Re-Release, this Friday ~BEING NEIGHBORLY

Ever wonder what the opposite sex thought about at those special moment? Either sex?

Jude tells you in, Being Neighborly, a mild D/s tale available in ebook format from loveyoudivine.com

Laundry can be such a boring chore.

But, what happens when a neighbor interrupts you?

And what happens if that neighbor is naked?

Not only naked, but hoping you'd show up and take over?

Stacy finds out. Then, you'll find out exactly how the neighbor Jason, builds up his courage to show her exactly how much he wants her to take control. He'll do anything to please her.

Does she have the guts to take him on?

Does he comply with each of her wishes?

Read first from her point of view what happens, then from his. You'll get a peak into the psyche of both the woman and her surprise, and then the man and his daring in this tale of neighborly sharing.

Jude, recently of Venus Press, is branching out and testing the waters. You'll find Jude's work coming to you from both loveyoudivine as well as Phaze in the coming months. Look for the re-release of her older books as well as new, edgy reads that will make you sit up and take notice.

Being Neighborly

will be available Friday, January 26.2007 through

http://www.loveyoudivine.com/

Preditors and Editors Readers Poll is LIVE

It's that time again, the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll and I've been nominated in 2 categories thus far. I'm listed in the authors section as well as my book, Scorpio Tattoo is listed on the Novelr page. I'd appreciate your votes, but in truth would simply like you to go and check out the nominees and vote for those you like the best, or nominate someone else. So, click on the Icon to the left and go vote. Simply find the category you want, scroll down to find your choice and then all you need is an email address.

Thanks from all of us in the business

Sale! Sale! Sale!

~*~Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ~*~

It's Christmas eve and you've got everything wrapped, the toys are put together and the tree is decorated. The kids are snuggled up and dreaming desperately of morning. But you have to wait until you're sure their asleep before you can do your Santa duties, so you've got time on your hands, right? Why not snuggle up with a treat for yourself and perhaps that special someone with you?

Or it's Christmas day. The kids are playing with their new toys or deep into the Playstation 3 zone. Dinner is done, your guests have departed and you just want to escape. The glass of wine is helping. But what you really want is to find yourself on a tropic beach or visiting some exotic wilderness challet with that honey you've been flirting with all day.

Good news then. Phaze is having a sale!

December 24th and 25th, go to the Phaze bookstore and enter the code SANTA50 and you'll get 50% off!

If those two days are just too crazy, but you still want to start the new year with a bang read on.

From December 26th to the 30th, you can get 25% off by entering the code SANTA25!

So this Christmas, take a little time to treat yourself and save a little while you're at it!

Last 2 days of the SAWA 12 Sexy Days of Christmas Contest

We all know about the 12 days of Christmas song, but really how much fun can a partridge in a pear tree be? Although there is something to be said for lords a leaping and ladies dancing.

So we SAWA's, that'd be Sexy Authors WITH Attitude, thought that we'd have our own 12 days of Christmas, with a naughty twist. On each of the days listed below, send an email before midnight CST with your answer to the question listed for that day. The names of those who correctly answer that day's question will go into a special sexy hat and one lucky winner will be drawn. Now, your answers don't have to be true – but they do have to be sexy! Be careful to pay attention to the date for each question, naughty boys and girls who enter on the wrong day will be disqualified. Also, because of the weekends being BIG shopping days, the contest only runs on weekdays.

You can enter one day, or you can enter every day, or just enter the ones that catch your fancy. Just play nice and send in only ONE entry per day, and it must be to the question of that day. Make sure your subject line shows which day you are sending the answer in for, like this: Tuesday, December 5th. And if you would, copy and paste the question before answering it. We'd hate to get mixed up and not know which question you were answering.

Each day someone will win! And who knows, you might inspire a story idea or two. : )

As a bonus, everyone who enters will be included in a special drawing closer to Christmas. The more times you play, the better the chance you'll have of winning this fabulous prize! Have fun crafting your answers, and send them to sexyauthors @ yahoo (without the spaces)

Week 3: Days 11 - 12

Monday, December 18th: On the eleventh day of the sexy contest, your true love spanked you with what item?

Winner will receive: Christmas Candy - with a story by Jamie Hill

Tuesday, December 19th: On the twelfth day of the sexy contest, your true love gave you what secret (Naughty) gift?

Winner will receive: Their choice of one title from Emma Wildes' backlist

So, get on your thinking caps, and rev up your imaginations, and enter as many contests as you can. The special prize, which is being put together by myself, will be announced a little closer to Christmas. But, because I love you all, I've got to tell you, the more days you play, the better your chances of winning are.

