Happy post Labor day! Summer’s over and school is about to start (or maybe it’s started for you already?) My daughter has her pre-school open house today, and starts school on Thursday! I’m SOOOO excited to see how that all goes down! She’s been all excited, but we’ll see how she actually does when I walk out the door and leave.
So a couple good news things….first off…. I FINISHED!!!!!!!! I finished my Brava contest entry. For some reason writing this was a bit like pulling teeth. I mean, most of it flowed and just came out, but some days I just stared at my monitor. And I couldn’t figure out what was wrong, why I was struggling. Then I realized. I hadn’t written a contemporary romance in about eight months. I’ve been writing shifters/sci-fi’s/futuristic stuff. So basically I just needed to get back into contemporary mode. I’m in it again, and now I’m going to finish my contemporary single title romance Heiress Under Covers (title is subject to change! LOL.) in time to pitch at the Emerald City conference in October.
Okay, the second piece of good news….I got a 5 ribbon review from Romance Junkies on my book Dating Season!! I wasn’t sure what to expect when I wrote this book, since I generally write contemporary. I was wondering if people would scream, “Imposter!” and throw it to the wolves. 
So needless to say, I’m thrilled!
“Ms. Stevens did a wonderful job. This piece was well constructed and written beautifully. If she would have made it any hotter there would be fires all over and melted computers everywhere. Her characters are believable and richly defined. Can I say perfection personified? Very fluid from one scene to the next. This is the kind of romance one dreams of finding…. This reviewer has just extended her favorite author list by one.” 5 ribbons, Romance Junkies.
http://www.cobblestone-press.com/catalog/books/datingseason.htm
And finally, I was tagged by Samara King for the 5 thigns about me. Since I did this last week, I’ll just do the one question that wasn’t on the last one. The question: Four favorite cartoons from your childhood. I thought I’d just do the visuals 
Great review, congrats!
I auditioned to be the voice of Jem, I made it to the final two girls too. Damn it. LOL
Congratulations on the great review!
Preschool rocks. The boys went today. My “baby” didn’t even notice I had left. He only cried when his big bro walked him down to his class and then had to leave to go back to the 4 yo class. Baby said the sweetest thing to me when I picked him up.
“Mommy, I missed you soooo much!”
I’m going to have Mckenzie start in Feb when she turns four. I’m excited! She does a little class once a week now and she likes that.
Congrats on the review and getting your Brava entry in.
Congrats on the review! And I loved Gem and She-Ra!