I've arrived!

Wahey, I now have my own author page at eHarlequin!

New excerpts available!

My web site has been woefully out of date in terms of excerpts lately, so I'm attempting to catch up and post some. In the last couple of days I've added tasters of the following:

KISS IT BETTER - Black Lace due June in UK/Aug US

TWICE THE PLEASURE - Spice Brief due 1st May

SHADOWPLAY - Black Lace reprint due November in US

Hope you enjoy them... :)

Actually, I'm a moggie...

You Are a Bengal Cat

You look wild, but deep down, you're really quite sweet. You are curious about the world around you, and you love to explore. You liked to swim and climb trees as a kid... and probably still do! You are confident and energetic. You are ready to take on the world.

What Breed of Cat Are You?

Another draft cover

Rather nice, isn't it? The text/font may change a bit, but the image is cool! Love that she's wearing black lace knickers... LOL

This collection includes my story FIREWORKS INSIDE which is story about some naughty goings on in a cupboard... :)

Shadowplay reprint

Here's a draft version of the new cover for SHADOWPLAY. It will be available as a US only reprint in November.

As it's over ten years since I wrote this one, I'm not quite sure what happens in it! LOL It's a women's erotica novel, where a sophisticated husband and wife take a country holiday and explore new sexual horizons, but other than that, I'll have to re-read it myself to find out what occurs. Plenty of shagathonics in it, that's for sure... ;)

Sorry...

Sorry it's been rather quiet here lately. Am grappling with writing stuff and life stuff and time just seems to get away from me.

Here's a rather mad picture of Kuffer as a placeholder... and I'll be back when I get any interesting news of any kind... :)

I have been mainly...

watching this for the last couple of days and have been completely fascinated by it. Strangely enough, I still don't know whether I actually like the central character of Lillie Langtry. She was the Victorian equivalent of these celebrities who are famous just for being famous, and who got ahead by looking pretty and sleeping their way to the top. It's hard to tell if this is a true representation of the real woman, but it is compelling viewing. Lillie had her share of triumphs and tragedies and a lot of love affairs, and does seem to have been a shameless self promoter who sometimes caused pain to others and/or exploited them for her own advancement. And yet, she was feisty and used her own form of power in an age when men were pretty much in control of everything.

All in all, I think I admire Lillie more than like her, but it's the mark of fine programme making and intriguing subject material when you find you're not exactly rooting for the central character all the time, but you just can't stop watching anyway.

New Short Story Sales!

Thrilled to announce two new Black Lace short story sales!

The Distraction will be in the Misbehaviour anthology and Fireworks Inside will be in Sexy Little Numbers. :)

Jay's finally left home...

... and gone on to his HEA with his beloved Sandy!

The proof corrections have now left the building and I can move on to new projects! Glory Halleluia!!!

Today, I'm returning to a WIP that I originally worked on several years ago. It's fun and kinky story that I really enjoyed working on at the time, but boy do I see shortcomings in the writing now! I'm always raising the bar for myself, always expecting more of myself, and what satisfied me a few years ago, falls short today.

But returning to older work like this is extraordinarily satisfying. It's like a makeover show, and every change and improvement in the story is like... yes, I can do this, this is so much better!

So, a much pleasanter working day ahead for me... especially after the traumas of proof corrections! :)

Page proofs... spawn of the Devil!

I'm checking the page proofs of this mofo at the moment... and as usual it's driving me nuts!

I'm sure I'm not the only author who dislikes this stage of the publishing process. As a dear friend on Twitter just pointed out, manuscripts are like children, and when you've sent them off into the wild blue yonder, all growed up, you do not want them back again so soon, hanging around the house starting niggling arguments over relatively minor issues. Especially when the come back influenced by others, outside the home. ;)

I like this book. I really do... It's not great literature, but there are story elements in it that I've really enjoyed writing, employing themes of yearning and reunion that have always touched my heart. But going through it and having to pick nits in it, several times over, makes it hard for me to remember the magic of its creation and to anticipate the joy in sharing my little story with others...

Checking page proofs just slaps you in the face with things you suddenly feel you might not have got quite right... just when it's far to late to do a lot about them.

Obviously, it's a very necessary evil. It's quality control. It's making sure there are no typo snafus to spoil the reader's enjoyment of the book...

But boy does it drive me to distraction and back again!!!! Grrrr....

Guest blogging today @ We Write Romance

And my topic is:

IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED...

Why not nip over and take a look? :)

Some rather nice news!

Not actually about CHANCE OF A LIFETIME, although that still seems to be selling very nicely... No, the news is I've had two more ideas for SPICE BRIEFS accepted! :)

The first, ANOTHER CHANCE, is linked to Chance of a Lifetime, and is about Maud, an archivist who comes to Blaystock Manor to sort out the Marquis's rather valuable collection of documents and manuscripts. Expecting a quiet gig amongst the dusty papers, she doesn't bargain for becoming involved with William Graves, the hunky loner estate steward.

A GENTLEWOMAN'S RAVISHMENT is another linked story, this time to A Gentlewoman's Predicament. So, more naughty goings on in discreet Victorian society, and a married woman who dreams of been swept away by a sexy brigand.

No idea when these will appear, as I've only written about two thirds of Another Chance yet, but I would guess it'll probably be 2010 before they appear. But you never know... ;)