Well, it’s Friday and several amazing things came together for my family. I can’t give all the details, but let’s just say we have a lot to be thankful for this Christmas season: Health, Love, Family, Friends, new adventures and breakthroughs for my son. Amazing breakthroughs. As some of you know he’s autistic. Over the past week or so he’s done wonderful things, interracted in ways we’d never dreamed or hoped and continued to do so.
Thank you for all the amazing emails, IM’s, and tweets over the past few months. They have helped far more than you can imagine.
Writing-wise, things are coming together. I’ve had two releases this week and both were so much fun to write! One involves Old Man Winter himself, Jack Frost and the other involves an apartment complex that causes serendipity (A fortunate accident) in love to occur. Click on the image to get to the place to buy. So without further ado:
Remember, with the gingersnaps, every one you purchase automatically puts you in the 12 Days of Christmas Contest with Changeling Press. Free ebooks for a year! All of Changeling’s new releases per week. Not a bad deal. *WEG*
So how did Winter Break come about? My editor chatted with me in the summer and said she wanted me to write a Del Fantasma. I’d loved the line and really wanted to get my hooks in and try out the paranormal bar in Cali. They didn’t have a seasonal release, so I asked if I could write one for Christmas.
She was enthusiastic so now I had to find a drink name. I knew it would involve Jack Frost and that he’d be tired of dealing with whining from people about the winter…so then I found one. Winter Break. In my research there were several variations on the drink. Most of them involved a mixture of flavors that destroyed the palate or were too much like other tropical inspired drinks (like a tequila sunrise).
I found this one and gave it a try. The peach and banana create a flavor combination like Runts Candies. The Southern Comfort gives a nice little bit of heat in the back of your throat. All in all, it was a nice flavor and I enjoyed writing the book far more than I’d ever thought possible.
Winter Break
1/3 Peach Schnapps
1/3 Banana Liqueur
1/3 Southern Comfort
Layer in a shot glass or slammer with ice and enjoy!
Writing-wise…I know a lot of you are post-NaNoWriMo. I chatted over at the League of Amazing Writers on what to do now…
Have a great weekend! I’ll be posting again starting Monday. See you then!




Look at this fun and festive cover by the wonderful Renee George! Gingersnaps, a Changeling Press multi-author series, 





