The Journal of Celia May Hart

Hmm...

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:00:13 GMT

I may have neglected to mention my last few posts over at The Spiced Tea Party. I posted yesterday about writing to passions...

What's worse...?

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:53:24 GMT

I blogged over at Aphrodisia Authors today, about writing the dreaded synopsis.

Blogging

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:51:07 GMT

Hey all, I blogged today over at The Aphrodisia Authors, but I could do with some inspirational help for my blog on Monday at The Spiced Tea Party. As you can see from my Aphro blog post, I'm in desperate need for a topic!

Anyone have any suggestions?

Some news

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:31:23 GMT

The booksigning went well on Wednesday: had a nice assortment of friends, writing friends and neighbors show up. Plus one complete stranger, although I don't think we were strangers by the end of it. Had a really neat conversation with him.

Got an email from the editor today saying that SHOW ME has been sold as a foreign edition to Spain! Yippee!!

I am still deciding whether or not to go to RT, on the off-chance that ONE MORE TIME wins its category. Somebody decide for me, please...

Booksigning tomorrow!

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:32:44 GMT

Hey everyone, my booksigning is tomorrow at the Mira Mesa Barnes & Noble, just off Mira Mesa Blvd and the I-15. It's at 7pm and it'll just be little ol' me, so I hope to see you there!

Blogging...

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:25:44 GMT

Happy New Year everyone.

I've blogged about owning what I write over at The Spiced Tea Party

Book signing, take 2, and news!

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:12:36 GMT

As allaboutm_e pointed out, one needs a date and time.

Here they are: Wednesday, January 9th, 7pm

original message follows:

Hi all, in case you hadn't heard about it, I'm having a booksigning at the Mira Mesa Barnes & Noble in San Diego. I'll be signing my latest erotic romance release ONE MORE TIME. I hope you'll come along!

The address is:
10775 Westview Parkway
San Diego, CA 92126

See ya there!

And now the news
ONE MORE TIME is a nominee in Romantic Times 2007 Reviewers' Choice Award in the Erotic Romance category. Like wow!!

Hey, I'm having a book signing!

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:37:21 GMT

Hi all, in case you hadn't heard about it, I'm having a booksigning at the Mira Mesa Barnes & Noble in San Diego. I'll be signing my latest erotic romance release ONE MORE TIME. I hope you'll come along!

The address is:
10775 Westview Parkway
San Diego, CA 92126

See ya there!

Last day of blog tour

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:59:13 GMT

And today, I'm over at Romantic Inks talking about how many revisions a book should go through. Come visit!

Did I mention I'm giving away a book?

The booksigning last night was great!

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:24:34 GMT

The book signing last night at Mysterious Galaxy was very cool. And in "competition" with two mystery authors and a fantasy writer -- I managed to sell all but two of ONE MORE TIME. They even had my backlist under a different name -- which had I known, I would've said something about it to that mailing list, but oh well. I hand-sold a few of those as well.

I signed all the left overs and when I got to the LS books, I forgot to change the signature for a couple of them, so there are now two books at Mysterious Galaxy that have both my "signatures" on them! Worth a fortune one of these days, I'm sure.

It's funny that I outed myself, after I'd given Patrick a hard time about outing me to one of the other authors. *grin*

So if you know who I was in a previous writing life, you might want to drop by Mysterious Galaxy and see if you can nab on of those. One of each title now has two different signatures on them. I'm sure the staff will happily out me again to make the sale!

Plus, it's their book mitzvah this year and portions of their signing author's sales go to various charities, I assigned mine to Becky's House -- but that probably closed last night at the end of the signing, so go along to one of the many other signings they have this weekend and through to the end of the year and buy a signing author's book!

Quickie

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:26:07 GMT

I'm signing at Mysterious Galaxy today!

And it's raining! Like set-in, real, honest-to-goodness rain. That's going to make the commute interesting!

Well, off to replan my to-do list....

Blog tour stop...

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:17:54 GMT

Hey all, today/tomorrow (depending on your timezone, it's almost tomorrow here, I can't sleep, and it has nothing to do with the fact that one or both of my dogs chewed up a notebook I left on the coffee table, a notebook that had stuff I'd written for the new story idea. Thank God I'd already typed it up on my laptop!

