Category: Maya’s Older Posts

Ok well that’s not exactly what I said when I first saw this. Holy FUCK was what came out of my mouth when I opened the file. Because wow, just wow! Anyhoo, here it is! What do you think?

The two questions I most frequently get email asking are when/if Stay With Me and Amber Eyes will be released in print. I have dates for both!

Golden Eyes and Amber Eyes will be released in summer of 2010 in an anthology titled “Wild”

Stay With Me will be released with Songbird in the spring of 2010 in an anthology titled “Linger” If you’re wondering what the heck Songbird is, see below for the cover and description. Songbird releases in ebook format this September from Samhain Publishing.

Playing catch up from last couple of days. Have had a blast roaming around Bum Fuck Scotland! I’m much happier away from people and cities heh.

First up is the STAG. I’ve been stalking them ever since I set foot in Scotland. I was determined not to leave until I found one. Hooyah! Victory is mine

Coastline of Bettyhill on Scotland’s Northwestern coast.

Dunrobin Castle

My favorite spot in Scotland. Durness! Scotland’s most Northwestern coastal town. Not very traveled at all. So quiet and peaceful. We spent quite awhile just staring out at this view.

More BF Scotland! In the absolute middle of nowhere. We didn’t see a car for at least thirty miles.

The end of the road in John O’ Groats. Northern tip of Scotland and gateway to the Orkneys.

Northern Coast

Borders in Glasgow’s City Centre

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!