Promises to Keep in 29 days!

I was reading over my last blog entry, and realized that I never said what I was promoting. (Bad Heather!)

Promises to Keep's release day is March 7th, just a mere 29 days away. Holy crud! Not only is the trailer live, but I have added several more events to my calendar:


FEBRUARY

TOMORROW! - Guest blogging at Love Romances and More. http://loveromancesandmore.blogspot.com/

Feb 9 - Paranormal Day on the Eternal Press Blog. Stop by to see an excerpt of my new novella, Promises to Keep. http://www.eternalpressauthors.blogspot.com/

MARCH

(NEW) Mar 5 - Guest blogging at Night Owl Romance. http://nightowlromanceblog.blogspot.com

Mar 6 - Visit me at the Love Romances Cafe Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveRomancesCafe/

Mar 7 - Promises to Keep. Join me for the release party at http://www.eternalpress.ca/LiveAuthorChats.html

Mar 9 - Parnormal Day on the Eternal Press Blog. Stop by to read an excerpt of my new novella, Promises to Keep. http://www.eternalpressauthors.blogspot.com/

Mar 10 - Guest blogging at The Pen and Muse. http://thepenmuse.blogspot.com

(NEW) Mar 11 - Guest blogging at Romance Junkies. http://romancejunkies.com/rjblog

(NEW) Mar 17 - Guest blogging at You Gotta Read. http://yougottareadguest.blogspot.com


More to come! WOOT!

32 days and promoting

I've been a busy little bee today. Not only did I dye my bangs pink, I've also set up several guest blog spots for the month of March. Right now I'm multitasking; sending interview requests to different Blog Talk Radio stations. I'm also looking into attending a convention this summer. Once I iron out the details to that, I'll be more than happy to share which one it is.

As of today, this is what my schedule looks like for this and next months:

FEBRUARY

Feb 6 - Guest blogging at Love Romances and More. http://loveromancesandmore.blogspot.com/

Feb 9 - Paranormal Day on the Eternal Press Blog. Stop by to see an excerpt of my new novella, Promises to Keep. http://www.eternalpressauthors.blogspot.com/

MARCH

Mar 6 - Visit me at the Love Romances Cafe Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveRomancesCafe/

Mar 7 - Promises to Keep. Join me for the release party at http://www.eternalpress.ca/LiveAuthorChats.html

Mar 9 - Parnormal Day on the Eternal Press Blog. Stop by to read an excerpt of my new novella, Promises to Keep. http://www.eternalpressauthors.blogspot.com/

Mar 10 - Guest blogging at The Pen and Muse. http://thepenmuse.blogspot.com

Bad, naughty internet

I think my internet connection is crappy, because it keeps kicking me out of Night Owl Romance's chat room. I am so ticked, because this was a golden opportunity that slid by me. I have no clue if the stuff I posted even got into the chat. Hopefully it did, and some of you reading this are from that chat room.

So here's what I'm going to do.

I'm going to post what I was going to write during the chat. If you were there, please tell me what other EP author(s) chatted that were not in the original line up. The first person to post the correct answer (or answers) will get a free e-copy of FADE TO BLACK.

This was a surprise. I didn't expect to talk about MY books today. Well, FADE TO BLACK came out back in October. I have another called PROMISES TO KEEP that is due out in March. It took me ten years to get PROMISES to where it is now. It's my paranormal fantasy baby!

Here's the blurb: Starlette DeFore knows that her father is alive, even though her family buried him ten years ago. And when a faerie confirms this she travels to Charleston, SC to hunt down Sivad Night, the only person to have ever escaped from the hands of a powerful sorceress, the Dark Lady Dreashae. With help from a witch they travel to Verella, a fantasy realm filled with centaurs, dragons, and magic. Starlette is very close to finding her father, but first she must defeat Dreashae. Will Starlette, a mere mortal, have the strength needed to finish her quest and save her father?

PROMISES TO KEEP is due out on March 7. And don't forget to check out FADE TO BLACK, available now from Eternal Press! www.eternalpress.ca/Kuehl.html

38 days and counting....

