Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Spring News from Bianca
Spring is my favorite time of year for a lot of reasons: my garden is starting to wake up and I'm excited about new plants I want to add to my collection, the songbirds are returning and it's awards season.
I've been lucky over the past few weeks. Hara's Legacy won the EPPIE for Best Erotic Romance Science Fiction/Futuristic. Prince of Spies won the CAPA for Fantasy Erotic Romance and All Romance eBooks gave Hara's Legacy a Best Book of 2007 Award and me a Best Author of 2007. Like I said, it's been an amazing turn of events!
This month, I've got three print releases. Hara's Legacy, the I Dream of Dragons anthology, and my first Phaze print title, Sons of Amber, which contains both of my first Sons of Amber novellas, Ezekiel and Michael.
I've made a new sale to Tease Publishing of a contemporary romance novella that's a little different for me. It's set on a ranch and has some yummy cowboys in it. It should be coming out later this Spring or early Summer. I've also got a new Dragon Knights book called FireDrake, coming out on May 13th from Samhain. Here's a peek at the outstanding new cover for that book:
In the meantime, Davin's Quest continues to do well. It's Book 2 in my Resonance Mates series begun with Hara's Legacy. I'm working on Book 3, Jaci's Experiment, which will be out in ebook in August, then in print next year. It's been a busy time, writing on deadline, doing edits for various books and gearing up for RT and a myriad of other conferences I'm going to this year. If you see me at one of them, please drop by and say hello!
Labels: Bianca D'Arc, Eppie
Monday, March 12, 2007
Eppies and Things!
Earlier in the month they announced the awards for best cover art. My primary cover artist (until this point), Jinger Heaston, swept the competition. She took first or honorable mention in multiple categories. What awesome stuff!
On the writing front, I've started an erotic romance sci fi with Eve Vaughn. We have plans to have it finished before RT this year. :-)
Other news from our DoC...we're looking forward to having a themed party soon. A come on out and have fun day! And don't forget to stop by Brenda Williamson's Romance party on the 21st. It's guaranteed to be fun! And I've heard through the grapevine, our own Aline has some publishing news! We'll wait for her to tell you the good stuff. :-)
Since I love baking when I'm avoiding work, I thought I'd give you a snickerdoodle recipe I'd recently made:
Snickerdoodles
1 C. butter, softened (that's 20 seconds in a microwave on high if you don't want to wait hehe)
1 1/3 C. Sugar
2 Eggs
3 C. Flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 C. sugar mixed with 2 tsp. cinnamon (mix them in a bowl and set aside, you'll be dipping your cookies in this before putting it on the baking sheet.)
Makes about 3 dozen cookies
Preheat oven to 400 deg F.
Mix together flour, cream of tartar and baking soda. Set aside.
Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy (It'll look like little yellow balls)
Beat in eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
Reduce mixer speed (or expect to do a LOT of cleaning) and add flour mixture until well blended. (At this point, you want to add the flour about a quarter at a time and bring the mixer up to high till smooth before adding the next quarter, JMHO)
With your hands, roll the dough into small balls, about the size of a large walnut.
Roll them in the cinnamon and sugar mixture and place 1inch apart on a large baking sheet.
Enjoy! I know my family did. LOL.
Dawn Montgomery
