Hello and welcome! I’m so glad you stopped by. I haven’t done an update for awhile. With this being “Read An Ebook” week, I thought this would be a great time to let you all know what I’ve been up to.

First and foremost, I’ve been hunkering down for this wet winter. I moved to a new house and small town a few years ago, and I’m kept busy with gardening. Plus, with all this rain, I am making sure that my backyard drains. Funny what you have to keep track of as a home owner. I’ve always had that dream of owning my own house. It only took decades to accomplish. I’m sure it will end up in a book some how. It’s good to have dreams and to work towards them. And when you accomplish a dream, time to make up a new one. It’s a whole world of possibilities now.

Also, I have started work again on my sequel to “Never Date A Vampire”. It’s called “Never Trust A Vampire” and continues Cassandra’s story in Las Vegas. It’s shaping into a challenge since it’s set in May 2020, just as the world is opening up from lockdowns, because that is when I started writing it. Because I didn’t know how the pandemic would end, it was hard to move forward with it. But I’ve recently had a plot breakthrough to some of the writer’s block, and the story is taking off. Things happen like that in writing. You’ll get writer’s block, or a pandemic contributes to that writer’s block, and it takes awhile to get back into a project.

But I’m feeling more confident in moving towards it’s completion. I know I promised it last year, but some life events happened, namely I lost a good friend to illness. At her request to see her before she died, things had to be put on hold. Then shortly after, I got COVID-19 for the first time. By the time I recovered from that, my Ren Faire schedule started, and boom, it was Christmas.

I felt I might have owed an explanation about the delay. But you know, it’s sometimes good to hear the writing journey of other authors. It’s okay if life happens. As an Indie Author, I can pivot and adapt my publishing schedule. I guess that’s why I enjoy an Indie authors schedule too. Sometimes, life happens and you have to let other things pause while you deal with the new reality.

As a thank you for your patience, I’ve put up one of my shorter novella books for a freebie during Smashwords’ “Read An Ebook” week. I really enjoyed writing this little Steampunk erotic romance, “Love In One Act”. I’d love to share it with you. Please check it out.

Meanwhile, please make sure you’re subscribed to my blog and newsletter, and I’ll be sending out updates to when books are soon to be released. Again, I’m working towards an October release for “Never Trust A Vampire”. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy the things I get both Cassandra and Cat into, all with hot vampires and warlocks in the mix.

Plus, my co-author of the Thankful In Vegas series, Lynda Belle, has a freebie up as well for the promotion. If you like super spicy Christmas stories, this one is for you. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” is a great little hook-up story with a sizzling ending.

Stay warm, dry and may you be immersed in a good book,

-Marilyn