First of all, a belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it! Ours was nice and quiet for a change.
I know it's been a long, long while since I've been around. I'm not going to apologize for going away, because I'm entitled to a vacation and apologizing for taking personal time away just seems…wrong. But I'm back online and back at work.
Well, at least until Christmas where I'll take another two week break to spend time off with my kids :-)
I want to say thank you to everyone who responded with support to my post back in August (in the Yahoo group). Really, it means a lot to know that I've still got folks who support me and are patient with me. While I can't respond to each and every post/email, I do appreciate the sentiments.
*hugs you all*
So…updates.
Let's see. I told y'all about Soul Mates: Sacrifice coming out, didn't I? I think I did. Anyway, it's been listed as #1 highest rated in books for Torquere at Fictionwise since the book came out. In fact, all three books in the series are in the top 10 highest rated for Torquere. Soul Mates: Sacrifice has also been in the top 5 highest rated for all of erotica since August.
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/TorquerePresseBooks.htm
And the erotica category: http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/EroticaEbooks.htm
Personally, I think it's pretty cool and I'm proud that the books are doing so well.
What else…*ponders*
Oh! I had a short story come out on Halloween as part of Torquere's Halloween Sip Blitz. It's called "Marked" and is about Matt and Zack, who run their own paranormal investigation business. This story is a precursor to a series I'm planning out.
A short blurb:
Matt doesn't like to work Halloween cases because of something terrible that's happened on a past case. But, when a client calls and requests them to investigate a property that's at the middle of a will dispute, Zack takes the case anyway because the money is just too good to pass up. Not wanting to let fear rule his decisions, Matt goes along, but what he finds there just might be too much for him to handle and soon getting proof on film isn't as important as getting out alive.
If you're interested, you can get the story on Torquere's website for only $1.29.
http://www.torquerebooks.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=43&products_id=673
I've got a novella coming out in an anthology in January '08. It's set in the Soul Mates world and is Sabaan's story. I had a lot of fun with it and it actually sets up a lot for the 4th book in the Soul Mates series…which I'm currently working on. I'll let everyone know when it comes out :-)
Speaking of the 4th book, I don't currently have a release date on it yet since I'm still writing it. Hopefully I'll get it finished in time for it to come out in mid – late 2008, but I'll let you all know on that, too.
And one last thing…
Remember that FAQ page that I've been trying to get in order since…uh, last year? Well, I finally, finally got it set up and put on my website. There are a few questions I've not gotten to yet, but I'll get to them asap. If you have any additional questions you think should be added to the page, just email me at faq AT jourdanlane.com.
Here's the link directly to the page: http://www.jourdanlane.com/faq.htm
Also, if you want to follow more of my day to day activity and get more frequent updates, you can find me over at Live Journal. http://jourdanlane.livejournal.com
~Jourdan
