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Friday, January 10, 2014

Gratitude list & Kitsy Clare on Love Romances Cafe

Happy New Year! It's a popular time to make resolutions, though I prefer to make a gratitude list and a fresh work plan. 

Topping my list is the extreme gratitude I feel for getting back to the USA after two nerve-wracking days stuck in the Dominican Republic airport. Ack, I was trying to fly Jetblue during that snow fiasco!

I have gratitude that my new novella, Model Position is going forward with Inkspell using my romance pseudonym, Kitsy Clare. Inkspell authors will be chatting about all things romance tonight (Jan 10) from 7 to 9 pm on Yahoo's Love Romances Cafe, and you're all invited to drop by!


For Sienna, love and art are perilous games. Is she ready to take that gamble? The cover reveal for Model Position is on for January 20! I'll give anyone who wants to participate in the cover reveal virtual hugs and a big, fat virtual box of delicious chocolates with no icky jelly centers--only the caramel and hazelnut ones. If you're interested in helping out with the reveal, please email my publisher, Shilpa at marketing@inkspellpublishing.com

I'm also grateful that I immediately came up with a wicked fun plot for novella #2, Private Internship, to keep the Art of Love series going strong, because sometimes it takes a while to think up good plots. I'm looking forward to tying up the last third of the story with some crazy switchback plot twists.

I had fun creating a new Facebook author page for Kitsy Clare. Click to see it. What do you think? The new book cover will appear on the right side of the FB banner on the day of the cover reveal. I'd be thrilled if you Like my author page! That way, you can be informed of the Model Position launch, giveaways and tours.
Thanks! That's it for me. How about you? What are you grateful for?

20 comments:

  1. If I was on Facebook, I would!
    Sorry about being stuck at the Airport. Darn snow storm and Jetblue.
    Grateful my story is finally coming together.

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  2. Liked your Facebook page. :) Looking forward to seeing your cover and participating in the reveal.

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  3. Love all the things you're grateful for, though argh to being stuck at the airport.

    I'm grateful to my friends who keep me motivated and inspired.

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  4. That's all great news, Catherine! I already liked your FB page and I'm looking forward to the reveal. :)

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  5. Thanks, everyone! Ellie, yes, I am grateful to my friends, online and otherwise! Yeah, Alex, Jetblue-meh. They just delivered my hubby's lost suitcase, 5 days after the fact.

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  6. Oh, poor you! Airports are hectic enough without all the snow.

    YAY! for your novella! Congratulations. :)

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  7. Great things to be grateful for, especially finally getting home! Trapped in an airport sounds dreadful.

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  8. Glad you made it back safe! The airports looked like a total nightmare :/ Off to email about the cover reveal--looking forward to it!!

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  9. Great gratitude list! Congrats on your novella. :) I'm grateful the week of snow days is over. Back to the regular schedule next week. Have a wonderful weekend!

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  10. Thanks for participating in the cover reveal, Meradeth! Yes, Christine, I'm glad almost all of the snow melted here in the Big Apple. And that the temperature rose above 9 degrees.

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  11. Just liked your new author page!
    I'm grateful for the usual things (health, family and friends). But in the writing part of my life, I'm grateful I have an editor assigned to my novella scheduled to be released in March, and that I got to work for a solid hour on my new manuscript this morning. It's fun to get those creative juices flowing. :)

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  12. I'm grateful for cheese, as always. =)

    Catherine, that's so stinkin' exciting! I'm in, lady.

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  13. Cat, you have a really cool spirit. I think I've said this before but it certainly bears repeating.

    Happy New Year!

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  14. Sorry you had such a rough time getting home from the DR! But congrats on all the groovy stuff you've got going on!!! :-)

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  15. You have a lot going on. Such fun. I liked your new page. Glad you're home safely.

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  16. Thanks, Lynn, sounds like you're going strong.
    Mina, thanks for popping on by.
    Bev, glad you liked my new page.

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  17. Liked you FB page. Congratulations on all the wonderful things going on with you.
    Elizabeth

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  18. I am thankful for the undo button on most computers because wow I am good at needing that. Glad you're back safe! <3

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  19. Hey, welcome home and congratulations on these projects. I'm grateful to have pulled together a draft of a ms and sent it off to my group to hew and hack. Now I'm trying to catch up with other parts of my life.

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