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Work, Life, & Anticipation

Happy Friday Darling Readers, I hope everyone is doing well. I've been running around being wife, mommy, and writer.  I got some material out to an agent who requested some chapters of a WIP (work in progress) of mine. I expect it'll be a while before I hear back. Agents are incredibly busy and they also have their real lives to think of, too. But I'm praying for a contract. I really like this agent and the agency the agent represents. I posted my review of C.C. Hunter's final installment of Della's story, Unspoken . I really enjoyed it. I think her fans will NOT be disappointed. Currently I'm looking forward to a bunch of things that aren't my projects: C.C. Hunter's Shadow Falls going to Internet screen show series. Jennifer L. Armentrout's Oblivion release and the Lux Series going to screen. (I think TV?) Kiera Cass's announcement about The Selection going to the big screen. Reading the last book in Lesley Livingst

Is It Better Left UNSPOKEN?

Hi Darling Readers, While my blogging right now is going to be a bit on the sporadic side, but to make it up to you, I have a special surprise...an official blog book review! Author C.C. Hunter has the final installment of her Della stories on sale today. Della is a vampire on a mission: to clear her father's name. She doesn't believe for an instant that he killed his sister. But between secrets and lies, how is she supposed to uncover the truth? Then there's Chase. The vampire who saved her life. Is her attraction to him real or just part of the blood-bond they share? Can she even trust him after he lied to her? Truths will be revealed and secrets discovered. Lives will change forever. But is it a good thing or should it all have remained Unspoken ? You can get your copy of the exciting conclusion to Della's story on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Happy reading and have a tantalizing Tuesday!

La Vida Crazy-Busy, Getting Off Of Hiatus/Sabbatical

Happy Thursday All, Wow! It feels like an eternity since I updated my blog. I have been super-busy with family obligations (in fact, still am...motherhood is a demanding job, as many of you know). But I am getting back into writing and working on getting back into everything else. It's happening veeerrrryyyyy sllllloooowwwwllly...but it's HAPPENING! Yay. :-) I'm having issues with my regular browser, so I'm using an interim one until I can sit down with my awesome IT guy, Jeff (if you're interested in consulting with him, email me , and I'll check his availability. He's been a big help to me). To keep up with me, watch Twitter and Facebook mostly. I update Facebook often, and try to get to Twitter at least once a day. (The interim browser I'm using is slow, so I'll just provide a link to my website, which I think has links to my Twitter and Facebook pages). So what's going on in my world aside from motherhood? I'm working on the firs

SPECIAL NEWS: PREORDER AVAILABLE NOW!

Happy Tuesday all, No, I'm not back from hiatus (yet), but I did want to mention something. Book Three of my Immortal Dreams Trilogy, Immortal Love is now available for preorder on Amazon Kindle. The official release date is April 8, 2015. You can preorder the novel and it will be downloaded to your Kindle when it releases. As a special gift from me to my readers, I have an author's note at the end of the story that you won't want to miss! Because I'm on hiatus I'm not sure what I'll do about a giveaway, but I'll probably either do something on Facebook or on a blog post. I'm going to be a guest on a couple of blogs and I'll try to find a way to get this blog updated so that you all will have the links to those blog posts. Anyway, here is the blurb and link to preorder Immortal Love (PLEASE NOTE: reading Books One ( Divine Love ) & Two ( Astral Love ) would be very helpful to you as a reader BEFORE diving into Book Three, so that you get the

Hiatus & Life...

Happy Friday All, If I don't update this very much or for several months there are several reasons for that. One of them is edits and getting ready for the release of Immortal Dreams Book Three: Immortal Love . The other is preparation and eventual arrival of Baby Averie.  I appreciate all your support and encouragement over the years. Please continue to check back here on occasion for when I return. Also, watch Amazon for the release of Immortal Love ! Have A Fabulously Fun Friday!

To Eyre Is To Read...

Happy Wednesday Everybody, I hope your week is going well! I've got a surprise for you... an UNofficial blog book review! That's right. I was not asked at all to do this review. I just up and decided I wanted to do it. There is a whole interesting way I came across this novel: I was invited by another author to join a Goodreads group which seems to be mostly comprised of authors who are published with Kensington Publishing Corp . They were talking about what books they were reading and I went ahead and got on the publisher's website to see the books they published. I've read some books published by them (although at first I didn't know that, I've since come to realize I've read some of the titles they've published), and recognized some of the authors' names, but I thought I would see if something jumped out at me. In the YA Category, I came across Eve Marie Mont . I thought her story sounded interested so decided to read it.

Sinuses, Updates, & Events...

