October Update

I thought I'd squish this post in before November hits us - so close to Christmas!!!! Honestly where has this year gone?

Anyway, just letting my readers know I'm behind everything right now after a stint in hospital and ICU thanks to a little tick that gave me a nasty bout of Typhus (spotted fever). Mind you, if I hadn't been silly enough to ride out what I thought was a nasty flu for a week, I might have been a whole lot better off lol.

So now I'm home and slowly on the mend, and finally sent off revisions to Entangled (can't say more than that right now), and today starting on the first book of my Tule story. I have two months to get this 55k story down, so wish me luck!! I can tell you a little about this one. It's a contemporary three book series (Bachelor Brothers of Sydney) and involves brothers, Galan, Aiden and Liam, who own and run a nightclub. They also happen to do a yearly auction, where the rich and famous come to bid on beautiful women. In book one, emotionally disconnected Galan is stunned to see his plain Jane bartender and waitress strut out onto the stage for bidding, wearing nothing but nipple pasties and a peacock skirt. Let the fireworks begin LOL!!

I've also made a start on the last book in my Dragons of Riddich story. I would love to churn this one out, but I want to give myself plenty of time to tie up all the loose ends and make sure the book gives a satisfactory ending!

Hoping my next post will be my cover reveal for a book I've written and held onto for quite some time now :)

Happy reading everyone xx

A Quick Update

I'm busy writing for my new publisher (on book 2 now) but I can't say too much on this project series as yet. What I can tell you is that I've also signed a 3 book deal with Tule Publishing for my Bachelor Brothers of Sydney series. I love mixing contemporary with sci-fi, it gives my brain a break to switch between two genres and I've found I write faster doing it this way :)

Other than that - I will also be working on my last (at this stage!) Dragons of Riddich book. If you're in my mailing list I'll be giving an exclusive look at the cover for Valor. All that muscular goodness *happy sigh* If you'd like to join the list click HERE

Thanks everyone, and happy reading! :)

What I'm up to...

I haven't posted on my blog for too long and thought I'd do an update. I've been busy writing - at this time mostly two stories are taking up most of my time. Here's a little about them:

Mutant Supreme - think sci-fi post apocalyptic romance. Think a chemical bomb and humans surviving either by living in domes or by their bodies adapting and becoming something more than human. An enforced evolution. Add in the bad guy (or woman in this case) who'd do anything to harness mutant powers, and a heroine who has no idea what she is capable of, let alone what she is - and a hero who has sacrificed everything to save her... yep, that's it in a nutshell.

Broken - This is a contemporary romance with a heroine based on the terrible condition my eldest daughter suffers from. I'm not far in at this stage, but it's emotional and close to my heart. And it's something I hope readers will relate to and maybe even learn a little about.

I've also started a xmas themed story which you'll here more about later on - obviously lol. It's also contemporary romance with a smidge of suspense and action thrown in =)

And will be shortly in discussion with Cathleen and Christina about another "Taken" anthology after the wonderful success of "Taken by the Sheikh."

Hope to have some more news soon of a couple of projects that will be published later on in the year. And that's not to forget my last ES Siren story: Ours to Share out in July of this year! This is one hot menage story I had loads of fun writing! =)
 

Time Flies!

I feel like I've been taking two steps forward and three steps back this year, with it already being the fourth month HOLY SMOKES!!! Surely the clocks are spinning faster or something, cause it feels like I'm growing old faster than I can eat, drink and write (and be merry LOL!!)

On the writing front I'm hoping to hear news on Dimensional very soon - this is a 78k(ish) manuscript that is a cross between magical realism, contemporary, and time-travel romance. And probably straddles a few other genres too!

I'm also working on a secret project - all I can say is it's a short rural, but more news on that later!! =)

For now most of my energy and creativity has been directed toward Mutant Supreme - and this one is in first pov - loving the change! This story all started from a vivid dream, and I can honestly say it might be one of my fav stories to date. I'm heading toward 40k but I'm aiming for around 90k on this one, so it'd going to take me a good half year to finish it between my other projects!

Cathleen Ross, Christina Phillips and I are also hoping to do another boxed set soon - hoping we'll each find the month or two needed to get our stories done!

I'm leaving you now (again) with the gorgeous cover of my gargoyle stories - LOVE this so much!!

November Update

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Well it's been a busy and reasonably productive month at the Teshco household *g* with me finishing revisions for my 60k word ms, Shadow Hunter (title may change) which is a really old manuscript I wrote quite some years ago and that is now getting a revamp. If this is 'officially' accepted, it will be going to a brand new publisher...more on that later.

 I've also been working on a continuity with two other fabulous authors, a bit hush hush for now, but I can tell you it's a sci-fi post apocalyptic, with humans on a space carrier going to a new planet. Great fun and I should be able to tell you more soon.

Lastly, I'll be getting edits soon for Seducing the Huntress (and a cover!!), while the 2nd book in the Nightmix series will be out December 13th! Love this series and hope you readers do too. 

Now back to work on one of my 'other' stories!!!  =)))

upcoming and update!

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While I'm looking forward to seeing my 3rd Alien Hunger book come out, My call girl story, Enraptured, has been accepted by Ellora's Cave. If you love Pretty Woman I'm hoping you'll love this story too. What's not to love about a man who'd climb walls to get the woman he wants? *smiles*

Right now though I'm working hard on getting Shadow Hunter right, a very old ms that really gave me a heads up about what direction I wanted my writing to go (paranormal). It won/finalled in some writing awards but it's not quite up to publishable yet. I hope to send it off in the next few days though =))

After that I have book 2 in my new series to take care of, need to get my act together as I've done 5k on it so far LOL! And a new book I shouldn't have started has also got my attention. But I've discovered (only taken my 10 years) that my brain needs to jump from one ms to the other or I start fluffing around too much and getting nowhere.