Until Promises to Keep is out! I can't believe it's almost a month before the release date. However, unlike with Fade to Black, I know what to expect. I'm already setting up online events to promote, have my bookmarks and commercial finished, and awaiting the final cover art so that I can post my banner. I even talked a little about it on Page Readers today. Now I have to work on my character interview for EP and finish writing Malevolent Dead.

Something in Malevolent just isn't flowing. I can't tell if Sarah is unhappy with the flow of the plot or if I am. I think I'm going to have to sit down, reread it, and figure it out. I want the first draft finished by March 7, the day that Promises comes out. That way, I can edit and submit it to EP. I don't want there to be a long wait between Fade and Malevolent.

In the meantime, Epiphany has been sent to Nocturne Bites. Hopefully they accept it. Epiphany features Mika, a character that I have written about before. He's number 1 on the Top Ten Favorite Characters list. I can't wait to have the opportuitny to share him with you.

I've just realized that I need to make a works in progress list. That way you and I can keep track of what I'm writing. And maybe a little bar keeping track of how much I write, like during NaNoWriMo.

Now for the bad new...sort of. Flashing Swords is closing their doors, meaning that my short story "Dalamar's Quest" is not going to be published...by them. I've already submitted it to another market so hopefully this time it will make it in print. Like I said, sort of bad news. I knew this market was going under for a while now, I had just hoped that it would hold out until my story got published.

If you missed today's interview...

Here's the link for Page Readers: http://ping.fm/iUBXj

CORRECTION My Page Readers interview is @ 12pm EST. That's what I get for updating when I'm tired. http://ping.fm/IKsyu

Page Readers interview

CORRECTION My Page Readers interview is @ 12pm EST. That's what I get for updating when I'm tired. http://ping.fm/SziUK

Interview tomorrow!

Listen tomorrow at 8am EST for my interview with Page Readers. Feel free to join in and ask some questions. http://ping.fm/ynwCC

Promises news and new reviews

Sorry for the silence during the last two weeks. Like I said before, I was taking a computer staycation to spend time with my family. What I didn't say was that I'd be on vacation too. We went for a week in Disney World, followed by a week on the Disney Magic. After two weeks of rest and relaxation I'm ready to go back to work. I hope to have the first draft of MALEVOLENT DEAD (FADE's sequel) finished by the end of this month. Then I plan on outlining it's sequel BLOOD MOON and writing BEAUTIFUL NIGHTMARE.

But that's not all. I got the mock cover art for PROMISES TO KEEP. I'm so happy that Amanda Kelsey is doing the cover art. For those of you who didn't know, she did the artwork for FADE TO BLACK. Now that I have an idea of what the art will look like, I can finish up the design of the bookmarks and work on my commercial. Lots to do, lots to do. :o)

Finally, I have two new reviews for FADE TO BLACK. Here are the links: http://ping.fm/ag6lm
http://ping.fm/tZ42y

YAY!

The marketing seminar last night

Eternal Press hosted a marketing seminar last night for their authors, and I LOVED it. It was so handy having Sheryl explain what tools were valuable online for us ebook authors. The fantastic news was that I was already using most of these tools, just impractically. And even that has been fixed now thanks to Ping.fm. I can update everything at once. This blog will be posted on my livejournal, blogger, and myspace pages. That saves so much time and energy that could be better spent writing. After all, it is NaNoWriMo....

Which I haven't worked on nearly as much as I would have liked. I'm still floating around 14,000 words. LM hasn't been napping at all lately, and that cuts out 30 min - 1 hour of writing time. And by the time the hubby gets home from work...well I'm sure you get the idea. (ZZZzzzzzzz)

Goal!

Fade to Black is currently a #1 Bestseller on Readerwise.com, Ebookwise.com, Ereader.com, and Fictionwise.com!

I feel like it's Christmas because look! I'm beating Charlaine Harris!!!!!

I'm a bestselling ebook author!

