TrevaNews

It's here -- King's Gambit

2010-02-23T06:08:00.000-08:00

Calle had never been important to others. Maybe that was why he fell for Mosca, the most unobtainable person he’d ever met. When Mosca chose him to be his personal guard he should have suspected something was off. No one chose him for anything. But this time was different. Very different.

Mosca’s world was a dangerous one, full of deceit and treachery. He told Calle he trusted him and made Calle his personal guard. But living one step away from betrayal and falling in love with the man changed both of their lives. For good.

King in Check by Treva Harte released

2010-01-05T06:24:00.000-08:00

http://www.loose-id.com/King-in-Check.aspx

I hadn’t intended to write a cowpunk story. I don’t even know what a cowpunk story is. But I did enjoy it. Hope you do, too.

Leftovers

2009-11-24T16:40:00.000-08:00

Coming soon, really soon, soon...

Leftovers at www.loose-id.com

a m/m novella about friends who only reunite at Thanksgiving and what happens when they want more.

Pet Proofer Peeves in Writing

2009-10-31T06:30:00.000-07:00

http://treva2007.livejournal.com/30944.html

You're welcome to add yours.

Loose Id Hot Hooks Contest

2009-10-27T07:44:00.001-07:00

Have you checked out the excerpts in the Hot Hooks contest? The unedited top
twenty entries can be read at the www.loose-id.com website.

Read, enjoy, then vote for the 10 you'd be most likely to buy.

Treva Harte
www.loose-id.com

It's Back!

2009-09-24T08:02:00.000-07:00

A collection of all my books at Changeling Press called Time Twisted. Get 'em all! Four stories about time...and about time, too!

Adrift in time…

Marisha loses her job, then it looks like she’s about to lose her life to a couple of street thugs. The last thing she expects is to be rescued by a lusty medieval Lord -- and an equally lusty -- Dragon? And what’s her old buddy Tim doing in her bed? Eventually she’ll have to choose -- one man, one universe, one time -- but for now it makes for an interesting foursome.

Over two centuries separate Mercy Ward from the man who haunts her dreams. When this century’s grief becomes more than she can bear, she slowly begins to remember… another time… another life… another love…

Samantha wishes she could lead a life like her good buddy Moira’s -- a life filled with temptations, and no reason to refuse them. Moira wishes she was in Samantha’s shoes -- or, better yet, out of Sam’s shoes and in bed with Samantha’s husband Phil. One wish can change a lifetime…

“In every relationship, the partners have to grow and change. We just take the concept to extremes.” When Lucy tells C.J., a world famous athlete, he’s her mate and he’s one of those urban legend mutants who transform… well, she’s sexy and he’s interested, but he’s not that interested. Is he?

New Interview

2009-09-02T04:10:00.000-07:00

What does a m/m review siteask in an interview when the author doesn't do a lot of m/m?

http://www.reviewsbyjessewave.com/?p=4573

I hope you'll be surprised.

Or--listen to Jet today on the radio :)

2009-08-03T13:26:00.000-07:00

Who is much saner than I am.

More Talk and Less Action

2009-07-31T13:56:00.000-07:00

My radio interview --

Monday August 3
1 pm pst
www.radiodentata.com

Treva, Loose Id and the Washington Post

2009-06-29T12:13:00.001-07:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602163.html?wprss=rss_print/style

How I Keep Busy

2009-06-26T06:18:00.000-07:00

http://espan-rwa.com/

I just blogged about e-publisher investment in their authors at ESPAN today.

And for those in the area, I will be at the Hyattsville Branch of the Prince
George's County Library in Maryland from 2-4 tomorrow. Janet Mullany, Michelle
Monkou and I will be talking about "The Business of Romance."

Treva Harte
www.trevaharte.com

Alpha 5: Heal

2009-06-08T18:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Alpha_5__Heal-954.aspx

Arlin doesn't want responsibility. He doesn't want to be a pack Alpha. He definitely doesn't want the job of protecting the vet. Ruth's an Ice Queen and she's really cramping Arlin's freewheeling take-what'll-have-you style. Especially since Ruth smells like sex. How can a woman so cold smell so incredibly hot?

Ruth wants to think Arlin is just a kid. A very sexy kid and nothing more. Too bad for her she has to trust him with her life -- and what's more, with all of her secrets. It'd be so much easier if she could keep on being the Ice Queen, but she feels like such an animal around him.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, ménage (m/f/m), violence.

It's Here!

2009-03-17T06:25:00.000-07:00

New One Coming -- I Heart That City: Silent Partner

2009-03-14T17:24:00.001-07:00

Here's the delightful cover. You'll soon be able to read the excerpt and blurb at www.trevaharte.com or at www.loose-id. com.

Treva About Loose Id

2009-03-02T07:37:00.000-08:00

http://reviewsbyjessewave.blogspot.com/2009/03/loose-id-treva-harte-editor-in-chief.html

My interview about e-publishing.

Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T09:11:00.000-08:00

Two Valentine's Day messages -- one personal and one political --

My husband is the sentimental one of the two of
us. He burst into tears when he saw me in my
wedding gown because “I was so beautiful.” One
of the things that makes me happiest is when he
sees me in a crowd and his face lights up.

http://www.sensualromances.net/February_2009_Newsletter.pdf

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-awVQkTeVE&eurl=http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/fidelity&feature=player_embedded

Short Story instead of the Radio Interview

2008-12-20T13:39:00.000-08:00

I know. No broadcast. Wouldn't you know it?

