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Friday Never Felt So Sweet!

Posted on by Carlene Love

Happy Friday!

Here’s to hoping you had a great week, and if not, here’s to kicking off a rockin’ weekend, especially to all the Mom’s ♥

In my tiny corner of the world, it was pretty sweet and amazing, here’s why:

Coming-Soon

I’m happy to announce that the second book in the Sin Pointe series has been contracted through Evernight Publishing.  I hope you enjoyed the bits and pieces of Jaxon in Sidewalk Flower because this next one is all his!  Sin’s Flower is set for tentative release this summer!  It’s gonna be a hot one, y’all!  ;)

Sidewalk Flower BookSpeaking of Sidewalk Flower...it is now available in print!  I have to thank each and every one of you who purchased a digital copy because that overwhelming support is what made the book going to print a possibility!  So thank you, thank you, thank you!  Consider my socks thoroughly rocked!

LibraryTalkGoodiesI’m on a roll so let me keep on at it.  This Saturday I will be speaking at the Kensington Park Library located at 4201 Knowles Avenue,  Kensington, MD, from 3-4:30 pm.  I’ll be joined by Ellora’s Cave author Lynne Silver and Entangled Publishing author Avery Flynn.  Our topic?  ”How Can They Write Those Books?”  Yep, there will be secrets a’spillin’ so stop by if you’re in the area.  Did I mention there will be prizes?  Psst…there will be prizes ;)

mermaid-logoAllrighty friends, I’ve gone and saved the best for last…because one week from today, on Friday, May 17th, I am hostessing the Waterworld Mermaids pond and it’s gonna be rockin’!  What kind of mermaid would I be to disappoint the ladies of our romantic little lagoon?  Yep, I’m bringing a very special guy with me, who is a ridiculously talented bass player and quite frankly, adorable.  You may have seen him last month laying his bass tracks down on Fox’s American Idol.  I hope you’ll swim on over next Friday and help me give a warm welcome to Dino Villanueva of the Casey James Band!

Big Hugs & A Happy Early Mother’s Day♥

Always love,

Carlene Love♥

 

HAPPY SNOWY HUMP DAY!

Posted on by Carlene Love

Well hello there friends,

I hope this post finds you happy and enjoying whatever weather that has taken up in your part of the world.  For me, it is snow.  And lots of it!  Winter Storm Saturn has pulled into town and from the looks of the sideways blowing flakes and heavy frosted tree limbs curling downward outback, we may very well be housebound for the next couple days!

Perfect timing to share what’s new in my world with you :)

First things first though, HAPPY HUMP DAY! (from some of my favorite leading men…oh, and you’ll be sure to want to scroll all the way to the bottom where I’ve saved THE BEST of the boys for last…)

Hero Collection

Now, for those of you not familiar with the Waterworld Mermaids, those are the lovely and talented gals I have been group blogging with for nearly two years now, please be my guest and swim on over to the pond.  I’m the Mermaid hostess today and I’ve posted about how my Mardi Gras going grandma would have made the perfect romance novel heroine.  And I’d love to hear your grandma stories as well.  I know we’ve all got a few great ones to share :)   Here’s the link to help you safely navigate your way over to our waters…WATERWORLD MERMAIDS.

The Mermaid Panel 2012

And now for some super exciting tidbits about the places I’ll be book-partying this month…Catch me over at THE ROMANCE REVIEWS site on March 12, where Sidewalk Flower will be one of the featured Q&A’s to help celebrate TRR turning 2 years old!  Have fun answering the trivia questions, playing the book cover matching game and garnering points to be entered into not just a free e-copy of Sidewalk Flower, but also prizes from the 400 plus authors who are also participating.  And, the grand prize which is a $100 gift certificate!  Here is the link to follow to the party…THE ROMANCE REVIEWS.

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Still looking for more romancey book fun?  Me too!  That’s why I’d love to see you over at BARBARA VEY’S 6TH ANNIVERSARY BASH on March 15.  I’ll be bringing Shirley Temples to the party, which yes is pretty tame but trust me, if you’ve ever been to one of Barbara’s bashes, they are a ton of virtual fun.  So be my date, pretty please??…BARBARA VEY’S 6TH ANNIVERSARY BASH.

Shirley Temple

Before I make like a good girl and crawl back into my writing hut, I’d like to share what I’ll be doing tonight to keep my tootsies warm and stave off old Mr. Winter Storm Saturn…My critique partner, Ellora’s Cave author Lynne Silver, has another hot one releasing today from her CODED FOR LOVE series!  Some cozy time with Program Soldier Chase Stanton sounds so very good…Happy FALSE MATCH Release Day, Lynne!

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Happy Reading, Writing and Hump-daying friends!

Always love,

Carlene Love ♥

A NOTE FROM LUCKY, TRISTA & CARLENE LOVE

Posted on by Carlene Love

So in one week from today, we (Trista, Lucky & I) will officially be published!  That is just so crazy and pretty darn cool.  Evernight Publishing–we are grateful for the opportunity you have given us.  I, for one, am proud of this accomplishment but honestly, I’m just so honored to be sharing Trista & Lucky’s story with you all.

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Today I was reading through some of my favorite authors’ “For Readers & Writers” sections on their websites and I always enjoy hearing their thoughts on characters.  Where do they come from and how do they write them so that they feel real?  I try asking myself those same questions and what I come up with is that in some form, the characters already exist.  They are real.  I’m just the fortunate girl who gets to spend time with them until I know them well enough to share their story.  It’s really a pretty awesome thing and everyday from here on out, for the rest of my life, I’ll be the proud mama of this first book.  Lucky, Trista and I are holding hands and sitting on the edges of our seats that you all will enjoy their love story, with all its ups and downs, twists and turns.  We can’t believe the day is nearly here.

See you all January 11 for many fun events celebrating Sidewalk Flower’s release including:

Please check the Events tab for specifics and where to catch us on our month long blog tour.

Always love,

Trista, Lucky & Carlene Love

What’s the Coolest Thing You’re About To Do?

Posted on by Carlene Love

This past weekend I signed a contract with the wonderful people over at Evernight Publishing for my story, SIDEWALK FLOWER, about a jaded young woman who is torn between her rock star best friend and his humble, handsome cousin from Tennessee.

Seventeen months ago, I sat filling out a fun little set of questions for a group of fantastic women writers I’d just joined and one of the questions was “What’s the coolest thing you’re about to do?”

My answer was “Share my stories with at least one person who is touched by them.”

What I didn’t realize was just how cool joining that group of phenomenal women writers, the Waterworld Mermaids, was going to be.  And how I never would have come to find those ladies if it hadn’t been for the equally  gracious writers of the Washington Romance Writers of DC.  And how I wouldn’t have stumbled upon WRW-DC if I hadn’t been looking for information on a DC area book signing by my favorite, Sherrilyn Kenyon.  SIDEWALK FLOWER wouldn’t be what it is without the help of my accountability/critique partner, Lynne Silver, who I met through a random post for the mermaids.

Hands down, I believe in luck.  But now I’ve learned that luck is also what me make of it, and what others help us make of it.

If someone asked me today “What’s the coolest thing you’re about to do?”, I’d say “Share my stories with at least one person who is touched by them.”

Being asked that little question is a huge part of my journey.  So friends, I ask you…”What’s the coolest thing you’re about to do?”

Always love,

Carlene Love