Reading Through The Storm

Frankenstorm is coming! Are you prepared? You have your candles, flashlights, water, canned meats, bread, and whatever else you need to survive a hurricane? The most important thing you'll need is reading material. Here's a list of books that I immensely enjoyed and would like to suggest to you.

1. Good In Bed by Jennifer Weiner

2. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner (sequel to Good In Bed)

3. Playing For Keeps: A Neighbor From Hell by R.L. Matthewson

4. Perfection: A Neighbor From Hell by R.L. Matthewson (book 2 in the series)

5. Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind by Alexandra Ripley

6. Pride and Prejiduce by Jane Austen

7. My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking (4 books in the series)

8. The Marriage Trap by Jennifer Probst

9. Season of Passage by Christopher Pike

10. The Stand by Stephen King

11.  Master Of The Game by Sydney Sheldon

12. One For The Money by Janet Evanovich (I've read up to fifteen in the series)

That's all for now. I pretty much love every book I've ever read - I won't finish the ones I don't like, but these 12 books are the ones that are standing out in my mind currently and I've read them all at least twice. Not all of them are available for eReaders, but you still have a couple of days before the storm hits. Enjoy your reading time and be safe!

Updates, Etc

My books are now available for the Nook, on Smashwords, and of course the Amazon Kindle.

I've been working on several projects at once. I had given myself an October 15th deadline to get one of them done, but I failed. Ah well. I'll get it done! I want to put out at least three in the next four to five months or so, because early next year I want to work on a behemoth novel that I have been working on for a decade. To give you a small idea of what it's about, I'll tell you that I started writing it long before all of these books came out about sexy, mega rich, alpha males. I have always had a thing for sexy, mega rich, alpha males I guess.

Ugh. Other work to do. You know Frankenstorm is coming, right??!!

So....

I took my book off of Nook, because it was doing NOTHING. I mean NOTHING. Not a one! Patience is a virtue, well then it's a virtue I am lacking in. I will revisit Barnes and Noble at another time.

I am working on several things all at once. The problem is that I am finding myself reading more than writing. It is all R.L. Mathewson's fault. Her characters are so...they're not so bizarre that you sit and think "this is cool but could never happen." Not at all. Even the vampires and other super natural beings she's written about seem more like real people. I love the male leads that she creates. They're usually bossy, stubborn, and sometimes big jerks. They're also sexy, good in bed, and have extremely redeeming personality traits, not to mention big hearts, becoming suckers for the women lucky enough to have them. She writes such a good story.

Anyway...her fault...

While working on new books, I'm also polishing Pieces Of Rhys and Accidentally On Purpose and trying to find ways to promote those books. It's a full time job and I wish I had someone else to do it for me. It's exhausting.

Hopefully I will have a new book released by November. 

BOO-YA!

1. My new novella Pieces of Rhys is now available on Amazon.
http://amzn.com/B008I5Q0X0

2. Pieces of Rhys is free until Thursday night. Go get it!

Pieces of Rhys

3. I just uploaded Accidentally on Purpose to the Barnes and Noble Nook site.

I'm excited. :)

Ugh! I'm so busy! I'm trying to finish up a novella to release next week and I'm still working on my next novel. Try to have a preview of the novella soon!

Oh, I wish I had time to only concentrate on writing and promoting said writing!

BOOK ERRORS

Long story short, when I uploaded my book to Amazon, I accidentally uploaded an unedited version. I am finding mistake after mistake that I KNOW I fixed. Now my friend and I are spending hours going through and fixing it all over again. This is HIGHLY frustrating considering the amount of people who now have a copy of my book. It makes it seem like I didn't edit, when in fact I and three other people certainly did.

Some of the errors, you may not even have noticed, but some of them are big enough where you were probably thinking "Wow, this chick is an idiot." Yes, yes I am.