But to make up for it, I just whipped up my very first batch of freebie short story on my yahoo list. I hope you enjoy my short short story -- it's a preview for a story due out in March.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TrevaHarte

Treva
www.trevaharte.com

Radio Interview with Diane Whiteside, Kate Douglas and Treva H

2008-12-20T08:44:00.000-08:00

Check http://www.radiodentata.com for more information!

Airing 4 PM EST today Dec. 20

We recorded this broadcast in July of '08 at RWA Nationals and we actually slipped in some good advice here and there, totally not meaning to. It can happen when you talk to authors who have seen a lot of stuff happen over the years. (And Sascha is a trip.)

Treva
www.trevaharte.com

Beg is Here!

2008-09-09T06:16:00.000-07:00

Alpha 4: Beg
Treva Harte
Genre: Menage Werewolf Paranormal
Length: Novella
Price: $4.99
http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=793

Tala Kinkaid headed to Sin City -- Las Vegas -- the second she turned eighteen to refuse the were her pack had contracted her to. Hunt was an older and smarter Alpha, though, and somehow instead of her freedom, she found herself with not one but three were males who were hungry to make her part of their pack -- and their mate.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, ménage (m/m/f, m/m/m/f), sex while in shifted form.

To read an excerpt, visit: http://www.loose-id.com/THA4Beex.aspx.

Coming Soon! Beg

2008-09-08T06:27:00.000-07:00

As you may be able to tell from the cover this is another in the Alpha series (yeah, I know I said I was finishing up but I was wrong) and continues the story of Hunt and Dunne and a few other weres.

Just for Fun

2008-06-25T07:58:00.001-07:00

I'm in the mood to post something, so I thought I'd post one of my favorite paragraphs from a recent LI ms. The title of the story is Virgin and it's due for release next month.

The sign read "Beulah, Pop. 375, 10 Miles." Oh boy. Blake sighed, taking in his clothing: cutoff shorts and a red, bare-midriff t-shirt. His beloved straw cowboy hat did little to butch up the outfit, or, for that matter, did the red cowboy boots. He was blond, tan and yes, frankly, gorgeous. The tight-fitting T-shirt displayed his cut torso in all its chiseled glory. He had worked very hard for this body, and it had made him good money, but now... Now he was alone in the middle of nowhere, with fifty bucks in his pocket, a broken-down Olds on the side of the road, and no place to go back to. And he was about to stroll into a tiny rural town looking like a one man gay pride parade. This could be bad.

What am I doing myself? As it so happens, I'm writing my next book in the Alpha series. I'm wrestling with it right now --I'm just starting to get to know the characters. But I do have a title. It's called Beg.

Never Never Land is here

2008-05-27T07:47:00.000-07:00

Never Never Land
Treva Harte
Genre: LGBT Erotic Contemporary
Length: Novella
Price: $4.99
http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=721

Sex screws everything up.

That was one good reason Jenni hung out with her gay buddies, Chris, Adam and Jake. They were gorgeous and totally unavailable. Friends were safe. At least, until they decided she needed a walk on the wild side and decreed they'd find the perfect man for her. Then all the rules changed.

Jake found the perfect straight guy for Jenni -- except Jake was falling for him himself. Jenni was getting interesting e-mail from a mystery man. Chris was finally ready to take on commitment-shy Adam.

Maybe screwing up would be worth it.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices.

To read an excerpt, visit: http://www.loose-id.com/THNNLex.aspx.

Grammar, Anyone?

2008-05-19T05:55:00.000-07:00

Today starting about 9 AM EDT, the EPIC-eWorkshop loop (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPIC-eWorkshop) will host a free workshop for all those who need a little help from the Grammar Goddess, Cheryl Norman. After Cheryl's posts, she'll be there to answer your grammar questions. Try to Stump Cheryl!

Could be useful!!

Never Never Land coming soon

2008-05-15T05:25:00.001-07:00

Love my cover -- this one is about four friends and what happens when three gay guys decide to find a man for their straight friend, Jenni. At Loose Id soon!

It's Here!

2008-03-11T05:51:00.000-07:00

http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=694

Carry On Coming Soon

2008-03-09T08:01:00.000-07:00

How soon? Ah, how handy of you to ask! You tell me and you may win a
download of it.

Check it out at my TrevaNews
newsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TrevaHarte

Treva
www.trevaharte.com
COMING SOON -- Carry On www.loose-id.com

New Book Coming Out in March

2008-02-18T16:31:00.000-08:00

Look at my cool banner

Announcing March Madness

2008-02-17T17:45:00.000-08:00

Announcing March Madness

College basketball isn't for everyone. That's why Loose Id's running it's own March Madness event. Details of this short story contest are coming this week to www.loose-id.net/marchmadness.aspx. Writers, get writing! 5000-7000 word erotic romance stories. Submissions by March 1, 2008. Readers, get ready to vote!

Getting tired of all the hoop-la? Tune into Loose Id's March Madness. All the excitement with none of the fouls. And it all starts March 19, 2008, right here at Loose Id!

