Archive for January, 2008



Monday, January 28th, 2008
Tort & Retort Has a Release Date!
February 15, 2008

I’ve been told Tort & Retort will release mid-February 2008! That’s only two and a half weeks away!

Tort & RetortTORT & RETORTM/F Story

Ambitious and driven patent law attorney, Gayle Osborne, has a secret. Her power suits and take-no-prisoners attitude hide a passionate nature whose only outlet is reading and reviewing erotic romance. If anyone finds out that she is “Miss Retort,” the snarky and opinionated blogger from the Hits & Misses review blog, she’ll lose everything — her reputation, her clients, her job and, worst of all, her gorgeous mentor and boss, Tyler Monroe.

Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Chat at Realms of Love!
January 28, 2008
6:00 pmto7:00 pm

Please join myself and my fellow Aspen Mountain Press authors Aline de Chevigny, Melissa Glisan, and Michelle Hasker at the Realms of Love where we’ll tell you all about our current and upcoming releases.

Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Drawing for Six Month’s Free Advertising – Donated by the Romance Studio

Authors Pay It Forward

(Feel free and encouraged to forward – from the Authors Pay it Forward blog)

Wow! The owner’s of The Romance Studio have outdone themselves. This drawing is for six month’s of advertising at The Romance Studio. Open to published authors only, this is a prize that is sure to benefit our royalty checks. Right all? ;)

So, da rules are:
- Open to published authors with three or fewer releases, please.
- Your information will not be shared beyond the necessary disbursal for the prize.
- Winner chosen using random.org
- Drawing open until 2/29/08 and winner will be announced on 3/1/08.

You can enter on the Authors Pay It Forward blog!

Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Custom WordPress Website Design Drawing & MySpace Drawing

Authors Pay It Forward

(Feel free and encouraged to forward)

Some of you may know me and know I’m a huge believer in paying forward all the help that’s been given to me. Toward that end, my friend and fellow author Celia Kyle and I have banded together in an effort to start paying forward in a way we hope will make a difference to some new and aspiring authors.

One of the hardest things seems to be that many new and aspiring authors are constantly told how very important it is for them to have some sort of web presence and a website. It’s true – a nice web presence that speaks to your style and writing is a huge advantage. But how many times is it nearly impossible to do if you aren’t technically savvy or have extra money to spend on the effort?

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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Friday Flash – Hacking Immortality

Friday Flash

(I’m cheating today, my head hurts and I’m dealing with Refinancing paperwort. This is actually my non-winning entry in a contest)

Hacking Immortality
(c) 2008 by Maura Anderson, all rights reserved

Death wasn’t easy, but couldn’t it be a little cheaper? Hettie Andrews stared at the deposit figure shown on the bank statement she’d hacked into. That’s a whole lot of zeros.

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