Megan Hart

Wow.

I still get excited about the release of every new book, but by now, often the book release is buried in mundane life things like laundry and bill paying, or edits on another book. Lots of whatnot. I love when new book comes out, and I’m always excited and happy — but I sometimes…well…I sometimes *forget.* I don’t forget about the book, it’s just that by the time the book comes out, I’ve spent so much time with it, it’s on a TO DO list for me, it’s part of the job. It’s fun and exciting, yeah, but it’s not quite like the first time.

Then there’s EXIT LIGHT. Because it’s not just a book that I loved writing and wrote quite some time ago and never thought would see the light of day, or because it’s a venture into a genre I really adore (and in fact, really started in before being fortunate enough to get published with a different type of work) so it’s special to me for that reason. It’s not even because it’s a new release from a brand-new publisher that’s well on its way to making digital publishing more mainstream than ever before.

It’s because it’s a LAUNCH BOOK.

I don’t think I’ve ever been a launch book before! I AM EXCITE!

So, if you like paranormal fiction (that’s not erotic or a romance!) please take a few minutes today to check out EXIT LIGHT, releasing today from Carina Press.

You can find it at Amazon.com

and Barnes and Noble.com, too! (And right now, if you buy Barnes and Noble’s Nook, you get a $50 gift card! How sweet is that?”

Hooray!

M

May the 4th be with you!

Also, check me out at Carina Press’s blog today…there are giveaways to be had!

So, today is the release day for Passion Model! Hooray!

Protect and Serve just took on a whole new meaning.

For Recreational Intercourse Operative Gemma, patrolling Newcity’s Lovehuts and Pleasurebots isn’t much of a pleasure. But it’s work she clings to after an accident destroyed her marriage and left her with half her body made of replacement parts.

She keeps her head down and her mind on her job, waiting for the proverbial hammer to fall. The head of the ruling council is out to make those like her illegal. If anyone finds out she’s mecho, she’s toast.

A routine inspection of a Pleasurebot turns into a strictly forbidden—and mind-blowing—sexual encounter. Then she realizes it isn’t an “it” at all. He’s human, and despite the sweet-hot climaxes he gives her, she buries her report to save them both from the consequences.

Except he can’t seem to stay away from her, and for a time life seems almost…normal. Until Gemma uncovers Declan’s own deep, dark secret. A secret that could get her fired from RIO. Or both of them killed.

**This book has been previously published.

Warning: This book contains graphic depictions of sex with men, women, aliens and robots.

Keywords: robots, space, dystopian, cops, aliens, sexbots, erotic romance, erotica, science fiction

Check out more here!

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So, my Tivo broke and I had to get a new one. Now I have a shiny new Tivo and it actually recorded AND played back the new Dr. Who and Supernatural, so I’m all caught up! Hooray!

I think “you are a big bag of dicks” is gonna be my insult from now on. And wow. Richard Speight, Jr. Could he BE any more FABULOUS? I don’t think so. He’s pretty freaking fabulous. I loved him as the Trickster, but as Gabriel…wow. Just…love that guy.

And I don’t know who who the guy who played Balder is, but…mmm, where’s mah spoon, cuz I’d like a big bowl of that.

So tomorrow I leave in the early wee hours of the morning for RT. This is exciting for several reasons. One, because I didn’t think I could go at all due to other family obligations. Two, because I’ll be accepting the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Erotica Fiction for Deeper! Hooray! And three, because I get to actually meet my friend Jen in real life after many moons of swooning over Jared Padalecki via Instant Message. It’s gonna be super exciting! Aside from the part where I have to get up at three in the morning to get on a train to catch a plane…

So today I am celebrating my newest release by cleaning, packing, doing laundry, running last minute errands (oh, and talking tonight at a book club, that’s pretty cool.) I’m pretty sure some of those things will remain undone but I shall do what I can.

Oh, and I finished my Heat novella, which will be in an antho with Emma Holly, Lauren Dane and Beth Kery! Finished meaning first draft, but now when I get back from my adventures I will dive into the edits of Collide, then on to the last Handmaiden book and then back to this novella, all to be finished before my kids get out of school in June…Oy!

So that’s it for now. If you’re coming to RT, I will be getting in pretty late on Wednesday, though I don’t know what time. I might be hanging in the lobby sometime Wed. night. Or not. I don’t know. Thursday I shall be around in various places ALL DAY LONG so if you want to chat, grab me. I don’t bite. Hard. Or often. I will not be wearing a flower in my lapel but I do have purple hair that might just look dark.

Later, Gators.

M

Well, I cleaned off my desk today, and let me tell you something. It always takes a really long time. I also did laundry, and that takes a long time, too! Which makes my eyes all squinty, the laundry and the cleaning.

I also edited a Spice Brief called The Experiment and sent that off to my editor; so that’s what I do instead of watching The Super Bowl. I work. Oh, I did play some Sims 3 earlier today, but I don’t really count it since I was actually editing while I just let my Sim lady go about her business.

She discovered a star.

I know, right? Who knew they even could? Left to her business, she will play her guitar a lot and flirt with people. She also apparently likes to discover stars. And she found some seeds, but I don’t think she’ll plant them. Well, maybe she will, I don’t know.

Tomorrow I aim to get up at a good time (instead of letting the alarm just go off, then again, then again later…) which means I intend to get to bed very shortly. Which is also what I’m doing instead of watching the Super Bowl. Going to be early. I believe I shall read. Now, I just finished Under the Dome which was a doorstop of a book, my God, over 1000 pages, really? REALLY?! And I think I’m going to read The Lightning Thief or possibly The Dead and Gone next. Because I feel like it.

