Hey guys! It’s the last week of sum­mer here, kids are so excit­ed to get back to school. I’m plan­ning one last hur­rah, tak­ing them camp­ing. That means all the s’mores I can eat, then sleep on the ground and dream of all the bugs that can get inside the tent. Fun!

Favorite Song of the Week ~ Né-Yo is pret­ty much bril­liant. He writes all his own music and lyrics, along with writ­ing hits for sev­er­al oth­er artists. The video? Not sure how I feel about it, oth­er than to think that that woman is gor­geous! See for your­self. Don’t miss the end:

Work in Progress News ~ Plug­ging away on Dean. I dis­cov­ered the antagonist’s moti­va­tion. What a weirdo! I was going to leave word counts here, but I might be total­ly embar­rassed at my lack of pro­duc­tiv­i­ty. Then again, it might spur me into actu­al­ly buck­ling down and get­ting some­thing done. I’ll think about it.

Back­list News ~ Com­pa­ny Ink was reviewed at Pearl’s World of Romance. I appre­ci­ate Pearl for tak­ing self pub­lished works for review. Some don’t, espe­cial­ly short sto­ries.  Here’s what she thinks: Pret­ty cool lit­tle pic there, huh? Click it to head over to Pearl’s World. She does a great job review­ing. Thanks, Pearl!

Indus­try News ~ It looks like Barnes and Noble is going to the UK, and Ama­zon is head­ed to India! The more the mer­ri­er, I say. Ama­zon also offered to pay me in Indi­an Rupees. I’ll have to keep that in mind.

Search Term of the week aka How Peo­ple Found My Web­sites ~ This one cracked me up: “she riped and she roared”. Oooh kaaay.

What I’m read­ing ~ All right, I nev­er thought reviews would sell me a book, but that’s exact­ly what hap­pened here. From folks at Goodreads to those on Ama­zon (click the cov­er). It’s an old­er book, I’m just late to the par­ty. I just hope that all the 50 Shades fans find well writ­ten books like this after the craze wears down.

Hero Quote ~ from Nick Web­ster, from For a Price:

“Just know that I’m hap­py sim­ply hold­ing you like this. Don’t feel like you have to do any­thing else. I don’t want you to wor­ry tonight, or when­ev­er you’re with me. I’ll nev­er force you to give more than you’re will­ing to share, and I’ll nev­er be dis­ap­point­ed. Understand?”

What a guy, huh? Thanks for stop­ping by. Have a great week!