Seriously time just seems to fly by any more. Here we are in September — Labor Day weekend no less!

This entire summer didn’t seem normal to me and a big reason was my unreal deadlines. But yay! I turned in my third Presents and will now await the verdict.

This book is set in Tuscany and the incredibly fabulous slice of heaven known at Cinque Terre. I want to go there! It so looks like the perfect writer’s escape.

One of the doctors I work for has been there and we’ve yakked about the incredible beauty of the place — hers from being there and diving off the rocks into the sea, and mine from my research and imagination. Thanks mucho Dr. S!!!

Next week it’s nose to the grindstone because I have two major deadlines to meet. The final Lost Sons Trilogy historical is due Jan 3. The fourth Presents is due Feb 1. God help me…

Hope everyone has great plans for the looong weekend. I plan to shop and do some serious cleaning at the house. What about you? Anything really fun planned?

I got the news today that One Real Man is a finalist in the Aspen Gold contest. Woot! In celebration, I’m giving away a copy. To win, comment to this blog and tell me who is your favorite hero in a western historical romance. I’ll draw a winner Aug 5.

I just returned from the RWA Conference head in Washington DC and it was awesome. For one thing it is always wonderful to connect with friends. Typically this is the one time I get to spend time with a friend and there just is never enough time.

But I also meet and made new friends which is always a plus. The crowd of attendees at the conference and the signing seemed lighter to me. Maybe the room was simply larger? 🙂

At any rate I could almost say I ate my way through DC. There were dinners and luncheons nearly every day. It was not diet food.

I hope to have some pictures posted on my website soon. Also hope that the books I shipped home will arrived soon.

Bottom line is that if you can possibly swing the conference, do it. There is a world of knowledge readily shared, and did I mention the fabulous food???

That’s about the extent of a report my sleep deprived bain can handen right now.

Pirate Tycoon Forbidden Baby hit #56 on Bookscan’s adult romance fiction list for the week ending July 5, 2009! This is just so mindboggling cool. 🙂

I have a blog up at Writeminded. Pop over and leave a comment for a chance to win an autographed copy of Pirate Tycoon.

I live in Kansas and we have a lot of butterflies around here, but I’ve never seen one anywhere near the size of the one that was waiting for me when I got home from work.

I spotted him on the rose trellis by my back door. Hindsight here, I should have tried to hold up a ruler while taking the picture of the butterfly but, well, hindsight. Need I say more?

The trellis links are 2 inches apart so he easily has a wing span of 4 inches plus. I’ve no idea what type of butterfly this is. I’m guessing he’s come up from South America or at least Mexico. Anybody want to hazard a guess?