As the end of January nears…I’m sure quite a few of you are wondering where the promised Shifter Town Enforcement novella is… After all, it was originally promised in November.

To be honest, when I started this novella, I never thought it would be this hard to write. I surely never thought that it would best me. I’ve redone this novella several times, restarted it from scratch so many times I now have multiple folders inside folders, trying to keep myself organized with which is latest version.

I’ve even tried scrapping the original entirely and completely forgetting every word I’d ever written on it. Something about this project calls to me, but my gosh I can’t seem to get it to work. But what’s making this even harder is the looming deadline.

I’ve always been a bit of a perfectionist–I was the straight-A student in class who never missed a deadline. Heck, I was never late and I surely never missed an assignment, let ALONE the deadline. And these past few months I’ve been dealing with a lot of personal issues, things I just don’t feel comfortable talking about in public–but I will say, that the missed deadline in November was quite alarming to me, and I’ve driven myself into quite a bit of a panic lately.

I don’t like having to admit to another delay, and I am so truly sorry. Because right now, life and this little novella have bested me quite a bit (honestly, I think it’s more *life* than the novella, but right now, they both seem linked to me). So I’m taking some time.
I’m going to step back. I’m not putting this book on a deadline (and I am going to work on other projects while I try and figure it out), but I will be rather quiet in the online world. I will do my best to keep up with emails, and definitely all Authorgraphs and swag requests. I don’t know when Pale Moon Cry will be out, I really hope it’s before Big Cats Don’t Purr–but thankfully, this novella isn’t connected to the main storyline so it’s place on the timeline is flexible.

I’m really sorry you guys. I’m by no means backing down, but I’m giving myself breathing room and relaxing some stress in my life–that way I’ll hopefully be back in top form soon.

Happy New Year! For me, the new year brings a new book release…and the question of, what type of author swag do readers like the most? Bookmarks? Cover flats? Magnets? You name it!

So for the giveaway for this blog hop (which will automatically enter you into the GRAND PRIZE giveaways… List your favorite type of author swag and leave your email address!

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION

4 Commenters to do the above will win a free eBook copy of Cold Mercy!

COLD MERCY

Bay Hollister dreams he’s a monster. A bloodthirsty wolf, to be exact, but when the animal in his nightmares attacks a woman, the last thing he expects is for her to be real.

Eden Marks has a broken dog sled and a torn jacket–but she’s still not sure what attacked her the other morning. After all, wolves the size of bears don’t exist. But when she meets Bay, they both discover a side of Mercy Pass they never knew existed: Huge, white werewolves, frost-touched trolls, and the queen of the winter Fae, whose dark magic is waking and slowly growing stronger.

And when the queen calls her wolves to her each night, Bay struggles not to succumb. But as he fights to make the beast inside of him his own, it’s Eden who calls to the man in him and makes him feel human. However, against a foe that will show no mercy, will their newly-forged love be enough? Or will the last shreds of Bay’s humanity fade away until he becomes just another beast of the night…

And then everyone who comments following the above criteria is entered in to win:

3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!

To find the other blogs participating, click HERE!

EDIT: Finally up! WordPress and I are having issues. -kungfu punches-

It’s another year over! Can you believe it? Well we authors, readers, and bloggers sure can’t. And to celebrate the New Year with bang, we’re going crazy and sending out so many prizes, fun parties, experiences, and other goodies, that it’s a bit scary. Each author has a favorite New Year memory, book, idea, or way to party and we’re going to show you! Can’t wait to see you January 1st – 6th!

 And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 200 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.

But that’s not all….

We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!

 Now what are those prizes?

Barnes and Noble has been giving me error messages for days–no matter what I try and do there. But Smashwords does have the nook version (epub). So while, I’m still arguing with PubIt, it is up an available on the other two.

Available: Amazon // Smashwords

Bay Hollister dreams he’s a monster. A bloodthirsty wolf, to be exact, but when the animal in his nightmares attacks a woman, the last thing he expects is for her to be real.

Eden Marks has a broken dog sled and a torn jacket–but she’s still not sure what attacked her the other morning. After all, wolves the size of bears don’t exist. But when she meets Bay, they both discover a side of Mercy Pass they never knew existed: Huge, white werewolves, frost-touched trolls, and the queen of the winter Fae, whose dark magic is waking and slowly growing stronger.

And when the queen calls her wolves to her each night, Bay struggles not to succumb. But as he fights to make the beast inside of him his own, it’s Eden who calls to the man in him and makes him feel human. However, against a foe that will show no mercy, will their newly-forged love be enough? Or will the last shreds of Bay’s humanity fade away until he becomes just another beast of the night…

Available: Amazon // Smashwords