News & Previews from Marilyn

February 4, 2012  - Spent a month away from home and got a nasty bug as soon as I returned. But I'm finally getting back to writing projects. My old Meteor book, No Competition, has now been revised and updated and will soon be uploaded in e-book by Belgrave House, and Pyramid of Dreams and Topaz Dreams has been scanned and converted to a word doc so I can begin working on those first two books in the Innerworld series. I also have a go-ahead from my EC editor on a new erotic romance series. So lots to do to get back on my original schedule of rebooting my backlist!

December 23, 2011
Wishing everyone a very peaceful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or quite simply, holiday week.

November 30, 2011
YAY! Ghosts of Christmas Past is available on Amazon for 99 cents. Only one glitch that I can tell but I'm feeling pretty good about being able to follow this particular yellow brick road!

November 18, 2011
PRETTY MAIDS IN A ROW and SEE HOW THEY RUN are now available in e-book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and most other e-tailers! 4 backlist books done, 2 in progress and 10 to go.

November 13, 2011
Just made a quick trip to South Florida to perform a wedding ceremony for the daughter of one of my bffs. Rushed back to help daughter Joie with her gigantic to-do list in connection with her applications to PhD programs. Cain't hardly wait to find out where we'll be moving next.

October 30, 2011
Okay, so I've always been someone who either does something 110% or not at all. I just sent off PRETTY MAIDS IN A ROW to be uploaded, should be finished with revisions on SEE HOW THEY RUN this week and have ordered a cover to be created for my first Christmas novella. I read that this is called "creating a swarm" so maybe that's why I feel like I'm "busy as a bee"! (Okay that was corny but I couldn't resist.)

October 10, 2011
"Daydreams" is live! For blurb, excerpt & purchase go to http://www.belgravehouse.com/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=584
Also available at all major e-tailers.

October 1, 2011
Last two months have flown by as I've learned a lot more about self-publishing! "Daydreams" has been totally revised and updated, a new cover image selected and is now being prepped for uploading to the internet. "Pretty Maids in a Row" is about halfway updated and "See How They Run" has been scanned & is waiting for my revisions. But I have a temporary delay due to my daughter Joie's needing surgery and my having to take care of her for several weeks. Hoping to get back on track with my self-pubbing plan by mid-October.

July 30, 2011
It took me a while but I finally made decisions about self-publishing my backlist. Though there is a lot of work ahead, my plan is to have all of them available in e-book within the year. Four are in step 1 now (scanning from paperback to word doc). I'll keep y'all posted.

July 14, 2011
Happy Birthday to me! Ghost Lover release date is August 3! So much on my plate right now but hoping to make headway on Buried Treasure (working title for the 3rd book in the Crystal Island series) this weekend!

July 1, 2011
New Moon, Solar Eclipse in Cancer this morning (my birth sign)! Life is moving faster for everyone but today should bring a "helping hand" in some way! The second book in my Crystal Island series GHOST LOVER is already in the editing process and the third is taking shape on my computer. Hope everyone has a safe 4th!

June 8, 2011
ZENITH RISING is now available at www.EllorasCave.com! I'm having a blast working on the second book while madly scribbling notes for the following two! I can't wait to hear how y'all like it!

May, 2011
I'm so excited to announce that my new series idea about a South Florida hotel that's actually a portal to other times and dimensions has been accepted by Ellora's Cave. The series will be called "Crystal Island" and the first book, "Zenith Rising" is being edited. Honestly, I don't think I've been this enthused about a concept since the early days of my Innerworld series. I hope my readers will feel the same way! I'll keep y'all posted.

January, 2011

Hi y'all!
As I've said many times before, the one thing in life we can always count on is CHANGE! No one escapes that inevitability but how we react to it is our choice.

That said, I will admit to being in the midst of change more often than most of my acquaintances. I will also admit that it is due to a combination of my reaction to circumstances and the fact that I prefer movement to being sedentary. Thus, very few of my more "settled" acquaintances were surprised when I announced that I was once again packing to move. This time I returned to Texas, where my daughter, Joie, is a master's degree candidate (history) with her eye on a PhD. (I'm one proud mama.) She and I are very close and don't seem to do as well when we are beyond shouting distance from each other. So, as much as I loved living by the ocean, it's back to dry land for me and my four-legged companion, Sweetie. 

Meanwhile, I'm very pleased to say that this move will give me a lot more time to focus on writing the books that have been waiting for my attention.

I'm also still in the learning process with regard to social media networking but I swear I'm trying to catch up as fast as I can! I am a contributor on an exciting, and very sexy, blog site called "Passionate Reads". Besides my SexyScopes, there are lots of other fun columns, contests and announcements of upcoming releases by all the authors involved on that blog, so check it out often.  www.passionatereads.com

Wishing you love, light and happy reading,
Marilyn