On Showing Up
Hello? <jumps at echo> Anyone here? <looks around>
Well, I understand if you wandered off. After all, I haven’t shown up here since, well, since forever.
But that’s because I have been showing up where it really counts—at my desk. I’ve been writing like a madwoman and (ta-dah!) IMMORTAL CHAMPION is finished. Yep, Gunnar has his story at last — thanks to four all-nighters in the last 9 days of work, two of them *during* the RWA National Conference. (And I’ll take this opportunity to apologize again to Barb Samuels for dozing off during her workshop…)
But the work paid off, my editor loves it (says the characters are “fabulous” and “so romantic”), the book is in production, and I’ve now recovered enough to start the next book (Torvald’s story, if you’re curious).
Oh, and I got the cover. Oh my, the cover. It’s…amazing. In the same vein as the others, but a little different. A little sharper. A lot hotter. I keep hoping somehow it will come out in full 3D so Gunnar will be touchable.
Come back tomorrow for a teaser. In fact, I’ll let you choose…
Do you want the curve of brawny arm and shoulder, a glimpse of his incredibly intense stare, or a snip above his belt, where his hipbone meets his six-pack in an enchanting little Y of rippling muscle? (Answer in Comments)



August 15th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Snippet above the belt, absolutely. (Not a fan of seeing hero/heroines faces on covers. Then again, I read e-books, so only ever see thumbnails.)
Congrats on your new cover and on finishing yr book!
Daisy
August 15th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Nice to have you back. Thanks for working so hard to finish the book. I can’t wait to read it.
August 15th, 2010 at 9:14 am
I’m going to have to go “incredibly intense stare” but I promise, whatever you show me, I shall not complain.
August 15th, 2010 at 9:47 am
Hummm….hard decision but I’ve gotta go with the little Y from the abs!!!! It’s so alluring & sexy!!
August 15th, 2010 at 11:58 am
WOOT WOOT WOOOOOOOOT on finishing! And on starting the next one!
Hmm….. how about a piece of him gets revealed for each person who comments? I want the belt/hipbone myself.
August 15th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
as below the belt is not an option…above! Above! (Although, I’ve already seen Gunnar…so I know what I’m talking about!)
August 15th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Ok, I said this on twitter, but I would like to see his eyes or his hands.
August 15th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I’d like eyes. That’s the first attractor for me.