Gone Visiting

Today I'm visiting the Wild Women Authors blog and talking about how Lazarus ended up with his own story. I'll be giving away a $5 gift card for Amazon to one random commenter.  I hope you stop by and check it out.  Link: www.WildWomenAuthorsx2.blogspot.com

Come Meet A Hero

Today Lazarus (from An Unexpected Gift) is being interviewed on Kathryn Knight's blog.  Stop by and find out a few quick things about this hunky hero.  Link:  http://kathrynknightbooks.blogspot.com
I'll be giving away one copy my short story The Muse which is the first story that Lazarus makes an appearance in.

Garden Party!

Today I'm going to a virtual garden party to celebrate the release of An Unexpected Gift at the Author Roast & Toast website.  I hope you'll stop by, meet the wonderful hostesses Mary Ricksen, Hywela Lyn, PL Parker, and Mac Crowne, have a mimosa or two, nibble on cake and tea sandwiches, and help me celebrate.  And of course, you must meet Oliver, their hunky butler. 

Here's the link:  http://authorroastandtoast.blogspot.com 
I hope to see you there.  :o)

What I'm Reading Wednesday...or Not

I'm looking for some new authors that I've never read before so I've started downloading a few samples of books to my Kindle.  So far I've downloaded samples for four new mystery authors that I can't wait to start.

I'm new at sampling but love the idea. I never even knew that you could send a sample of a book to your Kindle until my sister told me about it. Why sample first? Well, unfortunately I've bought a few books by new to me authors and didn't really care for the books. Not only was I disappointed that the books didn't live up to my expectations, but I was disappointed that I'd spent money on those books.  So...from now on I'll be sampling books by new to me authors before plunking down my hard earned money or in most cases, wasting gift card funds on books that I wish I hadn't purchased.

How about you?  Do you sample books on your ereader?  Ever bought books that you regretted purchasing?

Visiting

Today I'm ringing in the new year on fellow romance writer Emma Lai's blog and answering 5 quick questions.  I hope you'll stop by and check out Emma's blog and see what I want to accomplish this year. Here's the link: http://emmalaiwrites.blogspot.com 

Release Day!

Today my second novel, An Unexpected Gift, is officially released.  The digital format has been available on Amazon since late October, but now it will be available both in digital and paperback at most online booksellers.

I will say that I'm just as excited about this book being available to readers as I was when my first book was published.  I've heard other authors who've had tens of books published say they never lose that sense of excitement. I agree with them even if I've only had two books and a novella published to date.