News

July10, 2008

Wow, I've been so busy since my first book, Nature's Pentacle, came out in March, I haven't had time for a news update. Since March, my novella, Strange Sabbats, and my pair of contemporary erotic short stories, Torrid Teasers Vol. 47 have also been released. My big news this month is that Broken Pentacle, the sequel to Nature's Pentacle, will be released August 19. Check out my review page to see all the great reviews that have come out recently on Nature's Pentacle and Strange Sabbats. Or take a glance at my home page for upcoming chats, under "events." I've also been busy blogging, so you can always swing by my blog to see what I've been up to lately.

Other than all my writing related activities, I've been busy this summer teaching my older daughter how to drive. Wow, that's been a hair-raising experience! I lasted about four tries in a deserted parking lot trying to teach her how to drive our stick shift, an ancient Honda Civic, before I threw up my  hands in defeat and let her loose in our brand new Toyota Prius. Now she's starting to go out on the roads, and I sit beside her with white knuckles.

Hope everyone's having a wonderful summer!

March 31, 2008

My first interview is up already at Romance at Heart: http://romanceatheart.com/interview/edenrivers.html Otherwise, I'm hard at work on Broken Pentacle, the sequel to Nature's Pentacle.

March 21, 2008

Well, as usual, I'm behind on my news updates. Wow, a lot has happened since December. I signed a contract with Loose Id for Strange Sabbats, a novella set in the same world as Nature's Pentacle. Here's the short blurb: For Aileen, Bryan, and Sylvie, three witches related by blood and common circumstances, finding the men of their dreams is a supernatural ride through love, jealousy—and fierce, red hot witch sex. I got the cover this week, and it's hot, hot, hot! Check out the cover and excerpt here!

I've completed the edits for my Torrid Teasers Vol 47, coming June 1, 2008 with Whiskey Creek Press Torrid, and now I'm waiting for my cover. I started an author blog recently, so check it out here. And I just set up an author forum at Coffee Time Romance which you can visit here. As you can see, it's been a busy month! As for my work in progress, I'm busy writing Broken Pentacle, the sequel to Nature's Pentacle, which tells Skyler and Alec's story.

December 19, 2007

The big news this month is that I signed a contract for Nature's Pentacle with Loose Id.  My first full-length novel will be released April 1, 2008. Nature's Pentacle is my wildest, sexiest story yet.  Here's the hook: When a witch loses everything and evil forces are on the rise, she finds salvation in a no-holds-barred ménage.  I have an excerpt up on my "Books" page, so check it out!  I've got to say, the book contract is my best Solstice gift ever.  I'm very excited, and am already hard at work on the sequel, Broken Pentacle, which tells Alec and Skyler's story and picks up where the action in Nature's Pentacle leaves off.

August 28, 2007

Here I am, staring September in the face, wondering where the summer went.  My big accomplishment for the summer was finishing Nature's Pentacle (my 90,000 word, paranormal erotic romance) polishing it, and sending it off.  Favorite summer moments included outdoor concerts, full moons, the Perseid meteor shower, and watching my gardens progress through their seasonal sea-change of colors.

April 12, 2007

I just found out that two of my manuscripts, Fighting the Undertow and Nature's Pentacle, are finalists in the erotica/erotic romance category of the Fab 5 contest. A nice bit of news on a snowy day in April.  Yes, I said snow.  The daffodils are buried under the stuff, and let's just say forsythia looks darn near pathetic covered in white.  But the sun's out today, so here's hoping the snow melts soon so I can look out the sliding glass doors at green things coming up in the gardens.

February 8, 2007

This week, I signed a contract for two short stories with Whiskey Creek Torrid.  Both are romantic erotica, and the working titles are Three Nights with Adam, and Sex for Six, but those are likely to change.  Coming up with titles is, to say the least, always a challenge for me.  And no, the second story isn't about a wild orgy, but rather a group of six friends with complex, and quite sexy, relationships.  Okay, so there are threesomes in each story, but nothing wilder than that (grin).

August 17, 2006

I completed my second manuscript, Fighting the Undertow, at the beginning of the summer, and then spent several weeks editing.  I attended a local RWA conference in June, and had a great time.  I even managed to win one of the raffle baskets, packed full of gourmet treats (yum!).  Lately, I've been focusing on sending out submissions, and on my agent search.  I just finished reading Emma Holly's Strange Attractions (red hot!), and now I'm reading Susan Johnson's When You Love Someone.  They're two of my favorite erotica/erotic romance authors, and I've been using the promise of curling up with a book at the end of the day to bribe myself to write cover letters, polish my synopsis, and get submissions together.  When that fails, I resort to bribing myself with Little Debbie Swiss Rolls (not a very healthy snack choice, but I'll always work for chocolate). 

May 9, 2006

The Silicon Valley Conference was great!  I had a lot of fun, met lots of fascinating people, and got the chance to pitch my manuscripts to four editors and two agents.  Now I'm scurrying to get requested materials ready to send out.  After that, the next several weeks will be spent completing my Undertow story and giving it a thorough edit.  I have another conference coming up in June, but that one's nearby, and will be a lot more low-key. 

May 4, 2006

The big news for April was finding out that Fighting the Undertow is a finalist in Passionate Ink's Stroke of Midnight Contest.  With the start of May, I've been busy getting my website up and running, and preparing for a conference in California.  Tomorrow morning I fly out to San Jose, and Saturday I'll be pitching my manuscripts to editors and agents.  Of course I'm not actually packed yet, but I did practice my pitches earlier, and that's the important part.  Hopefully there'll be more news once I get back from the conference.

Eden