This n' That

Today I'm blogging at Riding about the Boyfriend Shirt.  You know, girls, that shirt you steal from your man as a form of claiming him.

I'm working on 'paper' edits for FALLEN right now.  That means I've printed the story up and am wielding the red pen.  It reads very differently for me on paper, so this is a very necessary draft.  I'm hoping to add another 10K words as well.  All this, and it's due December 1st!

I worked out my schedule with my editor yesterday.  I will be very busy until end of 2010, and that is always a good thing.  This is what I have due over the next year:

2009
December 1st - Fallen (Nocturne)
December 2nd - Ashes of Angels proposal (Nocturne)
2010
February 1st - "Halo Hunter" - (Noc Bites)
May 1st - "untitled Xmas Bite" - (Noc Bites)
May 1st - That Vampire Story - (HQN)  (That's not the real title.)  ;-)
September 1st - Ashes of Angels - (Nocturne)
December 1st - Another Vampire Story - (HQN) (Not the real title, but it would be fun to use.)

And all I can really think about right now is the hero for That Vampire Story, and how much I want to get working on him.  Love that guy.  Here's his inspiration.  It's Jean-Hugues Anglade playing Charles II in Queen Margot...

I'm guesting at Caridad Pineiro's blog today and giving away a copy of Moon Kissed, so stop by!

What's your fav?

So every year in November I do my Favorite Things posts for a week a la Oprah.  I list music, movies, things, food, recipes, clothes, whatever I liked this year.  I already have a few favs ready to list.  But this year I thought it would be fun for everyone to share their favorite things.  So what I want you all to do is send me one or two things that you discovered or enjoyed this year.  It can be a song, or a product, or some new kind of food you tried, or socks, or whatever.  Be materialistic!  Just write a paragraph on it and why it's your favorite and include a jpg or gif as well (not too large, please).  Include your name, and FB, Twitter and website, if you want to.  Send to me at toastfaery@gmail.com. (Put Fav Things in the subject line, please.)  I'll gather them all and post probably the third or fourth week in November.

Sound like fun?  I think it will be!
M

A not-sneak peak

I have my cover for Her Vampire Husband!  But I can't post it.

How's that for a tease?  :-)  It's not a final version, so things may change.

But here's a few clues.  It's mostly in a sepia color, browns and shades of black, which is cool.  It features a sexy man in the forefront (with stubble!  I love stubble!).  The heroine is stroking has face and her fingernails are blood red.  She has a cool blood red ring on (not at all like in the story, but who cares!)  And my name is HUGE.  Bigger than the title, which is also cool.  But the coolest part?  It has blood spatters all over it!

Hoping I can post the official cover within a month.  So fun to get a cover!

M

Kitty toes

Since we got started talking about claw covers for cats yesterday, Max agreed to pose.  This isn't the best shot of his toes.  The front paw to the back has purple caps on and you can see how they are not so noticable unless they flex their claws.  The front paw has a blue one on it still, from the last round of color, that still hasn't fallen off.  That claw is flexed so you can see the upper clear part of the cover and the actual claw.  I think that's his last blue one then he'll be all purple.

Maxwell the Elf, for Halloween.  Yeah, he looks a lot more pleased about it than he actually was.

Something cool to look at

This is so neat.  Stacked dollars bills laser cut into art.  What will they think of next?