Midweek Mayhem: Stepping up the #techsavvy game! Ohh, and my dragons need wings! Send them to NYC? #Muah

Working it out…

• (NEW) My dragons need wings!! And they'll get 'em with the help of an agent! But we need your help...send us to NYC!!! Ends Friday! #78 Becoming vote here! xoxoxo
• (NEW) I learned something new! I can totally embed Pinterest pix and YouTube vids into blog posts now...all by myself! Oh yeah, I rule! :P
• (NEW) Now through the end of the month, I'm participating in J.A. Belfield's Bookaroo-Ju Blogaversary Giveaway! Win a signed copy of Witch Way to Turn here!
• (NEW) Not too late to sign up for Pitch-Fest! So polish those pitches! Check it out here!
• (NEW) Monday on my blog: a guest post by Author Laura Olivia on Living For Research! Stay-tuned!

For your viewing pleasure... I Like BIG Books!
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Hearing voices…

Cover art by Danielle Fine

• My dark and gritty work-in-progress, titled Becoming, (a new adult urban fantasy with cursed dragon shifters) is currently with my amazing editor!!! So excited to make this story sparkle and then pitch it at RT and RWA in a few months! Agents, you're gonna want this story...like super bad! Just sayin' ;D
• Check out my stunning cover inspiration (right side above this paragraph) designed by the talented Danielle Fine!!! 
• (Read last week's snippet, here) Now, for an unedited teaser for you (one of the two heroine's POV--Zoe Moore, the raven-haired beauty with lots of neuroses). Zoe's mom just showed up on campus and is making her go to a check-up since she's skipped her last appointments.
• (Teaser)

“Don’t you need a coat?” Mom lifted her pencil thin brow.
 
“Yeah.” Not really. She did need her cellphone. Painfully aware of her mother’s gaze latching onto her back with judging talons, Zoe reminded herself not to limp. It was getting a little easier now that she’d been moving around. In the common room, she put on her khaki trench, even though she would’ve been perfectly fine without it. Better, actually. She grabbed her bag and cellphone, stealing another quick glance at the display. Nothing. No word. She’d been an idiot and ruined it. Taylor’s faraway look…the wave…it had been goodbye.

• (Dragon Update) I'm currently editing Becoming!! And I've had a TON of positive comments from my editor...ie: Lovely, Beautiful and Gorgeous!!! *happy dance, like for real*

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Above is a pic of the ACTUAL edits...just realized Word could minimize the pages like this. So, yeah, me real tech savvy ;)

Cover art by Danielle Fine

Waiting game...

• (Update) On week #2 of waiting to hear back from a lovely agent who is reading Running From Shadows.

Reading...

• Currently I am beta-reading for a fantastic friend and writer... Katheryn! Hooray for grim reapers!!
  
• What's on my Kindle? Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter!
• Looking for book recommendations and reviews for your 2013 TBR List? Check out The Perks of Being a Book Nerd!

Bonus material... 
*Writers, looking for a talented editor? I highly recommend Danielle Fine. She's edited three manuscripts of mine and has taught me so much! I'm a stronger writer because of her guidance. Also, she designed my beautiful inspiration cover art for Becoming and Running From Shadows! Annnnd she created the book trailer for Witch Way to Turn! 
*For more information on Dani's editing services, cover design, book trailer creation and website design stop by her site >>>> here!

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Random Alert! Alert. Alert. Alert...

Dayum, is Mom editing AGAIN?? She never plays with me!!! (Demon pup musings)

I am hugely disappointed!! *throws hands in air and flails about like a three-year-old* I have ALWAYS wanted a classic trench coat. ALWAYS. Like, you just don't even know. Okay, anyway, I was so excited about this one I found on Saturday at NY & Co. It was perfect! Annnd 50% off (so I thought), making it only $50. I could totally swing $50 for something I'd ALWAYS wanted, right? I even took this pic in the dressing room so I could tweet my victory after I purchased it. Well, lo and behold if I don't find out that it's buy one and get the SECOND half off!!!! WTH!!! That should be illegal! I'm just saying. My heart was dashed to little bits. That might be a tad dramatic, but I was ticked off with a capital T. *growls* That'll teach me to read the fine print on signs. Phew. Okay...deep breath. One day I shall have this coat.

I did, however, purchase this outfit. It's really stepping outside of my comfort zone. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE bright colors, but this shirt is almost highlighter green-yellow...it doesn't show up like that in the pic. Plus, it's A-line, which is different for me cos I don't have any shirts like that. Anyway, also, I don't normally purchase entire outfits...just a piece or two at a time. So I'm kinda pleased with myself and had to share :P

My apologies in advance if this pic gives you a seizure. The lighting in that particular room at the gym is HORRIBLE. So this is my new nemesis at the gym. Despite having taking years of ballet, I am seriously uncoordinated. For example, I trip going UP stairs. Yeah. The fact of the matter is...stairs and I are not exactly friends, so why I'm using this machine is beyond me.