The ever-talented Lexxie Couper has, again, created a gorgeous book trailer. I’m in awe.

SPACEPORT BOUNTY: AVAILABLE NOW AT CHANGELING PRESS.

When I make my goal of 390,000 words at 11:59pm CST December 31st, 2008, I am going to give myself something I haven’t taken in years. An honest to goodness vacation. Two weeks with no writing. No stress. No deadlines. No Day Job. I’m taking time off. I need to know where I stand by mid-December for it to go down the right way. So I’m keeping a close watch on my wordcount.

Early night for me, all. *hugs*

Good-NESS it’s been a record-breaking day for me. I have completed three projects today as well as getting one halfway done. Long day. Two other projects have been completed in the previous week or so.

So without further ado, I have completed the following projects:

1. A free read for Changeling Press’s Ezine
2. Ginger Snaps: Serendipity 5A, a short Christmas story coming from Changeling Press
3. Del Fantasma: Winter Break, another short Christmas story, this one based out of Aspen Mountain Press
4. Mardi Gras: Seduction: 3K short story for Changeling
5. Snow Fire: Sex and Magick: 3K short story for Changeling
6. Halfway done with Del Fantasma: Bermuda Triangle (the word count chose to increase. Menages are like that…)
7. My secret co-authored project has 4K added to it.

Total current word count:

I’m pretty excited! Almost halfway done and Nano’s around the corner! I can do this. *WEG*

My original list has been updated.

And I’d like to thank Kim Knox and the fabulous ladies at Romance Divas live chat for pulling out the whip and getting me writing!

I’ll be updating my Coming Soon Page with all the goodies.

Ah, ladies and gents, Deadline Dungeon will end on Monday. I am so thankful! This does, however, mean many more upcoming releases! I’ll be reopening the coming soon page in the next couple of days. Until then, have a wonderful weekend!

I’m still in the middle of deadlines…this time it’s Christmas/Winter tales. My Kitsune story, Masqued Tails, has been pushed forward two weeks to release on October 31st. How cool is that?? So since I’m happily typing away in deadlines, I want to show you what tempts me all the time. Note: if I can go to the source, I will. So if the editor has it on their blog, I prefer to go there so you can see their pet peeves, etc. I’ll start with those that have time limits and move from there.

Samhain Cowboy Roundup call for submissions at Heidi Moore’s blog. Did you know she also twitters?

Aspen Mountain Press’s ever popular Del Fantasma’s Call for submissions at my own site. Why here? Because I have an interview with the owner of Aspen Mountain Press and her creation of both the really fun series AND the secret behind Cody and the bar…

Ellora’s Cave has some VERY interesting themes. Check out their Submission Guidelines. Requires Adobe in order to read. They also list what they’re looking for at both Ellora’s Cave and Cerridwen. Although, I’ve heard through the grapevine, if you’re planning on creating cliffhangers at the end of a book, don’t bother. Too many readers have been disappointed by authors not following through on series. I happen to be one of the readers. *WEG*

Liquid Silver Books new Submission Guidelines are wonderful! They also have a couple of themed anthology calls. The first one is for a Romantic Suspense anthology 15-20K. I found the Specific Guidelines on Romance Divas. Their second call, also at RD, is for a Firemen anthology *yum*. 20-30K it says. Here are the specific guidelines. Romantic suspense is due 17 November and the Firemen anthology is due by October 27th. If you’re not a member of Romance Divas, or can’t be for whatever reason, email me and I’ll give you the rest of the info.

Samhain Publishing has announced it’s Spring Anthology. I’m Too Sexy For My Shape Guidelines are now available at editor Angela James’ blog. She also twitters. LOL.

Avon Romance, home to so many great stories, has changed the location of their submission guidelines. It’s now HERE. They allow you to query by email. I think that’s fabulous!

Changeling Press’s submission guidelines haven’t changed since I started reading them four years ago. I love it! All of their anthology calls, multi-author series openings, themed calls, and collections are open only to their authors (so don’t target Rookery Cove, Spaceport, or Big, Blooming and Wild! with your submission). If you’d like to be one, write for them!

Loose-Id (pronounced Lucid, btw) hasn’t changed their guidelines much over the years and that’s fabulous with me! I love their stuff and always have. They want stories 20K and up and all of their authors (so far) will happily chat with you about their publisher. I love it. If you’re interested, check out their submission guidelines!

Harlequin Romance is breaking new ground for their company by offering online only stories. They’re very short at 10-15K in length. Thankfully, you’re able to submit by email, but don’t expect a quick response. Here are the current guideline offerings: Historical UNDONE, Paranormal NOCTURNE BITES, and Erotica focused SPICE BRIEFS (they want 5-15K in length). Remember, with the exception of the Briefs, it has to be a romance. HEA, hot hero and heroine, etc. If you’re mystified by the editors and why they choose what they do, Eharl has also started podcast recordings of what each line is looking for. Check them out HERE. There’s a drop down menu halfway down the page; just select the one you’re interested in. Also, the introduction to each of them is rather boring. I usually skip to the good stuff involving the editors. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. They also twitter. I like that they announce all new content on their site, like the new Harlequin Historical editor podcast.

That’s it for me! Have a great rest of the week!

Hello all! I’m still pounding out my word count for the night so I thought I’d leave you with a tasty tidbit of Shad, my Kitsune from Masqued Tails (coming in November from Changeling Press). This is a very naughty excerpt and as such you’ll have to click more to read it in its entirety.

By clicking you are consenting that you are of legal age in your state/country/galaxian origin and that all rights belong to Dawn Montgomery. Legal stuff out of the way…let’s bring on the heat! (more…)

Update! I’ve completed Round 2 of Masqued Tails! Yaaaay. Man I’m wore out. Also I’ll be adding a prologue. LOL. My editor’s idea, actually. I love it. lol. My Triangle story involving shifting Jaguars and Cougars is going very well. Only a minor hitch in the writing and my editor helped me smooth that one over really well. (Thanks for the inspiration, Nikita!). Let’s see…it’s Christmas story time for me so I’ve got to finish both of them by the end of the month. Those are at least plotted. I’m currently haggling over a title, but other than that, smooooooth sailing.

I apologize for any gramatical issues in this post but my brain is fizzled out. My word count for the day is 4500 including new content added to Masqued Tails. So g’night all. Weekly round up will be tomorrow. I hope everyone’s meeting their project goals!

I adore fun celebrations that lift my heart, especially ones that allow me to use my Pirate Dictionary!!!

That’s right, mateys! It’s INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!

I know I’ll be annoying everyone I know with my insanity!

Have a great Friday!

Well, with first round edits for Masqued Tails on my table, my word count was a little lower today. Only 1200 done but I feel great about it!

For those who remember my poll from July (wow has it been that long???)…I’ve started that novel. I hope everyone’s having a good week and I’m off to enjoy the brisk evening.