• Skin Magic, a free ebook, released from Ellora’s Cave. What wanton magic will they weave…
• Flesh and Shadows released from Ellora’s Cave. Another deliciously wicked sci fi romance.
• Kim is pleased to announce she has sold Ruthless Beauty to Ellora’s Cave. Check it out HERE.

Dawn Montgomery had two new releases in May and a bit of news.

• The Beast, a free ebook, released from Changeling Press. Due to an awesome response to the short story, Dawn will be continuing it for an end of summer download from her website. More to come…
• Bound in Lust, the long-awaited bound collection released from Changeling Press.
• Dawn has a new release coming in July. More on that later.

Michelle Hasker had two new releases.

• Vampire Oracle Book One, a print anthology from Cobblestone Press with Michelle’s book The Moon
• The Witchy Woes Megabook, Volume 1. It contains the first three Witchy Woes novels in the collection and is available from Whiskey Creek Press Torrid.

For 10 long (or short now that I look back at the time) years I was able to come and go as I pleased (around the school schedule.) Learning that a nap in the middle of the afternoon is no longer acceptible is hard. Even harder when your child wakes during the night. Even harder still when your youngest is three. I find it more upsetting to see my son having fun with his babysitter (going to the pool and playground) than I imagined. It’s not that she takes him places, it’s that she is the one spending time with him. She’s become the fun one. She’s the one he talks about now. *sighs*

Jealous? Not a little bit. A lot! But he’s being well taken care of so I should rest easy knowing he’s fine while I’m at work, right?

But then I get home from working and it’s time to start dinner (Working 8-4:30 seemed like a nice time frame at the time. Til I realized that is when you actually get to leave work on time!) and spend time with kids and then it’s off to bed. Yep. Miss Night Owl who slept 2 hours a night last summer now is in bed by 10 even if she’s not asleep. I feel like I’ve aged in the past month. I don’t like it. What I do like? The steady paychecks. Writing out a payment for my mortgage and knowing I still have money leftover for food. Health care, dental care, vision care.

BUt wait! Wasn’t I a writer too? Somewhere in there I know I used to write. Didn’t I? *scratches head* Finding time to write when you work full time and have kids is really hard. When I was a SAHM I worried I neglected my kids too much to spend time writing. Now I neglect my writing to cook, clean, and spend time with the kids.

Is there a balance? I’m looking for it. If I find it I’ll give a hollar!

Michelle

Many writers require silence for concentration to write. Parents know that silence is absolutely golden. It’s rare. When you get silence, there may be so many things you need to do, but all you really want to do is sit and relax and enjoy the anomaly.

I love to blare music when writing, but I absolutely need silence when editing. Even the phone ringing can drive me to frustration.  My family and friends will tell you I never answer the phone, and they are correct. Don’t dare interupt my concentration

I’m looking forward to chatting with you all and as always, comments and discussion are welcome. Thanks goes out to the fabulous Lynn Viehl* for launching the Virtual Workshop tour.

See you tomorrow night!

Dawn

On Monday we’ll have a chat at the Realms of Love, 9PM EST with Maura Anderson.