Holiday Howlz: Werewolf Woes
Genre(s): Paranormal, Shapeshifters, Seasonal, Christmas
ISBN: 978-1-60521-349-1
Released: December 2009
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Dakota Raynes has come home for one reason and one reason only… to lay claim on the woman meant to be his mate. Six years away has given him time to get the beast under control so he could be the man he thinks she needs. Now if she’d just stop being so damn stubborn!
Lily Deacon has had it with alpha men and their need to push her around. So Dakota thinks he can just waltz right in and take up where he left off? Oh, she’ll let him play all right, but only by her rules. His little Lily is all grown up, and she has a few tricks of her own.
When these two wolves collide, the county will feel the clash all the way to their boots.
Tags: Changeling Press, Holiday, New Release, Werewolf Woes
If you’re a frequent visitor to this blog, you’ll notice that the Personal Writing Challenge page is gone. Why is that? Well, I’ve decided to keep my writing journey separate from this website. Blogging about my writing keeps me honest, but not everyone is interested in reading about my writing woes. LOL. Due to this back injury I may become a full time writer far quicker than I’d intended so this means a higher focus than before.
So if you want to follow along I’ll be at http://dawnmontgomerywrites.wordpress.com/. Holly Lisle has a wonderful continuous word challenge going on and I’ll be updating on her blog as well as the writing one. This blog will be all about characters, releases, the history of this book or that world I’d built, etc.
There will be a few more changes coming over the holiday. More to come on that later. 
And I still don’t believe it. The last three days of the month was a writing frenzy like I’ve never seen. Now it’s time to revise and finish off the projects I wanted done before the end of the year. I think I’ve found, however, that 500-1000 words a day is a much more achievable goal than the 2K I’ve been shooting for these past few years. I hope my American friends had an awesome Thanksgiving. It’s unique living in a country that doesn’t celebrate Christmas…it makes it hard to get into the spirit of the season.
My family is doing well but we’re all a little sad over the separation…okay a LOT sad. We’ll see each other again soon. Skype video conferences are my friend and keep us sane.
I had a new release yesterday so will post some goodies about it. Remember…for every one of the Holiday Howlz you purchase, you’ll be entered to win free Changeling books for a year! That’s every single ebook release…so buy yours today!
For the past three months or so I’ve had chronic back pain, the kind that leaves you nauseated and shaking. Nothing alleviated it: sitting, standing, lying down, walking, anti-inflammatories, etc. Numbness and tingling in my feet and calves became the norm and the pain just increased. Finally I went to see the doc. He said it sounded like I had Sciatica (inflammation of the sciatic nerve) which is a relatively common problem.We scheduled an MRI and some physical therapy.
Physical therapy didn’t go as we hoped…as a matter of fact it shot my pain over the top and sent me into uncontrollable muscle spasms down my legs. MRI got pushed up and I finally found out what was wrong…
Imagine that your spinal column is made of a stacked sandwich where the vertebrae (the bone) is the bread and the discs are the meat between each slice. Two of my discs have slid out. One straight out the other to the left. It’s the two lowest lumbar areas, L4-L5 and L5-S1. Which means it’s the last two discs before reaching the tailbone area. Lower back troubles.
So what now? Good question. It means I write when I can and walk when it gets to be too bad. I think it’s time to look into voice recording software for a Mac, though.
While NaNo was a bust so far, I have completed 30K plus on works in progress, so November wasn’t a total loss.
Keep writing. Keep reading. Never stop learning.
Tags: random
Hey guys! Great news on the writing front.
- Sex and Chocolate: Decadence will go audio! I love the story and can’t wait to hear how it sounds in audiobook.
- Holiday Howlz: Werewolf Woes comes out in a little over a week! WOOHOO! Don’t forget about the Changeling Press holiday special. For every Holiday Howlz you buy you’ll be entered to win free Changeling titles for a year! That’s right…not pick and choose, but you’ll be on the release distro list. How awesome is that??? The name will be randomly drawn during our Changeling New Year’s bash and at $2.99 a title, it’s a bargain!
- Speaking of bargains…seven of my titles are available for purchase at fictionwise for an incredible 30% off!! Grab your pre-holiday deals now! *edited to add, two other titles: Babes in Toyland II and Masquerade anthologies are also available at fictionwise!
NaNoWriMo is a bust for me this year, but I have made incredible headway in a new series. So for those Wrimos still kicking butt out there, you’ve got my support! I’m gonna cheer from the sidelines this year.
I wrote a little something about our military in my LSB blog post today. From my husband, to my friends, my writing mentors, and my grandfather, I’m proud to know you and wish you a wonderful Veteran’s Day.
NaNoWriMo has begun. Sweet! I love it when NaNo starts on a Sunday! So far so good!
Favorite lines of the day (unedited rough draft! I reserve the right to come back and change these later! LOL):
Cheyenne rocked back on her heels and blew him a kiss.
His laughter ran over her like a warm embrace. She turned her back on him and jumped over the rail to land softly on the lower catwalk. Her lips lifted in a smile and she shook her head at her own antagonizing behavior.
She needed to get the hell off this station, and fast, before she did some other reckless thing.
Tags: Nanowrimo
Three hours and counting until NaNoWriMo’s launch. This year is a little different for me than the years before for several reasons.
- My family and I are geographically separated. They’re halfway across the world from me and I’m missing them like crazy. My wonderful husband is doing his best to hold down the fort but we’re all feeling the edge of separation during this holiday season.
- With the exception of Kim and Lexxie, my other writing partners are not NaNo-ing this year. There are a ton of ladies at the Romance Divas who ARE in NaNo and that’s encouraging, but the word wars and challenges are going to be fewer and far between. To tell you the truth, I don’t know what I’d do without my two amigas. They really keep me going.
- I’m writing two novels. 100K by the 30th of November. Yeah. That’s right. I’m crazy. So this word marathon I’m on…anyone else have the feeling I’ll need a straight jacket when it’s all said and done?
But I’ll make it. I’ll tear that word count up b/c ultimately, the only one stopping me from achieving success is… Me. See you later, wonderful readers, I’ve got to get my write on.
Kim Knox, Lex Valentine and I are all finalists in the Loose-Id Hot Hooks contest! How awesome is that? Now you get a chance to decide what books you’ll get to read in Loose-Id’s up and coming lineup.
As far as I know, all of the entries are from authors who haven’t been published with Loose. Choose 10! That’s Right TEN hooks and blurbs that catch your interest! I’m not casting for votes. I want to see if you guys pick the same 10 I did!
*Note, hot hooks image is from Loose-Id’s site. All rights reserved by Loose-Id.
Tags: contest finalist, Loose-Id, Rock the Vote
There are now seven days and some-odd hours remaining before NaNoWriMo begins. My days are hectic as I try to get all other projects done before NaNo launch. I’ve got two projects planned for this year’s NaNo. The 50K novel is entitled Feral Intent and is the launch of a brand new series.
For my candy story I have a novella planned. Nothing else about that yet as it’s a multi-author series and I don’t want to say anything that could spill information ahead of time. So what about you? Do you have anything planned yet? Or are you skipping NaNo this year?
Tags: Nanowrimo