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September 1

September always takes me by surprise. For me, summer never seems long enough. Maybe it’s because I never take an actual summer vacation – or at least I haven’t since I’ve had book deadlines! – but instead I grab bits and pieces here and there: a walk to the grocery store in the sunshine, lunch out on the balcony, a critique group dinner on a restaurant patio. I love the flexibility of the writer’s life!

My big achievement in August was finishing Heat Waves, which will be a July 2011 release from Berkley Heat. I’m so anxious to see the cover for that one. Because it’s set in the Greek islands, I’m hoping for a cover with a bright, Greek kind of feel.

Switching immediately from sunny days in Greece, I’m now in the middle of the final page proofs for Sex on the Slopes, my December Berkley which is set in Whistler at Christmas. My system’s going through climate shock! LOL.

The next project is to get started writing the fourth and final Wild Ride to Love boat, about the youngest Fallon sister. The series is “planes, trains, automobiles, and a cruise ship,” so you can probably guess where the book’s set.

I’m very pleased to announce that the first Wild Ride to Love book, Sex Drive, came 3rd in the contemporary single title romance category of the Published Beacon Contest, and my novella “Too Hot to Handle” from the firefighter anthology Men on Fire came 2nd in the novella category.

Speaking of Men on Fire, check out the September issue of Cosmo. Jodi Lynn Copeland’s novella “Playing With Fire” from that anthology is their excerpted Red-Hot Read. Congrats to Jodi! It’s very cool. Almost as good as when Sex Drive was the May Red-Hot Read.

Is anyone going to be in Vancouver for The Word on the Street on September 26? It’s a huge reader festival. The Greater Vancouver Chapter of Romance Writers of America© will have a booth and I’ll be there between 12:00 and 1:00. I’d love it if you dropped by.

Congratulations to my August contest winner, Selina from PA, who won one of my books plus a pashmina from NYC. For my September contest, I’m taking you back to school (which isn’t always a good thing!) and giving away a book bag and a book.

Last but not least, I finally found a little spare time to get set up on Facebook. I’d love it if you dropped by.

I'm also feeling my way around over at Goodreads.

Susan