This beaut came out yesterday!

SEDUCTION, the latest short story collection from Black Lace, came out yesterday in the UK. As the cover says, this is an anthology of naughty, sexy stories from a bunch of very talented writers... oh, and me. ;)

My contribution is IT'S GOT TO BE PERFECT, a story about a woman who plans an evening of perfect solo sensual indulgence only to have everything disrupted by an unexpected visitor who's come to fix her plumbing! Hee hee! Sounds a bit 70's porn 'is that a wrench in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?', doesn't it? I suppose it is a teeny tiny bit like that, but I like to think there are some finer feelings in there too...

Anyway, SEDUCTION is available from Amazon.co.uk now, and from Amazon.com on 14th April.

Here's a scene from my story, illustrated by the wonderful Donald McGill. Sort of...

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My day in tweets:

01:21 Daily Tweetage: My day in tweets: 07:38 No more snow overnight, but it looks cold out there. Glad I don't have t.. tinyurl.com/dnfmm5

07:57 Oh feckity fookles, it's bloody snowing again! Do not want!!!!

08:15 Can I repeat my good performance of yesterday and write another 1.7K or thereabouts? Would be nice, but the twonking snow is making me cross

08:16 Right, time for more tea and a doorstep of toast and marmalade. Not looking out of the window, praying for rain to wash the white crap away

08:52 Think am gonna try timed writing challenges v. myself again today. 20 mins @ a time seems 2 work. Tricks me into writing ie. just another 20

08:52 Need to write a guest bloggy thing too. Will trick myself into that by writing a little bit per day. :)

11:14 Agh, have just eaten half a chocolate reindeer! I am such a pig!

11:52 And I thought my lot were impatient and greedy...: Courtesy of the peerless ICanHasCheezburger tinyurl.com/deulw6

13:06 Bollox! There is no Poirot on today!

13:19 Am sick of our govt & their hairbrained schemes to help economy. Everything they do only follocks it up even more! They are useless dolts!

14:32 Yay, have done 1.2K words! The other half of that chocolate reindeer is looking v. good to me right now, esp. as have *earned* it! :)

15:12 Did not eat all the half reindeer, just a big piece of it. Have ears/antlers left for tomorrow.

16:43 1.8K words today. Very tidy sum. Pleased with that. Now need to catch up on some other stuff.

21:35 Check out my flock of followers at twittersheep.com/?PortiaDaCosta

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And I thought my lot were impatient and greedy...

Courtesy of the peerless ICanHasCheezburger

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My day in tweets:

07:38 No more snow overnight, but it looks cold out there. Glad I don't have to emerge from my burrow.

07:56 I fancy a NinDS so I can get that brain training thing. If it's good enough for Jean-Luc Picard it's good enough for me!

08:28 Had some weird, vivid & rather unsettling dreams last nite. Not nightmares as such, but would've preferred not to have them. Feel odd now.

08:59 Bones & joints aching this morning. Think I'm going to get one of those memory foam mattress toppers & see if that helps. Anybody got one?

10:38 Why am I more tired after more sleep? Must be the dreams...

12:52 Wahey, have done 1K words and it's not yet lunch! Am I back in the zone? Hope so... just feels good to be absorbed in a story again. :)

14:22 A rare and unusual sight...: This is a very rare sight at Casa Da Costa... a cat actually sitting in a *cat* bas.. tinyurl.com/d42l4o

16:07 Am well pleased with myself today. Have done 1.7K words. Naughty voyeurism & a hunky, all muscle hero who also has finesse.

16:40 I so want to buy some Poirot DVDs, but should economise. Also The Pretender. Someone blogged about it today & reminded me how I loved it.

20:31 I have lager. 4%, 2.5% or 0%... which is it to be? Don't want to into the habit of alcohol every night, but the 4% is so tasty...

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A rare and unusual sight...

This is a very rare sight at Casa Da Costa... a cat actually sitting in a *cat* basket! The clowder usually prefer to find other sleeping spots, such as the airing cupboard, the human bed, the settee, piles of clothing, both freshly laundered or recently taken off... It's very, very unusual to see one of them, such as Mulder, in the basket purchased specially for them.

She even appears to have switched on her eye-lasers to alert me to this unexpected occurence. LOL

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My day in tweets:

08:51 No further snow overnight here. Sun out now. We might get snowfalls later 'tho apparently. #uksnow

08:53 Whitechapel was good last night. Loved Rupert Penry-Jones as rather prim, OCDish Detective Inspector. Very cute indeed.

08:54 My email seems to be out of whack again at the mo'. Mails getting lost altogether, arriving days late... It's so bloody frustrating!

08:57 Beginning to think, the amount of cop shows I watch, I should write crime or suspense. But I'm no good on complex plots, alas.