Where was I?

Oh yeah, today/tomorrow, I'm visiting Romance Vagabonds and giving away a book from my backlist, please drop by and read what I have to say about the realism of Regency bad girls!

PS.

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:51:23 GMT

Did I mention that at Jaunty Quills tomorrow, I'm being interviewed by a porcupine?

Srsly!

Appearances this week

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:27:34 GMT

Hi everyone,

Here is where you can find me this week:

Tomorrow (Monday): Jaunty Quills
Wednesday: Romance Vagabonds
Friday: 7pm, booksigning at Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego

Hey I forgot to tell you guys...

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:14:46 GMT

Hey, I forgot to tell you guys, that my blog tour continues today. I'm over at the Risky Regencies and giving away a copy of SHOW ME. I'm getting some risky questions!!

Eeee! Guess you're all coming to my booksigning!

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:26:56 GMT

Hey, just checked my ONE MORE TIME Amazon.com page and squealed to find that Harriet Klausner's review is up! And that's not all.

There's only one copy left! One! Amazon must've made it available since the last time I checked, which was on the weekend, I think.

So, I guess if you want a copy, you'll just have to come to my booksigning at Mysterious Galaxy next week.

Harriet Klausner gave ONE MORE TIME five stars and summed it up:

"This torrid time travel romantic fantasy stars two wonderful lead characters, a horde of profligate aristocrats (she'd make a fortune selling her toys to this crowd), and a Greek god seeking passion. The story line is fast-paced even during the heat of passion and yet filled with twists. Loaded with heat, ONE MORE TIME is an erotic tale with plenty of heat. "

She means sex-toys there, by the way.

Wheeeeeeeeee!!!!!

History Hoydens continues...

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:32:35 GMT

I am back at History Hoydens today, talking about the Dilettanti Society, which forms part of the backstory for the hero of ONE MORE TIME.

The blog tour continues...

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:22:48 GMT

My blog tour continues, promoting my new release ONE MORE TIME (which hit the bookshelves early). And today I am over at the History Hoydens. I'll be there until Thursday, when my research article goes online there.

Spotted in bookstores!

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:14:42 GMT

Hey, I went into my local bookstore on Saturday and found ONE MORE TIME on the shelves! So they're out even earlier than usual!

My in-laws were with us when I went to investigate. My sister-in-law pulled it out and looked at the hunky man cover and said, "I thought you wrote under your own name?" So um, she is somehow three books behind in my writing career. Hmm.

The brother-in-law goes: "Hey! They put your hubby on the cover!" which will join the collection of other in-laws comments like: "So he helps you with his research, eh?" *wink wink nudge nudge*

Of course I ignored him. (My husband puffed up his chest. *sigh*)

My nephew who is certainly not old enough to read my books made gagging noises. We were, after all, in the romance section. And we were here to pick up a book for him, so why were standing around here?

It's a darn good thing I like my in-laws! :) Anyway, I don't think the online bookstores have released ONE MORE TIME yet, but you can certainly check out your local bookstore and see!

Woo hoo!

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:55:44 GMT

Woo hoo! I'm writing again!

(and my iTunes shuffle embarrasses me....)

The Celia May Hart Blog Tour begins!

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:58:21 GMT

My blog tour starts today and I'm blogging at not one, not two, but three, blogs! (And I'm giving away a prize at one of them.)

And they're all on different subjects! To whit, an interview, secondary characters and the glamorous writing life.

See you there!

Eee!

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:41:23 GMT

My author copies arrived today. EARLY!!!

Much yay!

What's Happening (or Going to) Here....

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:40:09 GMT

Well, given that my book is coming out next month, I thought it might be a good idea if I, you know, actually talk about it.

It’s called ONE MORE TIME, and is out under Kensington’s Aphrodisia line. I was so thrilled when I got the word that I made RT’s Top Pick list! (Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine). Here’s part of the review:

“This scorching roller-coaster of a read is an erotic page-turner. It has romance, intrigue, licentious nobility, a Greek god come to life and an unexpected ending. Feisty Abby and sensual Myles are the perfect couple to surmount the obstacles in their way. This may have been the first book I've read by Hart, but it certainly won't be the last!”
4.5 stars, Bella March, Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine

Yup, a Greek god come to life. It’s quite possibly no secret that I fell for the Greek god, even if he isn’t exactly the good guy. But well, he has his reasons.

