Sasha White

Hey all, I’m travelling today, my post is over at the Passionate Prose Blog today.

GO over and tell me what inspires you, and maybe you’ll win a prize!!

I love how different people see things. Especially BOUND.

When I started writing BOUND, I remember taking critisism from a lot of people for some aspects of the story. The way Joe talks to Katie, or calls her “his little slut”, the fact that it was first person, that it wasn’t a romance, that it didn’t have a HEA. All sorts of things. And I just recently found a review for BOUND by erotica master Lisabet Sarai.

She call’s Bound a “fairly conventional but pleasingly hot piece of romantic erotica”.

I love it.

You can read the full review HERE if you want.

Vanessa Jaye is one of my very first writer frineds, and she is a true friend who has always been there for me. She’s kicked my butt and dried my tears and I’m so damn happy to report SHE SOLD HER FIRST BOOK!

Yep, to Samhain!
Please Go Congratulate her. I’m telling you, I’ve read this book already, and I loved it from the start and I can’t wait until you all can read it too.

Email from a Friend:

Things men are scared to actually say to women.

“Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here’s how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we’re done.”

Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn’t make you spiritual. It’s right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to “chicken with broccoli.” The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren’t pregnant. You’re not spiritual. You’re just high.

“There’s no such thing as flavored water. There’s a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt.
That’s your flavored water.”

Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: lucky little bastards.

Well, Sven didn’t work so well for me, so I’m now doing a FAST DRAFT. That means a group of us have set out goals (mine is 20 pages, or 5,000 words a day) for the next two weeks. That will give me the first draft of Joey’s story. This works good for me becauseit;s more pressure than the 4 pages a day Sven wanted. Wierd huh? But I’m going to do it. The good thing abotu it allis, the 20 pages a day will get Sven off my back too. :)

I’m realistic enough to know the days I work double shifts won’t be 20 page days, but they will be at least 10 pages. I’m determined.

So, for the next two weeks, my blog posts will be full of quizes, pictures and small bits. Oh, and story excerpts. LOL

Thanks for sticking with me through it. I promise a hot book with a great story will come form this!

So, when reviews started coming out on TROUBLE, and I heard from a couple of reviewers that they really like Joey, one of the secondary characters, I was excited. I love when my characters reach out to readers. Then the book released and already in emails I’m hearing from more readers who want to know if Joey is going to get her own story.

Well, today my wonderful editor Cindy Hwang has okayed a shift in the book plan. So guesse What? JOEY IS GETTING HER OWN STORY!

Yep. Instead of writing ASK EVE, the book I was just starting on for Heat, Cindy’s said I can write Joey’s story now so it will be released after WICKED, which is Karl’s story.

I’m very excited about this, as I think Joey’s story is going to be Fun fun fun to write!!

After working a quick lunch shift today I spent a couple of hours at Home Depot getting a new kitchen design! It’s still not 100% I’ll do it, but I paid for the measure and the design consult, and I wanted it. I’ve never renovated before, and the consult was great. If I get the whole new thing it will really improve the storage situation.

Plus, it will help with resale of my condo. Yes, that it my reasoning. LOL

I’d been thinking about selling and moving lately, but I finally made the desicion to stay where I am for another year at least, and because of that …I want to fix some things. Makes sense right?

Anyway, in honor of my renovations, (and my perusing the new Ikea catalogue) I figured I’d share this pic of some towel racks I’m thinking of getting with you all.

It is Half Naked Thursday, and I can’t claim this picture as one of my own, but I figured you’d enjoy it.

Have a good day!!

TROUBLE is officially here!!

AND TROUBLE is one of the books in the Borders $1 off listings this month! Good Until Septemebr 10, you can find the coupon in the Borders Romance Listing Pamphlet in stores. (Usually found in the romance section on an endcap). AND, Heather’s book The Devil’s Possesion - the one mentioend below this post - is also in the $1 off listings.

Samair Jones is bored with her go-nowhere job, and fed up with her two-timing boyfriend. She’s had it up to here with being the pushover. All Samair wants is to let loose, be herself, and live by her own rules.

Then she meets Valentine’s ex-wife Vera. She’s powerful, wealthy, jealous and dangerously manipulative. Vera’s about to throw new kink into Samair and Valentine’s games. But this one could be trouble.

CLICK HERE to find the links for the First three chapters! And then afetr you read them, run to the store and buy the book so you can read the whole thing!

Heather Waters’s debut novel The Devil’s Possesion is available now and I just had to invite her to come and introduce herself to you all. She’s a sweatheart, and a talented new writer you should check out…especially if you like your fiction hot, and with a paranormal twist.
Now, meet the author….

CHILDHOOD FANTASY COME TO LIFE
from Heather Waters

“I would like to thank the Academy… my mother, my father….” Right. Never mind. This isn’t the Oscars. But come on! Haven’t you ever fantasized about holding that goofy statue and feeling as though you finally accomplished something?

That’s what preparing to see my debut, The Devil’s Possession, on bookshelves next week has been like for me. I grew up as an Air Force brat, moving every two years, three times to Turkey where I lived for six years of my childhood. Growing up there (which is basically what I did) gave me things that I’m so blessed to have. Like imagination. There were no Gameboys, no weekend trips to the mall. Instead, the question on Saturday morning was often, “What castle are we going to go climb?” I believe this is where my love for anything historical came from. My love for books, however, stemmed elsewhere.

