Newly-wed and newly-reviewed!

Hi everybody! I've been lax on email, websites, blogging, writing, editing, eating like a human being, and doing laundry this past month, but I'm happy to announce that I am now firmly be-ringed, wedded, honeymooned out, and almost caught up on laundry! I've even managed a few website updates amidst all the chaos, with a few wedding/honeymoon pictures and writing news!

I came home to the awesome news that MATING CALL has been Joyfully Recommended! Niniri, the Joyfully Reviewed reviewer, said, "“Ms. Ryan-Davis has created a delightful, if reluctant, heroine in Cora….Mating Call sets the groundwork for what promises to be an intriguing tale of passion, self-discovery and mystery.”

I'm also running a contest through the first of July to celebrate the success of MATING CALL and May's release of DRAGON DANCE.

Visit my web site for details on the fab review, how you can win a $15 gift card to the online store of your choice, and, best of all, for pictures!!

Mrs Giggles reviewed 'The Facility Trip'.

She liked it, but thought it was too short...

http://www.mrsgiggles.com/books/vaughan_trip.html

Still, I suppose 78 isn't too bad.

Interesting news in the publishing industry

Print book sales are down, while e-book sales are up!

From Reuters, May 23, 2007

Americans bought $24.2 billion worth of books in 2006, slightly less than the previous year, an industry group said Tuesday, reporting sharp falls in religious and audio-book sales but an increase in e-books.

The Assn. of American Publishers said total sales by U.S. publishers last year were estimated at $24.197 billion, down from $24.263 billion in 2005.

Religious book sales fell 10.2% to $745 million while audio-books dropped 11.7% to $182 million. Spurred by progress in digital technology, sales of e-books jumped 24.1% to $54 million.

Source: Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/cl-et-quick23.2may23,0,7831051.story?coll=la-books-headlines

Where the Sizzle Meets the Page...

Thank you, Freya's Bower, for the invite to participate in your author's blog. I admit to being a bit...scattered, at the moment. Tomorrow is finals in Intemediate Algebra and then Thursday I have a final in Shakespeare and between here and there I have a final essay for Amer Lit. Let's just say my brains are leaking formulas and angst.

• I am very pleased to direct any romance readers over to my dual stories "Of Lilies" which you can download and read at: http://www.freyasbower.com/content/view/195/86/
• I also have a paperback (The Bride of Gornoston ~ a naughty gothic romance) due out in late summer and I will be holding a few contests to give away copies, so please feel free to drop me a note here or on my literary blog at mallory_blog on LJ - Introduce yourself, I love to chat on blog.

Thank you Marci for being so patient over the past few months when I was swallowed by homework.

I hope to have my new website up an running during the summer since I'm only taking 2 classes :head desk:

Now, I need to get back to studying sigmas and that triangle thing (cannae remember naught)

Sunny skies and nesting birds

I'm sitting at my desk and birds are flitting by my window. Lots of them. They're hopping in and out of the brush in the abandoned field next door. They're dancing along the fence rail. They're chasing rivals away from the feeder. And they're courting.

So this counts as work, right? Courtship and romance are universal.

All right. I will get back to my fiction, but the interlude was nice!

Maggie Toussaint
www.maggietoussaint.com
Seeing Red coming soon to Freya's Bower

Habitat for Humanity Rebuilds the Gulf Coast

I'm back from a week in Mississippi, working with Habitat for Humanity building homes for victims of Hurricane Katrina. If you're interested in reading about my trip and seeing some photos, check out my blog here.

-KJ

Hello friends at Freya's Bower!

Hi everyone! I've been away for a few weeks at writer conferences and visiting out of town family. I had a great time interacting with other writers and industry professionals, and of course seeing my relatives, but I have to say there's truly no place like home. I was really glad to sleep in my own bed with my own pillow.

My editor, Katherine, and I are hard at work polishing my upcoming release from Freya's Bower. Seeing Red is the first book in a sweet romance series about three sisters. In this book, the oldest sister is intent on turning the crumbling family home into a bed and breakfast but her sisters are dead set against it. Add a sexy rehab guy to the money pit house, construction mishaps, day job mania, and sisterly discontent to the pot and you get a fair idea of Emma's story. Plus there's the little itsy bitsy problem of her not knowing how to cook.

I'm looking forward to bring this book out and getting to know my fellow Freya's Bower authors.

Maggie Toussaint
Seeing Red, an upcoming release from Freya's Bower
www.maggietoussaint.com