Hope everyone else has a productive January, no matter what it is you're doing =))

Update: A New Series & 2013 Outlook

A while ago I put up a poll on my sidebar asking which series readers of my books would prefer (long story short the figures from the poll disappeared so I pulled the whole thing down) -- it was pretty even between starting a new series and continuing on with both my Winged & Dangerous as well as the Alien Hunger series.

That being said, at the end of this year, Dec 19, Lusting the Enemy will be released - book 1 of a new shape shifter series I hope you will all love, which is set in a dystopian type world. The series title is not yet confirmed, but will know very soon. I've already written out the synpsis' of the next two books in the series and have deadlines for them both early next year - no excuses now but to get them done and handed in.

Of course I have to finish my Call Girl story first...

So...in 2013 I will have two more books out from my new series. Galactic Flame (title to be approved) will be released hopefully Jan or Feb which will be book 3 from the Alien Hunger series, with plans for another one simmering away.

Dimensional is a 90kish story I really want done and dusted next year no matter what! So that will take priority too. And maybe another gargoyle story (winged & dangerous).

I've also got a few stories I've started or want to start. Chameleon is another shape shifter story that I've planned to turn into a series (pack mate series). I'm only a few chapters in and not really sure where this one belongs just yet. Her Dark Guardian and Eva's world are two stories I started years ago and just never got around to finishing. I'd be pretty happy to see them done and dusted too. For those interested, Her Dark Guardian is a vampire novella, Eva's World (title to be changed) is about a woman who has an affinity with cats (won't say anything more lol!)

Last but not least is a story I dreamed about a good 12 months ago or more now, which I seriously can't wait to start on. A post apocalyptic style of story with super powers and kidnapping. Yeah. Really can't wait! LOL!! But not sure this one will see the light of day in 2013. I had better get cracking!!!!!! =)))))
 

Working On...

I've dusted off an old manuscript called Shadow Hunter that I didn't think would ever see the light of day. I guess it's like one of those untouched chores that bug you and bug you until you cave in and just finish it off!

Well this one is a finished story at 65k but it still needs quite the rewrite, despite it's couple of wins and finals in some pre-pubbed comps (2008 & 2009) Anyway, I've given myself a week to rewrite it and add just over 25k (gulp) before sending it off. Nothing like a goal to keep one motivated though! (a bit like the gym I've just signed up for...but that's another story)

I've also started Galactic Storm - book 3 of the Alien Hunger series and inbetween that I'm working on Dimensional and Chameleon. Hopefully I'll settle onto just one after my week of mad editing and rewriting and get it finished and sent to editor =)

Random photo of Yammie: lap warmer.

News and Update

Galactic Inferno is now available at Amazon and hopefully very soon at B&N. Love how Ellora's Cave are so quick at putting out their books to other vendors =))


I've also been busy working on a project where published authors critique and mentor unpublished (erotic) authors with a view for publication to help fund an erotic retreat. Can't say too much more at the moment, but I'm really excited about what has developed (like a great snowball effect) and hope to have some more news about it soon! =)


I'm also just putting the finishing touches to my 25k novella, Larakyte (new possible title: Nightmix) and hope to send it off soon!


WAY behind on my writing schedule, but once the mentoring 'stuff' is done and a few other things are finalized,  I hope to catch up - very quickly!! I have a page on my wall beside my computer with my writing goals and word counts, and it's not even funny how far behind I am LOL!!


Can't wait for the retreat!!!! =)))))

Working on...

While I'm waiting for the edits of Galactic Inferno to come back, I've been working on quite a few different manuscripts.

Larakyte: A fantasy novella for Ellora's Cave. Picture a shape-shifter heroine going all out to be chosen by the king as his next mistress. All so that she can sway his mind about her dying race who are hated and too often murdered by the humans.

Chameleon: This one is a longer-length series (8okish) set in Australia with three different shape-shifter packs. The first book focuses on the shape-shifter leader they call the Chameleon. 

Dimensional: A single title book based on an entrepreneur who finds himself unwittingly going into different dimensions. He sees the different paths he's travelled, good and bad. And in the end he has to make the ultimate choice.

Eva's World: This heroine attracts cats to her like a magnet, but she's always felt alone. Her one constant is the man she dreams about every night. She finds the place he's created for their first meeting. Its here that she learns more about herself than she thought possible.

Woot!!!

I'm just now finishing the last couple of pages - 500 words or so - to my 2nd book in the Alien Hunger story, tentatively titled Galactic Inferno. I totally love this story and think what some readers didn't like in the first one, they'll love in this one BWG!! 
After this is handed in, hopefully tomorrow!! I'm going to concentrate on the single title story - it will be finished this year. I've also started on a long length new series with a group of shape shifters - can't wait!!!!
Now...back to my last few pages with Nickleback blaring me into the finale LOL! 

Chaos is my Middle Name!! And Update!

It's been a frantic month (great way to lead up to Christmas!!?) with my eldest daughter pregnant and just out of hospital and me babysitting my gorgeous grandson, right along with the normal 'chaos' that seems to be my life lol!! 

Somewhere in between all that I've started book 2 of the Alien Hunger series - and really loving it! I believe the majority of readers will enjoy this story, and I really can't wait to send this baby off  - though it's only around halfway finished. I've also been working on a short story for an erotic anthology with some other Aussie writers (more on that at a later date) and reworking an old story - turning what I'd originally wrote as a Desire into an erotic paranormal (gulp gulp - why do I do these things to myself!!!) I'll probably work on that one today.

Now it's close to December I'm really going to have to think about digging up my 'writing wish list' that I had hoped to achieve this year and see how I've fared...

Where the hell has the time gone anyway!!!!????