If you have read my book and like it, sans the mistakes, than that's fine and I appreciate it. If you don't like it because of the mistakes, I have no one else to blame but myself. However, if you don't like it just because you don't like it and you have some personal opinions on it, it's whatever. I can't please everyone.

Anyway, I apologize for my idiocy. We're fixing it now, and really, the mistakes don't change the story line.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

FREE DAYS

Accidentally On Purpose is FREE for 2 DAYS. Today May 25 and Tomorrow Saturday May 26. I hope that you will take advantage of this promotion! What's the worse that can happen? You don't like it? And what? You would have spent .... ohhh NOTHING.

MMRBQ

93.3 WMMR in Philadelphia popped my concert cherry! I attended they're annual MMRBQ and saw some amazing bands. Here was the lineup:
1. Jaxson's Local Shots All Stars - This band was made up entirely of local amuteures that competed to get into this band. I missed the first part of the show, but everyone said they were awesome.
2. Adelita's Way
3. Pop Evil
4. Halestorm (Loved!)
5. Steel Panther (I want to brush their long, glorious hair)
6. SLASH With Myles Kennedy - I LOVE SLASH. They played Sweet Child of Mine and Paradise City. EVERYONE sung along. It was AWESOME.
7. SHINEDOWN (Yeah baby!)
8. GODSMACK - They ROCKED the house, I mean ROCKED.

I had an incredible time even though I was dead tired. I can't wait to go again next year. I don't know who will be playing, but I will be there!

Nuttin Really

Okay. I'm going to try to keep up with my blog, I promise. Life is busy. Cry you a river, right?

I am polishing my book - it needs polishing. I read it the other day and I found discrepencies that maybe a reader may not catch, but it bothers me and I want my book to be perfect. Probably, every few weeks, I'll fix it up again. Bad enough, several people still have a version that says "abdominal snowman" instead of "abominable snowman."

My house is super quiet right now. Eerie. I don't know where all of the children, the husband, and the cat are. It's just me and the fish who's name changes weekly. I think I'm going to bask in the temporary silence.

Fifty Shades Review

I've finished Fifty Shades. Here's my review!

When I first heard of Fifty Shades of Grey, I was absolutely sure that it was going to be Fifty Shades of Boring. However, I have been humbled and impressed beyond all that is sensible.

Ana Steele is charming, funny, and brave. I truly enjoyed and appreciated her inner dialogue and musings. One of my favourite laugh out loud moments was: "Don't pee? How rude!" I can't tell you why it made me giggle, but it did and still does. Ana's Inner Goddess and Subconscious are perfect examples of how we internally operate, and Mrs. James' creativity and playfulness with the two are highly impressive and warming.

Christian Grey. Oh my. The question of whether or not he is the type of man women secretly want is easily answered: Yes, of course! And guess what? It's really not a secret! All things Christian, even when he was at his worse behaviour, was hot and sexy. His story of his past is heart breaking, but watching him morph into the man he became by the end of the trilogy kept me spell bounded and I only grew to love the character more. To keep this G-rated, I'll end my conversation regarding the smouldering Christian Grey. Yum.

The Fifty Shades trilogy was well executed and beyond entertaining. Several times I found myself relating to the characters on an emotional level, despite many obvious differences between us (Christian's endless bank accounts, Ana's beauty). The relationship between Miss Steele and her Fifty Shades megalomaniac was startlingly enchanting, mind blowing even. I have never loved a fictional couple more! Much to often I spoke aloud to the characters, as if they could hear me. I knew I would be sad when it ended, but I sincerely hope Mrs. James will again honour us with even a smidgen more of Christian and Ana.

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Deep breath. Start over.........

Corrections and New Price

I made corrections on my book and lowered the price. Yay. It's now $2.99 on Amazon. Happy Reading!

What happened was.......