Have fun and good luck!

Hugs

Jude

It's time for the SAWA 12 Sexy Days of Christmas Contest

For all the bad boys and naughty girls on this list, here's the details of the SAWA Sexy Christmas Contest, which starts on Monday! But you can go ahead and start figuring out which days you want to enter, and what your answers will be. : )

Sexy Author's Twelve Sexy Days of Christmas Contest

We all know about the 12 days of Christmas song, but really how much fun can a partridge in a pear tree be? Although there is something to be said for lords a leaping and ladies dancing.
So we SAWA's, that'd be Sexy Authors WITH Attitude, thought that we'd have our own 12 days of Christmas, with a naughty twist. On each of the days listed below, send an email before midnight CST with your answer to the question listed for that day. The names of those who correctly answer that day's question will go into a special sexy hat and one lucky winner will be drawn. Now, your answers don't have to be true – but they do have to be sexy! Be careful to pay attention to the date for each question, naughty boys and girls who enter on the wrong day will be disqualified. Also, because of the weekends being BIG shopping days, the contest only runs on weekdays.

You can enter one day, or you can enter every day, or just enter the ones that catch your fancy. Just play nice and send in only ONE entry per day, and it must be to the question of that day.

Make sure your subject line shows which day you are sending the answer in for, like this: Tuesday, December 5th. And if you would, copy and paste the question before answering it. We'd hate to get mixed up and not know which question you were answering.

Each day someone will win! And who knows, you might inspire a story idea or two. : )

As a bonus, everyone who enters will be included in a special drawing closer to Christmas. The more times you play, the better the chance you'll have of winning this fabulous prize!
Have fun crafting your answers and send them to sexyauthors@yahoo.com

Week 1: Days 1 - 5

Monday, December 4th: On the first day of the sexy contest, your true love gave to you what favored genre of erotic romance?
Winner will receive: Masquerade vol. 1 – with stories by Kayleigh Jamison and Jamie Hill

Tuesday, December 5th: On the second day of the sexy contest, your true love gave you what favorite lingerie outfit?
Winner will receive: Bedtime Tales by Michelle Houston

Wednesday, December 6th: On the third day of the sexy contest, you asked your true love for what naughty toy(s)?
Winner will receive: Secret Santa by Jamie Hill

Thursday, December 7th: On the fourth day of the sexy contest, your true love took you to what romantic place to make love?
Winner will receive: Erotic Fantasy - with stories by Jude Mason, D Musgrave & Michelle Houston

Friday, December 8th: On the fifth day of the sexy contest, your true love bound you with what item?
Winner will receive: Foxy! By D Musgrave

So, get on your thinking caps, and rev up your imaginations, and enter as many contests as you can. The special prize, which is being put together by myself, will be announced a little closer to Christmas. But, because I love you all, I've got to tell you, the more days you play, the better your chances of winning are.

I'll post next weeks questions on Sunday. So, have fun and good luck!

Hugs
Jude

Available now, Scorpio Tattoo, by Jude Mason

The Scorpio Tattoo

Series: Mystical Sign: Scorpio
Author: Jude Mason
Genre: Paranormal/suspense
Content: hetro sex, threesome m/f/m
Publisher: Venus Press

Buy Now

Bookstore owner, Jonathan Rorke, had a dream. Actually, he had several, each more terrifying than the last. You see, Jonathan is psychic and he's dreaming of a woman in trouble. What happens when he can't pinpoint where she is or force his dreams to tell him more? What happens when he does finally find her and his premonitions lead them into the world of paranormal?

Together, Jonathan and Jess have to find out who's tattooing her and why. And, they have to find out before it's finished, or she may wind up the third casualty.

Available now, from Venus Press, Scorpio Tattoo is a suspense novel like none you've ever seen before. A romance blossoms in the midst of an investigation that will take you into the nightmare world of ghosts and love lost, and love found again.

SAWA Contest Reminder!

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Paranormal Party Time

Join me, along with dozens of other romance/erotica authors, for this day long party

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Jude Mason's October Newsletter is now available

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Jude Mason's latest interview is live

Yup, the folks at FAR asked me a herd of questions one day last month and today the interview is up. So, if you all want to find out a little more about me, check it out here:

http://www.fallenangelreviews.com/Interviews/2006/Sep06-LindaL-JudeMason.htm

Linda was great and she sure knows how to dig out information. Have fun and let me know what you think, or if you've got different questions you'd like me to answer.

