Midweek Mayhem: Much LONGING, awesome contests, and a Banshee eye roll fail :P #dragonsFTW #RWA

Working it out…

• (Coming Up!) Friday I'm visiting Donna Cummings' blog with a Friday Friends post wherein I reveal things... :P
• (Giveaway) Guess who's participating in the Spooktacular giveaway?? Moi!! Check it out for prizes!
• (Contest!) Have you entered? 2nd Annual Finish the Damn Book writing contest is now open! Hosted by my fabulous local RWA chapter!! And we have two very special final-round acquiring judges: Danielle Fine (editor at Definition House) and Jordy Albert (agent with The Booker Albert Agency)! Visit Chesapeake Romance Writers for more info.
• (E-publishing!) Check out Definition House, an innovative take on the e-publishing market. Recent Technical Tuesday post wherein author Pippa Jay give wise Yoda editing advice!    

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The Becoming Playlist!

Wanted to share some of the songs that inspired me as I wrote Becoming...
Alive by Krewella

Hearing voices…

Cover art by Danielle Fine

• Check out my stunning cover inspiration for my dark and gritty new adult urban fantasy with cursed dragon shifters (right beside this paragraph) designed by the talented Danielle Fine!!!
• Twitter pitch for Becoming: After a transplant gives Zoe a dragon shifter’s heart, she learns that her online boyfriend is her donor and...a girl.

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 ♥Today I'm sharing snippet #19 from the Becoming prequel titled Longing (unedited and in Taylor's POV)! Read snippets here: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18. Excited for y'all to get to know my dragons better :) 

Longing - Chapter 1 (snippet #19)... 

Zoe’s laugh was much weaker today than it had been in a long while, but despite everything the girl continued to spend time with the kids, those who would certainly get a new heart before she did. For a fleeting second Taylor wondered if she could convince her father to give Zoe one of the donor hearts. Put the girl at the top of the list as a favor to Taylor. Of course that would never happen. Her father had no control over who received a heart and who didn’t. Hospital politics did.

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Cover art by Danielle Fine

Waiting game...

• On week #32 of waiting to hear back from a lovely agent who is reading Running From Shadows.
• Requests currently out for Becoming are 6 total! Squee!!!  *fingers and toes crossed* 

Reading...

• (Am reading) Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter! Book #2 in the White Rabbit Chronicles. Fantastic spin on zombies...they live and feed among us in the spiritual world... Creepy awesomeness!
• (Finished) Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James... My review and rating to come once I've had time to process. Started book #2 tho because I gotta know what's happening!!
  
• 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 four 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!

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Random Alert! Alert. Alert. Alert...

Looky!! I'm on the downhill stretch! Lovin' this story! Sooo happy I was asked to take part in this anthology! Stoked!!

Banshee eye roll fail :P You're welcome!

When demon pup's are pondering deviltry...

LOL Just because...