Posts Tagged ‘Updates’

There’s been a lot going on in my world over the last few months. So I do have a some updates. One is that the books in the Del Fantasma line at Apsen Mountain Press are no longer available for sale. I’ve requested my rights back. If you’ve found the book for sale anywhere, please let me know. I’m not going to get into reasons why I took my rights back or the state of the business. I’m just going to say that I plan on re-writing and expanding on the series and hope to make it available again  in the future and that I’ve taken my rights back.

Over the past few months I’ve been struggling with exhaustion, depression and health issues (nothing serious).Which is why I haven’t been keeping up with the site much. I plan on rectifying that with looking at schedules for guest blogs and looking at other ways of promotion. For now, I’m concentrating on my writing and getting back into the swing of things. I feel that I’m emerging from my burn out with not only new creative ideas but new energy towards writing. So, I’ll try to keep up with things and keep all of you who read this blog posted.

 

Thank you for your patience and  understanding.

 

Se

I’m working on my next Last Call Europe book Dog Sled at the moment, after that it’s back to the Hades Helmet world and beyond that Tartan and *holds head* soooo many project. I still have to write the next Pixie book (there’s like 5 books in the series) anyway but something tugged at my mind now that the LRC Awards are over. Promo and the impact on authors in contests and sales.

I have questions for you wonderful, lovely, patient readers. Answer a few questions and you could win a mini cooler bag of goodies and books that I got at the Authors After Dark Con and chocolate!

So here goes:

1) How much promo is too much? Example: Seeing an author’s name and promo for the same book every day on every loop you belong to -vs- Seeing an author’s name once and promo for certain time period.

2) How do you hear about info about your fav author(s)? Website? Newsletter? Publisher site? Yahoo group? Facebook? My Space? Ning? Twitter?

3) How do you connect with your fav author(s)? On a blog? Website? Yahoo/Google Groupe? Facebook? My Space? Twitter?

4) Do you vote when your author is up for an award or best book? (If voting is allowed)

5) Do reviews sway whether or not you’ll buy a book?

6) If an author wins an award, does that make you want to check them out if you haven’t already done so?

7) Do you read reviews? What if the review was from a big name author?

8 ) Does a publisher’s reputation make you want to buy books from them?

9) How much does cover art play into you checking out a new author? How much does bad cover art pique your?curiosity?about a book? Does bad cover art cause you to turn away from the book? Do you prefer photo cover art or digital (Daz, Poser, etc.)?

10) Coupons: Do you love them? Use them or would you prefer a discount in the first week of sales?

11) Do you check out publisher days on Yahoo Loops? Do you attended publisher chats?

12) Do you wait to buy a book when it’s on sale?

13) Do you enter contests hoping to win books? Do you read the books you win?

14) Authors: Promo?companies?love em or hate em or are indifferent?

15) Do you enjoy “cyber signings”? Public “live” signings?

16) Do you follow, or paticipate in/with, blog tours?

The winner of this week?s Sexy Saturday Sex Scene is Char with the song Unchained Melody.

Congrats Char!

Please contact me at selenaillyria DOT contest AT gmail DOT com.

Unfortunately I won’t be doing the Sexy Saturday excerpts as I will be taking part in the 28 Days of Heart Blog tour promoing the authors of the 28 Days of Heart.

ABOUT THE 28 DAYS NOVELLAS
All proceeds from the sale of these shorts, which will be offered exclusively on AllRomance.com and OmniLit.com as individual eBooks, will be donated to the American Heart Association.

For more information please click here.

I hope you’ll stop by and support the authors and the cause.

Se

P.S. Quick update, 3-18 has been the set day that Changeling will release my Sex & Chocolate story Chocolate Bliss. And 2-15 will be when Orion’s Star will be released. ?:mrgreen:

Hi Everyone!

I hope to announce some contract news soon. *Grin*

As for NaNoWriMo, I managed to get 46k in word count, so I’m pretty happy about that. I made a lot of headway with two of my WIPs. One of them is close to being 60k, the most I’ve ever written. I’ll be deleting the NaNoWriMo page since it’s over. I hope if you’re an aspiring author or published author that you made the word count you wanted.

And now, here’s your first peek at some new promo that I just got:

These are mini tote bags. I hope to get more soon, I’m also trying to figure out a contest involving my book series. *Grin*

What do you think? Remember there is a poll still up for this subject on promo:

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

Also, I’ve registered for the Authors After Dark Convention which takes place in Sept. the 16th-19th in Secauscus, New Jersey. Will you be going?