Hugs
Jude

New stuff at Jude's website!

All rightie you guys, Jude's been busy updating, uploading and fiddling with her website, again. She's got a new guest author that you've just got to check out, with a very hot story called, 'A Sticky Situation' I know you'll love it, so check it out here

Also, Jude's added a slide show that's utterly cool and shows off the covers for her books in a very nifty way. As some of you know, HTML is not her second language or even one she's got listed, but this program was super easy to figure out and she went nuts. If you'd like to have a look, click here

You'll find new books published, and new ones to be released soon, so take a little time and do some wandering. Then, let her know what you think. Have a fantastic weekend!

New Release 'Freeing the Beast Within' by Jude Mason

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All Hallow's Eve Chat Event

~*~All Hallow's Eve from Venus Press~*~

October 1, 2006 the All Hallow's Eve authors will be chatting at Love Romances Café all day.

We will be dishing up about our All Hallow's Eve series from Venus Press, which starts October 4, 2006.

Chris Neeley -- Blood Born

Bonnie Dee -- The Straw Man

Jude Mason -- Freeing the Beast Within

D. Musgrave -- Blood Creek Haunting

Andrea Glenn -- A Dark Night in Paris

Frankie Belleville -- Vampiric Nights

Emma Wildes -- Ritual Passion

Erin O'Niall -- Forever Mine

Ann Cory -- Spoiled Candy

Teresa Wymore -- Casting Shadows

Kallysten -- Forget Ever After

Melissa Glisan -- Night Lights

Skylar Sinclair -- Purr For Me

The great news is one lucky winner will receive all 13 books in the series. Yes, you read that right, ALL 13 books in the All Hallow's Eve Series, along with 13 individual winners who will receive a book of their choice (from the participating author's backlist).

So, drop on by and join the spook-tacular entertainment, prizes and excerpts going on all day at Love Romances Café! You never know what frightening fun you will miss if you do not come!
You must join the group to participate, but what fun we will have!!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveRomancesCafe

See you there!

Acceptance, happy dancing and wow

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September Newsletter and Scavenger Hunt Announcement!

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September Newsletter and Scavenger Hunt Announcement!

Happy September everyone
Welcome to Jude Mason's newsletter!

I hope you've all had a spectacular month. Mine has been busy, not as productive as I'd like at the start, but improving all the time.

What you'll find in this issue:

What Jude's been up to:
After all these years, I finally meet one of my fans.

Newest Releases:
Where There's a Will, a tale of a spoiled young woman who learns the hard way that she can't always depend on the dead to do as expected.

What's coming:
Freeing the Beast Within - a Venus Press All Hallow's Eve book and the sequel to Award winner, And There Were Beasts Island of Fantasy - a special masquerade ball where the Greek Gods might visit Scorpio Tattoo - A Mystical Signs tale that will have you on the edge of your seat. A psychic, a tattooed woman and a touch of the paranormal, oh my!

Contest winner!
Yes, the Pink Ribbon contest winner announcement, finally. And the winner is…. drum roll here please … Debbie Ellison!!!

Upcoming Events:
The Venus Press authors are at it again. The End of Summer Blow Out! There's going to be contests, a humongous scavenger hunt and chats galore with a bunch of the VP authors. I'll be participating in the chat as well as a scavenger hunt which is to take place in

The Venus Press yahoo group which you can find and join here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VenusPressChatters/
Times and dates for the chats are:
September 20th, 21st and 22nd
10a.m. to 9p.m. EST each day
I'll be chatting from 3 PM – 4 PM on Wednesday the 20th and hope to see a bunch of you there.

Hot excerpt:
An excerpt from my up coming book Freeing the Beast Within, I know you'll enjoy that. All this and more for those signed up for my newsletter. To join, send an email to me here:
Jude_Masons_Haven-subscribe@yahoogroups.com


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*Available now @ Venus Press, *An Acquired Taste*
*Jude's Website ~My Haven~ http://www.my-haven2001.com/
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August Newsletter and Contest

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Early Release of Pink Ribbon

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Jude's July Newsletter is Live

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The SAWA are looking for you!

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An Acquired Taste Release tomorrow -come and chat

I'm thrilled to finally have this one being released. It seems to have taken forever. I know it didn't, but it's been finished and edited and all that for awhile and I just wanted it out there so you all could read it.

