I’m thrilled to announce that Torquere just offered me a contract for ANIMAL INSTINCTS, another story featuring Nate and Cory from A HEAT.SEEKING.MISSILE.

The first story got some great (5-star) reviews and I had emails from readers asking for more with these characters, and more is coming!

ANIMAL INSTINCTS started out as free-read ficlet based on prompts submitted by janalyn ! I expanded the story quite a lot from her prompts, but it takes place at the zoo. It was fun to write and I’m happy Torquere liked it.

As soon as I have information on a release date, I’ll post the information.

Stay tuned, I have another contract to announce later today….

I’ll also be posting another call for prompts for another one of my free reads.   Busy day today!

Word Counts - Today: 0 | August: 11,272 | 2009: 158,042

Friday is the last day to read A Heat.Seeking.Missile for free. I’m pulling it down since I subbed a slightly revised version of it to a publisher (more about that later).

Contest rules: If you read it and come back here to comment, your name will entered in a drawing to win either the book which has my Christmas story in it, OR a copy of Sex, Lies & Wedding Bells which is due out at the beginning of February. But you have to comment here about the Missile story… that’s not so hard is it?

I’ll choose a winner and contact you over the weekend.

Word Counts - Today: 500 | January: 37,200 | 2009: 37,200