Passport to Romance update!

I don't know about you, but I'm super excited about this event! It's free, you get to meet cool authors who are both local, from the PNW, and from around the country. It is pretty freaking amazing.

Oh, and did I fail to mention that you get awesome free books and swag if you attend on top of getting to meet authors! Yes, actual authors who have crawled out of their authoring hole, I have first hand knowledge of this (aka myself), to interact with their readers!

This event is located at the Bellevue Westin in Bellevue, Washington and runs from 6-8 pm!

Take a look at this awesome page to see who all will be attending!

http://gsrwa.org/ecwc/passport-to-romance-reader-event/authors/

(also don't forget to vote in the cover contest!)

There are so many I can't even count! So I'll just copy and paste)

• Courtney Milan
• Roxanne St. Claire
• Cherry Adair
• Allie K Adams
• Liz Adams
• Anna Alexander
• Diana Ballew
• Beth Barany
• Siobhan Beabhar
• Pam Binder
• Jennifer Blackwood
• Julie Brannagh
• Kristine Cayne
• Wendy Lynn Clark
• Carmen Cook
• Elisa Covert
• Cara Crescent
• Malena Crockett
• Kate Curran
• Jami Davenport
• Jillian David
• Dana Delamar
• Jacki Delecki
• Tammy Dennings Maggy/Stephanie Ryan
• Saranna DeWylde
• LC Giroux
• KP Haigh
• JC Hay
• Joanne Jaytanie
• Joleen James
• Darynda Jones
• Shannon Kennedy
• Jennifer Kohout
• Athena Lawson/Anthea Sharp
• Linda Hope Lee
• Rose Lerner
• Eva Leigh
• Lori Lyn
• Jerica MacMillan
• Margaret Mallory
• Lauren Marie
• Clare Mckay
• Rae Monet
• Danielle Monsch
• Moxie North
• Darlene Panzera
• Shirley Penick
• Garth Reasby
• Heather Reasby
• Hanna Rhys Barnes
• Nico Rosso
• EL Roux
• Gerri Russell
• Samantha Saxon
• Deborah Schneider
• Heather Snow
• Alex Strong
• Marie Tuhart
• Olivia Waite
• LE Wilson
• Danica Winters
• Sabrina York

And It's Live! Passport to Romance Cover Contest!

Please vote for my cover! (Unexpected Revival #41)

I’ve entered my next book cover in the #Passport2Romance Cover Contest. Help me win by going here and voting for my cover.  http://gsrwa.org/ecwc/passport-to-romance-cover-contest/

Finalists are chosen via the online voting, then the winner is voted on at the live event in Bellevue, WA on Oct 15. It’s FREE and open to anyone who enjoys a good romance – from mild to wild, historical to sci-fi. Join me there if you can!

And as a plus, here is the cover of my first book in the Revived Series called Unexpected Revival. This novel (my precious baby) will be sent to my editor at the end of the month, with a tentative release date of January 2017.

Cover art done by awesome artist E.Paschall "DarkElegance" who can be reached emp71@msn.com or through

https://www.facebook.com/DarkElegance.Art.from.the.Dark/

http://www.epilogue.net/gallery/sofia

Another interesting tidbit about research in regards to the Revival Series

Nothing gets more bothersome than reading a book and knowing the information on history or facts don't quite ring true. That being said, when asked about why I chose to have my first heroine from my new series about women from the past who save the future featured a women from 1999, my answer was simply, because we know everything about that time. It really is all searchable online. Like this little tidbit about how big were computer screens by 2000. And let met tell you, the information was readily available and easy to understand.

Through this interesting page, that originally compared computer screen sizes from 1995 to 2012, later updated to now include 2015, I found that most computer screens were 14 to 15 inch size. Yes, it's not updated to 2000, but about your job. Does your desk have the latest in computer screens. If so, you are one lucky person. When I started working in 2006, my company was still using 14-inch screen and autocad light from 1998. And I know this business is not unique.

That being said, take a look at the article and see how computer monitors have changed in the last 20 years. It's a little mind blowing!

Keep your eyes out for more little bits of weird research info :)