What's Hot In Romance Interview!

My interview went great!
Even when my phone died…silly phone.
Cat was so nice, which made me not as nervous as I was when I dialed into the station. This entire thing makes me so giddy because this was my first interview! I mean, wow!

That’s all I can say now. It’s late here and the adrenaline from this is finally wearing off.

Did you miss it? Never fear, you can listen to it here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Whats-Hot-In-Romance
Just scroll down until you see my name!

Interview info!

Here's the deets!

All Romance eBook's 'What's Hot in Romance' Blog Talk Radio Show.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Whats-Hot-In-Romance

Listen in on 10/5 @ 10pm EST to listen to my interview!

2 days....

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Sign up for the Eternal Press Readers Yahoo! Group to read additional excerpts.

Don't forget to keep an eye out for my alive radio blog interview. I think it's through Meebo, so keep an eye out on my Myspace page or Blogger page on 10/5 @ 10pm EST!

3 Days! – Interview – Homecoming – Computer Issues

Only three more days until the e-book FADE TO BLACK is available to purchase! I can’t believe it’s already time. I just can’t wait. You can purchase the e-book at www.eternalpress.ca or at www.bn.com.
“But wait! I thought it was in print too!”
It will be. It should be available to purchase from www.amazon.com around the beginning of December. Just in time for the holidays! FADE TO BLACK would make an excellent gift for the paranormal bookworm.
“Do you have any more excerpts from Fade to Black?”
Why yes I do. They are going to be posted on F2B’s release day (October 7th) But you have to sign up for the Eternal Press Readers Yahoo! Group to see them. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EternalPressReaders/ to sign up.

On Monday October 5th at 10pm EST, I will be interviewed on alive radio blog. As soon as I know more, you will know more!

My short story “Homecoming” will be in an upcoming issue of Abandoned Towers. I am so happy about this acceptance, because this was one of the stories I lost when my computer died.

And speaking of dead computers…I should be getting my lappy back online this weekend. HP sent me a new hard drive and I will be sending them a nasty-gram sometime soon. I mean, this lappy is less than three years old. There is NO reason for both the motherboard and the hard drive to die on me within the past year. *sigh* Hopefully this will be last of my lappy problems…and since I doubt it I now have a desktop computer. The monitor is a monster though (seriously, I think it attacked Tokyo last night) and I plan on replacing it with a smaller, flat screen one.

Hard Drive Failure

So....my hard drive has failed on me. The good news: the POS computer is still under waranty. The bad bad very bad news: nothing on it was backed up. Not my son's pictures. Not my stories. Not my F2B stuff. NOTHING!!!!!

The HP tech dude suggested hooking up the corrupted hard drive to another notebook, but this has failed us. We are going to try a data recovery service, but I don't have any hopes. This whole situation couldn't have happened at a worse time.

My lappy was an HP Pavillion dv6000. Almost a year and a half ago we had to replace the motherboard (covered under waranty) because it was faulty. Now we're replacing the hard drive for the same reason. This is BS. Really. A computer shouldn't cause this much grief.

And yes, I know I should have been backing everything up. I am stupid. We know this. Lets move on......

10 days!

Until Fade to Black is avaliable in e-book form! I am totally spazing about this. In a good way mind you. This is a dream come true. And the best part?

I have finally figured out what to do about the sequel! Memory Remains is now going to be book 3, which means this will be a trilogy! Book 2 will be called Malevolent Dead, and will hopefully feature one of my favorite witches, T.D. Drake!

Once my computer is fixed, writing shall begin!

I hate my computer

On Tuesday night, I turned off my computer while grumbling that it was taking too long to do things. Wednesday morning, it stopping turning on....and it hasn't turned on since. From what I can tell, the most recent Window's Live update caused it to crash. Which sucks balls because I haven't backed ANYTHING up since January. I should know better by now, because this will be the forth time I've had to reformat this particular laptop.

My HP Pavillion dv6000 sucks. I hate it.

We are trying to postpone formatting until we are sure we can't get anything off. Because, while it would be a shame that I wouldn't be able to get my stories back, I can always rewrite them. HOWEVER, the pictures of my LM, from 2 months - 10 months of age, are not retakeable. Those are my primary concern. Everything else can just wait...

I need a better computer. One that won't die.

I'm still alive

Has it really been only four days since I found out the release date for my book?! I feel like it's been much, much longer. My mile long "to do" list is slowly dwindling. A lot of what I have left to do relies on me getting my official cover art. Can't make bookmarks without cover art. Can't make book trailer without cover art. Can't make business...well you get the idea. I have the mock up, which is what I am using to see what looks good where.

Eternal Press has an excerpt from Fade to Black up on their site: http://www.eternalpress.ca/fadetoblack.html Drop by there and take a peek.

I am all amped up, knowing the volume of things that need to be done. I'm so amped, that I'm procrastinating in non-efficient ways. I could be editing my next book but no, I'm either blogging, tweeting, or updating my facebook/myspace. I've messed with my book trailer so much that I have the music trapped in my head. I need to stop and get to work, but my brain is constantly turning to mush. I'm thinking about disconnecting my Internet tomorrow so that I can stop dicking around. I thought I had months left to plan this. I'm lucky that I already had banners finished and a book trailer started or else I'd be more in the hole that I am now. But, when I know I have a large volume of work to do, I always freeze up and look for other frivolous things to do.

