Authors Are People Too

Hiya World

It's Imogene here! You know me... World class procrastinator and author extraordinaire :)  (Just thought I'd sneak that one in.)

Anyway, I thought you might like a sneak peak into how my release days go... (Just because I can!)

So...

6.30am  Wake up and Mr Imogene Nix brings me a steaming cup of coffee (what a sweetheart) I open my eyes and look myopically around the room.  (It's all true... I do wear glasses!)

Usually a quick check of emails and facebook.  Check the publishers website for the first time out of a gazillion times in the day.

Crawl out of bed and start rounding up baby Imogene Nix's... "Have you fed the chickens? And watered them?" Usually the answer is a chorus of Yes Mum! Herding them to make sure breakfast is eaten, lunches and bags packed. Teeth and Hair brushed. (Nothing changes, even at 16 & 17!!)

8.00am Move the computer and download the mail again.

8.30am - 9.00am Herd those baby Imogene Nix's out to the car and drop them off to school. (Usually super pup Teddy is in tow)

Head upstairs after running around the yard after super pup... then make a coffee and settle in. Turn on skype (a real sanity saver there!) Scan through emails, then onto Facebook to catch up with all the other writers I interact with daily.

9.30am JEWEL EPIC! Because you know I can't get through a day without playing that! (Just ask my good friend Khloe Wren!)

10.00am Settle in to work.  Edits, Writing or whatever while checking the appropriate publisher website every 5 minutes to see if my book is live yet.

1.00pm Lunch... scrabble around in the fridge looking for something edible and interesting. Sadly the edible wins over more often than the interesting!

1.15pm Settle in to work - again.  Edits, Writing or whatever while checking the appropriate publisher website every 5 minutes to see if my book is live yet (still!!)

2.50pm School pickup. Joy of joys.  Those baby Imogene Nix's need to be picked up, maybe dropped off to work, the mail collected from the post office.  So I make sure to have my trusty ereader in the car with me.

3.45pm Home again. Oh My God! Dinner!  Nothing is defrosted. Madly run about the house searching for an idea for dinner, tossing meat into the microwave to defrost and making sure anyone who is home with me is doing homework and asking them to turn off whatever they are watching via youtube or other... (Exhausted yet?) Oh and repetitively requesting the eggs get collected.

6.00pm - 6.30pm Mr Imogene Nix arrives home so the house is in uproar. It's time to start cooking dinner.  So I start running around making sure everyone is showered, the table is cleared off and laid for dinner. Kiss husband and check the computer again very quickly.

7.00pm - 7.30pm Dinner finally makes it to the table. Drinks are drunk and usually by now, the title is online.  A bit of cheering and then washing up.  Release nights are cuddled in front of the television with Mr Imogene Nix.

9.30pm Start reminding the baby Imogene Nix's that it's time for bed preparation. Feeding cats and super pup. Check emails and tweet/Facebook/Blog the release (usually while sitting in bed with the laptop.)

11.30pm Shut down the computer.  Weary. Roll over and hope sleep comes quickly. Morning will be here again before we know it and it all begins again.

I hope that gives you an insight into my release days.  Aren't they hugely exciting?

The life of a multi-published author is sooooo cool! Lol! It's very day to day as you can see!

Having said that, I have such an exciting time, I had a new release last week while I was in Tasmania.  So I'm thinking... Wanna win a copy of Blame The Wine??

Cara is stuck. A job going nowhere and a hankering for the sexy gorgeous boss who doesn’t even know she exists. Fate, in the guise of a temp position arrives… Where will it lead?

Dillon is a geek. No other word could possibly describe him. He may be sexy and super brainy, but he’s totally clueless with women and especially the sexy plus size Cara. But when his PA takes emergency leave before her wedding, the luscious Cara is the best applicant for the position. 

It’s an opportunity he can’t pass up.

To see more click on the Total E Bound image to go direct to the publishers website.

a Rafflecopter giveaway Imogene

Absent Authors

Hi Folks

Well , it seems like winter has finally arrived.  If you are following me on Facebook you'd know I've been very busy.  Firstly, with my oldest daughter in her last year of high school we are trying to focus on her needs... but with the year starting out as it did, with not one but two major flood events, the cruise (which was fun despite hearing about the floods and being unable to get home) and youngest daughter starting her new part time job... life continues to be hectic.

Beyond my writing commitments, I am also a member of the local Rotary Club so that takes up a lot of my spare time... but I have been busy. 

I also have 6 chicks growing nicely.  At just over 3 weeks, they are now in a brooder box, where they are kept warm, fed and watered.

There they are! All fluffy and cute and getting their first feathers.  They will stay in there another 3 - 4 weeks until they are big enough to go out into a pen with lots of shredded paper. 

