F: FREAKIN' AWESOME NEWS!!!

So. It's official. Sacrificial Oath is contracted with J. Taylor Publishing !!! 

Squeeeeeeeeeee! Here's the link to MY PAGE on their website.

*insert another squeeeeeeeee here*

Here's part of the press release: 

Make Believe Anthology authors revealed!

Five authors to be featured with J.A. Belfield in Make Believe Anthology from J. Taylor Publishing.

On December 3, 2012, J. Taylor Publishing will release Make Believe, an anthology of six short stories, ranging from contemporary romance to fantasy, written based on a photo prompt with a wintery setting and a woman in red.

The anthology will open with Terri Rochenski’s Sacrificial Oath, a story of self sacrifice. J. Keller Ford’s The Amulet of Ormisez will follow—a story of success in failure. From there, Birthright by Australian author Lynda R. Young will delve into secrets revealed. Kelly Said returns to this anthology with Petrified, taking the reader on a journey of finding one’s purpose. Last Winter Red by Jennifer M. Eaton finds us in a post-apocalyptic world where not all is as it seems. Rounding out the anthology, is our headline author, J.A. Belfield, author of Darkness & Light and the to-be-released Blue Moon, with Escort to Insanity. 

 December is a LONG ways away, so I'll leave you with one last SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Best Photographer EVER

Seriously, folks, Tracey rocks. I had a photo shoot with her yesterday, and all I can say is WOW. I've never had so much fun sitting for a photo. (And I HATE getting pics taken!!)

If you're needing a great picture - senior pics, family pics, children's pics - whatever - check her site out. You'll be glad you did!



E: Enjoying a Break!!

Up at the lake house on Pine River Pond.

No internet. No phone. No cable.

I should have been writing or editing, but I just couldn't do it. Books called, their pages crinkling late into the night. And in the mornings, I drank coffee while looking over my back 'yard', which is THE BEST place to write. Ever.

This pic is from last summer. The lake hasn't filled yet (thanks to no snow, runoff, or spring downpours), but here's to hoping!! Trees aren't that green yet, either.

Yes, I enjoyed my break, but now it's back to the old grind. Life and the muse are fighting for my undivided attention.

Where do you go to relax? Escape? Write?



{Cover Reveal} Reaper by L.S. Murphy

by L. S. Murphy

YA Paranormal Romance / Urban Fantasy

Release Date: Janurary 7, 2013

There’s no way sixteen year old Quincy Amarante will become the fifth grim reaper. None. Not over her shiny blue Mustang. Her Jimmy Choos. Or her dead body.

She’s supposed to enjoy her sophomore year, not learn about some freaky future Destiny says she has no choice but to fulfill.

It doesn’t take long for Quincy to realize the only way out of the game is to play along especially since Death can find her anyway, anywhere, anytime. And does.

Like when she’s reassuring her friends she wants nothing to do with former best friend Ben Moorland, who’s returned from god-knows-where, and fails. Miserably.
Instead of maintaining her coveted popularity status, Quincy’s goes down like the Titanic.
Maybe … just maybe … that’s okay.

It seems, perhaps, becoming a grim reaper isn’t just about the dead but more about a much needed shift in Quincy’s priorities—from who she thinks she wants to be to who she really is.

So whatcha think?? Gunna nab this one? I am. Without doubt.