Like most writers, I spend most of my time telling myself stories and occasionally writing them down when they get too loud to remain in my head. The characters are also very demanding, wanting to go out into the world to be discovered by millions of adoring readers, though they are most satisfied with having only a few readers that truly love them. From the gargoyles that sit on top of the roofs to the Siren who lures her wolf astray to the Aradians and Apocritae to those who battle evil, the characters are everything.
Instead of going through the traditional gatekeepers of the publishing world I have leapt over the walls with the help of digital catapults (kindle direct, smashwords, and createspace) and messenger e-birds (goodreads, facebook, twitter, RNC, etc), going directly to the public. It has been a year and while my strong hold is small it grows larger every day as I connect with other rebels throughout the lands and the readers who support our work. It is a glorious day to be a writer.
When it comes to the actual writing I have discovered that every single one of my books likes to be created in a different way, which makes establishing an environment that is most conducive to my writing is not likely, though it occasionally involves chocolate covered raisins, music, minesweeper, occasionally Mahjong, lots of solitaire, notebooks and scraps of paper, doodling and day dreaming, and fruity, sugar-free bubble gum, not necessarily in that order and not always at the same time.
Of course, none of this would be possible without the love and support of my very loving and very tolerant family: my husband who encourages me to keep writing even when I act a little insane in regards to the worlds in my head, and my three kids who help out so much when I get lost in those same, darn worlds. They politely listen as I go on and on about my characters’ motivations and back stories, their connections within the worlds created and how they fight to gain control of their destinies. But I am a cruel writer and make them earn their happy endings.
Since I am also a Romantic at heart, they are all happy endings.
Available Books:
Darkness Comes (February 2012 – PNR)
Blight (March 2012 – UF)
Stone Lover (March 2012 – PNR, romantica)
Siren Song (May 2012 – PNR)
Stone Romance (September 2012 – PNR, romantica)
Blind Attraction (Jan. 31, 2013 – Contemporary)
Coming soon-ish:
Awakening (PNR/UF)
Stone Destiny (PNR)
After Blight (UF)
Darkness Comes book 2 (PNR – title to be determined)
Just be warned: my books tend to be steamy – the lights are definitely left on – and I am a sucker for happy endings. 
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I bought the Stone Lover 2 days back on Kindle and I completed it just now. I liked the story and the backdrop is unique, never heard of a gargoyle and human together. Made some interesting read and the ending is great. I found some spelling errors, but it didn’t deter from enjoying the story, though. I do freelancing proofreading. If you would like to contact me to do any proofreading for your upcoming novels, I would be more than happy to do so…
I’m glad you enjoyed the story. I will keep your offer in mind.
I’m confused about Darkness Comes. I got this in February and loved it, looking forward to a sequel. So now it’s being released? Did I miss something?
I’m really sorry about the confusion! I just re-did the cover to more closely match the story (it’s much sexier now) and I had difficulties with formatting the interior files since I changed the margins. Nothing has been changed story-wise – just the cover. I am working on the sequel but it isn’t coming as quickly as I would like – the story is there but there seems to be a short circuit somewhere between thinking it and writing it.
Thanks for all the books at erotic enchants.