What might be a secret is that there’s more paranormal to this book than the heroine’s trip back in time. For some reason, I didn’t want to “spoil” the Greek god’s appearance, but hey, I’m pretty sure that’s him on the cover. (Hard to tell, I don’t think either the hero or the Greek god would bother with a towel.)

Here’s what the back cover blurb says:

“Travel back to a world where lords and ladies ruled the ton by day and wild, wanton abandon ruled them at night...

Abby Deane has no problems piloting a small plane to her new job -- until she lands and realizes she has traveled back in time to Regency England. She's fascinated by everything around her, especially the seductive Myles Hardy. If she can't get back to her own time, she might as well enjoy the potent sensuality simmering beneath that rock hard body...

Myles Hardy can't take his eyes off the mysterious and alluring woman who's suddenly appeared in front of him. Miss Abby Deane talks of the future, but it is pleasuring her here and now that most intrigues him. And her bag of sensual delights holds the key to revealing her most secret desires and forbidden fantasies...”

Greek god? What Greek god? But there’s even more paranormal stuff going on than just that. But I’m not going to spoiler that either. You’ll have to read it.

Oh and guess who makes a return? The Wintertons from SHOW ME. It occurs after the events in that book, so I’m not going to tell you how things are going there -- you’ll just have to read for yourself!

In other news, I’m doing a “blog tour”, so please come and visit these blogs and say hi (and ask questions and maybe win a prize) on the following days:

November 19th - My usual spot on The Aphrodisia Authors blog (http://theaphrodisiaauthors.blogspot.com)
November 19th - My usual spot on The Spiced Tea Party (http://thespicedteaparty.blogspot.com)

What is not usual is that they’re on the same day!

November 27 & 29 - History Hoydens (http://historyhoydens.blogspot.com/)

November 30th - Me, blogging everywhere: Livejournal (http://celiamayhart.livejournal.com), Bebo (http://www.bebo.com/celiamayhart) , Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/celiamayhart)

December 2nd: Risky Regencies (http://riskyregencies.blogspot.com/)

December 3rd: Jaunty Quills (http://www.jauntyquills.com/)

December 5th: Romance Vagabonds (http://www.romancevagabonds.com/)

December 10th: Romantic Inks (http://romanticinks.com/blog/)

And I’m doing a booksigning. Just one -- so this’ll be your only chance to get a signed copy of ONE MORE TIME, unless you’re planning to attend RWA National in San Francisco next year and come along to the literacy signing.

Friday, December 7, 2007 7:00 PM
Mysterious Galaxy Books
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
Suite #302
San Diego, CA 92111

I’ll be signing with three other authors, Theresa Schwegel (mystery), Jeanne Stein (vampire mystery) and J.V. Jones (fantasy). It should be a really cool mix! A little of something for everyone!

That’s it for now! (Phew!)

Celia

Yet Another Email Surprise

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:17:56 GMT

Eeee!!! A couple of friends have emailed me to tell me that I'm an RT Top Pick!!! (Well, my December book ONE MORE TIME is).

Eeeee!!!!

i've been pretty quiet of late....

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:17:40 GMT

There hasn't been a lot of news to report and part of me knows that I need to start gearing up for the release of ONE MORE TIME in December -- and I have been sending promo materials out and about, organized a booksigning, a blog tour, but I also need to get a contest under way. Hmm, maybe I can do that on Monday.

Anyway -- I have made commitments to blog on various group blogs to which I have posted in the last couple of days.

At the Aphrodisia Authors blog, I witter on a bit about the glamor of the writer's life and ask a question of the readers: if there was a plot twist that deepens the previously publicised paranormal aspect of a book, would you want to know ahead of time what it was, or would you rather be surprised?

Readers must be on my mind, because earlier in the week I reviewed a sartirical cartoon of the Reading Public in the early nineteenth century on the Spiced Tea Party blog

So that's what I've been up to of late...