It's amazing I've ever gotten published at all. :o)

There is good news within all of this chaos though; I think I sorted out a plot problem that I had with The Memory Remains. (TMR is the sequel to F2B.) Looks like I got a story to write for NaNoWriMo!

Fade to Black Update

And a HUGE update it is. According to www.eternalpress.ca, FADE TO BLACK will be avaliable on 10/07/09. That's NEXT MONTH!

Since I had recieved a mockup of my cover art in my inbox yesterday, I knew it was going to be soon. I spent yesterday working on my banners and YouTube commercial, and I will spend today finishing them. A "Coming Soon" banner is already posted on my website and will be posted on this blog. I hope to have the "Coming Soon" commercial posted on YouTube and my Myspace page by the end of the day.

There is so much that I have to do, and time is running out! I would scream with delight, but I worry it would wake up my little one. :o)

Struck By Beauty

Mirror Dance now has my short story, "Struck by Beauty," up on their website. Please go here to read it:

http://mirrordancefantasy.blogspot.com/2009/09/struck-by-beauty.html

Finishing and marketing F2B

I'm only five chapters away from finishing Of Wolf and Man. It's exciting to see that the end is near. I know that once I'm finished, there are a couple of things that I'd like to add (probably turning out to be more chapters), but that's all good. I also discovered that my hard copy and notes for Promises to Keep are in the storage bin under all the Christmas bins. I won't be getting around to that for a while, which is a bummer. But that stuff is heavy and it will take all day just to get to it. Blood Moon, which was renamed The Memory Remains, is on hiatus until I can work out a huge issue. I'd love to rant about it, but I can't without dropping spoilers for Fade to Black.

Speaking of F2B, I sent back my first edits about a month ago and am eagerly awaiting the next batch. I need to change a street name when I do get them. Haven is on East Battery St., not East Bay St. (actually E.Bay and E.Battery are the same stretch of road, it just changes once it reaches the harbor). I also need to mention earlier what color Jared's eyes are (I don't until near the end).

I'm also plotting marketing for my novella once it is published. I still don't have a date yet, or the cover, but I am planning on making buttons, bookmarks, a YouTube trailer, and I also plan on doing a signing or two at some independent bookstores. All of this marketing stuff is overwhelming, and I wonder if I actually knew what I'd have to do would I still have pursued getting it published. I think I would. I've wanted nothing but this since 6th grade. I just assumed I'd have a literary agent by now (just as I assumed that I'd be a NYTimes bestselling author by now too). I know that if I work hard enough, all of this will pay off. And my husband has reassured me that, this being my first attempt at marketing myself, it is alright to be nervous. Scared even. But after this things will be easier because I will know what to expect.

Next time will be easier. It's nice to know that he thinks there will be a next time.

Ethereal Tales 4

Ethereal Tales 4 is now avaliable. My story, "The Hunt," is featured within its pages. "The Hunt" is the third story to feature Amythist Dyier, sorceress turned sidhe mercenary. The first of her stories ("Dalamar's Quest") will be in a future issue of Flashing Swords, and the second ("The Final Goodbye") was in Ruins Metropolis.

Buy Ethereal Tales 4 at http://www.etherealtales.co.uk/buynow.htm

The Drabbler 14

The wait is over! The Drabbler 14 is avaliable for purchase from the Sam's Dot Purchase Center. My story, "Project Indestructible" is featured in this anthology that discusses what happens when genetic experiments go bad.

"Buried Alive"

Thank god I google my name sometimes. I discovered today that my story, "Buried Alive," has won an honorable mention in Tales of the Moonlit Path's Tales of Torment Contest. YAY!

You can read it here: http://www.moonlit-path.com/fiction/kuehl-6-9-09.htm

I need to finish what I've got

I have two novella's that are about halfway finished. I have another novella that is finished, but desperatly needs editing.

So, with all that, last night I start writing what will become my romance novella.

I really need to finished what I've got first. But when the mood strikes and the characters are screaming out their stories, I have to listen and type. I have a 4 day weekend coming up next week thanks to Independence Day. I think I'll edit PROMISES TO KEEP then and keep writing the romance novella (no title yet, but it features Mika from "Struck By Beauty" as the romantic lead). Once I finish editing PROMISES I'll finish OF WOLF AND MAN and then THE MEMORY REMAINS.

No more new novellas until I finish these 3 and finish editing the one! I can't promise though, since my creative juices are in overdrive.

Lilies

"Lilies" is up on Flashshot today! Go to http://www.gwthomas.org/flashshotindex.htm to read it.

Facebook

I've created a group on Facebook that you can join if you want. That means if you are on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, or Livejournal you can add me and get updates about my upcoming works and events. I love this internet thing!

Space Cops

I just got my contributor copies of Space Cops in the mail. It looks excellent! Buy your copy today at Amazon.com!

Mirror Dance acceptance

"Struck By Beauty" will be in the Autumn 2009 issue of Mirror Dance!

Space Cops now avaliable

Space Cops is now avaliable to order!





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