Monday's Musings

Good Monday All--

Hope everyone had a good, restful weekend. Did you read some good books last week? If so, what were they?

I'm in the midst of several things today. Our fridge went out last night around 11:00 and we had to empty it out. So thankful we kept our old fridge in the basement. When we got up this morning. the fridge temperature was 93! Thought about cooking breakfast in it!

But it's all fixed and our little fridge drama is over. Today, I'm working on synopses, ordering 'autograph by author' stickers and trying to come up with something snappy and original for new bookmarks for the new trilogy.

So that's my Monday. What's going on in your world? And what can you recommend as a good read for this week?

Winners!

Hi All--

Thanks for playing in Friday's contest.

The winners are:

Aly (Nutty Mother). She is the winner of the $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble.

Tawania. She is the winner of a signed copy of my first trilogy.

Congratulations, ladies! Please email me at christy@christyreece.com with your mailing information.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more contests, leading up to February 23 release date!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

LAST CHANCE Excerpt is up and it's Friday! So Let's Have Some Fun!

Hey All--

Hope you enjoyed the excerpt of LAST CHANCE. Now you have a peek at the entire trilogy and it's only 38 days until NO CHANCE releases! Yay!

An e-newsletter will go out on February 23, so be sure to sign up on the mailing list if you haven't already. I'll have giveaways all day long on release day. Tell everyone you know to drop by. I'm really hoping sales will go through the roof that first week!

I'll be doing several guest blogs and interviews before and after February 23. The day of each blog or interview, I'll announce the location and give you the link, but if you'd like to go ahead and mark your calendar, here's where I'll be:

February 15 - Romance University

February 18 - Barnes and Noble Mystery Club Online Discussion Board

February 19 - RomCon

February 23 - NO CHANCE release (blogging and contests all day here)

February 24 - Riding with the Top Down

February 25 - Loves Romance and More

February 26 - Book Binge

Whew! Gonna have some fun!

Okay, today, I have two prizes for two random commenters.

One commenter will win a $25 Barnes and Noble

One commenter will win an autographed copy of my entire trilogy.

And all you have to do is tell me what you're reading today. I'll announce the winners at 8:00 pm CST, so be sure to check back to see if you won!

To get us started, I'll tell you what I'm reading: The synopsis for my new book. Yep, it's a working day for me, but it's still fun. What about you?

LAST CHANCE Excerpt Coming Tomorrow

Hi All--

Hope you're having a good week and life is being good to you. I finished the copy edits for LAST CHANCE and sent them off yesterday. Yay! The excerpt will be posted tomorrow. Yay! Yay! Can't wait to share this story with you. The excerpt I'm posting is Lucas and McKenna's first meeting. A bit of an unusual meeting too. Hope you enjoy it!

Also, I'm in the mood for a giveaway, so not only will I post the excerpt, I'll have a Barnes and Nobel gift card and a book or two as prizes.

So be sure to check back tomorrow. I don't know when the post will go up. I just sent the excerpt to my website designer yesterday and despite the short notice, she is graciously putting it up tomorrow. As soon as it goes up, I'll pop in and let you know.

Until then, stay warm, read a good book and relish your blessings.

Monday's Musings

Good Monday, everyone! How was last week for you? Did you stay warm? Did you read some great books? If so, please share!

As for me, I worked on copy edits all week and weekend. LAST CHANCE is really coming together. They're due back on Thursday, so I have a few more days to play with it. The copy editing phase is the SECOND CHANCE to make corrections before it goes to the galley phase. The galley phase is the LAST CHANCE to fix anything at all. After that, there is NO CHANCE. (Snort) Okay, I promise, we're almost through with playing with these titles. Got to get to work on coming up with more we can use.

After I send the copy edits off, I'll post again with news of release dates for the 2011 books, along with some information on blogs I'll be visiting in February. Also, I believe I have a Barnes and Noble gift card I want to give away. And yes, still planning on sharing an excerpt for LAST CHANCE. Stay tuned!

So what's going on in your world and what good books can you recommend for us this week?

A Quick Hi

Brrr. It's freezing in Alabama. What's it like in your world?

Just wanted to pop in and shout out a quick 'Hi!' I'm in the midst of copy edits for LAST CHANCE. They're due next week, so my focus will be on that for the next few days.

I hope you're all staying warm and reading some excellent books. I'll do my regular post on Monday so you can share your good reads and recommendations from this week's reading. Later on, probably Thursday or Friday, after copy edits are out the door and I'm breathing a bit easier, I'll come back and give you an update on some things. And maybe have a giveaway or two.

Have a fun-fabulous weekend! Stay warm, read well and be safe.

Happy New Year; Happy 2010; Happy Monday; Happy Happy!

Can you tell I'm just happy? Hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Mine was fantabulous and I'm so looking forward to an exciting, fun-filled, action-packed 2010!

So tell me, what great books did you read last week? I worked on story ideas for my new trilogy, so didn't get a CHANCE to read. Copy edits for LAST CHANCE are coming today, so that will be my reading for another week or so, then it'll be time to buckle down and start writing again. However, I'll just live vicariously (or should that be read) vicariously through you.

Did you notice how the blogger not only capitalizes and bolds CHANCE, but now puts it in italics too? What's up with that? (giggle)

So share. What great books can you recommend to us this week?