Jane E. Jones

The cover artist is Valerie Tibbs and she did a fantastic job

Also, great news about Sanctuary! I received a contract offer yesterday from Loose Id, and am very, very happy about that! With a release date of April, 2010, I’ll have plenty of time for NaNo, Sanctuary edits, and concentrating on Etsy as well as the other books I have right now in submission.

I’ll keep you updated:)

A groom in lust, an unwilling bride, one night of dominance both won’t forget.

Tanesha did the sensible thing when her Brazilian family arranged a marriage of convenience to another jaguar shifter. She made a run for it. Now living a cushy life as a call girl in Manhattan, she lost her virginity and her desire to have a lifelong mate in the same second. Up until the crashing stock market robs her of all her savings. Broke, she considers returning to Brazil.

Danilo, bitterly scorned when his virgin bride escaped from under his nose, is none too pleased to hear of her plans to return to Brazil. Gone is his desire to marry, even if a promise given still binds him. Seeking her out, he brings one million dollars, a leather cat-o’-nine whip, and the heated determination to settle a score.

And on her knees—the smacking sound of leather against her bare skin—Tanesha fights against surrendering to the carnal attraction toward the shifter she once scorned.

Jaguar’s Claim by Amy Redwood. Read excerpt here.

I made up a lot of different things for Etsy to have a little shop going while I was doing rewrites, because I knew I wouldn’t be making anything else for awhile.

I’m off to put on headphones and listen to music while I finish rewrites on Sanctuary, which, by the way, I’ll be putting out under the name Cassidy Hunter.

Soon, I’ll start getting set up with Twitter and all the other places, but I haven’t had time to get to that yet. If I can keep all that stuff straight, I’ll be happy.

I just downloaded and read Danielle Ferries story The Child Villain, which you can find here. The Child Villain stars an odd little girl named Tallulah Todd who has her own way of dealing with people she doesn’t like. Danielle’s writing is crisp and tight and the story will send you looking for more from this talented writer. Great work, Danielle!

It appears as though Cassidy Hunter might be the winning name in the poll. Only one more day to vote and it is still in the lead.

Off to write!

If you haven’t yet, run on over and vote for your favorite! You’ll find the poll in the left sidebar.

In the right sidebar I’ve added a link to an excerpt from The Shifter’s Hope, sequel to the newly submitted The Shifter’s Heart. Let me know what you think if you read it. 

It’s chilly here today; last night the temp was in the 30s! It’ll get back to the hot humidity soon, though. 

I’m thinking of renting ‘Taken’ tonight. Have any of you seen it? What did you think?

Okay, I’m off to write!

Thanks, BB!

And thanks to everyone who emailed or posted ideas for me.

I plan on critting my friend Kiki’s ms, then settling in to write. I’m not sure if I’ll spend today mapping out the plot a little, or just writing what comes out. Maybe a bit of both.

I downloaded an application called Evernote last night; I signed up for the Evernote web app as well. I haven’t had time to figure it out yet, but from what I hear it’s a very handy program. If you want to check it out, you can find it here. I do love finding new programs for writers!

My writing exercise post is up at Textyladies. If you’d like to participate, I’d love to have you. Come on over!

Happy Mother’s Day!