Friday, June 19th, 2009
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Yesterday, I spent the entire day flipping through research books looking for story ideas. Finally, I had to close the books and went for a swim. By the time I’d finished my laps, I had five really cool ideas—including a very strong premise for a YA fantasy novel.
Today, I’m going to plot something sexy and spooky. Mostly I’ll be working in worldbuilding notes. Today’s message from me is short.
Get ready!
I have two releases coming out at the end of this month and I have a great big contest that will begin as soon as my webmistress gives me what I need to get this ball rolling. I’ll need your help to get the word out!
If you’ve been wondering whether you would like Darkness Burning, here’s a review I found on AlienPlaces:
“…if you like a wonderful, sensual celebration of life and love, amazing storytelling, great plotting, powerful worldbuilding, and delightful writing, try [Delilah Devlin]!
Darkness Burning is a fantasy set in post-storm New Orleans, filled with vampires, demons, and other supernatural creatures. Don’t expect any Hollywood monsters in Delilah’s books, though. Her worlds are full of well-researched mythology, of legends based on ancient archetypes and myths that are the very foundation of our imagination.
Her characters are powerful and complex. No cardboard villains here, or white-hat heroes. Good deeds may have unintended repercussions, and sometimes, you must rely on your very enemy at a moment of need. In the best tradition of swashbuckling intrigues, Delilah Devlin creates a larger-than-life cast of characters with motivations that peel away like onion skins. And once you reach the core…
You’ll just have to read it. Because Delilah only promises more at each turn of the road.
And you will want more, because you will fall in love with her characters from the first page, and in lust at the second. Love, lust, need, irresistible attraction, and unstoppable fate mix and weave together to form the lifeblood of Darkness Burning. You can never fully trust your allies, and you must never close your ears to your enemy.
Only love is a certain beacon in darkness.
Or so you think.”
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Thanks to everyone who kept this blog so lively over the past few days! This is the end of this contest, but be watching because in a few days, I will be announcing another contest to celebrate the releases of Darkness Burning and Tempted by a Cowboy!
Following are the names of the current winners. The lucky ones need to send me an email to let me know where to deliver their prizes!
* The autographed copy of TEXAS MEN or DOWN IN TEXAS goes to…Lyoness2009!
* The autographed copy of ALLURING TALES: HOT HOLIDAY NIGHTS goes to…Heather Brewer!
* The free download of any one of my Ellora’s Cave backlisted stories goes to…Tamika!
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Thought I’d post this quick. I’ll be back later with photos from the conference, but I didn’t want you to have to wait a minute longer. I got up at the butt-crack of dawn to cut and paste all the entries into a single document, thinking I’d use the scissors and put all your names into a big bowl.
But I had 27 pages of entries when I was done! So, I cut out the comments and just kept the names and that took me down to 7 pages of single-line entries!
Still too many. So, I added numbers to each line, then went to an online random number picker and voila! The generator chose “69”—no kidding.
Lucky number 69 is…
But wait. Before I announce the first winner, let me just say how much I enjoyed reading through all those comments—from all three sites where you entered. Some of you were very, very persistent! I hope it paid off.
Okay, lucky number 69 is…Becky Ward!
The winner of the multicultural stash was much easier to choose with only one day worth of entries. That winner is lucky number 16…Eva Sikka!
I need both Becky and Eva to send me an email with your snail mail addresses. Congratulations! Thanks to everyone for playing!
Oh, and I have two more winners to announce later today. One is my March website contest winner—I know April’s almost gone but I forgot!! Bad author! And I have the winner to a contest I ran on the Aphrodisia loop a while ago. Again, mea culpa! Be looking for the new contest rules on my contest page later today!
Monday, April 27th, 2009
I’m baaaack! And oh, my aching feet. I napped yesterday evening in front of the TV, slept solid for about nine hours when I finally managed to get off the couch. I can’t believe how tired I was. I thought I’d paced myself well this time around. Ha! 
I brought back a nice stash for my winner. And I have another box I’d like to put together as well of multicultural books. So, if anyone would like to be considered for the multicultural stash, send me an email! Email Me!
I’ll post winners tomorrow and start sharing my RT photos and stories. I had a great time—reconnected with friends, met new friends, drank way too much!! Oh, I did work too. I have an exciting new project that my buddy Sasha White and I pitched to our Samhain editor, but more about that later!
I’m glad to be back. Be patient for a day and then I’ll make an announcement. I have other prize winners that I will be mailing stuff to this week as well, so if you’ve been wondering…I got a little behind trying to get out the door to Orlando. This is catch-up week!
Thanks to everyone for posting. I can’t believe how busy this place has been while I was gone!
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Today, I’ll be blogging at Access Romance and talking about the conference I’m flying to today. The contest is still ongoing. Don’t miss a chance for another entry. Remember, one lucky winner will get a box full of conference goodies!
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Just a reminder! The Unleashing the Tiger contest starts today! See details in yesterday’s post!
I’ll be blogging today at After Midnight Fantasies. Be sure to stop by to say hello and earn your first chance at that prize!
