I put up a couple of excerpts from Sex, Lies & Wedding Bells over on my new website. Check them out, then let me know what you think. I’m working on the site still, and there’s no place to comment there at the moment. But I’d love you to death if you come back here and give me some feedback.

I’m never sure how long to make excerpts. Anyone out there got some advice for me on that?

As soon as I get a pub date, or cover art, I’ll be sure to post about it here.

I’m working on a new story to sub, probably to Torquere, but that depends on whether I get it finished it time. More on that later this week!

Word Counts - Today: 0 | December: 0 | 2008: 384,186

Ravenous Romance is the brand new publisher that will be publishing my first novel Sex, Lies & Wedding Bells (in January). Their website just went live on Monday. Warning: their main page is NSFW!

There had been a lot of negative talk about this publisher on some of the writers’ boards and that has put a damper on my excitement about getting a contract offer for the first novel I dared to submit anywhere. But now I’m eagerly anticipating seeing my book featured even if it’s only for a day.

But I think the site looks very nice and they have a decent number of books and stories to start out. It seems each book gets featured for a day, and as I mentioned before, each novel is also available as an audiobook.

So far, they’ve only got one novel and one story for their Panamour category, which is what they are calling their LGBT offerings. I guess it’s less competition for me, but it also means that they won’t be a magnet for the readers that particularly like that category. I have to work a lot harder to get people over there, I guess!

Here’s a nice inteview with Holly Schmidt, one of the founders (and my editor). All About Ravenous.

I admit, I haven’t purchased anything over there yet, but if any of you do, please let me know what you think of the story or novel. And make sure to save $4.99 for my book when it’s available next month, okay?

Word Counts - Today: 0 | December: 0 | 2008: 384,186

I just sent off the contract to the publisher for my m/m version of the Runaway Bride story!  It’s going to be published by a brand new publisher Ravenous Romance probably in February. They’re just gearing up for a launch on December 1 and they say they’re going to publish one novel a day.

We’re still finalizing the title, but they have told me that in addition to an ebook, it will be made into an audiobook, which is really very cool. I’m finishing up a few last changes before I send them the final manuscript, and then I guess I’ll find out the publishing date at that point.

I’ll put up a couple of excerpts during the next few days, so you can all see what’s in store!

Word Counts - Today: 3,000 | November: 24,750 | 2008: 351,174