Jaci Burton’s Muse

Sarah at Smart Bitches has the best video ever of the RWA Literacy Signing from Orlando last night.

Go. Check it out. Here

She is awesome genius, and I was happy to be part of it.

So I’m doing the whole packing and getting ready for a trip thing, heading off to Florida, first for a few days of vacation (omg do I need a vacation), and then for the Romance Writers of America national conference, which will be held in Orlando this year.

If you live in Orlando, on Wednesday, July 28th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. there will be a huge booksigning event that’s open to the public. Details here, including a list of all the authors who will be signing. Entry into the signing is free, so please plan to head on over since the proceeds from the signing go to literacy. And all book lovers love literacy.

Hope to see some of you there! And if you do go, come find me at my table!

I’ll try to post some pictures of the conference of awesome authors (and possibly Nora Roberts’ shoes. )

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the contest!

I used random.org to select three winners, and they are:

ROBIN (Comment #1)

DEBORAH VICK (Comment #31)

NANCY GILLILAND (Comment #19)

Congratulations! Winners, please email me at jaciATjaciburtonDOTcome with your mailing address details and I’ll get the ARCs sent out to you asap.

Winners have 7 days to contact me or I’ll redraw for new winners.

Thanks again to everyone who participated!

The ever awesome Lea over at the Closetreader Blog has reviewed NAUTI AND WILD and is also hosting a giveaway of the book! So if you’d like a chance to win, head on over there.

Here’s the link. And thank you, Lea!

Also, if you haven’t already, don’t forget to enter into the giveaway for RIDING THE NIGHT in the blog post below.

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

AJ and Pax work together as undercover operatives for a government agency of bad-boy bikers known as the Wild Riders. And though they play as hard as they work, both men are looking for the one woman who can tame them…

Danger may temporarily bind the three together, but it’s their shared passion that will lead them to the ride of their lives: love.

RIDING THE NIGHT releases September 7th and is the final book in my Wild Riders series. I know. The last book in the series. I’ll be sad, and yet I’m SO excited about this book I can’t even begin to tell you.

And now I have ARCs to give away, but there’s a catch. You have to earn the ARC. So you have to tell others about this contest. Yes, it requires sharing. Blog it, talk about it in a group, then in the comments, tell me where you passed the word along (link required). So if you blogged about the contest, give me the link to your blog post. If you shared it in a forum or a group, give me the link. If you posted about it on Facebook, give me your Facebook url. If you tweeted about it, give me your twitter name. All of the above things make you eligible. And if you share the contest in more than one place, you can comment more than once which means you get more than one entry. Wheee!

I’ll draw ARC winners (yes, there will be more than one) on Wednesday next week. Be sure you check back on Wednesday next week to see if you’ve won. Winners will have 7 days to claim their prize or I’ll redraw for new winners.

Please note that RIDING THE NIGHT is an erotic romance suitable for those over the age of 18. If you are under 18 years of age, please don’t enter the contest.

RIDING THE NIGHT is also a menage story, so if menage isn’t your cuppa tea, please don’t enter the contest.

And hey, if you haven’t read the other books in the Wild Riders series, check them out here!

Good luck!

NOTE: Some of the comments are being held in moderation for some reason, but I am checking them and approving them, so don’t worry about them not getting posted. I will see and post them.

I’m so thrilled to announce that I’ll be writing a contemporary romance Christmas novella for Carina Press!

I’m very excited about writing for Carina Press, which is the digital first arm of Harlequin. I’ve always loved writing digital books, and it’s where I got my start in publishing. I haven’t written a digital book in awhile because of my schedule, so I’m anxious to get an ebook back out there in the wild again. I’m so grateful to Carina Press for the opportunity to do this novella. And since Christmas is my favorite season, I always love writing holiday books.

Plus it gives me a chance to work with my best friend and most awesome editor Angela James again.

The book is tentatively titled ALL SHE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS. More details to come!

