My book is going to PRINT!!

I can't believe it happened - The Shape of Her Heart is in print!! So for now it's available on http://www.jasminejade.com/p-7873-shape-of-her-heart.aspx but they tell me in a week or two it will show up on websites like Barnes & Noble, Amazon and the like. How exciting!

I got a great review!!

So I had a happy birthday present today. I got a great review on The Shape of Her Heart!!! I am so excited.

http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/review.php?id=31771

The Shape of Her Heart is out!!!

OK, so today is the day! I am so totally excited. This is so cool. So if you go to www.cerridwenpress.com you will see me on the FRONT PAGE FIRST IN LINE so you can buy my book. :-)

What a long but fulfilling journey to get to this place. A special thanks to the FF&P critique group who had a very large hand in this book - I couldn't have done it without them.

So if you like fantasy romances with feisty knife wielding heroines, pop on over and pick up a copy! If you are unfamiliar with e-books, buy the PDF format so you can read it on your computer.

Thanks to all. :-)

YAY

I submitted my second book to my editor!! Dreams are for Lovers. It's actually my favorite of all the books I've written so far. And very true to my personality. Here's hoping she likes it!

Promos and Advertising

I am gearing up to get the word out as best I can on my new book coming out April 16th. I can't believe it's only about a week away! Amazing!

I just saw Twilight the other night. I am not usually one to jump on a bandwagon but I actually thought it was pretty good. I didn't really like the main guy when I saw him in pictures, but he's much better in film. Much hotter. :-)

So now I am finally reading the books. The thing I find interesting is the voice - she has a certain sound that is an odd sort of "older than her age" feel to it. I like it although I usually hate first person pov books.

TWO WEEK COUNTDOWN

OK, so two weeks from tomorrow my book releases. YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!

Also, I have submitted my next book to my editor, so here's crossing my fingers that she likes it.

Too Many Things

Hmm. Combatting the phenomenon of having WAAAY too many things going on in my life. lol. Both a blessing and a curse! I have noticed that when it gets past a certain point I sort of freeze - and then have to remind myself to just get things done one at a time and it will all sort itself out. Which it always does.

There have also been a lot of changes in my life and in the lives of people around me lately - people getting laid off, new jobs, new puppy, things in the house break and need fixing, spring is coming so we need to de-winterize the yard, garage sale next Saturday, need to do some crits for my critique group, submit my next book to my editor, blah blah blah.

Woo, I'm tired just typing it. :-)

Advertising, Promo and Reviews

I am waiting on my publisher to let me know what they do regarding advertising, promo and reviews so I know what they do and don't double-do something. I am interested to see what's what.

In addition, I guess they help you build your ARCs if you're going to submit to somewhere like the Romantic Times Magazine (RT). Am waiting to hear on that. Hopefully they do so I can have someone walk me through it - then next time I'll know what to do.

Romantic Times

So I am thinking of taking advantage of a New Author deal that the Romantic Times offers. For a much smaller fee than usual, they do a "spotlight" on you and also get you a review. Which is SO nice. So I am pulling together my package for them, including a headshot. Biggest challenge is trying to get a headshot done where I don't look tired, lol. I have way too many things going on in my life to sleep enough. On the bright side, it's all good stuff and I can't complain!

My sister

My sister Amanda found me on MySpace. Totally hilarious to see how different we are based on our myspace pages. I love her to death. But I suspect the only thing we have in common is a love of Nine Inch Nails and black and the rest is simply that I adore her. :-)

Anyway, we linked up and I'm so happy to have another way to keep track of her and be updated on her life. Yay!!

OH, I'm live on my publisher's website!!!

Ooh, this is so exciting too. I'm on the Cerridwen Press website in the "Coming Soon" section. I am SO freaking psyched.

http://www.jasminejade.com/ps-7094-47-shape-of-her-heart.aspx

Release Date and Cover for my Book!!!!

OK, ya'll. Check out my cover! I'm so pleased. They did a really good job, I think. I love the knife. If you are wondering why she's holding a knife, you'll have to read the book. :-) Release date is April 16th and you can buy it from www.cerridwenpress.com. ISBN 9781419919657. I simply can't believe we're finally here. I have been writing books since, oh, around the summer of 2003 or 2004 - I can't remember. Anyway, lots of thinking, writing, being a part of critque groups, getting rejections, going to conventions, etc. and we finally made it. YAY. What a beautiful day.

War Kittens

OK, so my husband was inspired by that Capital One commercial about War Kittens. Here is the result. No, he does not have anything better to do. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5YbYBzXhDs

New version is up

OK, the new version is up. There's a few dings in it - things I'm not perfectly happy with, but I'm getting closer!

Update on my Only You Song

OK, so I did another version of my song - this with a nicer microphone, and in addition to the piano I added a base line and also a whimsical, odd high melody that rides just under my voice and I really like it. I need help from a friend to fade out the very end so it doesn't stop abruptly and then I'll post it. I need to figure out how to use Garage Band better so I can do this stuff myself. :-)

I am also about to submit my second book to my editor so I'm crossing my fingers and here's to hoping she likes it! Wish me luck...

Excellent News Again!

So i have heard from the art department and seen what my cover is going to look like and I totally love it! So that is a relief and now I have to wait for final approval before I can post it or send it around. So tick, tick, tick, I can't wait to show it to the world!

In the meantime, I'm psyched because I think they did a great job. :-)

I wrote a song!

The other night I couldn't sleep, then a song sort of appeared in my head so I got up and wrote it down. Then my SO suggested that I record it and come up with some keyboards to go with, so Saturday night I sat and took a shot at a demo of it. Go check it out at www.aliciamaddox.com on the front page. Please excuse the faint sounds of my husband banging around in the kitchen, lol. And the one or two thankfully not totally obvious keyboard flubs. :-)