A Post and an eBook for You

Did your team win yesterday? Mine wasn't playing. But I live where everyone is a 12th man and the number 12 flags fly everywhere. Fireworks and shouting were going on like it was New Year's Eve. I felt so bad for Chaos. She doesn't like noises like that!

One of my critique partners, Lisa Creane, who is brilliant and doesn't let me getaway with much (okay, anything) when she reads my chapters, wrote a great blog called House Tone that combines Harry Potter and parenting. Worth a read!

Lisa is a mom-extraordinaire, a psychologist and writer, a woman who wears many hats. I'm honored to work with her and more importantly, have loved getting to know her. Click here to go to her blog.

If you happen to be a Harry Potter fan, you might be interested in the link on Lisa's post that sorts you into the four houses from the book.  If you take the test, I'd love to know how you were sorted.

As part of my Valentine's Giveaway (click here to enter), I'm doing random contests on the blog and Facebook between now and Valentine's day. Today's prize is an ebook from my backlist. To enter, post a comment. I'll randomly pick a winner and post the name on Friday so if you'd rather not leave your email where I can contact you, just check back on Friday to see if you won.

Good luck! And have a great Monday!

Yippee!

This morning I want to give a huge shout out to my good friend and wonderful critique partner, Virginia Kantra! She's one of the authors of Shifter, a paranormal anthology, that's going to hit the NYT list at #14! I'm so excited and thrilled for her. Talk about a dream come true.

Virginia's novella in Shifter, Sea Crossing, is the prequel to her upcoming Children of the Sea trilogy. If you buy Shifter, you also get a sneak peek at the first chapter of Sea Witch, her book that will be out in July.

I'll be honest. I'm not a big paranormal fan. Fantasy is more my style. But Children of the Sea is an amazing series. And I'm not saying that just because she had moi as a critique partner. But I'm sure that didn't hurt! Seriously, I recommend the books highly!

I'll post about the dog visit later. I didn't have time to upload the pics! Rose and I are meeting a friend of mine and her son at a coffee shop. What do you have going on today?