Past Round 1

I got an email this week from the epub where I sent my latest story. I've made it past the initial editorial reviewer and have landed on the acquiring editors desk! Yippee!! Doing the mini-happy dance. (Full happy dance will commence when I get a contract offer.)

I've heard they are looking for interracial eroms. My story is interracial, paranormal and m/m/f. It's got everything except the kitchen sink.

Keep those fingers and toes crossed!

Still a submissive

I'm still waiting to hear from my editor at TEB about the third book in the Gifts of Desire series. So no new news on that front.

In the meantime I decided to write a story for an upcoming themed collection for another publisher. I decided 16 days before the deadline that I would write a 10-15K story. Sounded a little insane at first, but then when I thought about the challenge I am partaking in with my monthly writer's group. I realized it was a very doable pace. In fact I finished the story in 11 days. Whew! Then a few days for edits, a synopsis, a blurb and a query letter, and the story was out the door a few days early.

Now it's time for us to cross all those fingers and toes between us.

Thanks!
Suzanne

Submission

I finished the third story in the Gifts of Desire series on Tuesday and submitted it to my editor on Wednesday. Now I must wait (im)patiently for her to read it and get back to me with her comments. I really loved how the final story revealed deeper emotions of all four characters. These people have become so real to me that they show up in my dreams.

I hope you are enjoying The Christmas Present.

Suzanne

Check it out!

I'm blogging today and every 15th of the month over at Hitting the Hot-Spot. I hope you'll click on over and join the authors of TEB as we share our views on just about everything.

Today I introduce myself on the erom blog on the anniversary of my dad's death. Kind of a strange way to get started.

Suzanne

Released Today!

The Christmas Present is now available at total-e-bound.com. This is book two in the Gifts of Desire series. Don't miss book one, The Birthday Present, to find out how these two sexy couples first met.

Here's hoping you get The Christmas Present you want this year!

Suzanne

Christmas Crackers Contest

Would you like to win some free books from Total-e-bound? Then enter their contest. You could win a gift voucher for free books!

BTW - Total-e-bound is a British company. Christmas Crackers are not the saltines you serve with soup. A cracker consists of a cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of paper, making it resemble an oversized sweet-wrapper. The cracker is pulled by two people, and, much in the manner of a wishbone, the cracker splits unevenly. The split is accompanied by a small bang produced by the effect of friction on a chemically impregnated card strip. Typically the contents are a coloured paper hat or crown; a small toy or other trinket and a motto, a joke or piece of trivia on a small strip of paper.

Spreading my wings

I've decided to join the big girls at Hitting the Hot-Spot. I will be posting on the TEB blog every 15th of the month. I'm excited to join the awesome collection of TEB authors on the site. The topics range widely from book excerpts, research, inspirational pics, and living the writing life.

Now I have 14 days to obsess about my first post.