to enter the cover flat contest. It’s already Dec 1 here in Oz, but given the U.S. is a day behind, you’ve all got one last day. So enter away to win the cover flat and other goodies!

Nothing much has been happening in my writing world. I’ve completed the Risa 2 edits and sent them off, and have just been informed that the Beneath a Rising Moon edits are on the way. Bantam are intent on keeping me busy on the run-up to Christmas! lol. Of course, the worst part of it for you guys is, none of these books are coming out any time soon. At least Mercy is coming out mid-April. That’s something to cheer about, anyway.

Oh, and something of a minor miracle happened this week….I began my Christmas shopping! A whole 20 days before I usually begin! I kid you not. I’m usually one of those last minute panic shoppers, but this year, I’ve actually gotten a little more organised, and have completed my major Christmas purchases (much to the frustration of my daughter, who knows what she’s getting but isn’t allowed to touch it until Christmas. I’m a mean mum ) Of course, this does not mean there won’t be last minute panic buying, but at least this year, it’ll only be for the five presents I haven’t yet bought rather than the usual ten or so.

The cover flats for Mercy Burns arrived today, so I thought I’d use one of them and run a contest, because really, there’s nothing much else of interest happening in my writing world at the moment. So, aside from the signed cover flat, there’ll also be a copy of Kelley Armstrong’s Haunted (because Bantam sent me a box of them by mistake and then told me to give them away because it was cheaper than shipping the back!) and the usual Tim Tams and chocolate.

Details will be on my contest page, but all you have to do is send me an email with Mercy contest in the header. I’ll draw the contest at the end of the month, and you can enter as many times as you like. Good Luck!

about the giveaway happening over at the Darksider’s Downunder blog…The first three books in the Riley Jenson series (Full Moon Rising, Kissing Sin and Tempting Evil) are up for grabs, as well as a copy of Kelly Armstrong’s Haunted. Winners will be drawn Wednesday 13th, so get over there and make a comment to be in the running!

In other writing news…well, there’s still not much happening. I’m chugging along writing the third in the Dark Angels series, and playing around with other non-contracted books on the side. The muse can’t seem to settle on just what else it wants to play with, though, so I always come back to Risa. Maybe I just need to write one book at a time. lol

The Darksiders is the nickname for the new blog featuring a whole bunch of fab Aussie authors who just all happen to write on the Darkside. Yep, if it involves the weird, the wonderful, or the wild, expect a darksider to be involved somewhere

The DarkSide Downunder is the official name of the blog, and we went live this week. There’s a giveaway happening today which involves signed copies of the first three Riley books (Full Moon Rising, Kissing Sin & Tempting Evil) as well as a copy of Kelly Armstrong’s Haunted, so head on over there to check us out and enter the giveaway!