New Post at Live Journal -- Loose Change

2008-02-04T06:18:00.000-08:00

Treva Harte and Shelby Morgen talk about anything and everything vaguely
e-publishing related. _http://treva2007.livejournal.com_
(http://treva2007.livejournal.com/)

This week's topic -- Surviving a Computer Disaster

and, of course, my usual monthly newsletter, where you discover I am a slacker as of Feb.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TrevaHarte/

Check my newsletter out

2007-12-02T09:45:00.000-08:00

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TrevaHarte

Been a Long While

2007-11-25T05:17:00.000-08:00

Sorry. Bad blogger has me blocked out of my own account.

Besides, I don't have much to say. After at least SIX months (maybe longer, I've mercifully forgotten) I'm at only 19,000 words on my latest ms. OK, so it's a historical and I don't do them. And a murder mystery of sorts, and I don't do them. And there are weres and sex, of course. But this is difficult. Whimper.

I did do a short short -- my first m/m story this October called Hunted Down. But otherwise all my writing has been for Carry On. I might be on the last few chapters...for my first draft. Sob.

They're Here

2007-07-26T06:17:00.000-07:00

My print version of the Alpha series is available through Amazon and if it's not in bookstores yet, it can be ordered.

And my ebook from Changeling Press (http://www.changelingpress.com/) should be here today.

2007-07-10T06:42:00.000-07:00

Woodiwiss, Queen of Historical Romance, Dies at 68 (
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6458310.html?nid=2286&rid=&
;source=title
)
-- Publishers Weekly, 7/9/2007 8:25:00 AM
Trailblazing romance author Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, who is
credited with inventing the modern historical romance novel,
died Saturday. She was 68. Woodiwiss broke onto the scene in
1972 with The Flame in the Flower. The book, which featured
such now standard genre tropes as a historical backdrop and
flashy sex scenes, was an anomaly in its day, according to
her longtime publisher Avon Books, and went on to become a
huge bestseller, selling over two million copies after its
first four years in print.
Avon published all of Woodiwiss*s 13 novels in paperback,
while Morrow published her in hardcover. She was, as
bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips put it, a
towering figure in the genre. "We all owe our careers to
her. She opened the world of romance to us as readers."
There are currently more than 26.7 million copies of
Woodiwiss*s novels in print; her last novel, Everlasting,
will be released in October.

She was the first biggie romance author I ever read. My story, The Wilding, is a twisted homage to The Flame and the Flower. To the lady who got me here! Happy journey to the next place.

2007-07-07T07:13:00.000-07:00

My Loose Id Alpha series will be in print shortly. Whoohoo. All three inter-connected stories in one book. Forget woohoo. Try hooooowwwwl. And a re-release without two endings (yes, we decided to stick with a traditional one ending this time) called Intimate Choices will be available at Changeling Press soon.

JERR Interview

2007-05-19T05:16:00.000-07:00

Just Erotic Romance Reviews (JERR) spotlights Treva Harte in their May 20 issue—their 100th issue! A very hearty congratulations to JERR. Subscribe now to enter the special contest of goodies that will be given out in celebration.

And I saw their first issue--I'm very, very old.

Wicked is Here!!

2007-05-06T05:27:00.001-07:00

http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=457

Wicked and Alpha Series

2007-04-07T07:58:00.000-07:00

Wicked will be arriving in less than a month at Loose Id. It's a Gothic story about a witch and a hero with with a brooding past in a small New England town...and a sort of menage with a very interesting partner. Faithful long-time readers may recognize it from the past, but I have had requests.

It also looks like sometime -- sooner than I expected -- my Alpha series will be in print, all in one novel.

And my new werewolf story, which is morphing into a kind of historical murder mystery or at least a romantic suspense story, has finally started moving again. The problem is that I don't do mysteries (I don't think the author isn't supposed to know who did it until the end) and I'm not sure I can do historicals. But so far it's been keeping me interested. I certainly didn't expect the plot twist I just woke up with this morning. After all, what does a werewolf who has blackouts do when someone is investigating the grisly murders of several people, including the werewolf's secret gay lover?

Agent Query

2007-03-19T23:26:00.000-07:00

For those of you wondering -- yes, I hate querying agents. I hate querying publishers, too, but I really hate querying agents, since that's what I'm doing right now. At 2:30 a.m. Maybe that's not the best time.

I had a lovely chat with an agent (I usually do have lovely chats when I pitch except for those truly memorable ones where I didn't) who referred me on to her senior partner. The problem is I neglected to ask what the agent might like to see. She said to discuss both proposals. Dang. It's hard enough to discuss one.

And I forgot to ask if it should be snail mailed or emailed. I have both addresses. Sigh.

Very excited to say

2007-03-07T08:41:00.000-08:00

Loose Id is now RWA recognized. Readers may not care but authors might. Thanks to all the readers, authors, editors, artists and support staff who made this possible!

Treva
www.loose-id.com

My New Were Story

2007-01-20T04:48:00.000-08:00

It should be here very, very soon. Alpha 3: Home is the third in the were trilogy which is appropriate, since it is about a menage. I really enjoyed thinking about the dynamics of a threesome. A threesome of wolves.

