Just a reminder. The April WORD Challenge starts tomorrow.

“If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it all.” I think we’ve all heard that. However, I find that more often than not, it’s a case of “If you don’t have something nice to say, make it up.”

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Here is the official, set-in-stone back cover copy of BAD BOYS AHOY! (Kensington Brava – Feb. 2006)

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I’ve spent the last two days working on cover copy. Yep, you heard right. Cover copy. I wasn’t expecting to have control of such things. As a newbie, I assumed the publisher would handle all details regarding copy and that would be the end of it. However, copy came down from the copy PTB and my beloved editor and I just gasped and shook our heads and gaped and wondered WTF? *sigh* So it’s been a long, hard road for this author who sucks dreadfully at writing blurbs of any kind. (Remember, I’m the author who goes wwwwaaaaayyyyy over word count. Condensing is not one of my strong suits.) But the back cover is very important. People read it to see if they are interested in spending their hard earned money to read more.

Anyway, I realize what a great gift my editor has given me (Did I say I adore her? I do.) and I’m working hard to be worthy of it, while dealing with the pressure of knowing that in the end, the responsibility lies with me. I so want this book to be successful. I did really work hard on it. I would hate for that to be missed because I can’t tease a reader properly.

Then, just when I thought my brain was completely fried, I had to submit a back cover bio.

Then, running on one brain cell, I receive a request from AQ. Guess what they want? My cover copy and bio for Catching Caroline. *g*

I’m relating the following incidents to my previous post Cyberlife.

HelenKay – What did I say?

Alison – No sex in THIS post

Don’t you ever wish you were wrong about something?

Sorry this is so late, but my sister and I never got the coordination right for picking a contest winner. My monthly contest is run by a script so it’s completely impartial. My blog contest I ran a month or so ago was not run by a script so I left the decision up to my sister.

She says:

Julia blanco lopez is who i pick

So, Julia wins one of the prizes I listed in the post.

Tentative cover copy came in for BAD BOYS AHOY! today. It’s a work in progress so I can’t share much but here’s the tag line that will appear on the top of the back cover. (and no, don’t have the front cover yet. I’ll see mockups in a few weeks, and we’ll see how it looks. Once we’re happy campers and it’s approved, I’ll put it up immediately. )

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In other, more important news, I’ve volunteered a critique to support the Jamie Denton Medical Fund. More information can be found here. It doesn’t have to be the first 25 pages. I believe you can send in whatever 25 pages you like (hinting for a sex scene here. *g*) Not that you all would pay for my words of wisdom *g*, but I’m hoping you’ll consider supporting Jamie. She’s a great gal and I’m glad to see the romance community pulling together once again.