Megan Hart

I’m so excited that Piers Anthony is scheduled to be at the RT bookfair. I loooove Piers Anthony! Now I just have to decide which books I’d like signed…!

M

So I was thinking a lot yesterday about how I feel like I never finish anything because my work almost never can be finished in one day — I can’t write a book or even a novella in one day. I could maybe finish a short story in one day, but that’s unlikely. So I can never set out to finish a project in one day and hope to accomplish it.

Well, that’s fine, that’s not different from what many people do.

But here’s the thing — I work at home. I have to clean my house. I write at home; my house is dirty. I clean my house; I don’t write.

I spend a lot of time thinking about all the stuff I have to do, and when I don’t have a set plan to do it, I end up doing a little bit of everything and finishing nothing! This is why I clean and run errands and stuff on Fridays. I know I won’t get any writing done, and I know I will clean my house. (which I can never finish, either, but I can hit the highlights.) So on Fridays I end up with a clean house, a cooked dinner, and if I get any writing done, it’s a bonus.

Yesterday, on the other hand, I meant to write and plotted instead, since the writing was stuck (because well, I hadn’t quite figured out where I needed to go with it, and how, and why and all that.) So I plotted, I tinkered. I came home and checked email. At the end of the day I felt like I hadn’t accomplished anything, even though I DID…

And now, today, I have my turkey defrosting. I know I have to write, or do something writing related, since hello, deadlines. Books to write! But I also know that starting tomorrow, I won’t have any writing time for AN ENTIRE WEEK. Holiday hosting, holiday travel, kids home from school…Oh, I might get some time but it wouldn’t be enough time. And I’m easily swayed from writing in dribs and drabs, which is how I used to write all the time. I’m spoiled now. If I don’t feel like I can write a full 10 or 15 or 20 pages, I figure why bother, even though I know that even if I write ONE page it’s better than nothing.

So. I need to kick myself in the pants, and accomplish something today.

I need to:

1. Clean off my desk
2. Pay the bills
3. Balance the checkbook
4. prepare my home for Thanksgiving (I’m not cleaning, I’ll make the family do that)
5. I don’t have to prepare food ahead of time since everything can be done tomorrow and my mother is making the mashed potatoes, which is the hard part, and I already have PIE.
6. My basement is a disaster zone, but I’ll make the kids clean that up since they made the mess.
7. WRITE — something, anything!

See? That’s not a very big list, and it’s not un-doable. Maybe part of my problem is I’m not sure *what* to write — I have a few things on the burner and while I had a large chunk of time that was free, now I do not. Now is the time to get to work, get started.

I know my problem: I stutter coming out of the gate. I look at all I need to do and I falter, I creak, I groan, I run in place — I knock into the walls and bounce back. I know *what* I have to do, but getting started doing it…!

But, in the spirit of this holiday, I’m THANKFUL for the work I need to do. And I know I will do it. I simply have to sit down and do it!

M

Name of release: Midnight Sins

Date of release: 11/25/08

Blurb:
Cara Maloan doesn’t look like a monster. In fact, the gorgeous blond nightclub singer possesses heavenly attributes that make Atlanta detective Todd Brooks sure there’s a higher power somewhere. But a twisted killer is leaving a trail of bodies in seedy hotel rooms across town. The male victims show no wounds–it’s as if the life was simply drained from them. And right now, mysterious Cara is Todd’s only suspect.

Cara knows it’s foolish to be so drawn to a man who thinks she’s a murderer. She also knows Detective Brooks would find the truth even harder to swallow. Cara is one of the Other, a race of powerful, paranormal creatures who live among humans. Cara’s particular abilities make men putty in her hands–all except this rugged, sexy-as-hell detective. But now someone, or something, has singled Cara out for serious payback.

As uneasy trust gives way to mind-blowing desire, Cara and Todd will go head-to-head with a killer whose mission is deeply personal, and who’s determined to serve up revenge that’s hotter than hellfire, and just as deadly…
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Interview:

Hi! Congratulations on your new release. First off, can you introduce yourself? Don’t be shy…

Hello, Megan! Sure, I’m happy to introduce myself. I’m Cynthia Eden and I write paranormal suspense novels. I do love those paranormal characters…

Tell me a little bit of what your book’s about…

I like to think of MIDNIGHT SINS as Basic Instinct meets The X-Files. My hero, Detective Todd Brooks, is on the hunt for a killer. He never expects to fall for his lead suspect—and he sure doesn’t expect the woman to be a succubus.

Where did you get the idea for it? (Is it part of a series, etc.)

MIDNIGHT SINS is the second book in my “Midnight” trilogy for Kensington Brava. I liked Todd’s character in HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT—I liked that the man knew nothing about the paranormal world. And I thought it would be fun to give him a chance to see the real world. Once I had my hero set up, I just had to find him the perfect women, er, demon.

Do you have a writing schedule? Was there anything different about writing this book than any others? (If this is your first release, make sure to mention it!)

I generally try to write 10 pages each day (when I’m on a deadline). Getting into the routine really helps me to stay focused.

What was your favorite part of this book? Your least favorite?

I loved writing the beginning of this book. Sometimes, if I’m writing a book, I’ll write a few different opening scenes—the better to see which one clicks the best for me. But, with MIDNIGHT SINS, I only had one opening, so the beginning went very fast for me. My least favorite part? Killing off one of the characters.

Tell me about your favorite scene.

