Hel­lo! It’s August already! This sum­mer is going wwaaay too quick­ly. Here’s what I’ve been up to all week:

Favorite Song of the Week ~ This is Krizz Kaliko fea­tur­ing Rittz and Chamillionaire.Not sure why I can’t get enough of this song. I don’t even know the words. Yet.

Work in Progress News ~ I’ve been pid­dling away on this pilot short sto­ry, but this week’s search terms are steer­ing me in a dif­fer­ent direc­tion. Lots of queries for the sec­ond Earth Scents book, so real­ly, I should write that! So that’s my focus for next week.

Indus­try News ~ Last week at the Nation­al Romance Writ­ers of Amer­i­ca con­fer­ence, the high­est hon­or bestowed on a book from the RWA, the RITA award was announced. This year for the first time ever, the RITA was bestowed on a dig­i­tal first book. In fact, this is the first year that any dig­i­tal book won a RITA. Con­grat­u­la­tions to Fiona Lowe, her edi­tor Char­lotte Her­sch­er, and her (and my!!) pub­lish­er Cari­na Press.

Search Term of the week aka How Peo­ple Found My Web­sites ~ I don’t know who this is, but she’s got a cool name: “alan­na romance writer wayne nj”. Sor­ry you won’t find her here though.

What I’m read­ing ~ Long await­ed, and worth every minute. A Younger Man by Cameron Dane. As I linked to Ama­zon just now, I read the one review there. I total­ly agree with every­thing that review­er says, so if you’d like my thoughts, she put them succinctly.

Hero Quote ~ From Adam in Falling Star:

“No. I’m not going to feel you up in the fuck­ing back alley. I’m going to con­trol myself, even if it kills me.” 

Lan­guage, Adam! My my. Okay folks, have a great weekend!