Seduction to the Altar by Tia Dani

We are excited to announce that Seduction to the Altar is now on the forthcoming list, and available for pre order, at Breathless Press.

Blurb:

Maria Tortorici needs a husband. Her high-school reunion is imminent, and awaiting her is a bet she made long ago. Bring a husband or face the music. Determined not to be the victim of her mischievous girlfriends, Maria devises a plan...enchant her younger assistant with a birthday present he’ll never forget.

Sexual attraction isn’t the only thing Edward Russell has for his boss. She’s everything he wants in a woman. The hang-up? How to convince her he’s man enough to handle a strong-minded woman like her.

But will he still want her once he learns of her conniving plan?

http://www.breathlesspress.com/seduction-altar

More good news for Tia Dani. We signed a contract with Breathless Press for a second book with them. We'll talk about that book next time.

Until next month happy writing.

Tia Dani

Death Unseen

Available now from The Wild Rose Press

Come Fly With Me

Available now from Amazon

 

Conquering the All Mighty Brain Drain

Writing is work. Hard work.

What did you say?

Writing should be fun, not work. We wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t fun. Lord knows we aren’t writing just for the money. LOL. Well…not yet…anyway. Maybe someday we will be but for now we write for the joy of writing.

Still there are times when the words just won’t flow onto the paper.
Fortunately it’s not for the lack of a story. We always have stories in our
head…er heads…it’s just sometimes the words won’t work like we want them to do.

Here are a few tips we use when we hit a wall or write ourselves into a corner. We refer to this as brain drain. Generally one of these suggestions will do the trick and get us moving again.

1. Return to the beginning of our manuscript and edit.

a. Search for missing visual detail, or too much detail.

b. Search and eliminate unnecessary adverbs, speech tags, etcs

2 Work on creating a blurb for the book.

a. Use The Double-barreled Attack

Situation, Character, Objective, Opponent, Disaster.

b. Use Defining The Plot Question

Character, Opposition, Conflict, Consequence of failure

3. Do some extra detailed research work on our story.

a. Go over some of our research material to re-familiarize ourselves with specific detail we are unclear about.

b. *If you haven't already, establish a file for all your research material in case you need to recheck sources at a later date.

4. Pick up a book and spend an hour or so reading. Let your mind refill with words.

5. Go take a walk or sit outside and enjoy the sunshine for awhile.

6. Write, write, write.

Occasionally we just put down words and pay no attention to what we write.

Sometimes it's just a matter of jump starting our brains again.

Desert Dreams Conference Will Be Here Soon.

Get past the slush pile and pitch your story directly to an editor
at the
Desert Dreams Conference http://www.desertroserwa.org

Finding Our Happy Place

The Tia Dani team survived November and has emerged from our turkey coma to find an entire new set of circumstances. It just goes to show you how fast your world can change in the writing industry. We gave our first workshop on ‘Team Writing’ and were pleasantly surprised at how well it went. The turnout for our workshop exceeded our expectations and we spoke with confidence and excitement about how we write together. We left the class with renewed energy and story ideas buzzing in our brains. We couldn’t wait to get together and put our ideas down on paper.

But then we received news that saddened our hearts and briefly took the wind from our sails. The publisher we dearly love and planned to submit our next story to closed their doors. Our time spent with Sapphire Blue Publishing has been wonderful and we wish them all the best. However, now Tia Dani has two books that are homeless and nowhere to send our almost finished story.

This has created a new project for us that we hadn’t planned on at this time. So, as we move into the holiday season, not to mention amid our decorating and shopping, we have to research publishers. We are asking ourselves, do we want to find another small press or do we take a look at self publishing? There are certainly plenty of options out there, but which is best for our needs?

Over the next few weeks we’ll take a good hard look at our options and hopefully make a good decision -- at least one that works well for us. We’ve heard of authors making thousands of dollars on one book that they have self-published and we’ve heard stories of authors that are published with a small press making the same. We certainly have never made much money yet, but sometimes, it’s not all about the money. Oh sure money is good, and you bet we’d be glad to get it, but it’s exciting just to have readers compliment our work and tell us how much they enjoy reading our stories.

Anyway, for now, we’ll enjoy the holidays, the food, the family and good friends. In our spare time we’ll do some more research and keep on writing. Because that’s what we do. We are storytellers. And as far as the rest of it, remember when one door closes another door opens. Maybe behind the next door we will find our pot of gold. Or, at least, a happy place we will love to be.

