Category: Updates

I had hoped to get this posted earlier in the day, but better late than never!  It’s been a busy week.  Happy birthday to my first and forever Backstreet love, Brian!

In honor of Brian’s birthday, I’m posting the next chapter of my new story, A Heart That Isn’t Mine, which… does not include Brian.  Sorry, Brian.  Actually, I’m not sorry because you should be glad you’re not in this one (yet).  Nick is not so lucky.  Sorry, Nick.  The funny (or not-so-funny) thing is, if I’d had this idea in 1999, it totally would have been a Brian story.  If I’d had this idea in 2009, it would have been believable as a Nick story, but I wouldn’t have written it.  But it’s 2019, and my Dove chocolate wrappers keep telling me “Dare to cross the line,” and so… I did.  I went there.  Sorry, Nick.  For my fellow Brian girls, Brian will be the next Backstreet Boy to appear in the story – just give him some time to get there.  He’s coming, I promise.  Howie, Kevin, and AJ, too!  The roller coaster is only beginning, and there will be a lot more twists and turns along the way.  Hold on tight…

Thanks for checking out the first chapter of my new story, A Heart That Isn’t Mine!  Chapter 2 is up!

Happy 6th birthday to Holden Dorough!  Bet you’re glad you’re not in this one, buddy. 😉

Happy Valentine’s Day!  I have a new novel for you!

Synopsis:
Life can change in a heartbeat.  No one knows that better than Nick Carter.  After an unexpected loss leads to an estrangement from his wife, he finds himself in the Florida Keys, broken-hearted and alone… until a chance encounter changes everything.

This has been a long time coming!  I got the idea for this story toward the very end of writing Sick as My Secrets in June 2017.  I spent two days obsessively researching and outlining to get it out of my system, but didn’t start trying to write it until I finished SAMS.  It took me three tries to get the version I’m posting today.  I started the first version later that summer, the second version that December, and the third (and final) version last July.  I have been working on it ever since – pretty consistently since November – but I’ve been nervous about posting it, in part because I don’t want to flake out on it like I’ve done with certain other stories, but also because of its content.  I always get a little nervous posting new novels and feel the need to include some kind of disclaimer when I worry I may have gone too far with the drama.  This story deals with a topic that I once said I “wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole” – which I now know means I was totally going to go there someday!  It only took me ten years.  All I’m going to say in the way of a disclaimer is that this story is going to be another roller coaster.

Consider yourself warned.

The first chapter has been posted.  It takes place on Halloween, not Valentine’s Day, but I didn’t want to wait until October to post it.  I’ll be back over the weekend with Chapter 2.  Enjoy the ride!

It’s officially February, and that means it’s time to kick off our first Flashback Fics discussion, featuring one of my old favorites, Cardio by Trinity.  If you’d like to join in, head over to the forum and add your two cents!

After spending my two snow days off work this week writing, I’m feeling pretty good about the progress I’ve made on the novel I’ve been teasing lately, and I think I may be ready to start posting it soon.  If all goes well, the beginning will be up on Valentine’s Day.  But if the groundhog sees his shadow tomorrow, it’ll be six more weeks without an update…  Just kidding.  Valentine’s Day.  I said it, and I want you to hold me to it.

Hope to see people popping up on the forum soon!

Do you realize this is the last year we’ll have a Backstreet Boy still in his thirties?  God, we’re getting old!

I was tempted to post the first chapter of the novel I’ve been teasing for the last few posts because it’s Nick’s birthday, and it’s a Nick story, but I resisted that temptation because 1) I’m still not ready, and 2) I’m not being very nice to Nick in this one (shocker), so it didn’t seem like the best birthday gift for him.  Then again, I posted the beginning of Broken on this day 16 years ago and the end of its sequel By My Side on this day 11 years ago, and I was not very nice to Nick in those stories either.  Sorry, Nick.

The main reason I’m posting today is to give you the run-down on Flashback Fics, the new fanfic discussion club we’ll be starting in February!  Thanks to those of you who expressed interest and/or voted in the polls in my last post!  After a close vote, we decided to hold the discussion over on the DS forum.  I think this will be a better format for discussion, but it will require you to register on the forum if you haven’t already.  You can get to the forum through the Site menu or clicking on this link: http://dreamsanctuary.proboards.com/   I created a new subboard in the FanFic ChitChat section called Flashback Fics.  For our first month, February, we’ll be reading a classic favorite of mine, “Cardio” by Trinity.  Head on over to the forum for more information.  Hope to see many of you there!