Okay, so I didn't get around to doing sneak peeks last week, or question of the week. I have been overwhelmed with everyday life. If you don't know it already, I have five children: 17, 16, 14, 12, and 4. Teenagers make me want to run away from home, and my four year old makes me want to shoot the television (I can't take another rerun of Good Luck Charlie, ICarly, or Shake It Up). I also work over nights, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and I am in an externship Tuesday through Thursday. I also have a husband, aging grandparents, and a host of other willfully mentally unstable family members, a house to clean, shopping to do, and countless other things you're already bored with.

What is your point, you are asking? I am self-published. While I have good friends help me with editing, and passing the word on about my book, for the most part, getting others to recognize the fact that I wrote and published a book, and that the book is pretty decent, falls primarily on my tired shoulders. I'm learning as I go along, even though I've read helpful information on the blogs of other well-known authors and some that are not so well-known. I spend hours googling ways to advertise my book without giving up my first born. I don't have the resources to run ads in magazines, newspapers, Facebook, etc. Sometimes I get lucky and find free ads, that may reach a few people, but overall, it costs money, and time, both of which I happen to be short on. I have business cards with the title of my book on it, along with where to find it, and how to reach me. I did run a weekend Facebook ad, but I could only afford so many clicks a day.

Many authors suggest blogging, tweeting, and other types of social networking to get noticed. Not to be the cup half empty person, but yeah, the cup is half empty. Blogging doesn't mean jack if no one is reading it. How many followers do I have? One, and I had to make the page for her! Could others be reading and not be a follower? Very possible! Honestly, I understand. It's a pain in the neck to make a page. Could people be reading my tweets and not following or retweeting (not that I say anything retweet worthy)? Possibly. Is it also possible that people are looking at the description of my book and just on the fence because I'm new and the book is $4.99 plus tax? Possibly! Anything is possible!

Did I lose you again? Back to my point...My primary source for getting the word out about my book, or making people interested, is through this blog, my twitter, and my facebook page (which gets on my last nerve). I can't hand my social networking responsibilities over to anyone else, because it's supposed to be about me, who I am, what I am about, and in extension, I suppose, what kind of book the reader will be cracking open. I am failing a little bit at this, because I don't blog everyday. I don't tweet everyday, and I don't even remember my Facebook password right now. I don't discuss my book all day and everyday to people I encounter. It's not that I'm not passionate about my writing, or the fact that I have a book out there. I am, and I think about it CONSTANTLY. As I mentioned before, I am overwhelmed with life. Sometimes my kids come before the blog I need to post. Sometimes I have to listen to my 80 year old grandmother tell me the same story she told me the day before instead of tweeting about the woman I just saw on the street with a camel toe. Sometimes I have to remind myself that my marriage is probably more significant than the corrections I have to make on my book or the other few books I am currently writing.

The truth is, I often feel like I am blogging, tweeting, and FBing to myself, and that no one is really paying attention. It doesn't get me down, it is what it is. No one knows who the heck I am (yet). However, when I miss a blog, or go days without tweeting, I think "Well, it's okay, because no one is really missing it anyway." So, there. That's why I didn't do my sneak peeks or my question of the week. I'll do them tonight, for sure, after a funeral that will prove to be very interesting...Tell you later....

If you ARE paying attention,  I apologize for slacking and I will get better.

Accidentally On Purpose Trailer

I totally forgot the sneak peek yesterday. Here's a little snippet:

I was weak and selfish. Getting rid of Kyle would be like going into detox. Letting go of Luke was like kicking a puppy. Maybe drowning a puppy.
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Question of the week: Have you ever been bullied or have you ever bullied someone else? Or is there someone close to you that was a victim of bullying?

My answer: Yes, I was bullied by kids who bullied everyone and anyone and they grew up and became convicts, except one...she ended up being my maid of honor years later. When I was about eleven or twelve, I bullied a girl in my neighborhood who had a very unfortunate upbringing. It only happened a few times over the course of a month or so, but it was inexcusable, and my mom wasn't having it. I got into a lot of trouble, and I deserved it. My oldest son was bullied by this ugly kid in sixth grade. When he attacked my son the last time, J kicked the kid in the balls and that was the end of that...
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

I LOVE LOVE LOVE "The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars. It's my favorite song EVER!