I hope everyone has seen all the covers in the trilogy and how April Martinez managed to capture the theme of each while making it clear they are a trilogy.

CAPA Nominee--Walk Away

2006-12-23T06:45:00.000-08:00

I'm surprised and happy. I got a CAPA nomination for Walk Away -- the story that Jenny Bent was kind enough to say "Good story. Sucky title."

My Son's First Grade Teacher

2006-12-14T10:19:00.000-08:00

You've never heard of him, but I hope you and your kids had someone like him at least once. He was my son's first grade teacher not once but twice (my son has many developmental issues) and he made sure my son was accepted and nurtured and taught. He was kind, smart and just a good person. He died a few days ago from cancer. I'm sure everyone who knew him will remember him in good ways.

I figured I should give him a tribute somewhere, so you guys get elected.

Tagged

2006-12-12T09:08:00.000-08:00

Ciar got me. http://ciarcullen.blogspot.com

So here it is:

Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Music sales clerk
2. lawyer
3. publisher
4. Freshman Comp teacher

Four Places I’ve lived:
1. Tucson, AZ
2. Hillsdale, NJ
3. Richmond, VA
4. New York City, NY

Four favorite foods:1. spaghetti
2. chocolate
3. Thai garden rolls
4. sesame noodles

Four movies I could watch over and over (well, not really—my attention span for movies and TV shows is nil nowadays):1. Happy, Texas
2. Any Marx Brothers movie though A Night at the Opera is my fav
3. Pirates of the Carribean (so I happen to like Johnny swish)
4. It Happened One Night

Four TV shows I enjoy –crap, I just can’t—I don’t watch TV except for the stuff the kids watch and I don’t enjoy that OK, maybe Rome – but that won’t be on again for a long time

Four places I’ve traveled:1. Costa Rica
2. Mexico
3. Outer Banks, N.C.
4. San Antonio, TX
Four places I’d like to visit:
1. Greece
2. Italy
3. Wales
4. Australia
Four websites I go to (almost) daily:
1. Loose Id
2. My Bank
3. My own website (so I’m neurotic and egotistical – shoot me)
4. Loose Id’s Bank

Four people I’m tagging to do this to:
1. Anisa Damien
2. Dakota Cassidy
3. T.A. Chase
4. Michele Bardsley

18000 words

2006-11-18T07:21:00.000-08:00

I have 18,000 words on my story! Yay! I thought this was never going to come together. I knew how to start it and end it but suddenly in the middle my weres just stopped. So I had to wait. And wait until I knew what to say. I had two unexpected turns and then boom--I'm finally getting somewhere on the last in my trilogy.

Desire Island and My Buddies

2006-11-11T05:53:00.000-08:00

I have this list I belong to. You guys aren't invited. Sorry. It's for a few of my writing and editing buddies. We bitch and we gossip and we celebrate. We post excerpts we need help with and nasty pix. Everyone needs something like that and thank heaven for the Internet since I'd never have met or kept in touch with these folks for -- dang, longer than I realized until I started to think about it.

Today I opened the email to get a long, detailed explanation of what it feels like to have a foreskin when a guy is aroused. Part of the list service. Quite an eye-opener, might I add.

Oh yeah. But my point. (No pun intended.)

Some of my buddies and I are releasing an anthology this month. I figured I better tell everyone about it before I forget I have a blog.

Excerpt

2006-10-29T13:10:00.000-08:00

I'm actually writing. Yes, indeed. Been having lots of fun, too, on the third of my were trilogy. And here is the unedited WIP:

