March is here already and the flowers are starting to bloom in my yard. I do love spring! The warm air and the smell of blossoms in the air. It's perfect for writing outside.

First, congratulations are due to Kimberly from Michigan, who won an autographed book in the "It's All About The Love, Baby!" contest. Watch your inbox for an email from me.

ILLICIT is going to the copyeditor but something has changed. Instead of a July release, it's being moved to November. Before you whimper, it's for a really good reason! I can't tell you what it is yet, because plans are still afoot, but I'm very excited about the potential!

I'm starting work on DENIED, book 3. Some of you have asked in emails if there will be a book 4. The answer is, I don't know. Honestly, the publisher had hoped for better sales of the first book. The reviews have been good and I've gotten a lot of nice comments from all of you. But we need more buzz to get out for FORBIDDEN and excitement building for ILLICIT to get the publisher excited for more Sazi. Remember that this was an experiment, so the pressure is really on. Anything you can do to get the word out would be appreciated. Find copies in the wild and take a photo with yourself. Tweet it, Facebook to friends and groups, post reviews on Amazon or B&N-all of those give it a higher viewership online and more people learn about it. Any help will be appreciated! Tag me in your post and I'll send you a very cool thing from my goody locker!

I am working on a new sooper-sekrit project right now that I hope to share soon. My editor was very encouraging, so now it's up to me to write it up and get her excited. :D

I'm also working on some short stories for anthologies and magazines. I'll let you know more about those as I have release information.

Next month starts conference season. I'll be visiting east Texas for the Lone Star Book Festival on the 7th and 8th and then I'll be at the RT Booklovers convention in Las Vegas the following week, the 11th through the 15th. Hope to see some of you there!

That's about it for this month. March promises to be a busy month at the keyboard. Hope all of you have a wonderful time enjoying the springtime.

Oh, wait! I forgot the contest, didn't I? Well, we can't have that! Drop me an email at [email protected] with "Spring Forward" for something special! It'll be a surprise!

 
Cathy