Because we traveled so frequently, I very rarely kept friends for longer than two years. I started detaching myself and turning inward at a very young age, and turned to books for companionship. Authors like Julie Garwood and Johanna Lindsey created for me worlds of friends that I could take with me each time I moved. My mother had an enormous library of romances, and I still remember snatching The Princess Bride by Jude Deveraux off her nightstand and instantly becoming infatuated by romances in the sixth grade.

Now I’m older, with a family of my own, and I still re-read those books every couple years to remind myself what I love so much about the genre. Strong men, imperfect women, true love. I just had to create one myself, and since I’d been writing stories since elementary school, I just knew I could do it.

And I did. Badly. Three or four times. But I’d finished three or four 100,000 word manuscripts, so I was proud regardless. Then in 2005, I couldn’t think of any story ideas. I was a has-been before I’d ever gotten the chance to be a has. EEK! Someone told me I should try free-writing, which had always seemed like a waste of time to me. But I was desperate, and I did it. The very first thing I jotted down was:

It took ninety-seven lashes to bring the first cry of pain from Draven Cameron.

This remains the first sentence of The Devil’s Possession. Never touched or tweaked or fussed with. Why? It’s not an amazing sentence. It’s not even active. It’s pretty passive. But it was the sentence that pulled from me an entire book, because I had no clue why Draven Cameron was being whipped or how he managed not to cry out for ninety-seven lashes.

I was well into the second scene of the book before I had any general idea of what I might be writing. Sadly, that happens to me a lot! But once I figured out what was happening to Draven and why, I had a path to follow. I had on my hands a woman who had been physically raped and left with the shame of a bastard, and a man who’d spent his life being emotionally raped by people who should have loved him. Boy, what a mess!

But I think it worked out just find. Two people in need of great healing find love and strength in one another and are able to mend. AND, I finally had a chance to become a has! WOW! I’m coming out of my skin waiting for it to hit bookstores, and I’ve been thrilled by the excellent reviews it’s been given so far. If you’re brave enough to try a new author and you check it out, please let me know what you think. You can contact me at HDW@Heatherwaters.net or visit my website at www.heatherwaters.net.

To Sasha:
Thank you for inviting me to you brilliant blog.

To the world:
WELCOME TO MY DEBUT!

Heather

She saved his life…and he captured her soul.

She was a woman called to lead
Ordinarily, women do not become Highland chieftains. But Faith Maitland is no ordinary woman-until a violent encounter in the forest crushes her courage and leaves her pregnant. And now, because no clan will accept a sullied woman, she must find a sire for her bastard…

He was a man they called a witch
When Faith names Draven the Devil as the father of her child, she thinks she is blaming a dead man. Instead, her accusation halts his execution for witchery. When he is released from the stake to the Maitlands’ custody, Faith realizes that she has affianced herself to a silent man with frightening powers…

Theirs was a devil’s bargain
Draven has no reason to relish his escape, having long since wearied of the fear and hate that has been his lot. Yet he finds himself unable to renounce Faith and expose her to the same shame. Fascinated by her beauty and strength, Draven is drawn to Faith even as she is warmed by his tenderness. But their growing trust will be tested by the threat of true evil…

Reviews for The Devil’s Possesion

“Strong emotions and exciting actions make this one of the best books I have read this year. The two main characters need someone to care for them and see beyond their reputations. They draw you into their gripping tale, filled with many problems, and fascinate you with their thrilling actions. After reading THE DEVIL’S POSSESSION, I look forward to many more books by this author.” ~Top Pick RomanceReaderatheart.com

“Waters debuts with a dark, seductive tale of magic and redemption. The power of her writing comes from her well-crafted characters and the magic that showcases the healing power of love and the gift of light we all possess. A moving, sensual, magical story for Katherine Kingsley and Mary Jo Putney fans.” - 4.5 Starts Top Pick. Romantic Times Magazine

After work yesterday I raced home to do the Romance Diva’s chat, and had a great time. There weren’t many people there, but I love all the Diva’s and it’s a real cozy and casual place. The minute the chat was over I raced out of the house to meet a friend at the movies. We went to see The Bourne Ultimatum. Even though I was there 35 minutes before the movie started, there was only front row seating left.

We took it.

And aside from the car chases, that were a bit hard to watch from that angle, it was worth it. The movie was great. All you’d expect from another Bourne film. More action, more story, adn more of Bournes past. The one complaint I have is that the female characters, (Nikki Paresons and Pamela Landy) weren’t kick ass enough. Sure they were smart, CIA woman who knew what they were doing and helped accomplish Bourne’s goals, but it irked me that they were the typical woman. WHen the guy running the hunt for Bourne steps over the line Landy looked, to me, like the “typical female” who couldn’t handle the dirty deeds needed to get things done. Now, did I like what the guy was ordering to be done? No. But it irked me that the only person who did show a discomfort with the situation was a woman. Make sense?

I think if you’re only going to have two women in a movie like this, they should get to kick some ass too. Not just be the brains that take it all down. Although being the brains is good too. What can I say? I want it all.

That said, the movie was very good. some great action sequences, and smart, quick thinking.

Now, the 70 Days of Sweat is not working for me. I think it’s not working because I’m not too interested in making it work. I’m writing, a bit here and there, as I am back to work fullt ime, but honedstly, I’m not keeping track of my word/page count as I write. I’m just writing. I know I’ll start keeping track when I get closer to the deadlines because that’s when panic sets in. LOL But for now, I think I did maybe 5k this week. LOL Not enough, but something. And Sven isn’t scaring me, not sure why. Normally I respond well to trainers. LOL