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Demon Seed Review & The M&M Factory

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Dragon Tattoos and Soldiers

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Winner, Contests, & More

           Normally, I would have a new blog today, but since the time period for the voting for the LRC awards runs from 01/16/12 through 01/24/12 (midnight), I will leave the blog up until next Tuesday (just so happens to be the dh's birthday too  ). Two of my books are nominated for LRC's best of 2011 awards – Deviant Devil for Best BDSM &...
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Winners of the I Survived my Website Re-design Contest

Today, I'm thrilled to announce the winners of my "I Survived my Website Re-design Contest". The entrant list was drawn from several sources as follows: Members of the site (5 entries each) Any website member who referred someone else (2 entries each) Anyone who joined the website between September 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2011 (5 entries each)People who commented on the site ...
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Demon Seed - Excerpt #1

Thought  I would share an exerpt from Demon Seed with you today.  I'm pleased as can be to see that there's already one review on ARe for this fourth Hades Squad Book - from Lynnie P. Here's the link if you want to read her wonderful comments:  Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONE...
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Demon Seed - Release Day

Demon Seed releases today. This book is dear to my heart principally because of the setting –- the mighty Orinoco, and the borders of Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. I’ve taken liberties with the geography and invented some of the river villages, but, hopefully, kept true to the atmosphere in the small towns that dot the these immense waterways. Here's the general location for Demon Seed. ...
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Lucifer's Choice - Review

Kate of The Forbidden Bookshelf reviewed Lucifer's Choice, Hades Squad Book #2, and my did her review make my day. I have to share her words with everyone. Not only is the review amazing, but Kate chose Lucifer's Choice as a Forbidden Favorite, a list of only 14 books! I am so honored.  Wednesday, January 4, 2012Review: Lucifer's Choice by Jianne Carlo        ...
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Countdown to Demon Seed Release - 4 days to go!

There's nothing more exciting to an author than a new release.  Of course that excitement's tempered by angst to the nth degree. Will readers like the book? What will the reviews be like? Is it going to fly off the shelf?  Demon Seed, Hades Squad Book #4, releases next Tuesday, January 10, and I have a cover and a book trailer to share with you today. Anne Cain did the cover – stunning don&rsq...
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2102 Begins with a Bang!

2012 has begun with a bang! Three of my 2011 book  have been nominated for awards!! Doing the Snoopy Happy Dance - here's the link if you want to hear that delightful tune: http://youtu.be/VFHHChUKzgg At any rate - here's the details of the nominations: CAPA (The Romance Studio) Nomination for Best Historical - drum roll - The PeacemakerCAPA (The Romance Studio) Nomination for Best...
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2012 - The Year To Come

I love the start of a new year. It’s a chance to wipe the slate clean, to forget the mistakes of the prior year, and begin anew. Long ago, I gave up the notion of making a ton of new year’s resolutions. I make one and only one, announce it publicly, and then try to keep it. This year my resolution is to be healthy. Go figure – right? After my January 18. 2011 car accident whe...
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Season’s Greetings!I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas & a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous 2012. My thanks to all of you for your support and patience as I build the member area during the coming year. My website’s being ported from one hosting company to another (hopefully a more reliable host).  This means that the site will be temporarily...
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Graduation

There's something poignant about your last child's graduation from college. An end of era sadness on the part of the parents and an euphoric beginning happiness for the kid.  A first-time graduate knows he/she can conquer the world, solve any issue be it global warming, world peace, the middle east -- go figure -- whatever's out there, they have a solution. They can negate any hurdle blocking his/her ultimat...
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White Wolf -The Call of a Soul

A release date for White Wolf - The Call of a Soul - February 21, 2012. Yay! Snoopy Happy Dance!   While I wrote White Wolf as a single title, the demand for the stories of the other White family members, Gray's sisters and their mates have been consistent since the day the book released two years ago. The Hades Squad had me obsessed for so long that I didn't even start thinking about the pre...
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Demon Seed & The Mighty Orinoco

My father was with me the first time I saw the mighty Orinoco. It was one of our last trips together. The river has a special place in my heart. Wild, wonderful, infinitely in movement, the song 'Orinoco Flow' by Enya captures the hypnotic appeal of its vast and varied currents and rhythm perfectly. Travelling the Orinoco is akin to taking a step back in history into the wild, wild, west. Terms like porknokers, pis...
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Coming Soon - The Call of a Soul

Great news - I have a release date for The Last Call of a Soul - February 21, 2012! So exciting to get the news, but now I'm mired in final edits for Demon Seed, which releases on January 9, 2012, and the first round edits for The Last Call.  Add that to the day job's higher-than- normal- year- end-activities, a pile of welcome visitors over Thanksgiving, and a whole bunch of unexpected mini-crises,...
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The Call of a Soul

 I handed in The Call of a Soul - White Wolf this weekend. Some books write themselves, but others, others take everything out of you. This one did for me.  No comes the agony time, the waiting to hear what Maryam, my editor, thinks. It does also, though, give me time to recoup form the holidays and the intensity of writing, cooking, visiting with family and friends, too much wine, and not enough sleep....
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving has rapidly become one of my favorite holidays. Now, bear in mind that we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Trinidad (where I grew up). I never understood the whole she-bang, you know turkeys blah-blah-blah – it seemed like a watered down version of Christmas. After eleven years of living in this great country, I now understand and love the Thanksgiving holiday. My whole Trinidadia...
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Allie Ritch's Outback Adventure (or I Want My Bloomin' Onion)

My guest blogger today is author, Allie Ritch, who won my restaurant gift card last month and had a heck of a time claiming her prize. Here is her adventure. Allie Ritch's Outback Adventure (or I Want My Bloomin' Onion) I was recently the lucky winner of one of Jianne's generous online giveaways, which gave me a gift card to Carraba's/ Outback and some affliated restaurants. What follows is an adven...
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Reviews - Bane or Blessing

Reviews are both the bane and ultimate blessing of a writer’s existence.When I penned my first page, it wasn’t because I craved accolades; it was because I had to. One interviewer put it correctly in the perfect questions – When did writing chose you? Of course, I’m certain that not all authors write because they’re compelled to, but that’s how writing works for me.The seco...
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Alpha Me Not

 Tomorrow, Sizzling Hot Book Reviews interviews me – here’s the link. http://www.sizzlinghotbooks.net/?zx=5a9daa78d820f31Stop by and visit if you have a chance. What a lovely way to start the week. The contract for Alpha Me Not, White Wolf Women Book#2, is in the mail. Yay! No announced release dates as yet for either The Call of a Soul or Alpha Me Not, but I’m guessin...
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