I loved writing the initial interrogation scene between Todd and Cara. He thinks she could be guilty of murder—so he brings her down to the station. He’s trying to do his job and stay focused, but the attraction between them is already strong, and growing stronger by the moment. Cara’s confused and scared and she doesn’t know what’s going on—and the fact that she finds herself attracted to the rude cop just pisses her off.

Ah. Fun. ☺

Anything else you’d like to say about writing this book, or the book itself?

Just that I had a great time writing Todd’s story—it seemed to end too soon for me. But, hey, luckily, I was able to get to work on the last book in this trilogy, MIDNIGHT’S MASTER, and that story kept me very busy.

Megan, thanks for the interview! You rock, woman!

Thanks to Cynthia for stopping by!

I don’t enter writing contests. The few times I have, I haven’t won. I don’t ever expect to win. Therefore, I don’t enter. Every time I think I’m going to enter, I remind myself, I never win. I did enter a contest within the past few years and didn’t even final, and that pretty much assured me I’d never to it again.

I saw Twilight. I didn’t hate it. I didn’t exactly *love* it — I liked it a lot, I was well-pleased with the experience, but I’m not dying to see it again, and sadly, I have not been swayed into RPatts worship. (Though I did say to my mom as we were watching, “He’s awfully hairy for a 17 year old.”) Don’t get me wrong, he’s cute and all, and I like the movie, but I’m not converted to Robertism. I’ll eagerly await the second movie.

I have lost the case to my ipod — this isn’t a major deal as the iPod itself is safe, which is important, and the case was just a free makeup bag that came with a purse my mom bought me a long time ago — but my headphones were in it. So. I can’t actually *use* my iPod with headphones until I find the case; more disturbing is the fact it’s missing since I was listening to my iPod in the car and therefore one might imagine the case to be there, perhaps fallen to the floor, under a seat. One might be incorrect in such imagination, as I’ve searched the car and haven’t found it. I’ll look again. This is particularly disturbing because I was going to go to my coffee shop for the first time in forever, and now I can’t, because without headphones, I can’t use my iPod, which is an essential tool in coffee shop writing.

Thanksgiving is coming. I am cooking. I am apparently cooking for quite a number of people. This gives me pause. Do I bother to clean the house before T-day? I had to throw away the Roomba since it ran over cat poo, and the Scooba simply doesn’t work. Should I bother cleaning my floors before they’re walked on by extra feet? Probably not.

I am probably completely — huh? I forgot what I was writing as I just got a text message from Superman telling me to take the turkey out. I was asking about a SIM card. I thought he meant “take that turkey out” calling the card a turkey as though he were a character in a play set in the late 1970s. This is not true. He actually meant the turkey.

Oh, right. I am probably completely finished with my holiday shopping, which includes birthday shopping. I did most of my shopping online this year. I think I bought too much, but that’s because I did it online, have been tucking stuff away and have forgotten what I bought.

And last but certainly NOT least:

OMG I AM TEWTALLY GOING TO THE SUPERNATURAL CONVENTION IN CHERRY HILL IN MARRRRRRCH! OMG!!!!!!!!!!

*swoons*

Prepare for the hysteria, people. I might come off as cool, suave and sophisticated, but I assure you, I am tewtally so NOT.

Jared Padalecki, wheeeee! (*prays for Jensen Ackles*)

M

PS– So, I get a lot of SPAM and now I’m getting a lot of gay porn spam — I’m not surprised, but you know…at least send me HOT gay porn spam. Not of hairy guys with beer bellies. I know, I know, hairy chubby guys deserve love too. But if you’re going to spam *me* please target me appropriately, FFS! Cuz what you’re selling? I ain’t buyin!

You can read it…here!

“What gives this wonderful erotic contemporary romance plenty of “Hart” is the deep look inside Grace, whose first person account is profound and terrific starting with her realization she slept with a stranger; as if Jack being a business arrangement is not. Fans understand her fears of relationship and commitment even as she does not fully grasp the whys. Sam and Jack are strong support characters as is her family; as each escorts the audience deeper within the complex soul of Grace.” — Harriet Klausner

So. You might have heard me moaning about how I haven’t had a full week of work with no kids/spouse home from work/school since September.

Yeah.

Superman’s home today.

Why is it that when Superman is home *not bothering! not bothering!* it always ends up that I don’t get any work done?

M

PS– I just wanted to add that my dad reads my blog and so if anyone thinks they can be mean to me here, he says he’ll come and do dad-stuff to you to make you stop. I explained if anyone’s mean to me it’s not usually at my *own* blog, but you know, he’s my dad.

New funny search terms bringing people to my blog:

where is megan hart deeper?– Umm…that’s a personal question.

i want to contact naked men photos to be my friend — well, who doesn’t? shyeah…

naked men contests– …m’kay

brandon routh — don’t let Mrs. Brandon catch you mackin’ on her man, she’ll bust your ass for you

beautiful naked hot men — are you seeing a trend here?

megan padalecki sister — Nope. Still not her.

sexy jared padalecki — and no Jensen Ackles this time!

Hmmm. I need some “sexy Jensen Ackles” “Jensen Ackles in a bathing suit” “Jensen Ackles green eyes” “Jensen Ackles and Megan Hart” “Awesome is made of Dean Winchester” and… hmmm “I love Dean Winchester.”

We’ll see who comes sniffing ’round for that…

M