Busy Month Ahead

It's the first day of March as I write, which means new writing goals for the new month, plus I'm looking at the calendar and upcoming events in a few weeks. The writing goals include more revisions, naturally. I feel like that's been the main thing on my goals list in the last year, and I haven't made a lot of progress because life has gotten in my way a bit.

Right now, though, I have a hard deadline for myself on the first two books in a short contemporary series. We'll see how that goes. I have quite a few books completed in that series, I just need to revise/rewrite/polish them. And then I can think about the stories that come after in that series. Then there are the tiger shifter stories. Again, revising on the first few that are completed, but I haven't given myself a hard deadline yet on those. I'll revisit those after I get the first two short contemporaries knocked out.

Before I can touch any of that today, though, I have to finish the weekend chores. Again. Haha. Before I do that, I have a snippet for you this week from Freeing Medusa.

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            Katharine had had enough. Her skin tingled with need again, and her heart beat too fast. But she hadn’t seen any likely candidates–even a desperate Medusa had standards.

            Which meant it was time to go home and break out a couple more vibrators to appease her overactive hormones. Dammit. 

            She took another sip from her glass, smiling at Ramona from her post on the deck. Her friend danced with someone she’d greeted enthusiastically half an hour ago. She hated to interrupt, but it was time to go home.

            Katharine sighed and shifted her shoulders, trying to loosen the tight muscles there. She turned her gaze over the crowd one last time, and her breath caught in her chest. Him.

            He was gorgeous, in a rugged sort of way. His nose had been broken at least once, a dimple dented his chin, and he had the brightest blue eyes she’d ever seen, black hair dipping over one of them. His green shirt stretched taut over strong shoulders and a wide chest, then tucked into a pair of jeans that fit nicely on narrow hips.

            Her heartbeat quickened in anticipation.

            Then he glanced away from his conversation with a shorter man and caught her eye. A slow smile curved his mouth as his gaze slid down the front of her, making her skin heat, then back up, lingering on her mouth.

            Her lips tingled hopefully.

            She took a drink from the cup she held. Whatever frozen thing Ramona had given her was melting and slushy, but she still tasted the bite of alcohol as it hit her tongue.

            He moved away from the couple he was with, toward her, and her temperature rose a few more degrees. His long-legged stride was confident and unhurried.

            No, damn him, he made her wait, pausing once to greet someone along the way.

            She tightened her grip on the stem of the plastic cup and took a quick breath.

            He finally stopped about two feet away, and she got a whiff of cologne, something musky that made her mouth water.

            Her nipples tightened inside her vest.

            “Hi.” His low tone raised goosebumps on her arms despite the warm evening.

            “Hi.” She put out her right hand. “I’m Katharine Vardos.”

            He smiled again, a slow curve of his lips that made heat spread in her belly, from the inside out, until her panties were damp when she shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

            He finally wrapped his long, strong fingers around hers. “Hunter Phelps. Nice to meet you.”

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I also wanted to remind those of you in southeastern Pennsylvania that I have two events coming up later this month! The first is in Wyomissing on Sat, March 21, and the next is in Manheim on Sat, March 28. I've got info on my events page, but a little info here, too.

If you can get to either or both, I'd love to see you there! These events are always so much fun!

Now back to chores so I can do some more revising! It looks a bit like spring here--warm day yesterday, and the pussy willow has some buds starting to open up... Is it feeling like spring where you are, too? I'd love to hear!

Until next week, happy reading!