Jaci Burton’s Muse

The 70 Days of Sweat Writing Challenge is returning!

We start November 10th.

I’m one of the sponsors again and will be knee deep in the trenches through the holidays writing my ass off. Oh. Joy.

Click here to read all about it and sign up. Come join me in my misery. Um, I mean come on over and join me. We’ll have fun! :sasmokin:

(Totally worth watching. It has luscious stars in it. )

No, it’s not another book release.

It is, however, a fun contest.

The Magnificent Eight will be holding a blog party, and you get the chance to win some awesome prizes!

The following authors will be participating:

Me, of course

Anya Bast

Joey Hill

Mandy Roth

Megan Hart

Lauren Dane

Shiloh Walker

Patrice Michelle

So be sure to mark your calendars to be here November 3rd. That’s when the fun happens!

The Darkest Touch is released! Go forth and buy!

Available at

Amazon

Borders

B&N

Or your local bookstore.

Excerpts here and here

You can check out the entire Demon Hunter series here

Also, I’m guest blogging about the Demon Hunters at Novel Thoughts and giving away an autographed copy of SURVIVING DEMON ISLAND and HUNTING THE DEMON today, so come on by!

And it’s part of the prize pack she’s giving away today in her contest! I already told you about Meljean’s contest to coincide with the countdown to election day. You vote on various prize packs, and today’s contains THE DARKEST TOUCH (which release tomorrow! Wheee!). So go vote, and then go enter! It’s Angels vs Demons on Meljeans blog today!

Click here to go to Meljean’s blog. And don’t forget, I think Meljean’s Guardian series rocks and she’s an autobuy for me, so be sure to check out the series and buy her books!

I made Pioneer Woman’s Best Lasagna Ever today. And it really was the best lasagna I ever made. Yummmm. Here’s the recipe if you want to check it out. I used regular sausage instead of hot, and substituted italian seasoning for the dried parsley and dried basil and it turned out great.

I do most of my major cooking on the weekends. During the week I make easy stuff like frozen foods or whatever takes less than a half hour to put together,mainly because I’m writing and by the end of the day I’m tired. So on the weekends I like to cook, because on the weekends I take time off from the busy writing day (usually). And then I’ll make some of my standard favorites, but every now and then I’ll experiment with new recipes, which is also a lot of fun because then some new things, like this lasagna, will become an old favorite and I’ll make it again and again.

Hope y’all are enjoying your weekend! Biker Dude and I have been trading headaches all weekend. Mold count is really high here in Oklahoma and we’re thinking that’s what’s giving us wicked sinus headaches. We’re hoping the freeze that’s supposed to come tomorrow night will kill the mold. Fingers crossed because really…hating these headaches!  And thanks for all your nice comments about the migraine. Hate those too and I appreciate your support!

I had wrestled (or rassled as we say here in Oklahoma) the pesky synopsis for RIDING THE EDGE, which is the tentative title to my Wild Riders novella that will be out late next year.

So synopsis finished, I had dug in and started writing the book. Moving right along, so happy to NOT be doing revisions, but actual writing again.

I woke up around 4 a.m.with a migraine. Took a pain pill and went back to bed. Unfortunately the migraine is still with me, which means today is not going to be as productive as I wanted it to be. Bleh.

I could watch tv. Or a movie. Or just pull the covers over my head and call it a day.

I guess my characters will have to wait….

Head on over to the Writeminded Blog today! We’re asking for feedback about the Reader Appreciation Party. Weigh in on what you thought of it!

Also, Meljean Brook is having a contest extravaganza to promote her upcoming release, DEMON BOUND, with daily face offs and chances to win books! Go, see, play (and buy Meljean’s books in the Guardian series. They’re awesome! )

And speaking of books releasing soon:

October 28th! 5 More Days until THE DARKEST TOUCH releases! Is this not a perfect book to release near Halloween?  :sasmokin:

It’s raining here today. Power went off for an hour this morning. Thunder, lightning, dark skies and tons of rain. Very cool. And hey, laptop still works without power, so I was productive during that hour. Yay for me!

I’m struggling a bit with this plotline for this novella. Probably overthinking it and I should just write the damn thing and let the story tell itself. Hopefully all the kinks (plot kinks, not sex kinks, just to be clear ) should work themselves out. Hopefully.

I’m consumed with television lately. There are tons of new shows on and old shows resuming and my butt is in front of the t.v. every single night. I’m loving My Own Worst Enemy and The Mentalist. Those are my two favorites. I also found Life, which apparently I missed last season. And of course I still love CSI (Vegas, not sunglasses or NY), and Grey’s Anatomy. Still hooked on Survivor, I’ve started watching The Amazing Race, and since reality tv is always my friend, Americas Next Top Model and I watched the end of Project Runway last week (what did you think of who won?).

Fortunately Biker Dude has been dragging my ass off the couch to take a walk every night so said ass does not become one with the sofa and spread into a large glob of fat (now there’s a mental visual for y’all). Let me tell ya, my joints are stiff from spending all day at the computer writing and all night planted like a potato on the couch. Clearly I need exercise. But it’s going to get cold soon. I hate walking in the cold and wind. Brrrr.

I finished typing in revisions and copyedits for Riding on Instinct. Got a couple tweaks yesterday from my Bantam editor for Taken By Sin, but otherwise she loved the revisions I did. Yay! Always nice when an editor likes what you do to a book.

That’s all I’ve got right now. I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already. It is Wednesday, isn’t it?