09:20 Jeezum, it's 9.20am and I'm not dressed. What the hell am I playing at? I should be up and clothed and working by now!

10:39 Think I'm going to eat some chocolate coins with my coffee break. I feel like a treat, and I've done my static cycling for the day.

11:01 Just had choc, strong coffee & big gun painkillers. I feel so degenerate! LOL

17:42 Hurrah! Finally started on a new story! I'm writing crap at the moment, but at least I'm writing something...

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My day in tweets:

08:38 Plenty snow here in Yorkshire. Himself set out bravely for work. Me, I'm glad I work from home! :)

08:38 Have just dug 'Groundhog Day' out from my DVD stack. Just gotta watch it today!

09:26 It's Groundhog Day!!!!: Today, according to my Harlequin Calendar, is GROUNDHOG DAY!Groundhog Day is one of my f.. tinyurl.com/bam5c8

10:43 Have watched the first bit of Groundhog Day. Must ration myself to watching in coffee breaks & at lunchtime. I need to work! It's great 'tho

11:43 Himself sent home from work! Not recession, thankfully, just a snow day. Other folk can't get in, means he can't do *his* job.

12:09 Flakes still lightly fluttering down here in West Yorkshire. Won't be able to get on with work as I'd hoped with himself home... #uksnow

14:26 Finished watching Groundhog Day... I love that movie! Some places even make my sob a bit, amongst the laughs...

15:33 Feb now, so not likely to need reserve Xmas gifts. Means I can eat the chocolate myself! Started with a couple of chocolate coins. Yum yum!

17:01 Just edited story I wrote a few weeks ago. Seemed surprisingly good! :)

18:04 Wahey, Queen Bella Michelle is back on blogger! www.romancebuythebook.com/

20:57 About to watch 'Whitechapel' - modern serial killer copycating Jack the Ripper... could be a good thriller. :)

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It's Groundhog Day!!!!

Today, according to my Harlequin Calendar, is GROUNDHOG DAY!

Groundhog Day is one of my favourite films. So funny, but in it's way, sort of deep too, showing how Bill Murray's character grows and changes throughout the many, many replays of the same wintry day. It's like a journey film too, with that sweet, happy hit at the end where he finally reaches his destination ie. the 3rd of February, after he's been lost in the world of 2nd of February for heaven alone knows how long. You never actually find out how many times Groundhog Day repeats for Phil the cynical weatherman but to learn some of the skills he acquires along the way, it must be hundreds of times, and many years and years in time for him.

I'll be watching the movie myself today, to celebrate...

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16:51 Daily Tweetage: My day in tweets: 09:47 Slow start today. Feeling achey. It's either yet another virusy thing, o.. tinyurl.com/df8vo9

19:38 It's been a day of brain fuzziness. Hard to concentrate. Hard to string words together.

11:45 Feeling tired & muzzy this am. Despite early night & only one can of beer. Does not compute.

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My day in tweets:

09:47 Slow start today. Feeling achey. It's either yet another virusy thing, or just general fibro crap. Grrrrr & I need to write or edit today.

10:57 Feeling cheery, then bank calls. Wld I like 2 see financial advisor? Last time saw him, led 2 loss of quarter of savings. Not bloody likely!

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My day in tweets:

16:10 Despite delish lunch w/Lindsay, have just eaten large piece of cake & some winegums. BeachedWhaledom beckons...

16:13 Will soon be banned from Cafe Revive. Always end up talking about rude stuff with writer friends, making nearby old ladies scared.

18:16 Just had an ebook splurge inc. 'Talk Me Down' and 2 x Megan Harts + some Briefs. :)

18:31 Feel so bloaty over the cake and the wine gums. It was just pure greed.

08:27 Gawd, it's cold this morning. 0 degrees, but feeling like -5 with wind chill. May have to go out to post later, but otherwise, am staying in

11:58 Hot news, tweets! Random House's new Valentine's promo is free hot books. Today's is IN TOO DEEP! Print or ebook! tinyurl.com/ce7hsm

12:22 Today only - an irresistible offer!!!!!: As part of the run up to Valentine's Day celebrations, Random House are.. tinyurl.com/bh4f3z

13:08 Agh, I tweeted too soon. The IN TOO DEEP thing is a *prize draw* to enter, not a giveaway... so sorry to have misled. Starts 1st February.

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IN TOO DEEP - an irresistible offer!!!!!

As part of the run up to Valentine's Day celebrations, Random House are running a prize draw for an erotic novel every day! And guess what the first offering is?

You're right... it's IN TOO DEEP!

The draw starts on 1st February so...

So click here on that day to enter!

It's available as print *and* ebook!