They were almost mouth to mouth. Shit, Yeah, it was Grey all right. The same scars criss-crossing his face. The same scowl. Grey said people were put off by his scars. He’d even seriously thought Rome should be put off because Grey was older. But there was a hell of a lot more to him than some old wounds or white hair at his temples. Ah, hell. Grey’s scent was just as sexy as ever. His body was just as muscular, tough and potent. Rome swallowed, his throat suddenly going dry.
Grey barked out a short laugh. “You’re getting mighty close for a fighting man. Do you want to fight me or fuck me?”
Both. Holy God, he wanted both.
“Why’re you here?” Rome kicked, landing a blow right under the chin of the bartender, who had been inching toward his nightstick.
“To fetch you back, boy. We need you.”
“Why?”
We need you wasn’t I need you. But then Grey wasn’t much on telling folks what he wanted. Hadn’t that been the problem? Grey’s dumb ass “I don’t feel anything” act was why Rome had vowed he wasn’t ever going back. And he wasn’t.
Grey slammed the next would-be brawler onto the bar and then slid the unconscious man onto a bar stool, where he slumped, completely out for the count. “Well, like they said in another family, we’ve got a little proposition we don’t think you can refuse.”
He wasn’t doing what Grey or the rest told him to do any more. But somehow Rome found himself inching out of the bar when a few minutes ago all he’d wanted was to stay and fight. Grey was at his back –protecting him? herding him? both were possible -- and neither of them bothered to say anything until they stepped out into the night air.
Then it seemed Grey had plenty to say.
“Shit, boy, haven’t I told you to keep out of stupid damn brawls? I don’t care if your wolf is up and you want to go howl. Fighting like that just isn’t smart. Non-weres can get the best of us if there are enough of them. I’m proof of that. If it hadn’t been for your Daddy—“
“I know the lecture. How Dad saved you from death when you got into a fight where you were outnumbered. How I’m just a stupid pup with no sense. How you should never try to mess with anyone when the odds are bad. I’ve got it memorized.” Rome threw his hand up in the air. “Now you need to ask me if I care.”
“You’re an idiot, Rome.”
“I’m on my own now. All grown up and not listening to what my elders tell me. I’m not going back.”
“You fucking well are. I promised.”
“Ohh, because you promised. That’s why. Be honest. If I did die in some damn fight, you’ve already shown you don’t give a damn. Good riddance, I’d finally stop bothering you. Right?”
Before he got his answer, lightning struck—lights danced in front of his eyes before darkness slid, peacefully but inevitably, around him.
Grey spat once, flexed the fist that had knocked out Rome and looked down at the huddled heap in front of him. Damn, the boy had turned out handsome. Handsome as his daddy, but with his mama’s pretty eyes.
Pretty boy. He’d never gone for pretty boys before. Non-weres would call Rome a twinkie. Weres didn’t like things that sweet. They went for meat. Preferably raw. But damned if this twinkie wasn’t tempting. Rome had been tempting him for years, in fact. When he wasn’t getting Grey mad enough to do something like hit him.
Ah, hell. There was no way around it, no way to make little of Rome or ignore him. Rome wasn’t a pretty boy even though he had the face of an angel. If he had been, Grey would never have looked twice. What he was, though, remained to be seen.
The kid had a tongue on him, though. He could hone right in and make a man’s head buzz.
You don’t give a damn. Right?
Ask me if I care. Do I? “Yup. I guess I forgot to ask if you cared.” Grey hoisted Rome’s dead weight over his shoulder and headed for the truck. “But then again, boy, you forgot the part about even when it looks safe, you still gotta keep your eyes open.”

Herman Acapulco Mellon

2006-10-17T11:11:00.000-07:00

Gasped his fishy last sometime last night or this morning. This is the second pet I lost this year and it's just awful.

Bon voyage, Herman! You lived a long and happy life.

George Washington

2006-10-15T11:38:00.000-07:00

Wow. Just saw the forensic recreation of George Washington and --you know--he's kind of sexy. Or he was when he was in his 20s and alive and however many hundred years ago that was. I always had a soft spot for George -- I mean, think of how hard it was to try to be a real leader in the middle of a revolution with no particular role models. And he refused to become a dictator or king (all right, he got stuffy in his old age, but he's forgiven.) Yay, George. Niiiice.

Oh, and I'm really relieved about my Stay reviews. People seem to like it. I'm finally feeling like I'm understanding my third were story in the trilogy, tentatively titled Home.

The Writing Life (and this post could have a point)

2006-10-11T15:35:00.000-07:00

I don't really talk about my personal life much. I don't think readers really want to know--they want their books, darn it, not reasons why they don't get them as fast as they want.

But what the heck. I'm tired and for some reason I feel like telling whoever is out there in cyberspace what my "typical" day is like.

I get up and run to get the kids up -- the first is out by 7 a.m. and she's the night owl. She just makes it. The early bird's bus is ALWAYS late. He has to wait until 8:30 today and his school starts at 8:45. In between buses I answer LI email and start on the day job.

My mother, who is sliding ungracefully into middle stage dementia (senility for the uninitiated) gets up in a foul mood -- I've learned she always does since it's been a while since coffee and meds. I remind her to TAKE her meds, which causes much grumbling and snarls, and head up to work because if I stay around there will be an unproductive argument. The DH is sick and grumpy that I dare to work at home when he wants to sleep. Jack hammers start outside--there is going to be roadwork done on our usually quiet street. Yay.

During the day I get calls saying my daughter doesn't want to use the special accomodations she has during testing for her attention and dyslexia issues. I find this after her testing and btw, do I want to talk to her teacher about the D she got. (She forgot to turn in her homework.) I take my mother to the bank where she doesn't really get what she has to do for her new accounts and everyone turns to me to explain it to her. Again.

I get the in home person who is trying to help me with the son's behavioral issues and we agree we're stumped and he's getting increasingly hostile. She leaves, I go back to work and the son returns. He's actually in a good mood although his school report is not so good.

The DH wakes up and gets pizza for everyone so no one has to cook.

Then I sit down to write because, well, besides everything else, I'm a writer. And even if I can only get a few words down each night, what writers have to do is write.

Columbus Day

2006-10-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

As I said on the LI Community List, I'm waiting for a review from JERR. It's bad when you know a review is coming. It's bad when you have enough time to fret about it.

Maybe I need fewer holidays so I have less time --- naaaaw.

2006-09-23T17:21:00.000-07:00

This is my latest story from Loose Id. And readers seem to really like it. Yay! They like it enough to buy the first in the series, which I also think is really hot. They like it enough to encourage me to stay up late and get up early to start on the third story in this trilogy.
I kinda like my very kinky weres anyhow, so I'm very pleased that others do as well.

Romance Diva

2006-09-20T09:15:00.000-07:00

I'm a guest diva -whoo hoo, I like the idea -- at Romance Diva's Q&A for about 1 1/2 days more. There are all sorts of agents and authors and publishers there.

