps In Your Soul cover!

I received my cover for my Ellora's Cave Naughty Nuptials Quickie! Check out the hotness! Very yummy!

Read the excerpt on the Books page by clicking here!

A little change...

Destination Pleasure has been delayed... Almost all the authors of Destination Pleasure plus the editor and publisher, were at the conference I attended this weekend. We decided to put the release on hold. Stay tuned for updates!

Destination Pleasure has a cover!

Check out the great cover for Destination Pleasure. My short story, Double Deutsch, is part of this anthology. And it's actually not gay! LOL The release date is June 1st!

Finished something... Kind of...

I finished a proposal for a novella. I'm going to pitch it to Kensington at the San Antonio conference on May 19th. It's part of a futuristic anthology including Kayelle Allen, Sienna Black and me. If Kensington isn't interested then we'll probably go to LSB or EC.

Here's a basic blurb for Trail of Deception:

As a bounty hunter for TRAIL, Duach Cardiff found himself tangled in a web of corruption that seemed to reach as high as the World government and deep into TRAIL headquarters. Now being tracked by the top assassin from his own agency, Duach needed to find the truth. Just his luck the assassin was also the woman he’d bedded the night before. After some of the hottest sex he’d had in a long time, seeing her as a threat to his life was overshadowed by wanting another chance at her luscious body.

Nephele Talo didn’t believe in love. Sex was just a means of stress relief. And Duach’s hard muscled body had her seriously relaxed. Until she found out he was her next target. The choice of bring him back dead or alive was hers. But wanting him alive to warm her bed again made her slip up. Now she has to find the truth before they both end up dead.

TRAIL stands for Trace, Rescue and Investigation League. It's an official government agency that finds people and when necessary, kills them. It's set a few thousand years in the future when mankind has spread out into the galaxy. The creative mind behind the universe is Kayelle but we're all using it in our stories so it's a related anthology.

Now I need to go work on the other Kensington proposal. It's about a woman who is capable of astral projection (out of body experiences).

My first book signing!

I'm on the list for RWA National's charity book signing!! Woo hoo!! It seems more real now!

Check it out here: https://www.rwanational.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webcode=LitAutographing