For the first time since I moved to the ‘Frozen North’ I’m excited about February! It’s cold out, with huge piles of snow everywhere (we’ve had a near record-breaking six feet of the white stuff already this year!), but things are actually heating up in my writing life. There’s my Valentine’s Freebie, Cupid Be Mine, which will be released through The Samhellion tomorrow, February first. Yes, Freebie--as in do not pay for this short story, or any of the other stories that will be released between now and February 16th! And there’s The Samhellion’s Valentine’s Swag Hunt, now officially underway (note the graphic to the left.) If you’re not participating, you should! Lots of great prizes are on offer. If you haven't already done so, you can subscribe to the Samhellion here.
To top it off, The Romance Studio CAPA’s will be announced on Valentine’s Day. Truthfully, I’m not expecting to win (have you SEEN the authors I’m up against???) but there’s still that little spark of hope, the tiny whisper in the back of my mind saying, “You never know...” LOL! I’ve been around the block too many times to be horribly disappointed if I don’t win, but it’s still exciting. Hopefully anticipation doesn’t kill me in the meantime!
I’ve also just finished a new short, which is a bit experimental and therefore both exhilarating and scary at the same time. Now that I’ve mumbled over it, polishing and primping, it’s time to try and find that baby a home...And, while it goes out into the world, it’s back to work for me. Lots of stuff waiting for me to get back to them, and I’m eager.
Almost as eager as I am for Spring...
And good luck to all the Swag Hunters!!
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Hi Anya, fellow Samhian author and fellow Canadian here.
I read your short this morning and absolutely loved it! I went looking for more of your stuff and relized you'd written Pearl at the Gate (which I also loved). I plan on getting your earlier novella later today.
Are you ever going to write a full length novel? I love your novellas, but I'd really like to read something longer by you.
All the best!
Hey Vanessa!
Hope it's warmer where you are, but I doubt it. This year's been a corker for the cold, eh? lol!
I'm so glad you enjoyed Pearl and Cupid, Be Mine. I do have a couple novels I hope to send out in a little while, but you know how it goes...the "finished" ones are earlier efforts, and I've learned so much about writing in the last year or so, they need some more work. I've also found writing shorts to be a truly great way of honing some of my writing skills. They force you to tighten, to really look at the work critically and ensure you're telling the story in a way that's compact but complete, if that makes sense. I'll actually be posting a blog about the difference between novel and novella writing later this coming week, because it's a whole different ball of wax, IMHO.
Hope you enjoy Night of the Cereus, and thanks for dropping by!
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