In the words of Karen Steele, the Erotica Liaison at www.romancedivas.com:

Romance Divas is an exciting online community of authors and readers of romance, in its many forms. We have an extremely active Erotica / Erotic Romance group; overall, the Divas has 1900+ members, and is growing daily.

Two Quick Things

2006-09-13T17:09:00.000-07:00

Check out my interview with Ciar Cullen http://ciarcullen.blogspot.com/

And check out my new were story -- the sequel to Walk Away -- called Stay at www.loose-id.com. I had no idea I was really going to like werewolves so much. And I read over Stay during final edits and said, "Hey! This isn't bad."

Like, who knew?

2006-07-29T16:54:00.000-07:00

I had to cut my visit to RWA short and head home, which was OK, I guess. RWA conventions are wonderful and terrible. Wonderful because I see people I know and want to see (and some I don't, of course) that I would never see anywhere else. Terrible because I never feel adequate enough. There's always some other prize to win that everyone else seems to have--more talent, fame, money, smarts. Whatever.

Then tongiht I accidentally hit Treva Harte in look for the name in the blog rather than going to my blog. (I did say some people have more smarts, right?) And people mentioned ME. They had read me and reacted to what I wrote. That was really helpful right now. My self-esteem could use a little boost.

My Upcoming Books

2006-07-23T18:36:00.000-07:00

Thanks, Kimberly, for suggesting that.

This week--while I'm away with limited Internet, of course--my novella Turns is due to come out. I hope you enjoy it. It's about a world famous athlete of the future who meets an errand runner who delivers pizza and surprises into his life. The idea is that every few weeks a few people can transform themselves into someone entirely different--but they need a partner to help them do so. Lucy, the errand runner, is convinced that she's met her partner when she meets the athlete, C.J. He's not quite as convinced, but he'd sure like to sleep with the errand runner. And then some other stuff happens. Check out www.Changelingpress.com

And sometime in the not too distant future, I will be releasing my sequel to Walk Away. This one is called Stay and it's about the were who got away in the last story--Lowell. Lowell finally meets his mate but he's a moody kind of guy and his romance isn't an easy one.

Romance in RL

2006-07-19T04:38:00.000-07:00

I had lots of readers suggest that I talk about how to keep romance alive in marriage or my most romantic moment or generally romance in RL. MY Real Life! Huh.

The DH is sort of Mr. Anti-Romance. I don't mean he's not passionate or things like that. But the night he proposed we were at a party and went off by ourselves to look at the sun setting on a lake. No. He didn't propose. He took me home and then went out to do errands. Then, when I was asleep, he woke me up to pop the question. Yeah, yeah, whatever, honey, let me sleep.

Right now we're trying to work while the kids are home for the summer (and don't get me going on that because THAT is anti-romance as well.) So romantic moments are few and far between.

But, you know, I'm all right with understated romance. I like to feel sure things are real and not fantasy in my own life. So here's a romantic moment that might not seem like a lot to other folks. The DH usually scowls (he can brood really well) but when he sees me in a crowd, his face lights up. And I'll take that because it's real to me. I like real romance.

What I Miss/Love in My Life as a Writer

2006-07-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

I'd love for you to talk about what you miss in life because you are a writer now, and what you love so in life now because you are a writer.

And ask readers to write about what they want in life yet, and how they will work for it
Cathie

This was another suggestion from a reader during a newsletter contest of mine. And yes, do check out the newsletter. I have a download of Turns riding on the next one.

But what do I miss...time. I probably never would have down time in my life because I juggle a lot of roles and people and responsibilities. Not writing might give me a little more time to just veg. I don't really do that. The brain may haze over from overwork, but it's not the same and really relaxing.

OTOH, what I've gotten is joy. My writing is still a source of joy for me. I had writer's block for twenty years and when I finally sat down to write again, it was like the best drug in the world. I was sooo buzzed! That was many years ago. Writing is a bit more of a chore than a drug nowadays, but it's a really, really good chore.

newsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TrevaHarte

Newest Release for July

2006-07-17T10:00:00.000-07:00

Pretty, huh? That's my Turns cover. As you can probably tell from the cover, it's going to be released at Changeling Press (www.changelingpress.com)

The publisher (who is actually a friend and CP, I swear) asked me what I was on when I wrote it. I thought of the idea on a plane to an RWA conference. That's my excuse. It's just your average futuristic shapeshifter where people are constantly shifting every month or so into some other mutant/human. And no one likes mutants, if they believe they exist at all.

It will be out late July. When I'm at another RWA conference and maybe will get yet another idea.

In Response to Last Month's Contest: Where Do The Ideas Come From?

2006-07-09T11:36:00.000-07:00

I asked for ideas in my newsletter for my blog, which gets sadly neglected.

Here's the first one:

On your blog you can talk about where a writer's ideas come from and how you go about setting this on paper.Joy

Nora Roberts is famous for cringing when she gets that question. I can't cringe because no one ever asks me. I think they're afraid.

The answer is that I have no clue. I'm pretty sure that often they come from conversations I have with people that sort of merge together in my brain and come oozing up in some mutant form. Sometimes I get an idea from a scene in my head that springs up and won't go away. I love coming up with titles and trying to think of a story to go with them, but I always forget those stories...usually because I think of them while driving and they're long gone by the time I get to anywhere I can record them. My last stories started with me thinking about why the heck do people like werewolf and vamp stories? I wasn't too interested until I started to think about pack hierarchy with wolves. That interested me and I took off with it because if humans are willing to be dominated, there has to be a reason. Now if they're half-canine and half-human--that's a twist.