I got the new iPhone4 the week it came out. And I have to say I absolutely love it. I’m not a big technology freak, and don’t really care about all the bells and whistles on the new phone. And as far as the antenna fuss that everyone is complaining about…yeah, I’m not having a problem at all.

But the feature on the iPhone 4 that’s rocking my world? Face Time . Face Time is Apple’s new video calling feature, where you can see who you’re talking to on the phone.

Both my kids now live in California, since #1 son packed his family and my granddaughters and moved them back to California last month (sob sob cry cry). And #2 son has lived out there since he graduated from college, which means I only get to see #2 son once a year when he comes out here to visit in the summer (he teaches high school so he usually visits here in the summer). But this year #2 son bought a house so he won’t be coming out here to visit. However, he did buy an iPhone4, and he and I have been playing a lot on Face Time. To be able to see him has been nothing short of majorawesome! He even took me on a tour of his new house via Face Time via the iPhone’s dual camera feature. (Note: I am not a spokeperson for Apple or AT&T. I don’t work for them nor do they give me any money or kickbacks. I just dig the new phone). We’ll talk and look at each other and laugh and it’s like he’s right in the room with me. It’s an amazing thing for a mom who misses her kid.

And my daughter in law’s parents also have the new iPhone, so whenever they’re over at her mom’s house I get to see #1 son and my daughter in law and my grandbabies!

Truly an awesome, Star Trekky kind of invention.

Thanks Apple!

I’ll be at Lora Leigh’s Reader Appreciation Weekend (RAW) from September 9th through September 12th, in Huntington, West Virginia. This is a fun weekend where readers and authors can interact. Check out the website here . Lots of great authors attending.

There’ll be fun parties, games, booksignings and opportunties to hang out with authors and your fellow readers at a very reasonable price. I’m looking forward to kicking back and enjoying my time with readers and some of my favorite authors. I hope you’ll consider joining me!

Check out the video here

Less than a month until NAUTI AND WILD releases! I’m SO excited about this book!

Here’s an excerpt from RIDING THE EDGE, my story in the NAUTI AND WILD anthology:

Excerpt after the jump because of bad words, etc:
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There are a lot of creatures where we live, since we don’t live in a big city. I can walk out my door anytime of the day or night and find my yard filled with birds. We’ve had lots of bird nests on the property this year, so we’ve seen a lot of baby birds, too. We have these birds who drop their eggs on the grass (can’t remember what they’re called), so the babies just spring up and wander around on their spindly little legs like storks across my grass. the amusing thing about this is we have 5 dogs. Sometimes there are hundreds of birds in my back yard. You think the dogs chase them? Uh, no. They’re lazy and it’s hot and the birds know that the dogs don’t care. Heh.

I can sneak out the garage at night and find rabbits hopping around the yard. We’ve had a lot of rabbits this year, which makes me thankful we have fencing around the vegetable garden. It’s one of the nicest things about living rural. The last time we had a good rain there were crawdads doing the backstroke down my flooded driveway. Should have gotten video of that one. Heh.

The other day I hung out in the driveway and saw one of the neighborhood cats getting comfortable under a tree. Several birds weren’t having any of that because they have nests in that tree. They swooped down on the cat, squawking and flapping their wings right over the cat’s head. You’d think this would get the cat excited and make the cat want to attack the birds. Uh, no. The cat wanted no part of this so it moseyed on. Not satisifed the cat was leaving, the birds chased the cat clear across the yard, continuing to screech and dive bomb the kitty until the cat took off in a run and got the hell out of there. Amusing and oh so entertaining.

We had a (rare) cool night the other night so climbed on the bike just before dark to take a short ride (lord it’s hot here). Biker Dude took what we call the scary road home, a one lane with thick trees on either side that canopy the sky, isolating you completely. It’s awesome. While riding, a few deer jumped into the road up ahead so we slowed down and watched them leap the fence into the pasture on the other side. As we were watching them, three baby coyotes dashed into the road in front of us and tried to wriggle their way into a small hole on the other side of the road.

Was a good ride that night.

You never know what you might see out here.