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I crowed about my recent sale on Twitter and Facebook, but didn’t bother with my own blog. Oopsy! Carnal Passions recently bought Book II of my Desert Princes of Jikkar series, THE SCARAB PRINCE! It will be releasing sometime in October of this year!
And speaking of my desert princes, THE VIPER PRINCE got it’s release date: August 18th. Now, I haven’t gotten my cover yet, but I will definitely shout from the rafters when I get it.
I just finished reading through MARK OF THE B*E*A*S*T*’s Advance Reader Copy, or ARC for short. It’s my final FINAL comb-thru, to find little mistakes that might have been passed over during the editing and line edits. I must say, I’d forgotten what a great book it is. (If I do say so myself. lol) Less than a month now, folks, this one releases September 6th from Champagne Books!!
And if you haven’t seen it, hop on over and have a gander at Champagne Books‘ new website! So much more clean and streamlined. I LOVE it!
I don’t think I mentioned it on my blog here either, but my book RENEGADE, my latest western, had gotten a “Revise and Resubmit” request from my editor at Samhain Publishing. Since what she wanted me to revise was nothing to do with the plot (WHEW!), I got the revisions done fairly quickly and it is now back in her hands for a second pass. Basically, I had an info dump at the beginning of the book she wanted me to cut and just start the book with the action, and to also grit it up some to give it a more “western” feel. It was “too clean” and some of the things they said and some of the prose was too modern to be believable. I peppered up the scenery with a bit more “western”, mentioning more hitching posts, water troughs, sweat stains (eww lol), spittoons, and jargon that better fit the era.
Here’s hoping it was enough for a contract. Say some lucky chickens for me. RENEGADE is such a good book and I cannot wait to get it in front of the masses!!
~~Becka