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NaNoWriMo to write a new story

I've been getting invitations to take part in anthologies. One issue of this new world order of marketing ebooks at large online stores like Amazon and Apple iBooks, is that getting attention is harder than ever.

If you already have a fan base, outstanding. You can send out announcements and people will preorder your book and you will sell well. But for most of us, that doesn't happen and so we have to be creative.

One creative way to find potential readers is to offer your work bundled with a number of other authors, some of whom will have a bigger audience than you. Since your audience and theirs only partially overlaps, then there is a lot of potential for getting new readers. Also you can split the cost of marketing a group anthology, even taking advantage of ads and the like.

I was invited to submit to a Science Fiction Romance anthology, and since that is one of my favorite genres to write in, I decided to put together my novella for the anthology as part of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for those who aren't familiar with this.)

I had been doing quite well on my story as this calendar will show:



I had a few hard days where not much writing got done. That was due to not feeling well last week. But otherwise I've been working hard and while I might not make it to a full 50K words written for the month, I will at least get this story done. And yes, it is part of my Gaian series.

So I'm not writing a long entry today since I need to get back to work and make sure those word count boxes fill up yellow and green rather than orange and red.

Cheers
Janet Miller, J. L. Miller
http://www.janetmillerromance.com

Today I’m celebrating a new release. Memories Undone is out at Ellora’s Cave, a novel built in my fantasy world of Gal.

Memories Undone is about a couple who think they are wrong for each other until a divine individual intervenes on their behalf. In this case the couple is Captain Albinan and his wife Livilia, princess of Gal, and the divinity is Gillian D'Amatah, goddess of hearth, home, and love.

This book is a continuation of my stories about Gillian, a goddess with a wicked sense of humor. Gillian tends to interfere when she thinks people are about to do the wrong thing even if they think they are right.

They aren't of course. Goddess Gillian always knows best.

I've been working on this story for a while and I'm thrilled it is finally out - just one day before my own wedding anniversary. What a great present!

If you want to read more about it you can check it out on my website: http://www.cricketstarr.com/publications/memoriesundone.html

Cheers,
Janet Miller/Cricket Starr

Lady's Choice now available as a stand alone novella!

Lady's Choice released January 22nd!

Lady's Choice is about a young woman on the verge of being betrothed to a man she doesn't want. She goes to a bar hoping to get in at least one night of fun before having to settle down but she doesn't count on being found by two Zelion warriors, each of whom is eager to claim her as his "true mate". Trouble is that Zelion warriors aren't good about sharing...so how can this all be worked out?

Fortunately it is the lady's choice as to who she'll pick for her husband.

Lady's Choice is from the anthology Two Men and a Lady and while it is still available in print in the anthology, Ellora's Cave has decided to release the ebook version as a stand alone ebook.

Cheers,
Janet Miller/Cricket Starr

Partners - a new erotic science fiction romance novella from Red Sage!

Partners coming January 1st!

Partners is the first in a series of futuristic tales involving an artificial people called the Synths. Both my hero and heroine were made to be pleasure slaves, subject to raging hormones called Need where they crave sex. But both of them want to be seen as more than an artificial person. They want to be "real" to each other and so they have to hide their craving as best they can.

The story takes place in the asteroid belt in the somewhat distant future. Reyna is prospecting for hyperore when Steel arrives at her claim as her new and unwanted partner. When she strikes ore the very next day, she's even less happy to have him share what she found so she hides it, hoping he'll find the work too hard and quit. However there is at least one thing Steel is good for...satisfying her synth need for sex and between that and the way they work together, they eventually find themselves in love.

The trouble is what will happen when all secrets are out in the open.

Cheers,
Janet Miller/Cricket Starr

Reflecting The Future - available as a standalone novella!

Reflecting The Future coming December 11th!

Reflecting The Future is an erotic romance science fiction story that takes place in a mining colony on Mars. The heroine is the morale officer for the mine who decides that what the miner need is a holiday...like Christmas!

It is fun, and sexy, and has a magic mirror and a visit from you know who to make the spirit bright.

This story was originally available in an anthology and is now being re-released as a stand-alone ebook novella.

Cheers,
Janet Miller/Cricket Starr

I Won!

Yes, I've been writing. I took part in this year's NaNoWriMo contest where the challenge is to write a 50,000 word manuscript during the month of November.

And I DID! YAY.

Someday it might even get published...after another three months of rewriting and polishing.

Cheers, Janet Miller/Cricket Starr