Interview

2006-05-21T10:07:00.000-07:00

This one is up until next Sunday and it is about MEEE.

http://strictlyseductive.blogspot.com

Thanks, Anisa!

Back Again

2006-03-05T07:53:00.000-08:00

Remembered I had a blog. Wonder if you all remembered as well. I'm fighting with wolfies on the creative front -- my werewolf sequel to Walk Away is coming along slowly. These wolves are much more difficult than those in Walk Away.

Have you ever noticed how hard sequels are to write? Well, if you write them. If you read them, they can be hard to read, I suppose. I've noticed some authors have patterns to their series. The first one is a gripper, the middle one is a bit flat, and then a bang up conclusion in the third. I think mine start off a bit amusing and then the second one gets darker. Stay sure is.

2006-03-05T07:50:00.000-08:00

Because I'm insane and I like RL to come up and smack me a lot, I told the daughter she could invite her best friend over for New Year's Eve. We still have all of our furniture in half of our house, waiting for the floors to finish drying or whatever mysterious thing they have to do for several days. (And let's not go into the saga of the floors.) It should make for an interesting holiday.

But I hope everyone has an excellent end of 05 and an even better 06. I'm hoping for a productive yet restful, prosperous but calm new year. Because, you know, you can always dream.

And a Happy New Year ('s Eve)

2005-12-31T05:42:00.000-08:00

Christmas Joy and What I Should Be Doing

2005-12-25T10:42:00.000-08:00

It's Christmas--hey, yeah, Merry Christmas and all that. The presents have been unwrapped (my mom got me something I wanted this year--wow) and we're now madly dismantling the downstairs so we can get the floors done before we finally, finally, finally are finished with our addition and can move into it. In the meantime the rest of the house looks a bit...cramped. Try taking a lot of stuff from the main floor of your house and moving it elsewhere and then putting Christmas decorations in. Doesn't work as an interior design statement.

I should be helping the DH, who is hauling furniture and I plan to. But I wanted to wish a wonderful year to everyone. I was thinking particularly today of some of my writer friends who are finally hitting it big--or just hitting NY --at last. Congrats, ladies. Many more sales and much joy to you.

What I'm Doing//Dropping Things Into the Void

2005-12-05T15:01:00.000-08:00

I've been busy with Loose Id and temporary single parenthood while the DH is traversing Europe and holiday prep, but I also bestirred myself to send some manuscripts to NY.

It hardly seems worth it, to be honest. I got some nice encouraging letters that turned into eventual rejections a few months ago but lately there has been nothing. A black hole. An agent emailed me to say she was clearing off her desk (never encouraging) and would get back to me soon. Several months ago. I figured whatever had happened, it was hardly worth pursuing now. Whether it was disorganization or disinterest, neither of us were interested enough. I sent off three manuscripts months ago and got...nothing. I did get a--tell us if you haven't heard back in a week. Yeah. Holding my breath til I hear. Hmm. That may have been last week, actually.

I really have to get over this total turning off I have when I send something out. I should be outraged. Nervous. Something. After all, Loose Id really works to get manuscripts back and, God knows, everyone at LI is busy enough. But I have worked hard to cultivate a "whatever"attitude about sending out my manuscripts. So now, even when I'm honestly convinced they are publishable, I can't work myself up into a good writerly frenzy about what happens when I send them off.

The Inner Editor

2005-10-15T06:15:00.000-07:00

My inner editor has been getting wacky lately. Too much editing and nothing ever gets past that censor because it's not right yet. Too little editing and you don't want to read what comes out. I'm really tired and my routine has been disrupted considerably within the past two weeks (house remodeling--if it's happened to you, enough said) and somehow I can't adjust that internal thermostat that makes my writer stuff work.

So right now I have the worst of all possible worlds--stuff doesn't want to get written AND when I write it, it comes out all goofy. Think I need to think about other things.

The m/m thing

2005-10-10T13:48:00.000-07:00

Loose Id has been getting some really wonderful m/m stories (primarily written by women and, though not necessarily enjoyed solely by women, it is in a market dominated by women buyers.) And they're often romantic, in the old traditional romantic sense. So what's with that? Are hetero stories not able to be romantic in the same way any longer?

What Am I Doing?

2005-09-26T12:03:00.000-07:00

For the first time in--um, a year? longer than a year?--I don't have any pressing, urgent business to accomplish this week. My work life is hectic and so is my personal life. (I think that's enough to say--everyone's life is complex and difficult, so there's no point discussing it. 'Cept mine is the most difficult, of course!) I figured I'd get to work writing.

But first I bought the DH a birthday present (his 50th--birthday, not present, I haven't had time to buy presents) and cleared up a bit from the SDJ and answered email from LI. And I wrote a paragraph. Then I went to sleep. Then I did some more clean up from the SDJ and got the youngest kiddo from the school bus stop. And wrote another paragraph.

At this rate, I should have a book sometime before I die. Why can't I write when I actually, really, truly have time to write??

