Last week I did something I’ve never done before, I reread one of my already published stories, Ranin Seven. 
As I read, I found errors that made me groan. Of course, they’re all my mistakes. This makes it worse. 
Despite the lack of perfection, I enjoyed the adventure. Considering how many times I’ve read the same words long before it became available, that’s amazing. 
Share the love, do you re-read or is once enough?
Wordpress offers scads of cool features for the busy blogger. Being a techno-weenie, I have a custom designed site. All good and well except when Wordpress upgrades and my site doesn’t mesh with the latest version.
I think that’s what’s happening now. Being a techno weenie, I don’t know. Once again, the scheduling feature is not working consisently. This means I have to copy, paste and manually publish each day. 
Or wait and see if I get the dreaded, missed schedule notice. 
I miss reliable scheduling. 
Share the pain, technology–friend or foe? How’s your day going?
It’s February in the Pacific Northwest. Mostly what that means is it’s wet. Once in a while the sun comes out and the natives get restless. I see them, sporting shades, shorts, and flip-flops. 
Bear in mind it’s sixty degrees at most and usually more like fifty, and there’s a stiff breeze blowing. Hat, gloves, and a coat weather for me. Of course, I prance out with Ms. Katie who goes bare-pawed in January….
How’s the weather at your place? Ready for spring? Already enjoying it? Or is it almost fall in your part of the world?
Last Friday Amazon added Ranin Seven to my kindle page. New Concepts Publishing released the book on February third. The Kindle version has a release date of February first. That’s fast.
Now, if only the mighty Amazon could find the cover art…
Ranin Seven–Demons and Dragons Book One is available now!
PS. Eliza Black did the cover, isn’t it gorgeous?
On the fifth of this month, I set aside the current WIP and began a novella with a self-imposed deadline of the end of January. I’m not a speedy writer. It took a few days to work out the concept for the story. Another couple of days to find the characters’ voices.
The new computer system added tech challenges as I struggled to make old hardware work with the new.
This month there’s not a whole lot of real life going on. Good thing it’s winter and there’s not much gardening. Daily dog walks are not optional, everything else gets minimal attention.
So far, I’m on target with the novella. Keep your fingers crossed for me. 
Since I’ve been asked about the reading order a few times here’s the whole list
Dangerous Series Dangerously sexy romantic Suspense
Dangerous Surrender–Book One–Zack and Ciara’s story
Dangerous Rescue–Book Two–Ian and Regan’s story
Dangerous Secrets–Book Three–Sam and Karina’s story
The dangerous series is connected, to avoid spoilers the books are best read in order.
All of the dangerous series titles are available as e-books or print from New Concepts Publishing from Amazon for your kindle or from Fictionwise
Enyo Chronicles –Dangerously sexy futuristic romance
Dalila’s Choice–Book One–Dalila, Kelvar, and Dexon’s story
Joon’s Temptation–Book Two–Joon, Mythos, and Helax’s story
Moria’s Rescue–Book Three (probably if the character cooperate and the I get it written and the gracious editor approves of my efforts)
The Enyo stories are connected. To avoid spoilers, they are best read in order.
The first two titles of the Enyo Chronicles are only available as e-books, from all the usual sources.
The Wicked Series–Dangerously sexy contemporary romance
Wicked Games–Book one–Damien and Rhianna’s story
Wicked Business–Book two–DJ and Eduardo’s story has a suspense twist
Wicked Desires–Book three (someday, if the character cooperate, I get the tale written, and the gracious editor approves of my efforts)
The wicked series are not connected other than being the same kind of story–impossibly sexy alpha heroes, who are unreasonable and dominant and heroines who do their best to cope with very hard men.
The first two titles are available from New Concepts and Amazon, Fictionwise only has Wicked Games available as I write this post
Pirate Games–Dangerously Sexy modern Pirate tale may be part of series someday, there are other pirate adventures bouncing in my head….
Demons and Dragons Series Dangerously sexy futuristic fantasy romance
Ranin Seven –Book One– Zaynah, Diablo, and Gunn’s story is coming next month from New Concepts Publishing
Yes, Im working on more Demons and Dragons tales, but I’m still not sure of the order of the stories and they are connected. To make things even more complicated–the Demons and Dragons tales take place in the same time period as the Enyo chronicles. The worlds do touch and characters from both series appear in future installments. I’ll keep you posted as soon as the characters let me know about the sequence–soon (I hope!)
While my characters are living exciting adventures, I’m pecking away at the keyboard. Good thing too, if my life were that interesting I’d be way too tired to write about it.
A couple of weeks ago, I retired the trusty desktop computer and replaced it with a shiny new system. Windows Seven is a teensy bit faster loading and much faster shutting down. My favorites are the new themes (shallow and easily amused–that’s me). France provides the desktop background at the moment.
Another super cool feature, the computer came with virtual post-its! The program is actually called sticky notes. So much nicer than all those paper things clinging to the edge of the display. The stickies are color changeable, so they can be coordinated with the current desktop. Too girly? Too nerdy? I don’t care. It’s fun. 
Have I mentioned Wordpress released a new version? Scheduling is all fixed. 
Last month Wordpress (the engine behind this blog) upgraded. All well and good, but the scheduling of blog posts feature got lost in the shuffle of improvement.
Scheduling is one of my favorites. I want to entertain blog readers with a fresh snippet everyday. But, I don’t get up as early as most people do–sleep is something I like even better than being a good blogger. Scheduling posts made it possible for me to write late into the night and snooze the following morning while still having a fresh blog post appear bright and early.
Then the teeny little glitch happened. Too late, I appreciate a techno feat I took for granted. It makes me think about how many things I count on every day and only think about when they don’t work–like, computers, cars, and electricity.
What aspects of modern life would you miss if they disappeared?
Wow, another year gone so fast!
Are you celebrating with champagne and noisemakers and funny paper hats? Or are you making resolutions? Or maybe a little of both?
No matter how you choose to mark the end of the old year and the beginning of the new one, I wish you a wonderful 2010.
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