They've about quadrupled in size since hatching... 

And I think Winter has finally arrived... 

Today it is so cool and wet.  I think many of us are over that whole wet thing right now.  This is the view from the back steps.  The lovely lush green look has left the grasses in the cattle yards behind us and become a drab olive.  But we have to be patient as we suffer through this next season. At least it isn't as bad as sweltering through summer.  (Which is not my favourite season.) 

Even Teddy has got into the act with his tshirts.  The nights are cooling down and on cold days he snuggles into his shirts. As you can see though, he's not exactly overly concerned, is he? Oh and I'll only be intermittently online over the next week... I'm heading for ... Tasmania!  Checking on my parents and attending a conference with the darling hubs... So if I get a few minutes, I'll try and upload some pics of that too.

Apart from that... Writing... Yes, I'm still working away, though at the moment I'm working at the dining table while we have the chicks in the brooder... 

I've finally finished the rough draft of Dark Souls!  After 18 months I am soooo pleased to say "The End."  It's horrendously dark... and in need of a very heavy edit.  But I won't be getting to that in the next few weeks.  

I've also submitted the sequel to Blame The Wine and fingers crossed my lovely Total-E-Bound editor Sue loves it.  It's not anywhere near as light but it promises a bumpy road to love.

And I'm working on a piece, currently titled A Bar In Paris... Oh this one is really different... 

I also have a couple of Blog Tours lined up and ....

I'm going to be on radio again!  Tomorrow night I am joining Elaine Raco Chase on Triangle Radio's Authors Corner. More details soon, and I even promise to upload the link to the pod cast. If you happen to be around at 10.00 pm Eastern, make sure you log in and listen. This is my first ever US radio interview and I'm stoked!  There's also an added treat for listeners!

With a range of books releasing between now and August I'm beavering away at the computer. So keep an eye out... follow my facebook or twitter pages for excerpts and updates (and other little things!).  Just click on the links at the top.

So that’s all  my news...

I’ll be back again soon!

Imogene

Talking About Magic...

Magic Touch Giveaway Blog Hop Post!

Magic in romance... where do I start? With the magic between a man and a woman when they finally get it together and realise what they have is something worth keeping?

I love writing books with a happy ever after...

The Plan - April 15 from Beachwalk Press:

    Kadie woke, Jonah’s heavy arm crossed over her body. She ached in places she hadn’t realized could ache. Her legs spasmed slightly in response to their athletic lovemaking the night before. Her body, especially between her legs, was tender. Kadie opened her eyes, knowing exactly where she was. In his arms, in his bed, after the most amazing sex of her life. Again. Damn!

I mean where else can you experience the magic of love on a daily basis (well, fictionally of course!)

Ohhh, you mean the other magic?  As in Abracadabra? Oh okay... let me change gears. <g>

Ahem... So magic in books...

Yes, I like a good bit of magic in my stories.  Take Blame The Wine, for example.

Blame The Wine - May 27th Total-E-Bound:

     He looked for the server, then stopped still in surprise, blinking, watching as his aunt appeared in the seat opposite him. Her long wavy chestnut hair glinted in the dim light. She might be Cailleach, the Mother of All, but more importantly, she was still his aunt. Traditional Scottish mythology always showed her as an old hag, and this was a never-ceasing source of amusement to her. But then, so was his description as a brownie. When he assumed his true body, he was tall, redheaded and bearded. Trim and taut, nothing like the visage he presently portrayed.

The whole concept of magic sends shivers running through my system.  I mean, it's something we all look for in one incarnation or the other.  In our day-to-day lives, most of us equate magic with romance and I guess that is why the paranormal romance genre is one of the biggest and growing rapidly.

But we can have it all, even if it is just between the sheets of paper in a book (or virtually if we use an ebook reader!) 

Okay, enough of me yapping on about my books... I know you would like to win one... right? So let me see...

Leave a comment about why you love the magic in romance.

To Be Eligible:

You MUST comment on the comment on my statement above.

Please leave your email address for me... that way I can contact you.

What You Win (if you are the winner)

An Ebook copy of The Plan.  (I will contact the winner to find out what format you would like)

Blurb: 

What happens when a former orphan, now illegal parts runner Kadie Frost falls for the new head of the Department of Authority?

Jonah Fielding has been brought in to clean up the department on Centauri, but in the course of his work, he also captures Kadie, the sprite who got away.

But what happens when work and pleasure collide?

The draw will take place AFTER the hop concludes on 30th April 2013.

Book Swag Giveaway!

This Hop is hosted by author Kallysten and book blog  Riverina Romantics. In addition to individual prizes provided on each blog, we are offering assorted swag to the first 100 participants who simply tell us they want some! See all details and sign up here.

Good Luck and Have Fun!