Howdy! It was a good week here on top of the mountain. I got a lot done and we had some beautiful weather. Keep reminding me that global warming is a bad thing.
Favorite Song of the Week ~ Ok it’s not so much the music as the dancer, but I think they both work well together. Â What do you think?
 Tweet of the Week~
Have just written: “he got hold of the flappy thing that closes on a truck” because I don’t know the name of it. Shut up ok, writing’s hard.
– Charlotte Stein (@Charlotte_Stein) January 24, 2013
Work in Progress News ~ I’ve been working diligently on the sequel to Falling Star! I’m so proud of me. I had one really good day, but the next day I ended up cutting almost a thousand words. That’s how it goes, I guess. As soon as I come up with a title I’ll let my cover artist know so we can get the ball rolling! Also this week I filled out my cover art request for Taking Her There. That’s when I realized I never mentioned my heroine’s hair or eye color. I just left it up to Samhain’s cover artist. That should be fun!
Industry News ~ What would you think about an ebookstore that only charges after you’ve finished the book? Or most of the book, or spent more than six seconds on a page? Read more about Total Boox
What I’m reading ~ I read a book I didn’t like. I even finished it. Not exactly sure why, though I did skim a good portion of it, the whole time I’m thinking “wow, I hope no one skims my books”. So then I Â re-read one of Sandra Brown’s genre romances that she wrote back in probably the early 1990s, not yet available in digital: “She was terrifyingly alone on a Texas highway about to deliver her first child when a rugged stranger in a pickup truck stopped to help her. Leigh Bransom had lost her husband eight months before when he was tragically killed on the job. This fateful meeting on a lonesome highway brought a handsome, new man into her life…yet he was a man with secrets and the power to break her heart again…” Just found all the old covers, had to post the one with the original title. Awesome!
Today’s Tearjerker ~ Okay, this story has been all over the internet this week, but in case you missed it, here’s the gist:Â A Houston waiter, Michael Garcia, is being celebrated for standing up for a little boy with Down syndrome. The story is heartwarming if you’d like to read and/or watch the news clip HERE
Book Snippet ~ This one from my work in progress which is as yet nameless (HELP!) which features Jade and Adam from Falling Star as they drive down the highway in front of her parents:
About thirty minutes into the ride, Jade leaned over the center console to lay her head on his shoulder.
“Keep your head up where your mom can see.” Adam squeezed her leg. “I’m still trying to impress them.”
“If you impressed them any more, they’d adopt you.”
He laughed. “That would make our relationship a bit kinkier then, wouldn’t it?”
“Well maybe,” she giggled. “But it would be good country music song fodder.”
“Oh, you’re gonna pay for that one.”
That’s enough out of me for the week. See you next Saturday!
As a writer, that type of e‑bookstore is not ideal. I’d still prefer people read my book, and if you don’t even plan to, don’t buy it. As a reader, it is a great way to deal with those titles I pick up intending to read, but never quite getting to. Who knows… maybe it’s a nice idea that I am just not the right customer for.
And don’t forget, you should do an XKCD style romance cover. I am sure it’d sell! (I jest, but in this age…)