Closet Case - Coming Soon

I am officially on Dreamspinner's Coming Soon page. Hooray! Closet Case is Peat's coming out story. Take a look at the cover and finalized blurb. Set aside your 1.49 so you can pick up your copy come March 7.

Closet Case
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Closet Case - Galley Proofs

I turned in the galley proofs yesterday for my Repeater short story Closet Case. No changes needed, nicely done Anne Regan and Dreamspinner Press. I don't have a release date yet, sometime in March. As a short story it gets this lovely Anne Cain cover

Random Things - Five things that made me smile

This is a new section where I share random stuff. Feel free to send me your random in reply. See the blog hop steps below.

1. I interviewed and hired someone at work. Always great to tell someone that yes, after months of unemployment, you have a paycheck in your future.
2. Suzanne Brockmann (call me Suz) posted to the RRW yahoo loop about her upcoming futuristic urban fantasy which will have a major gay romance subplot. (And this by a 'mainstream' publisher) I'm a fan girl and I'm counting down the days until the official count down to the book. Yep, you read that right.
3. Had the opportunity to blow someone's miss guide expectations and assumptions of me out of the water. I look sweet, innocent and conservative but I'm not.
4. Bought the oldest a pair of boots she's been eying for over a month with a 40% off coupon. She's a very happy tween.
5. Out latest End Results user, a critique service I coordinate for my local romance chapter, gave us glowing praise. "What your chapter does with End Results is amazing." Yes it is.
   

Please share one or more random thing that makes you smile. Put up a quick post on your blog and enter the new link into the linky tool below. Also, be sure to include a link back to this post so your readers can check out all the random goodness below. Check back to see new links.

RRW Meeting - Speak up

The Rainbow Romance Writers will have a general meeting for members from 8AM CST Friday, January 13 until 8AM CST Monday, January 16, 2012.

This meeting will be held at the yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainbowromancewriters/

During the time of the meeting, no non-meeting business should go on the loop. Chatting to each other is fine, as we want to encourage members to get to know one another. However, during the time of the meeting, please no promotional announcements. Think of it as a meeting: you wouldn't stand up in the middle of a meeting and announce your blog tour. Once the meeting closes, all normal activity will resume.

No member is required to attend, but all members are welcomed and encouraged to. Since this is our first time trying to hold a "meeting" with so many people over such a long period of time, we'll be feeling our way as we go. Obviously no one will be "present" the entire time, but all four officers will be as present as possible and will answer questions, etc.

The agenda for the January meeting will be as follows:

1. Introductions/goals for the yearhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

2. New committees: call for leaders & members

3. Website changes and what we need from you, including the transfer to myRWA

4. MEMBER DISCUSSION: is there a need for liaisons for the LB&T members of our community to the board

5. Any questions/concerns you might have

If you have any questions now about the upcoming meeting, please contact one of the members of the board.
emails available on the website www.rainbowromancewriters.com

Saturday Snark

Marie Sexton, here, puts up little snarky excerpts from her writing each Saturday and a blog hop ensues. For my first time participating I http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhave an excerpt from Men's Shirts, Short Skirts. Enjoy and then check out all the other snark by going to Marie's site and following the lovely links.

He looked me in the eye and kept looking. Holy smokes he is sexy. I sighed and my mouth took that as permission to open and dump words on his head.

“I am so sorry. I didn‘t know he was your dad or that you weren‘t out to him. Your brother should have said something. Not that that‘s an adequate defense for being a complete idiot, but he should have said something.” I shook my head. “No, it‘s my fault.”

Roger stood up from his desk and stepped in front of me. “Dad said that you taught the team the line dance.”

I blinked. “Yeah, I did.”

“I love to line dance.”

“Great for you! What the fuck about your dad?” As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I smacked the side of my head and groaned.

He laughed and I realized two things: one, he had a sexy laugh, musical and unrestrained. I love men who can laugh. Two, I realized it was the first time I‘d ever heard him laugh. I wanted to make him laugh again.

“Can I just say that brother of yours has two left feet? We worked two hours just on the chorus steps. Two. I kept saying left, and he would step all over the chick next to him.”

He laughed and took another step toward me.

“Sure the man can sing, but with moves like this….” I did a snazzy two-step tap with flaying arms.

“No way was he that bad.”

“Was.”

Read more about Nate and Roger in the Higher Learning anthology.

Literary Nymphs Chat 3pm Eastern

From Pam of Literary Nymphs "Please join Literary Nymphs, on October 18 from 3:00 to 10:00 pm Eastern time, as we welcome the authors of Dreamspinner Press' latest anthology Higher Learning so they can talk about their stories. Authors attending are: M. Lee, J.J. Levesque, Dar Mavison, Jamie Lowe, Amberly Smith, Cooper West, G.P. Keith, Dawn Kimberly Johnson, Ellen Holiday, Leora Stark, Ellee Hill, Claire Russett, Jeanette Grey and Eve Ocotillo. Looking forward to
seeing all of you there!"

I'll be posting on my breaks at work and chats are always a lot of fun.

Literary Nymphs Chat

Ten of the authors from the Higher Learning anthology will be chatting over at the Literary Nymphs Yahoo Group. October 18th, tomorrow, from 3 to 10 pm.

Join now and enjoy all the excerpts, chatty goodness and your chance to win a free copy of the anthology.

Hope to see you there.