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

I’m also trying to figure out a good contest for this month. I know it will involve chocolate.

Have a great week everyone!

Se

Hi Everyone!

So far my version of NaNo (National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo or NaNo for short, which takes place in November) ?has been going well. I’ve managed to write over 20,000 words in almost two weeks. A huge improvement over the last few months where I struggled to get at least 5,000 words in a week. Things really got a kick in the butt when the fabu Cat Marsters posted this video on the Changeling Loop during my Chat corner yesterday:

Now I can’t stop playing it. Thanks Cat.

A few updates:

Lonely No More is now available at:
Kindle

As is Dravian’s Seer:
Kindle

As well as When You Wish Upon a Pixie:
Kindle
Fictionwise

Even though AAD is several months away I’m thinking about what I’d like to give away as well as what I’d like to do as promo.

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

If it’s other, please let me know in the comments section what you’d like to see as promo.

Okay, back to writing. Later guys.

Se

Hi Everyone!

I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Safe Halloween/Samhain. As you’ve noticed, if you’ve been to the site before, the website got a make over. A few things were taken out, the front page is a bit cleaner and a forum and NaNoWriMo page has been added.?I’m still trying to decide what to do about the web ring surf things, until them, they’ll remain on the front page. There may be a few pages that I will delete, as they may not serve a purpose anymore or I don’t have time to update them. Not sure yet. Hopefully the forum will be up and ready for you guys soon. *Grin*

I just want to say a Big THANK YOU to my fabulous webmistress Celia Kyle who worked her butt off and put up with my many nitpicks to get it just so.

Now onto something fun: Authors After Dark Convention.

I had such an awesome time. I just want to thank Stella, Jacki and Bianca for their hard work. The Convention was amazing and I had such a blast. I got to meet some wonderful authors and readers. I should post piccies when I do the?official?AAD write up soon.

I do have some good news though, my story Seducing a Wallflower has been offered a contract and I’ve accepted it. As soon as I can, I will post more details. I’m so excited!

Also, here’s a bit of Cover Candy for you. My cover for my story in the Dragon Kin multi author series.

I’m so excited about this story. I can’t wait to share it with you. It’s due out Nov. 5th at Changeling Press. Here’s the blurb:

Control is essential for a dragon. Fiery breath, knife-sharp nails, and teeth that can shred a human in moments.

The day Brenton lost control is the day he ran from the one woman who can complete him, his fire companion. Now he’s back and he’s going to reclaim Sky Lilly forever and always.

Please Check out Dragon Kin: Fire in the Sky ?by Michelle Hasker, the first book in this series.

And now for your Halloween Pleasure:

No don’t eat too much candy! Save me a few pieces of Laffy Taffy Strawberry and have a steamy and sexy Halloween.

Se

Sorry for the delay in updates, I updated the Books page and the Coming Soon page.

Tartan Twins has a tentative release date of 4/16/09 and Tartan Mind the fourth book in the Tartan Werewolves Series has been contracted and is tentatively scheduled for the end of May. *Grin*

I also have a new reivew for Renato’s Dragon. *Grin*

http://loveromancesandmore.blogspot.com/2009/02/renatos-dragon-vampiropolis-book-3-by.html

And Trapped:

http://www.nightowlromance.com/NightOwlRomance/reviews/Review.asp?ReviewId=3072

Let’s see I’m almost done with White Russian. Squeee! After that it’s a short and then Justice Unbound for Changeling and two stories for LI. *Grin*

I’ve taken a break from reading Rogue Angel: Golden Elephant by Alex Archer to read The Watchmen by Alan Moore, absolutely brilliant. I can’t wait to see the movie and see what elements they used in the film.

Song I currently have on a loop:

Garbage: It’s All Over But the Crying Remix

Until Next Time. Hugs All Around,

Selena

Hi Everyone!

I just turned in my first round of edits for Pixie and finished up Catering to Hayley. *Grin* Now I get to work on tweaking Fallen Lover, then Justice Unbound and after that Her Chaos Dragon and then White Russian. I’m tired and we’re only in day 5 of the New Year.

Today starts the voting process for the LRC awards and Discovering Passion is up for Best Paranormal Book. Here’s the link to vote (You must be a member of the Group to Vote):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveRomancesCafe/surveys?id=2140905

Also, here are some new covers I just got *grin*

Blood Claim: Prelude:

When You Wish Upon a Pixie: Induction:

Catering to Hayley:

I’ll be uploading the images into the image rotator and giving the books individual pages.

Hope you like them. Hugs All Around.

Selena