Happy Tuesday All, The Averie Household is dealing with allergies and sinus infections. The good news:  so far the allergies are staying allergies and relatively not too bad. Antibiotics have been gotten for sinus infection (managed to get in with doc's office on a MONDAY morning!) And offspring who has the sinus infection isn't doing too badly.  The bad news: That we even have to deal with this when offspring suffered bad congestion for over a month not THAT long ago. Luckily, mostly cheerful and no fever. So count the blessings, right? I'm waiting on first round edits from publisher on I mmortal Dreams Book Three: Immortal Love . We're shooting for an April 8, 2015 release date and hoping to have it ready for pre-order some time before that. April and May are most likely "hiatus" months for me (depending on how things are during those months either cut it short or lengthen it in regards to whatever the needs are at the time) from writing for va

Take A Trip Into The Everglades...

Happy Friday All, I've decided to do an impromptu book review. Recently I finished reading Stacy Hoff 's Desire In The Everglades . When I read Anne B. Cole's blog post where Stacy made a guest appearance , her story and the background behind it intrigued me. Stacy and I emailed each other and decided to exchange books. She sent me a copy of Desire In The Everglades , and I sent her a copy of my novel, All's Fair In Love In Lion . Anyway, I finally got to sit down and read Stacy's story: Stephanie Lang has enough stress being a producer for Teleworld Broadcasting Company without being forced into working on the insane new show her boss and the Board of Directors have come up with. Seriously...a guy armed ONLY with a knife surviving in the Everglades? Have the higher ups lost their minds? But between being strong-armed and then catching the photo of Colin, who they plan to contract to be The Everglader , she finds herself agreeing to the whole idea. L

Excitement Abounds...

Happy Tuesday All, Excitement abounds in the Averie Household...if it's not every day things (new toilet seat for the master bath, pregnancy, being a parent, writing, editing, you name it) it's other excitement: I got some of the notes back from my proofreader, so I've started in on those notes. It's going well so far, so I'm glad about that. Proofreader is almost done with Immortal Love , and has pronounced it "a rip-roaring and imaginative story." Which made me smile. It's definitely got a bunch of action in it. I did my best to throw everything I possibly could into this novel, especially since   it's the final book in the Trilogy. Another exciting happening is that Immortal Dreams Book One: Divine Love got a wonderful review from Coffee Time Romance . You can read the 5/5 cup review here . So, what's it like coming to the end of writing a trilogy? A myriad of emotions. Sometimes it was sad. Other times I

It's All About The GMC...

Happy Thursday All, Smokey Mountains in Gaitlinburg, TN, 2013 In writing, editing, critiquing, and being a judge (yes, I've done a little judging for a contest) there's a few things about writing that are true all the way across the board--no matter what genre, no matter if you're a newbie, or best seller, or somewhere in between. Or if you're a "pantser" or a "plotter". And that's organizing your story. Every writer is different and every writer does this differently. I call myself a "half-in-half" writer because I do a little plotting and I do a little pantsering. But the main things every writer needs whether they do it before they write the first draft, or in the editing process are for every important/main character(s) in one's novel: Me, at the NWHRWA Lone Star Conference, 2014 Goal, motivation, conflict. Yes,  GMC that leads to the actual plot. Whether you're writing the hero, heroine, villain, whatever

Updates & Projects...

Happy Tuesday Everybody, I know I'm doing a lot of inconsistent posting, but as always, I'm very busy. Recently I sent Immortal Love (Book Three in the Immortal Dreams series) off to my proofreader. Once I get the notes back from my proofreader and get them all finished, Immortal Love will get turned in to my publisher. Then we'll do edits and eventually the book will be released (I believe we're shooting for March). I also completed a critique for another author who asked for my input on their novel. That took a while because I've been really tired with the pregnancy (and uncomfortable) so everything is a lot slower than it normally would be. But, at least I got it done and sent off to the author, so now that author doesn't have to wait for it anymore. My thoughts are turning towards the next project. There's about 3 that I'm really interested in getting into. One I'm working on some research for, one is a spin off of one of my other

It's 2015!

Happy New Year Darling Readers, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year's. The Averie Household continues to be busy. I'm still working on getting Immortal Love ready to turn into my publisher (although, getting closer--thank goodness!) Christmas was nice. We went to Church for the vigil on Christmas Eve, and enjoyed the rest of the evening as a family. The next day presents were opened and we headed for my parents' house for more presents and Christmas dinner. My father made gluten free chocolate chip cookies and a gluten free apple pie (thank you, dad!) which were both really good. The ham was awesome, too (I can't eat turkey, I'm allergic to it, so Dad had turkey and ham--yes, he loves me!) We hung out with some friends of my folks and family members. The next day (Friday), one of my brothers made it into town and we saw them Saturday for dinner. Sunday we relaxed at home. This week has been mostly hanging out at home, but bu