To celebrate it's release, I'll be in the Venus Press chat group, and would love to have you all come and visit. Here's the link so pop on over if you have some spare time. I'll be there all day:

Venus Press Chatters at Yahoo

If you're not a member, you will have to join, but that takes only moments. I'll be sharing the day with fellow VP author, Derek Musgrave, whose book Performance Review is coming out tomorrow as well. It's going to be a blast!

I've been struggling to get back into the swing of writing since coming home from vacation, and it's finally starting to pick up. I was beginning to think I'd never get more than 500 words done in a day. Sheesh. At that rate I'd be pumping out a grand total of one book a year, if I was lucky. I'm pleased to say though that I'm going to have the sequel to And There Were Beasts done in plenty of time to get edited and out for All Hallow's Eve. Morgan and Joshua are extremely special people, and I'm sure you'll love them.

Okay, I better get my butt outa here and finish getting ready for that chat. Oh, and if you can't make the day one, I'll be in the FAR chat room tomorrow evening at between 8:00 and 9:00 PM EST. You'll have to scroll down the page until you find the Chat Here button, then voila, you're in.

Have a great evening everyone and hope to see you soon.

Jude

Jude's June Newsletter is Live

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May's Newsletter and Party Time Ahead

Jude Mason's May Newsletter is out now!

In this addition, you'll find:

*Greetings and Updates

*Jennifer's Crucible now available at Darker Pleasures

*Vacation to Remember final chapter also available at Darker Pleasures

*Purchasing news concerning Playtime, Friday Night, through Venus Press

*Upcoming release:

*An Acquired Taste, through Venus Press

*Free read, hot excerpt from An Acquired Taste

*Newsletter recipients get a special treat this month. An excerpt of Another Deal, read by Mog, will definitely heat up the sound waves.

*I'm going to be away on vacation for a couple of weeks, but have volunteered some space on my website for a scavenger hunt which is going to be run by the authors of Venus Press. Prizes, sexy reads and chat with some of the most amazing authors for the week. Information follows:

Get your copy today, subscribe to my Newsletter mailing list group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jude_Masons_Haven/

Jude Mason: http://www.my-haven2001.com
Blog: http://jude-mason.blogspot.com/

Come and Chat!

I have two chats coming up and thought I'd better let you wonderful people in on where, when and all that. This is kind of short notice but you'll still have time to come and visit if you like. I really would love to see you all at either or both of these ones.

The first one will be:
Wednesday, April 12th in the TRS (The Romance Studio) chat room. I'll be there from 6-7:00 PM Pacific Standard time. That's 9-10:00 PM Eastern time and I believe in the middle of the night if you're in Europe. The url to get there is:

http://theromancestudio.com/chat.php

The second chat will be:
Thursday, April 13 in the FAR (Fallen Angel Reviews) chat room. I'll be there again from time.6-7:00 PM Pacific Standard That's 9-10:00 Eastern time, and also again, the middle of the night for those of you in Europe. The url to get there is:

http://www.fallenangelreviews.com/home.shtml

You'll have to scroll down the page until you see Chat Here. Click on that and you'll find yourself in the chat room.

I'll be answering questions, posting links to excerpts and hopefully having some fun with you all. So, don't miss out. I look forward to seeing you there.

Listen now!!

Fantastic News!

Now you can listen to an Excerpt of The Deal

About a month ago, fellow erotica/romance writer Leigh Ellwood offered me the opportunity to have an excerpt of one of my books read via iPod. I chose The Deal, a very heated little section of it at her request. She did the reading, and wow does she sound hot. If you'd like to listen, here's a link to the page she has it listed on.

Listen Now

You'll have to scroll down a little, but look for my name. Beside it you'll see 3-10-6 Click on that and voila. You'll get to hear a little about Leigh and what she has up and coming, and then you'll hear Sabrina and Matt in a very sexy little clinch.

It's me again

I know, I've been bad, but hey, I've been busy too. I guess the first thing I should mention, is that my short story 'And There Were Beasts' placed in the top ten at the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll. I now have this spiffy new logo to place somewhere on my website. Am I please? You bet your bippy I am. And There Were Beasts was my first changling story and I was thrilled that it went over so well with my readers. If any of you are interested in checking it out, drop by Venus Press

On to more writing bits. I'M SWAMPED.... LOL I've got work backed up until the beginning of next year, which is a good thing, sort of, maybe, I think. In April of this year, the second installment of my 'Dealing With' series will be out. 'Another Deal' takes Matt and Christine to England, where they seeks vengeance for the murder of her sire.

