Kidnapped and freezing in
a mountain cabin, high-born Lady Regina is terrified when the mountain man
arrives with his baby son. MacGregor needs a woman to care for his son and he's
offering marriage, or she can be left to die.
A man scarred by his own
past and devoted to his baby, MacGregor isn't willing to be tamed to her hand;
she isn't the docile wife he'd planned. But this mountain man is in hot
pursuit, determined to keep his wife and baby safe, and is surprisingly tender,
more appealing by the minute.
With another powerful man
hunting her, wanting to possess her and the legendary power that is hers,
Indian wars circling them, MacGregor and Regina struggle against terrifying
dangers, passion, and love in a wild new dawn...
~**~
It's foggy outside my office this morning, a
perfect time for reflection on the new year and goals. After a few
months of having Novel and Book Biz Interruptus, I'm back at my desk.
(The holidays were a very busy time.) During this time, there has
been very little actual writing.
FWIW, I'm enjoying the indie side of
publishing after years of being legacy published. I didn't realize,
at the beginning of this indie publishing gig, how much work it would
be to get my new and reverted novels into epub. Some writers choose
not to do it: either they will go with a publisher or they will hire
someone to do the work. It's all a matter of personal choices. But
I've always been a hands-on person. (Translate that as one who
admittedly likes control.)
One of the important criteria for
developing a writer's career is not often mentioned. And that is
stamina/endurance. We only have so much creative and physical energy.
Past those limitations, we stand to lose creative (and promotional)
ground/quality.
Still. The holidays. Sigh. Enjoyed them
with family, but had to step back. Thus, Novel Interruptus.
Business and contact with writer
friends/groups serve to stimulate the Taking Care of Business
mode.
In case you've gone through this, the first thing you
have to do is to make a priority list. That will depend on where you
left off and what is most necessary. Here's my current list:
1. Add links to my e-books.When you
first start indie publishing, you don't have links to add other than
your website, blog, newsletter etc. As each new book comes along, you
add the previous book's links.This is highly recommended by all
promoters. If publishers put links to the author's social media,
website, etc., it would help promote the books. Instead, most want
the reader to come to their website.
2. Update covers. I can do
basic graphic work, but also use designers. Wild Dawn, a western
romance is a redo. (BTW,
Wild Dawn is unusual for that subgenre.)
3.
I'm adding more indy books to iBooks and Kobo. Kindle and Nook have
most of them.
4. Update my Facebook pages.
The above is all busy work, having
little to do with writing. But it does start the wheels
turning.
After that comes Goals:
1. Somewhere at the bottom of the list,
I'm going to learn CreateSpace formatting.
2. Updating the links
on my blog/website, i.e. iBooks.
3. Use all my how-to write articles in
a book.
If I can catch up minimally on my
links, covers etc., hopefully I can get back to writing because one
book is not far from completion, the second in a series. It has
waited all this time....
