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Did you hear that huge gust of wind that just went by? It’s not a tornado brewing, it me heaving a sigh of relief as the end of the semester passes me by. This is the time where I work on summer projects at work like overhauling curriculum, planning for the coming year, going to training, and creating online tutorials for library research stuff. Sure, I’m busy, but it’s nothing like the school year.

This semester has been especially bad, with two conference presentations to prep for (and research), and a boatload of extra research skills classes to teach my freshman, it as just a killer. So all of you moms who are dreading getting your kids back full-time, you can rest assured there are a few of us who are eternally grateful that they’re with you right now and not with us.

Don’t get me wrong, I love teaching, and I love my students, but it’s nice to have a break every now and then. Especially now. I can shift my brain into low gear at work and focus more energy on my writing when I get home at night. It’s wonderful.

Happy summer vacation all!

Okay, so I watch America’s Next Top Model. I admit it. It’s my dirty little secret. But I have to take a moment to say that the token plus-sized model they always have on every season who always gets bumped off for lame-assed reasons…finally WON.

Go Whitney!

And it’s sad they call her plus sized, cuz she’s as big as my thigh, but I’m gonna call this a win for the junk in the trunk girls anyway.

In cool news, I’m up on The Knight Agency’s client list. My website linky is there and everything–so I’m all official.

See? http://knightagency.net/client_links

Totally geeking out. Ah, well. It’s the little things in life, no?

I posted a playlist I’ve been listening to for the last book, but now I’m brainstorming something new, which means new times and new tunes are on the horizon. I find that this is a transitional time between what I was listening to (weird mix of pop, rock, and country–with a little wicked musical thrown in) to a more New Agey funkadelic-ness. Just so you know, the Persnickety Hooch is utterly appalled by the number of words I make up. Then again, telling me that may not be her best strategy to get me to stop. Reverse psychology works so well on me. The moment you tell me not to do something, it becomes so irresistibly shiny and pretty I simply MUST do it. Ah, well. Know thyself and all that.

On to the funkalicious (ha! I did it again!) playlist (many of these are currently on my MySpace music player):

Arcus — Amethystium

Rehab — Amy Winehouse

La Mer — Patricia Kaas

Love Song — Sarah Bereilles

Caroline — MC Solaar

Suicidio d’amore — Gianna Nannini

Du Hast — Rammstein

Edudae — Enya

Realize — Colbie Caillat

Bitch — Meredith Brooks

Ultrasonic Sound — Hive

Wake Up — Rage Against The Machine

Just need to add that Lucienne let me know that I sold another story today to the Ellora’s Cave Jewel of the Nile series. It’s a novella called BLACK OPALS (so far, I think they might make me change that to something sexier ) that should release in October!

Yay! *booty dance*

I’m having an amazing day, all! My agent called to let me in on some awesome news. I’ve sold two stories today!

Susan Swinwood of Harlequin Spice Briefs just bought a shape-shifter short story from me called WILD.

Here’s a lilbit about it:

Wild.

Marra needs it so badly this year.

The first week of Spring, Lynx from all over North America gather in the Sierra Nevada foothills every year for this one event. Hers is a solitary kind, except at Wild. Every female of their breed go into heat at this time. It’s the wild time, the mating time. But Marra is long past the age of finding a mate. She just wants to burn away the restlessness that’s plagued her all year.

Sometimes Wild brings what a woman–a Lynx–least expects.

AND…because that news just wasn’t awesome enough, my Samhain Publishing editor Bethany Morgan just bought the sequel to my October release TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART, called BIG GIRLS DON’T DIE (which was previously published by Cobblestone, but has gotten a bit of an overhaul and now belongs in my IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT series)

Here’s a bit about it:

Six months ago, Andre St. James turned Cynthiana’s life upside down by turning her into a vampire. He insists they’re meant to be together forever–literally–but Cyn has her doubts.

His take-no-prisoners approach to life isn’t what she calls a great foundation for a healthy relationship. When she ends up stranded on the side of the road on her way to Las Vegas on Valentine’s Day, will Andre be able to come to the rescue–and convince her they can live happily forever and ever and ever after?

Kris Eton was kind enough to ask to interview me over on her blog about my writing and my various upcoming releases. Go on over there and say hi, okay?

Hope your Monday is awesome…or as awesome as a Monday can ever actually be. I heard the RWA National site crashed while people were trying to get in for those early morning agent and editor appointments. That screech we all heard at around 8AM CST was the sound of a million romance writers crying out in agony. Good luck getting the appointments you want, ladies!

I’m over at The Novelty Girls talking about my ten year reunion next year and how much we change in a decade.