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Howdy from Glenfinnan

And my husband’s favorite bus in all of Scotland!

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We drove to the eastern coast of England then took a (very) meandering path through the Lake District before heading back to Carlisle. The road was insane, but the countryside was gorgeous.

Here is the cover for Songbird!

All info will go up on my website in the next update but here is the blurb for now!

They called her their Songbird, but she was never theirs. Not in the way she wanted.

The Donovan brothers meant everything to Emily, but rejected by Greer and Taggert, she turned to Sean the youngest. He married her for love, and she loved him, but she also loved his older brothers.

Her singing launched her to stardom. She had it all. The voice of an angel, a husband who loved her, and the adoration of millions. Until a tragedy took it all away.

Taggert and Greer grieve for their younger brother, but they’re also grieving the loss of Emmy, their songbird. They take her back to Montana, determined to help her heal and show her once and for all they want her. They’re also on a mission to help her find her voice again. Under the protective shield of their love, she begins to blossom… until an old threat resurfaces.

Now the Donovans face a fight for what they once threw away. Only by winning it—and her love—will their songbird fly again.

did ignoring a problem make it go away?

There’s all sorts of bickering and sniping going on about RWA and epublishing and digital education but there are also some very lucid, intelligent arguments and more importantly, excellent questions and points being raised. This post is a good jumping off spot for the 411. It has links to several posts dealing with different viewpoints.

MY question is this. How is ignoring a problem going to fix anything? There are widespread concerns about epublishing. I say good. There are valid reasons for being wary of many publishers out there. What I don’t understand is how anyone thinks ignoring the issue helps authors. I get that the RWA is concerned. I get that they don’t want authors being taken advantage of. I get that they really don’t want authors signing contracts that are detrimental to their careers. But how is ignoring the issue going to solve anything?

If the answer is to simply exclude any and all epublishers, bar workshops and publisher space at national, then I want to know what is being done to educate the authors who belong to RWA about the potential pitfalls. What is RWA doing to educate its members on the issue of digital publishing. Is anyone explaining to these authors WHY such care should be taken? Is anyone pointing out possible decisions that could harm an author’s rights?

Believe me when I say, I could give a rat’s ass whether XYZ publisher is given RWA recognition. Seriously. I. don’t. care. RWA recognition in no way affects my paycheck, my sales, my contracts. At the end of the day I’m as published by an epublisher as I am with Berkley, Silhouette and Ballantine. I don’t need or want validation from the RWA. What I’d like to know, however, is WHY, given the seeming huge concerns for the disadvantage being handed to authors, are there no efforts to educate members of a professional organization.

If members of a writer’s organization think that digital education only affects those authors publishing with electronic only publishers, then their heads are firmly planted in the sand. I’m not one of these people who is decreeing that print books are going the way of the past. I don’t believe that will ever happen. HOWEVER, digital sales are increasing all the time. I see an increase with each royalty statement. For authors who say digital sales are only a tiny portion of their sales now, I can guarantee they will increase. It WILL become increasingly more important of an issue. I believe RWA could provide a great service for ALL its authors by addressing digital issues across the board and not just for its epublished authors. Say it with me. It’s not just an issue of epublishing. It’s an issue that affects all authors no matter who their publisher happens to be.

I also firmly believe that if RWA would take on education as a service to its members, that perhaps many of its authors would not go blindly into a contract that isn’t beneficial to them with regards to epublishers. On the one hand we’re dismayed by the number of publishers taking advantage of its authors but on the other hand we cover our ears and eyes and refuse to address the issue. We shove the publishers out of our organization thinking that will somehow protect our members simply by withholding “approval” when providing them with concise information would go so much further.

And yes, there will always be authors who choose to ignore clear signs of “danger! danger!” but hey, at least the RWA would have provided a service to its members. What the members choose to do with that information is up to them.

Here is Micah’s cover, Sweet Temptation. If any of you are MAC users and the cover, specifically the title, looks really blurry to you drop me a comment and let me know? Thanks!

Giving away lots of books over at Writeminded today. So if you missed your chance at winning here on this blog, head over to enter at Writeminded!

Bring cookies, because it’s a party :banana:

Oh and here’s the link since stupid wordpress has decided to do away with all my html tags. :huh:

http://www.writemindedblog.com

So been talking to my agent and editor about possible titles for books 2 and 3 of the KGI series. First one is The Darkest Hour and it features Ethan and Rachel Kelly. Yep, they’re married already. Oh man I love this story. Anyway, going in I only ever had the title for that first book and titles do not easily come to me so here it is over a year later after selling that series and I finally have titles.

Book 2 will be No Place to Run and it features Sam Kelly

Book 3 will be No Place to Hide and it features Garrett Kelly.

Well they all feature the entire Kelly clan plus the heroines, Sophie and Sarah, but you get the idea *g*

Just finished

Sweet Temptation and Songbird

Working on

The Darkest Hour

Next up

The Millionaire’s Contract Engagement (continuity for Silhouette Desire)

Last paragraph written (from The Darkest Hour)

His mom cocked an eyebrow and then frowned. He recognized that look. A reprimand was about to fly. He almost grinned. Woman could make him feel five years old again with one stare.