Embracing the Blog

2005-09-25T06:36:00.000-07:00

OK. I think I've complained enough. I shall now see what my blog can do for me. Besides, apparently I really don't want to start work on my latest story. I don't understand why. I like the characters. I'm becoming fascinated by the werewolf world I'm creating. But, ya know, I'm resisting. So, to the blog.

1) Who am I? You can check my website, of course. That's www.trevaharte.com. I was reading other author blogs and websites this morning (I really am resisting writing today) and realized my website tells you what I want you to know but maybe not what you want to know. It's friendly, but not terribly intimate. Anyhow. I do a lot of things--the SDJ full-time, the daughter, mother and wife thing far too often, the Editor in Chief job at Loose Id a lot, and the writing...well, I talked about the writing. I compartmentalize my life because sometimes it's easier and because the people in my different lives don't particularly care what's going on in the other worlds.

2) What do I write? Mostly, whatever I feel like. That doesn't always mean good sales (though sometimes there is a wonderful joining of marketability and my interests) or necessarily good writing. OTOH, it makes me much happier when I write. Writing can be difficult enough without trying to force yourself into doing something you're not pleased to do. Of course part of being a professional writer is learning to write what you and others want to see.

Oh. The really short answer to what I write is cross-genre erotic romance, usually paranormal, and often not quite what is expected.

I think that's quite enough for now. The weres are starting to look pretty good at this point. Thanks, blog!

Blogs?

2005-09-24T17:16:00.000-07:00

So why are blogs a big deal anyhow? People read them, I get that. But do they do anything for you other than being a big time suck and having a close circle of folks reading them? Well, if you want to be witty and erudite or controversial or whatever, maybe you get more of an audience. But if I had time for that, I'd write all my witty erudite controversy into my stories.

A Room Of One's Own and Vacation

2005-08-26T14:22:00.000-07:00

Whimper. I'm going on vacation. Now that might sound fun but I'm doing it with the kids, the mother, the dog and the husband. And, as the DH has said--"I kinda wish you guys were all leaving. I'm just getting really going on my writing." I offered him the laptop and he said, "No. Guys need all their stuff to work with when they write." He had read about one guy who took weeks to get back into his routine and write once he was away.

I do understand. A real vacation would be staying home (or somewhere where there was a very convenient computer and no one else) but I shall force myself to enjoy the relatives and the beach. And I shall try to peck away on the laptop.

Working this thing

2005-07-23T06:44:00.000-07:00

I have long ago decided I'm a techno idiot. Well, at least a techno illiterate. I learn just as much as I need to do something and then stop. Like this blog. Links have totally defeated me. (Yes, I know someone will say but all you needed to do is X. Well, I suck at algebra, too. X is a mystery.)

But, more importantly, I'm not sure what I want to DO with this. I see the temptation to make this almost like a diary. Yuck a diary that has no lock and key. Or a marketing tool. Which would be good if I knew how to do the technical stuff...Or a mighty time waster. That sounds more like me.

Not that I have a lot of time to waste. So far this Sat. morning I've answered a ton of stuff for Loose Id, dealt with the cancellation of a birthday party and tried to explain it to my kid, and started to do a little writing on my own story. I'll probably work a bit on the SDJ and then do my least favorite thing of all these duties--work on the yard. I'm only doing that because we're hosting a party next weekend and the overgrown weed look isn't in this year.

All of this always makes me wonder if I'd be better at one thing if I just settled down to do one thing.

2005-07-01T13:13:00.000-07:00

So. I have not one but two new books out this month. Actually new is a relative term. They were sweated over and created several years ago and I have a bad attitude about most of my books--once they're done, I'm done. I shove them out of the authorial nest and let them fly. These books were published before and swaggered out into the world to try their fortune.
But what to do when they come back? I love my stories and I hope others find them and love them, but they are distanced from me now. I think that's protection for me for when my writing goes out into the world and has to stand on its own. I can't help them any longer, so I forget about them.

Now my books are good, smart books and they were lucky enough to find new homes. Why Me? is in e-book format and print with Loose Id, www.loose-id.com, the e-book publishing company you will probably hear me talk about all too often since that's where my non-author self works a lot. Why Me?
got me my RWA pro pin several years ago. At the local RWA meeting I had to explain it was a paranormal erotic romantic suspense with some humor thrown in.
The other, my one and only contemporary erotic romance series, the Time Series, went with Liquid Silver Books, www.liquidsilverbooks.com. The Time Series contain the first books I ever did once I got over my twenty year bout of writer's block and I love them for that reason alone. I love them even more because three years later I took those suckers out, saw there was something that could be saved from newbie errors and I redid them and made them better.

Still, it's hard for me to promote a re-release. Now I'm so far from the book's birth that it's hard to re-create that enthusiasm. I can remember the rush, but it's just a memory. I suppose the good thing about books is that they're always there, waiting for the next chance. My past thrill can be a reader's present enthusiasm. The book waits for the next reader, even after others have moved on. Except for the promoting (ugh, the promoting) the book doesn't need me any longer. It just needs a reader to love it.

So, forgive me if all I tell you is they're good books and I worked hard on them. They deserve better, but I'm a bad mommy. Fortunately they turned out great even with me as the parent.