1. who are you ferreting?
2. Whatcha been reading lately?
3. Why are all the good men taken??
4. It’s me–I’m the writer who got the book deal!!!
5. Learn about the law and support the RD Scholarship!
6. EEK! My first Bestseller List!!
7. Sometimes, it’s worthwhile to check email!
8. Thursday Thirteen for 2/28
9. When writing gets in the way of sex
10. Chocolate Baklava
11. Stoopid people alert
12.  Romance Divas RWA Fundraiser!!!
13. Ebook Challenge for Valentine’s Day

It’s always something at the Romance Divas Forum!

In the BDSM lifestyle, Catherine Lanyard is an extreme submissive with serious baggage. For years, she’s avoided her pain and hidden dark secrets. Now, an experienced Dom has broken through her barriers and forced her to face her fear. Sex was always a give and take for Justin Travers. He’d always kept his “lifestyle” practices separate from real life. But when Catherine blurs that boundary, he must decide what he really wants. BUY IT HERE

She’s got the man—and the wedding—of her dreams. If only love were part of the fantasy.

Heather Tindall is temping as a personal assistant until her dream job as an event planner comes along. Worse, her new boss has a penchant of running off new assistants before lunch. Heather’s not about to let her spotless employment record be ruined by a real estate mogul with an attitude problem, no matter how well he fills out a suit.

At first Curtis can’t believe the nerve of the woman who refuses his order to leave. Six months into their working relationship, her dedication still manages to surprise him. But her best efforts to protect his personal life can’t keep the press from seeing him as anything more than a playboy. Then it dawns on him that the perfect solution is right under his appointment book—Heather.

Swept off her kitten heels, Heather can’t help but accept the proposal of the man with whom she’s fallen in love. She hopes that in time he’ll come to feel something for her.

Curtis is determined not to feel anything, for anyone, ever. He’ll do anything Heather wants—but he’s not going to fall in love with her.

Except that will never do for a girl with a Cinderella Complex…

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Please join us in the Author of the Month Workshop forum for this class with Jaci Burton.

A taste of the workshop ::

Your Vision

What is your vision?

A published author. Of course. That’s everyone vision. And there’s nothing wrong with making that part of your vision. Start there, by all means. But don’t stop there.

What I really mean is, how do you see yourself as a writer? What kind of writer are you? This is where you determine who you are. And by that, I mean what kind of books do you like to write. Do you have a funny bone and like to include quirks and laughs in your stories? Then maybe your genre is romantic comedy? Do you enjoy immersing yourself in the world of vampires, werewolves, demons and witches? If so, you then you write paranormal? Do you dig suspense? Fantasy? Or do you prefer to be grounded in contemporary reality? What about inspirational? Is faith part of the romantic angle you want to include in your writing?

It’s important to know who you are as a writer. This can even be a part of your career plan.

Unpublished authors have a bit more leeway in this. Play while you can. Figure out what genre works for you. This is the time when you have the chance to find out what genre or genres you want to write in. You don’t have to limit yourself, but make it a part of your career plan. If you already know, then stick to it. If part of your plan is to write a book in 5 genres in the next 2 years, then do it. This can be part of your immediate career plan, to discover your genre. Even for a published author, switching to another genre can be part of your career plan.

Keep in mind that your vision may change over time. Play with your visions. Add to them. Subtract from them. They’re fluid. Nothing is ever set in stone. This is your career, and it’s as unique as you are.

Let me give you an example.

When I first start writing four years ago, my vision was to write contemporary romance. That’s all I wrote. That’s all I was comfortable writing. Because that’s all I knew. But after awhile if felt limiting to me, and the writer in me wanted more. As I grew as a writer, as I expanded my horizons, I also expanded in my genres. I read more, I enjoyed more genres, and I felt like I fit in different areas. So I expanded my genre writing, included erotic romance and paranormals in my career plan, and that’s when I sold to New York.

Now my vision is to write contemporary erotic romance, contemporary romance and paranormal romance. My vision is also to someday write romantic suspense. That will be added to my long term goal, which we’ll discuss later on in this workshop.

Like I said, your vision is fluid, but it’s a starting point. You have to know where you are right now—today—in order to know where you’re going. But keep in mind if you play around too much and too long, your career plan will either stagnate or come to a screeching halt. Don’t make your search for a genre become quicksand, or you’ll end up spinning your wheels and go nowhere. Give yourself a specific timeline to decide on a genre, then move on. You can play for awhile in different genres, but don’t take 10 years deciding what genre you want to write in. Know what I mean? Eventually you want to get published and you can’t do that if you don’t ever find your voice. You have to strike that balance between taking the time to find the genre you enjoy and taking “too” much time.

So take a moment and think about your vision. Who are you? Jot down a quick few notes about who you are as a writer, and maybe who you might want to be. Don’t worry about it being set it stone, you can always change it later. But at least you have the first thoughts of your vision, and that’s the start of your career plan.

So what’s your vision? Who are you as a writer? Who do you want to be?

1. SOHPIE’S FIREMAN by Tina Bendoni (sweet contemporary)
2. NOT FOR ME by LK Campbell (sensual contemporary)
3. Truth Über Alles by Christine Olinger (YA)
4. RAINY DAYS AND CAFES by Diana Castilleja (sweet contemporary)
5. SWEET TEMPTATIONS by Traci Flowers (steamy)
6. Timeless Encounter by Adelle Laudan (Sensual Contemporary)
7. Submit To Love by Evelyn le Bec (Caliente Contemporary)
8. OFFICE TEMPTATION by April Morelock (Caliente Contemporary)
9. 143 by Kathleen Oxley (Sweet Contemporary)
10. Almost by Chance by Kimberly Menozzi (Sweet Contemporary)
11. 629 Miles To Love by Fae Sutherland and Marguerite Labbe (Caliente M/M Contemporary)
12. His Eyes by Eaton Bennett (Sensual Contemporary)
13. Balanced Blade by Kim Rees (Sensual SF Romance)

For Kicks isn’t scheduled to be released until March 1st…but…you can snag it now on the publishers website in paperback or ebook! It won’t be on the main sites (Amazon, Fictionwise) until the release date, but if you just can’t wait…

Author: Jenna Bayley-Burke

ISBN: 978-0-9793252-7-4

$14.95 paperback

$6.00 Ebook (PDF)

He’s about to show her …

On the management fast-track, Breeze Cohen has no time for family. No interest in love. No inclination toward romance, lust, dating—or anything that doesn’t include retail business strategy and cornerstone client Nitrous’ most important product launch ever. No way is she going to let a live-for-the-moment, life-is-only-about-fun guy like Logan Chandler tarnish her professional reputation and derail her career.