Okay so it looks like I fell off the planet. Promise - I'm still here. The last four years have been ... hard. There's no other word for it. Everything is fine. I'm fine, but I've been the caregiver of my mom who has Dementia. Between her needs, work, etc I seem to have lost control of my time. I am still writing and am trying hard to get back to my blog.

In case you weren't aware Phaze and HSWF which where under the Mundania Umbrella have closed. I was smart enough to get my titles back before all this happened. I'm happy to say the three books I sold to HSWF have been picked up by Melange Books and are available through their Satin Books imprint. I have even sold a new title to them called Magical Quest due out in 2022

I have also been lucky enough to find a publisher for my Vespian Way series. I'm now with Blushing Books under the name of Bethany Drake. I have five titles out with them right now and am close to submitting two more. There's Desire's Destiny, Desire's Duty and Desire's Promise. Then there is two in my werewolf series, Tears of the Queen and Legend of the Tears. I have just finished the rough draft of the third book in the series and have plans for a fourth one the moment I submit it.

I'll probably still be sporadic here on the blog. Unless I win the lottery and can hire someone to help me I can't avoid it, but know I'm still here still working hard in the background and am hoping to do better at keeping my blog alive.

Barb:)



Tuesday, May 20, 2014

A Quick Update

I have often thought about starting another blog so I can talk about the things going on in my life. I've been dealing with more than the average bear with my mom and mother-in-law. The only reason I mention it is because I am taking a much needed vacation and going to a family reunion. It should be fun, a bunch of crazy irish relatives hanging out in a lake for four days. I wonder who will get the most sunburnt. We'll be telling stories on each other and reminiscing about those who have gone on ahead of us.

I'll also be without internet so I won't be able to upload my normal blogs - I hope to post my next guest on the 30th but I will be moving my mom from a 2nd floor apartment to a firs floor apartment that weekend so I'll have to see how that goes.

I should also get my edits from my publisher soon. Book 7 Stolen Desire is due out at the end of July. I don't have the cover yet, but I will post it as soon as I get it.  And my collection of shorts Love is... has been reformatted and re-released by Satin Romance - an imprint of Melange Books. I love this collection. It is my try at humor and from the reviews I've gotten on the different stories they tickled more than one funny bone.

I'm trying to finish the edits on book 8 - no title yet - so I can send that in and am working on the next book in my Vespian Way series. There are a few other things I'm working on, another fantasy for Melange, I need to drag out my werewolf story and edit it, and start working on my nonfiction fiction. I might start that at the family reunion. The book idea is all about the crazy things that my family has done or knows about.

Enjoy your Memorial Day!

Barb:)
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