Katie Reus’s Days of Danger & Secrets
It’s February 1st! Know what that means? It’s a full month of prizes and giveaways over at author Katie Reus’s blog. Today she kicks off the celebration with guest author Cynthia Eden, who’s giving away a copy of her newest release, Deadly Heat. Stop by today and all month long to meet this talented list of authors and win some prizes.
Also, be sure to check out Katie’s new romantic suspense, Dangerous Secrets, coming out from Carina Press on Feb 7th. I’m very excited about this book and there’s another one coming out from her later this summer that will knock your socks clean off.
I’m going to be guest blogging with Katie on Feb. 17th, so be sure to come by and say hello for a chance to win one of my books too 🙂
Happy reading!
Kaylea 🙂
Bye Bye 2010
Just got back from Whistler yesterday (where many of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games events were held), and the drive was beautiful.
This time of year it’s kind of rare to have a perfectly clear sunny day up in the mountains, but that’s what we had. We left the snow-capped peaks of Whistler-Blackcomb behind us and drove down the gorgeous Sea To Sky Highway back into Vancouver, passing breathtaking scenery like this:
And this:
Unfortunately my hubby didn’t make the trip with us, because he threw out his lower back two hours before we were supposed to leave, so I took the weasels by myself. We had a small, stupid accident on the way home, shattering my rear window which I then had to bang out of the frame and cover with plastic wrap before I could drive the rest of the way home. After a long ordeal with my insurance company and the body shop/glass people, I learned I won’t have my vehicle back until sometime next week. But, no one was hurt, and that’s the important thing.
2010 was a busy year for me in terms of releases, and I’ll have two more in 2011. In fact, my Carina Press editor just e-mailed this morning to say I can expect edits for Deadly Descent shortly, and I’m both excited and a little nervous. 
It’s been a year since I wrote the story, and I’m sure there will be lots of thing that jump out at me when I look at it this time. It’ll be interesting to see what changes my editor has in mind, and I hope I can make the book even stronger. I’ll inform you about the release date when I hear anything.
I’m also 75% finished with the draft of my paranormal romantic suspense that I’m tentatively calling The Coven Leader, and hope to get that wrapped up in the next month or so. Once that’s done, I’ll need to plot out the second one and dive back into book 2 of the Bagram Special Ops series, Crash and Burn. I’ve got lots to do, and this year I’ve got to make sure I’m more disciplined at the keyboard. Hello, New Year’s resolution! *cough*
Here’s hoping all of you have a happy and healthy New Year, and that 2011 has all sorts of wonderful surprises in store for us all.
Kaylea 🙂
Happy Holidays!
I want to wish all of you a very happy and healthy Christmas season and a joyous New Year. Things have been mighty hectic around our house lately, and I’ve been super sick the past three weeks with a very tenacious strain of bronchitis so it’s been tough going. I think I’m on the mend now, but I’ve torn some abdominal/intercostal muscle attachments on the right side of my ribcage and that’s slowing me down a lot. Whee!!!
On the plus side, I got word from my Carina Press editor that my manuscript with them will officially be titled Deadly Descent, and I’m pretty pleased since that was my favorite of the suggestions I sent them. I’ve also received my first few reviews for Absolution, and thus far people seem to be liking the story so that tickles me.
In other writing news, I’ll admit I’ve been a very bad, bad girl recently. I think I’ve written only a couple thousand words in my latest WIP over the past two months. That’s inexcusable and I know it. *hangs head* I’m having serious trouble getting my words flowing, and I hope I figure out what the problem is sooner rather than later! My New Year’s resolution is to finish this story and get to work on the second of my Bagram Special Ops series for Carina.
We’ve got an action packed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ahead of us, then on the 27th we’re heading up to Whistler to stay with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law (one of my best friends that I used to play ball with, and she married my hubby’s brother) for a few days. Then my dad has rented us a place right in Whistler so after we visit with the hubby’s side up there we’ll spend a day or two with my dad, step mom, sister, step siblings and their kids. Should be fun!
Please remember to count your blessings this Christmas, and don’t forget to send out some love to our troops stationed overseas, in harm’s way and far from their families this holiday season. Let’s hope 2011 is good to us all!
Merry Christmas,
Kaylea 🙂
Come Meet Anna Leigh Keaton
Today I’m at Writers Gone Wild hosting a rare appearance by award-winning erotic romance author Anna Leigh Keaton. Come on by and meet her, say hello, and read all about her upcoming release with Carina Press.
Hope to see you there!