On the other hand, if I’m going to dive back into Collide tomorrow, I really should read through it to refresh my memory. So maybe I’ll take that to bed with me instead, and go over it.

See, that’s what I do instead of watching football.

I work!

M

Line by line. Word by word. Letter by letter.

Oooh, it’s painstaking. My eyes are blurry. My stomach’s rumbling. I’m behind schedule because I’m procrastinating!

*writhes*

Must. Push. Through…!!!

M

Slower writing day yesterday, only about 13 pages instead of 20. I’m very close to the end of my page count, which means I should finish up the book. It will all even out in revisions, take a little out at the beginning, add a little at the end.But I really should get to the end.

I might do that today. I’m not POSITIVE — I gave myself until tomorrow, after all, to finish. But I think I could finish this book today, as in get the story to the end, worry about the missing bits next week during revisions. Yeah. I think that could happen.

In happy news, I’m pleased to announce that my futuristic erotic romance novel, PASSION MODEL, will be re-released through Samhain Publishing in May! (Tentative release date, I’ll keep y’all posted if that changes.) I’m excited by the chance to become part of the Samhain family and for the chance to see this book available again. It’s one of my earliest and still favorite stories. I love writing SF, futuristic, I love it! So this is exciting news for me! If you’ve already read and enjoyed Passion Model, thank you. If you haven’t…I hope you give it a try.

And I guess that’s it. I’ve got some coffee brewing, and I’m going to work on these pages. Today it won’t necessarily be about how MANY, but what goes on them. I’m not aiming for another 40 page day, though I won’t turn it down. It’s just possible this could all tie up in 20 or 30 pages. Or 50, and I’ll be doing this tomorrow.

We’ll see…

M

Yeah, it’s my fault for sleeping late, but what can I say, I’m not by nature an early morning person. And my desk is literally covered in paperwork, bills, etc. That I feel I must remove before I can really get to work. But guess what, I’m going to work instead of cleaning my desk, get my 20 pages for today, and THEN clean.

I really want to play the Sims. REALLY BAD.

I will finish this book by the end of the week, though, if I do what I’m supposed to do. And I’m going to. I will do it!!!!!! I will!

I’m really on the downward slide, maybe 100 more pages, and then it’s editing and polishing to be done, and that is the easier part.

So yeah, getting offline, having some coffee or maybe some tea, and then onto my daily goal. See you on the other side.

M

Oh, btw…everyone’s home today and they’re not bothering me, and I STILL am having a hard time getting motivated.

Yesterday was an epic day. Forty pages. Yes, 40. Yesterday, I wrote more pages than I have lived years on this earth. That’s about 10,000 words, btw.

So, yeah, that was a lot.

And then, brain broken, I watched EQUILIBRIUM so I could recover.

The problem with watching Equilibrium is that I suddenly want to dress like a Grammaton Cleric. Okay, maybe I really want Superman to dress like a Grammaton Cleric. But I want a cleric’s coat, or jacket, and thus led to the internet search for such a thing.

You can actually buy one.

It’s not really what I want, though. I want more like…a jacket. Or something like this, really. See that? That’s my porn, right there. (NO. Not the MAN, just the OUTFIT. Not the OCCUPATION. Just the CLOTHES.)

So, yeah. I have to get off searching the internet for a place to find a really cool cleric’s outfit, because yeah, I totally NEED ONE OMG. *eyeroll*

How about this. Oh yes. OH YES.

You see the problem?

Don’t even get me started about how Superman started imitating Bale’s “goood for youuuuuuu” last night and I srsly almost lost…something…

Yeah.

I don’t think I’ll be doing 40 pages today. I’ll be lucky if I get a shower and put on some clothes.

M

Oh, also? Want this.

Wow, holiday schedules are a beyotch. Kids off from school, travelling, cooking, not writing…I’m all discombobulated and I still have a kid at home today. And tomorrow. OY.

So, before I go take a shower and get started on the day, here is a blog post to get me situated back in the reality of WORK and not PLAY.

Review of No Greater Pleasure

SWITCH is up for pre-order and wow, look at that price!

NEWLY FALLEN — available now!

Get 25% off DEEPER!

For audiolovers — — Woooo! Reason Enough, Layover and This Is What I Want on Audio! If you like that sort of thing. Sorry I can’t get a pretty linky type thing with a graphic and whatnot, but iTunes won’t let me.

And thanks to everyone who helped make THIS possible!

Ummm…LOL!!!

Buy this album:

Also, buy these albums.

Also:

FORON = “f-ing moron”
I’m not sure, but I believe I might have invented this word. Take it. Use it. Spread it throughout the universes and beyond.

Also:

I love my living room.

So, now I’m going to take a shower, get some coffee, some oatmeal, and get past the halfway point on COLLIDE.

M

Faced with spending her first Hanukkah alone, Lilly Gold wishes for a miracle that would change her life just a little bit. Then her prayers are answered–in a big way–when the most perfect naked man appears in her yard during a blizzard.

Zachariah tells Lilly he’s been sent to be–and do—anything she wants. And for eight passionate days, trapped together by the snow, he does just that, giving Lilly all the pleasure she could have hoped for. But when their holiday is over, only another miracle can keep their affair from ending, too…