Enjoy your holidays in whatever way you celebrate. We will see you next year!

New Review for Come Fly With Me- 5 Diamonds

Come Fly With Me by Tia Dani

Title: Come Fly With Me

Author: Tia Dani

Publisher: Sapphire Blue Publishing

Publication Date: September, 2011

ISBN: 978-1-934657-87-4

Genre: Erotic

Length: 31 pages

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Author Website

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Rating: 4.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: anal/oral play, public sex

Reviewer: Jo Pfander

Date: 10/30/11

Bree drooled over the man she nicknamed Mr. Sex God the beginning of every month while waiting for a flight they both took. She wanted him. Could she get him this time?

Steven’s ‘Discipline Always’ motto only gets him so far and a fascinating beauty puts it to the test each month. Will he stop working long enough to fly along with her?

I really enjoyed the heated sexual play between the characters. Come Fly With Me is a nice short erotic read for those who travel along the airways as Bree and Steven do. I’d recommend this to those who enjoy spur of the moment hot reads.

Fall Writers Workshop

Sixth Annual Fall Writers Workshop

Saturday November 19, 2011
9:30 am to 4:30 pm

Scottsdale Civic Center Library

3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

9;30 am - Complimentary coffee and rolls

10-10:50 am - MORNING WORKSHOPS

THE ABCs OF PBs MGs, & YAs - WRITING FOR KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS
by Shelley Coriell - Auditorium

I'VE WRITTEN THE BOOK, NOW WHAT DO I DO?
by Pamela Tracy

WRITING AS A TEAM

by Tia Dani (the writing team of Tia Eaton and Dani Petrone)

11-11:50 am - MORNING WORKSHOPS

THE INS AND OUTS OF SELF-PUBLISHING
by Kris Tualla - Auditorium

PLOTTING SECRETS FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY
by Vijaya Schartz

GHOSTS - BRINGING THE DEAD TO LIFE ON THE PAGE

by Linda Andrews

12 Noon to 1:15 pm - lunch on your own

1:30 pm to 2:20 pm - Keynote speaker

PARANORMAL: THE POWER OF EXAGGERATION

by Caris Roane - Auditorium

Caris Roane has published over fifty Regency romance novels and novellas under the pen name, Valerie King. In 2005, Romantic Times gave her a Career Achievement Award in Regency Romance. Having had a long time love affair with vampires, Caris tackled the paranormal genre, building a unique vampire world based on ascending dimensional earths. The three novels, ASCENSION, BURNING SKIES, WINGS OF FIRE, and the novella BRINK OF ETERNITY, were all released this year. Visit Caris at: www.carisroane.com

2:30 - 3:20 pm - AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

TEN GRABBERS THAT GUARANTEE A PAGE TURNER
by Connie Flynn - Auditorium

SOCIAL MEDIA 101 - Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Goodreads, Blog Talk Radio, and More

by Amber Scott

THE PROPER HUNTING, CAPTURING, CARE & FEEDING OF A LITERARY AGENT
by Gini Koch

3:30 - 4:30 pm - ASK AN AUTHOR ANYTHING

Open panel with today's featured presenters. A chance to ask the questions that popped into your head after attending these workshops or talk to the authors whose workshops you missed.

Fee: Free

Come Fly With Me

Here's our newest release.

We're excited about it.

We think you will be as well.

Below is a recent review we received on Come Fly With Me.

A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW
Reviewed by: Chris

Like clockwork Bree is at the airport for her monthly sojourn. Building a business is hard work! But he’s there too. Mr. Sex God. She’s built a few fantasies around her fellow frequent flyer, but he’s always all business and busy. A girl can dream though.

Steven Cain has a motto. Work first, play later. But he notices the sexy redhead every month and wishes he could appoach her. Next month, he promises himself. But he can’t help himself from saying hi, and when their flight is delayed and they have time to talk, things progress much more than he could have ever imagined. Or hoped.

Haven’t we all had this fantasy when we spot that hot guy? Bree and Steven are aware of one another and have been for months. Their fantasies about one another make the transition from stranger to sex partner a little easier to accept as they have a “relationship” already. After the initial hormone storm passes they realize they’ve kind of skipped a few steps and we are left with the impression that while this relationship started out in the middle, so to speak, it will end up in the right place. With them together. A good quick read with plenty of steam.


Here is a link to the review site. Night Owl Website