Hey all, I love Indie Authors. I think it’s because we all know how tough it is to find an audience for our books, and we crave telling stories that will make our readers feel emotion. Many thanks to Keta Diablo for hosting me today on her blog. Read the post here, and leave a comment on her blog for a chance to win a #FREE ebook! Elaine

Hey all, I’m guest blogging for a writer friend of mine today. Check out the blog post at her site here. For anyone who comments on the post, you are entered to win a ceramic coaster of a Fleur de Lis, shown below. The post will be up and live for March 3 and 4 (Sunday and Monday). Thanks and good luck!

Hey all and happy weekend! I seriously thought the weekend would never arrive. Ever feel like that? It’s such a relief, and almost hard to believe, when the days DO arrive. A pal of mine who lived in Louisiana (amazing how us Louisiana born and bred folks tend to congregate) wanted to host me on his blog. Of course, I said yes! Check it out and leave a comment if you can! Click here to read my guest blog.

Bring out the champagne!

Today is the release day for Water’s Blood, Book One of the 4-Book Elemental Clan Series

Available now on Amazon, Barnes/Noble (Nook), Smashwords

Or you can order a Print Copy

Water’s Blood is a paranormal / fantasy / romance about Nature’s Elementals. For a brief blurb overview, click here.

Now for the fun news! Leave a comment and you will be entered into the drawing to see who wins a FREE book! Winner will be announced over the weekend and notified.

Please note, it may take time for your comment to appear. I have to tackle spam and therefore moderate all comments.

Many thanks, and I hope you enjoy the book!

Thanks to everyone for your support, text messages, and encouragement this week. Y’all rock :) To say it has been quite a week is, well, an understatement. One of my writer friends told me that doing this publish-it-yourself thing would be a means to learn as you go along. She didn’t realize it at the time, but she was actually reading my future. WOW. Lots of things to prepare, have reviewed by the sites where the book will be sold, have re-reviewed by the book sites because their site was down after entering a full page of information (guilty culprit: you know who you are!) and more. SO… I am doing final prep of the links & my website today. Tomorrow (Friday 2/1) is the official “release day.” And for those of you asking, yes, I do have a bottle of champagne chilling in the fridge. It’s actually been there since Christmas, when my inlaws brought it over and we decided not to partake of the bubbly until later. (Thank you, my dear inlaws – the bubbly will not go to waste!) What is this darn book about, you ask? Well, to read a short blurb, click here. I will say that the paranormal fiction is not for everyone’s taste, and that is okay. (For my more ultra-conservative friends, note that this genre may not be to your liking.) I have enabled sampling on Amazon, etc. so you can try before you buy. And it’s okay. I have many author friends who are talented writers, but I simply cannot get through certain types of fiction writing no matter how wonderful they are as people. So, for those of you who like the paranormal twists and saving human souls, the Elemental Clan Series will be an ideal fit. For those of you who prefer more “real life” fiction, don’t worry – I have several books I will be releasing later this year and into next, so you can have something more suitable to your tastes. See? Something for everyone. That’s the beauty in not going with a standard NYC publisher, when things all have to fit into a box. I write about Elementals, Fallen Angels, ghost stories and people seeing the dead, women’s fiction and women’s relationships with family and romance, and many other types of things in between. Stop by my blog on Friday 2/1, leave a comment, and get a chance to win a FREE copy of Water’s Blood.