so many good books~!

These are some of the books I've been reading recently.  I thought they were all excellent.

Harper Fox books

Does it sound strange to say that I always hesitate to start a new Harper Fox book?  They are such deeply emotional & beautifully written reads for me that I find myself almost unable to put the books down once I start one.  Sometimes it feels like I can hardly catch my breath until I find out what happens next.  At any rate, over the last couple of weeks I've read a bunch of them, gulping them down like I usually do, moved by the emotion and intensity and plots, but also by the beautiful writing style.  Fox is one of those authors that makes me want to be a better writer!  I don't know how she does it, but she always manages to make me care about her characters, even when I don't think I'll be able to!

  

diet time

So, I'm currently trying to lose some weight.  This year I concentrated on writing, editing, and all the rest of it so much that I've rather neglected certain important considerations.  Like not eating a lot of junk food, for instance.

Unfortunately changing my diet seems to make me a bit...emotional.  I'm inches from tears at the moment, and dreadfully missing carbs.  It seems like there's never a good time to change one's diet though, doesn't it?  :)

Anyway, I can always stop if I have to.  And stay fat.  *sobs*

This is not at all an important post.  But I do want to start taking my health seriously so I don't have to make any more sudden changes this year or the next.  I shouldn't be sacrificing eating properly to write, because I know it's going to come back and bite me sooner or later.  In the ass.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go prepare peanut butter on celery sticks.

2 interviews + a pre-order!

Hey guys!  Thanks so much to anyone who is buying You Were Always the One!  I'm really happy to see that people are interested in reading about Max and Jamie.  Or else they just love the beautiful cover art, but I'm cool with that.  ;)  Anyway, thank you!

Interviews:

Here on Chris T. Kat's blog!

Here on Books On Silver Wings!

Thanks very much to both blogs for hosting me.  :D


Pre-order:

Always Saying Goodbye now has a pre-order page at Less Than Three Press!  It will be released in January.

Oh, also, my wolf shifter story, "Brian's Mate," is going to be illustrated by Dreamspinner's Catt Ford!  Isn't that amazing??  :)  I'm really looking forward to seeing what she creates.  :D

release day: You Were Always the One, by Hollis Shiloh

You Were Always the One

by Hollis Shiloh

Description:

Max struggled through every day in high school, especially when his hormones seemed to crave boys rather than girls. His best friend Mason and Mason’s younger brother Jamie made a bright spot in his teen life, until he confessed to Mason he was gay. Mason responded by ripping away all his joy, ending their friendship, and warning Max against seeing Jamie. Max is a policeman now, comfortable in his sexuality but private and wary, taking solace in his job and the friendship of his golden retriever, Alex. But the past he thought was behind him demands resolution when a prickly, wounded, shockingly sexy Jamie gets arrested, and Max comes to the rescue.

ISBN-13:  978-1-62798-270-2

Pages:  104

Cover Artist:  Christine Griffin

An excerpt can be read on the Dreamspinner Press site.

Free review copies are always available.  Just let me know which 

format you'd like: mobi, epub, or pdf.  

Buy links:

Dreamspinner Press: 

https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4284

Amazon: 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GB9DVJQ

(It should be available elsewhere soon, too!)

Hope you have a great day!

RJ Scott's Christmas Anthology - Free!

You guys...I'm going to have a story in this.  Can you believe it???????  :D

My story is called "The Christmas Mansion."  It takes place in the same universe as "Jude's Magic," a sort of 1890s alternate America, with magic.  Sort of.  Anyway, my story is about 9500 words and definitely on the "sweet" end of the scale.  

It was a lot of fun to write.  I can hardly believe I'm going to have a story in this anthology!  You'll be able to download the anthology (for free) in December.  :)  Did I mention the free part?  I'm so excited...and yes, a little scared!  

Also, isn't this cover gorgeous?

http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.com/2013/10/christmas-anthology-gorgeous-new-cover.html

release date - Oct. 30!

Available for pre-order!

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4284

The release date is October 30!  Halloween Eve!!  Too bad it's not a scary story, huh?  :D

I'm hoping to post on a few blogs, if anyone will have me, around the release date (that day, earlier, or a bit later).  

Really excited my story is coming out soon.  :)