I'm so excited to share this with you. I am topping many ebook bestseller lists right now. I thought it would be fantastic if Fade to Black reached #25, but I never dreamt that this would happen! Here are some of the bestseller lists I am on:


#1 on eBookwise.com
#2 on Fictionwise.com
#2 on Ereader.com

Exciting!

=^..^=
Heather

I'm #1!

I'm #1 on Readerwise.com's Bestseller list for Fantasy ebooks!

~and~

I'm #1 on EBookwise.com's bestseller list for Fantasy ebooks!

NaNoWriMo 2009 - Week 2

Malevolent Dead is coming along nicely. At about 12,000 words I got stuck, but I fixed the problem and am moving ahead now. When I get stuck, it's usually because I am making my character do something that they don't want to do. And the pain is trying to figure out what that is and fix it. I'm a week behind, but that's okay. My goal is to finish this, and I don't care if it takes longer than NaNo to do it. Sarah is about to make her life way more complicated than it needs to be. Oh and did I mention that Marcellus, a vampire necromancer, is trying to kill her? So much going on! I'm sure you'll all love the finish product, and I'll post Chapter One of MD on my NaNo page as soon as I get a chance.

Currently 12,485/50,000 words
14 days left (would have been 19, but my computer free staycation starts on the 25th)

My November Events

I know, I know. This is about 10 days late. And if you read my blog post over at the Eternal Press blog, you'll know why (link below). I've also been working my tail off getting all that I can together for Promises to Keep. Making banners, working on my commercial, getting the layout for the bookmarks finished. Just like before, I'm waiting on a publication date and cover art. It'll be a little while before I get those things though, but I don't mind. I've got enough on my plate with Fade to Black and NaNoWriMo.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Nov 4 - I'm guest blogging over at World of Paranormal. http://kaydenmcleodparanormal.blogspot.com

Nov 6 - Visit me at the Love Romances Cafe Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveRomancesCafe/

Nov 10 - Paranormal day over at the EP Blog. http://www.eternalpressauthors.blogspot.com/

Nov 11 - Visit me at the Amethyst Winters Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmethystWinters_and_Company/

Nov 21 - Visit me at the Talking Two Lips Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingTwoLips/

Fade to Black is #2

Fade to Black is currently #2

on Fictionwise.com's Bestseller

list for Fantasy ebooks!

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Promises to Keep

I got an email this morning from Eternal Press. Promises to Keep has been accepted for publication!

*squeel*

This is so exciting! I'm working on formatting my manuscript right now so that I can send everything back to them tonight. I think it should be out around April. Yay! Now I have to start working on promotional material for this as well as continuing to promote Fade to Black.


BTW: While set in the same world, P2K and F2B are two separate stories. I think Haven is the only place mentioned in both. Sorry if you wanted another Sarah fix. F2B's sequel, Malevolent Dead, is moving along very well though. It's my NaNo for this year. :o)

Visit me at World of Paranormal!

When writing Fade to Black, why did I choose Weres over vamps? Find the answer over at World of Paranormal; http://kaydenmcleodparanormal.blogspot.com/2009/11/welcome-heather-kuehl-and-fade-to-black.html

Fade to Black has finally gotten it's first review!

And it's a good one!

Read it here: http://ddrreviews.blogspot.com/2009/11/fade-to-black-by-heather-kuehl.html

It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

NaNoWriMo begins

As I type this on my lappy, I am working on Malevolent Dead on my desktop puter. Malevolent Dead is my NaNoWriMo novel. I am on Chapter 4! YAY. So far.....3,800/50,000. I've got a ways to go, but today is only day one. And like they always say, Rome wasn't built in a day.

Sarah's already getting into trouble. Go figure. And the big bad is Marcellus. So excited about that. I'll post the first chapter on my NaNoWriMo page soon. You all should visit me: http://www.nanowrimo.org/user/141463


If you missed my interview on Book Chatter, never fear. You can listen to it again on their site. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Stacey-Cochran/2009/10/31/Book-Chatter We talked a lot about Sarah, who she was and what it was like to write her. We also discussed marketing. I had a blast on there and I hope to do it again soon.