The CosmoChix blog is hereby launched!

The Cosmo Chix blog is hereby launched!

This is what I get for finishing a book. . . more writing to do. It's this or clean out my study, which has a solid eight months worth of detritus piled around and draped over everything. I don't mess with my office while I'm writing. . . well, any more than the health inspector requires. Probably a superstitious thing. . . like wearing the same pajama bottoms every day at the computer and not cleaning out the refrigerator while writing a book.(REALLY, REALLY bad luck! Trust me on this, people).

But this superstition sort of makes sense, because you never know when you may need something jotted on one of those bits of paper tacked to the wall with chewing gum(or the chewing gum) or some reference from a book under the kneehole where the dog sleeps, or a piece of research printed from the internet(also handy when re-lining the bird cage). So I keep it all. And If a book takes more than eight months to write, the dust piles up alongside the paper and I start wheezing. Right now, I'm trying to decide whether to invest in a hazmat respirator and go after the dust balls myself or to apply to EPA for a toxic waste removal grant. Oh, what the heck. . . the third eye on the dog looks kinda cute.

This is not to imply that I'm not an orderly person. Just a little harried and obsessed near the end of a book. And what a marvelous obsession this book turned out to be. . . The Book of True Desires. . . an historical romantic adventure set at the turn of the century in Florida, Havana, and Veracruz. . . with a very unusual heroine and a hero who happens to be a butler. A snarky, superior, droll. . . oh, yeah, handsome. . . BUTLER. When I say the butler did it. . . you can bet there's a wicked twinkle in my eye! I can't wait to start handing out galleys and collecting comments. Who says historicals are dead? I think they've just been waiting for something fresh and new and interesting to come along!


More is coming about the Cosmo Chix. . . an introduction of the writers. We six who make up the illustrious group span just about the spectrum of published romance authors these days. . . contemporary, paranormal, erotica, historical, and suspense. . . we do it all. And like the motto says. . . we give good romance. We're preparing to throw a heckuva party at the upcoming Romantic Times Convention in May in Daytona Florida. The Cosmo Chix will be serving yummy "Cosmos" and munchies, giving away a door prize, handing out cool party favors. . . and having a ball! Everyone's welcome. . . the more the merrier!

Look forward to seeing everyone there. Also-- as if you needed MORE incentive-- one of the cover model contestants is slated to be our bartender! But that's a story for another CosmoChix writer to tell. . .