First up this week is my beautiful VINCENT! Guess what I’ll be doing as soon as I finish this blog post? I’ll be listening to the FINAL audio of VINCENT! Yay! I’ll be QA’ing it (which means listening along with reading the book, for accuracy) and then it will be back to our talent narrator Nick J. Russo for a final polish, and then ….. VINCENT will hit Audible. It won’t be long now! And once VINCENT is on his way, Nick will begin his narration work on DECEPTION. We’re working hard to catch up to the series, and it won’t be long before all of the books will be available on audio.
I’m writing this blog with the lights of Bellvue, Washington outside my window. Sunday was the final day of the Emerald City writers’ conference, and by the time you read this, I’ll be back home. I had a fantastic time, met lots of readers and writers, and made some wonderful new friends. I’m already planning on coming back next year!
Fire. I don’t pretend to know how the thousands of families devastated by the most recent California fires must feel. Starting all over. Everything from knives and forks to every piece of furniture to irreplaceable mementos of a life . . . all gone. And, worst of all, the lives lost when the fire struck out of nowhere in the middle of the night. The DH and I moved into the fire zone a long time ago. It’s a beautiful place to live, but having lived here for so many years, we’ve gone through more fires than I can easily count. Some evacuated us, some didn’t. We’ve been so fortunate never to have had our home burn, but living under the threat of it, and all those times we’ve watched the fires come close, you learn to recognize the things that really matter. I have fire safes for those irreplaceable photos, and for personal items that may not have a high dollar value, but whose sentimental value is off the charts. But, even so, when fire hits as fast as it did in Santa Rosa, you have no time to grab anything. You run with the clothes on your back. Period. My heart aches for the people coming back to nothing but ash. I fear for the missing and weep for the dead and their families and friends. Please keep them in your thoughts as they struggle to recover.
And finally …
LUCIFER will be going on sale this week. I’ll have more on that during the week and in next week’s post, since the sale price isn’t posted as of the time I’m writing this. Midnight means different things in different time zones!
SHIFTER PLANET will also be going on sale this week as part of Entangled’s Halloween Spook-tacular event. Again, the link isn’t active yet. Those pesky time zones. So I’ll have more on it during the week and in next week’s blog.
And don’t forget to pre-order your copy of RELENTLESS! It’s almost here!
Okay, gotta put my headphones on and get back to VINCENT. (yay!)
Hug the ones you love.
xoxo
DBR
I’ve been working hard on QUINN (Vampires in America #12,) so no movies last week. Although, I will be going to see Blade Runner 2049 this week. Having read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick—which most of you probably know was the story that inspired the original Blade Runner—I was initially quite disappointed. Mostly because they changed the ending, along with Deckard’s entire relationship with Rachel. But I digress. After seeing the movie a second time (and multiple times thereafter) it grew on me as a story in itself, so I want to see what they’ve done with this sequel.
I’ve also started working with a trainer at my gym (whew!) The knee I blew out earlier this year has been cleared by both my orthopedic doc and my physical therapist. So now I’m working hard to rebuild the muscles in both legs. I’m going to Antarctica next year, and I don’t want to end up in the freezing water trying to get in or out of a damn kodiak! There’s some motivation for ya.
But long before I venture to the 7th continent, I get to enjoy my favorite time of year in Southern California. There’s always a few final bursts of hot weather, but it’s mostly mild and the tourists have all gone home. Which means I can visit the beach again. No crowds. Just me and a few other souls, enjoying the peace of the ocean. The DH and I used to do this all the time, so it has special meaning for me now. I frequently take a tiny bottle of vodka with me and pour it into the water, just for him.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and readers in Canada. And to everyone in the U.S., Happy Columbus Day–hope you got the day off!
RELENTLESS will release on October 30th. This is a brand new Cyn & Raphael e-novella, and leads directly into the next Vampires in America novel, which is QUINN. I expect the pre-order to be up later this week.
And speaking of QUINN, I journeyed to Dublin, Ireland, just so I could see the beautiful city and do it justice as my Vampires take the war to Europe. I had a fantastic time. This is the Long Room library at Trinity College. It’s a church for booklovers. Simply spectacular. For those of you who are interested, I’ve posted more pix from my trip on 
btw I’m back! I had a great time in Ireland, and I saw so much of Dublin and beyond. I’ll have lots more pictures as soon as I recover from my jet lag. Of course, Los Angeles welcomed me back with an earthquake. It was only a 3.6, but our house was pretty much on top of the epicenter, so it was enough to shake me out of my jet lag nap. Rude!
Heart of the Wolf, an e-novella available in