Today's Sneak Peek

 This is it for today. Enjoy.

As we stood in the kitchen, sorting through our goodies and drinking beer, I was suddenly overwhelmed with nervousness. I knew that eventually he would try to kiss me, and thinking about it sent adrenaline racing through my veins. I realized that I really, really liked Luke, enough where I was seriously ready to make the first move and kiss him in the middle of his rant about how Oreo cookies aren't what they used to be. He looked up at me, stuttered a few times, and then just seemed to forget what he was saying altogether. I didn't say anything, or act surprised that he stopped talking. I just stared at him, feeling my heart pounding in my throat.

Soup

I love Panera Bread, and I especially love Panera's French Onion Soup. Just before taking my first sip of the savory broth this afternoon, I spoke to the cup of soup. I said "Mmm...you and me...we're gonna be lovers. I'm gonna love eating you, and you're going to love my taste buds."

True story.

Brrr!!

I am COLD, but tomorrow it's supposed to be near 90. At least I'll be off of work, and I can work on my page and clean something, and wash something, and maybe cook something. 

Or not.

Let's Tawlk! (Jersey accent)

So...I was thinking...Every Saturday I should post a topic and then we can all sit around the campfire and discuss said topic. It's not a brilliant idea, but it can be fun...right? I think you should know now, it's always best to just agree with me....

Today's Topic: Typical, but what is your favorite book of ALL TIME? Why?

My answer: My favorite book of ALL TIME is The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike. Usually C.P. writes young adult thrillers, but S.O.P. was one of his first adult books. The book scared the pee out of me, seriously. It gave me nightmares. I don't typically like books that give me bad dreams, but it was well written and I loved the story line. I'll take the nightmares as a side effect of reading a good book!

My Dream Cast for The Trylle Trilogy by Amanda Hocking

Today's Sneak Peek

An excerpt from Accidentally on Purpose:

I was drunk before dinner could finish in the oven. I carried the tequila bottle with me. Even though it was snowing like mad outside, the heat was on in the house and the alcohol kept me pretty toasty, too. I was about to take the chicken out of the oven when the doorbell rang. 
Who the hell?

       I crept to the foyer and carefully peaked out the side window. Forgetting how I was dressed (I had put on a tee shirt, but I was still missing pants), I threw open the door. Snow blew in, onto my bare legs and arms. Kyle stared at me a moment, looked at the bottle in my hand, and smiled hesitantly.

Sneak Peek!

Starting today, I will give my readers a few lines from my new book "Accidentally on Purpose" every Wednesday and Friday for the rest of the month of April. 

Coming Soon: A summary of my next book, due out by the end of the year. Don't ask me what the title is, because I don't know yet!

 

Accidentally on Purpose

Emmy thinks her boss Kyle Sterling of Sterling Corporations is a dick.  

So, she sleeps with him.

Emmy tries to put the mistake behind her, but then finds herself snowed in with Kyle. As the snow builds, so does the heat in the house between the two. The problem is that Kyle has a steady girlfriend that he is unwilling to break up with. Emmy cuts Kyle off and starts dating Luke. Even as their relationship takes off, Emmy is finding Kyle hard to shake. He is blatant in his feelings and desires for Emmy, putting her in an awkward situation.  She tries hard to resist Kyle, but deep down inside Emmy's motives are shady. When Emmy succumbs to her hidden feelings for Kyle without setting Luke free, devastating consequences ensue. 

In addition to her two men, Emmy daydreams about doing violent things to her loud mouthed, opinionated mother. 

With some humor and sarcasm, and of course some tequila, Emmy's world will flip upside down as she deals with the results of "accidentally on purpose" falling for two men at once. 

Find Accidentally on Purpose by L.D. Davis in the AMAZON Kindle Store

Accidentally on Purpose