In June, 'An Acquired Taste', a sexy, little, mild BDSM story will be published. Construction work sure wasn't like this when I had my house built, but that's where the inspiration for this came from.

August will bring you 'Pink Ribbon' Another BDSM story, this time not quite as soft, but not all that rough either. A spanking, a little exhibitionism and a whole lot of sexy fun.

Some time in either Oct. or Nov. 'The Scorpio Tattoo' will come out at Venus Press. A ghost, a girl and a psychic all come together. She's kidnapped, he finds her, and the ghost joins in the fun. Where does the tattoo come in... well you'll just have to wait and see.

At Darker Pleasures right now, you'll find part 2 of my story, 'A Job for Mandy' Here's what the publisher has to say about it: Ah, newlywed bliss. Or there would be, if Mandy’s husband Frank wasn’t spending so much time at a nearby men’s club. Not only is she feeling neglected, but Frank won’t even tell her anything about what goes on there or what attracts him to the place. Unwilling to accept evasions as an answer, Mandy decides to do some undercover work on her own – and ends up with the toughest job she’s ever loved. It's the second part of A Job for Mandy by Jude Mason.

I think that's it for now. I know I've been terrible at keep you up to date here, and I'll try harder to fix that. Have a great day and do something naughty

Jude

Preditors and Editors Readers Poll

It's that time again folks. The Preditors and Editors readers poll where you get to vote for your favorite author, short story, novel, editor, and a whole lot more is now up and running. I've been nominated in two categories, Author and And There Were Beasts has been nominated in the short story romance section. I'd appreciate a vote, but if you have another favorite, please cast your vote for them.

Almost Happy New Year!

I know, I've been bad and it's been ages since I posted in here, but jeeze, I've been sooo busy! Let's see, where to begin. I've been scrambling to get this BDSM story done and managed to get it sent in to the editor just before Christmas. It's called Pink Ribbon, and there's this cover you see, that would be perfect for the story. I have one month to get the story accepted to get the cover. And wow, what a sexy cover. Nude torso of a gorgeous guy, with a ribbon dangling down the side of the page. Perfect. Cross your fingers for me everyone.

Oh more news. I got an email from Sex-Kitten.net yesterday and Dance of Submission is in print and available.... YAY! Links to buy here: Sex-Kitten , Amazon and Barnes and Noble I'm jazzed big time about it and hope sales go crazy.

On a more serious note, I'd like you all to send a prayer to my publisher at Darker Pleasures and his family. Just before the holidays, his son fell from the fourth floor of an apartment building and has been in coma since then. He's showing signs of progress, but still has a long way to go to recover. Take a few moments and give your loved ones a hug, and send a prayer to my friends boy. Thank you all.

And now, I'm going to head off and see if I can't get something constructive done. Thank you all for stopping by and I wish everyone the very best of the season, and a wonderful 2006

Hugs
Jude

News, prize giveaways, and Piers Anthony joins Venus Press!

Great news and man have I been busy! Tha chat I was involved with at ebooklove, was a great success and congratulations to Pat, who won the photo and to John, who sent in an amazing photo of himself dressed as a werewolf and won a copy of my All Hallow's Eve book 'And There Were Beasts' Check is photo out here Thank you John for being such a good sport!

I've just had 'Another Deal' accepted, contract signed and all, by Venus Press with a release date of either April or May in the new year, so look out for that one. If you've read 'The Deal' you'll remember Matt and Sabrina well, but even if you haven't read the first book, book two will make perfect sense. I've taken my vampire couple to Whitby England this time around, to avenge the death of her sire. The action is hot, and so are my two vamps.

I've also sent in a surprise novella to Venus. I'd sat down to begin a story for an anthology called BDSM Bound, which is scheduled to come out sometime next year and had this wonderful idea. Well, my wonderful idea ran wild. 35,000+ words later, I yell whoa baby and An Acquired Taste was born. Much too long for the antho, I had my good friend and writing buddy D. Musgrave take a look at it, and he said, yup, it's a novella. He did an edit, thank you sweetie, and off it went to VP on Friday.

Oh and some amazing news for both Venus Press and its authors. World renouned sci-fi author Piers Anthony has joined our ranks. Yup, we got a big time celeb. He has a book titled 'Relationships' coming out sometime in the beginning of '06 and boy I can hardly wait. Wooo Whoo Venus Press!

Now I'm off to get busy on a tantilizing tale of tit treatment that'll hopefully amaze the readers of Darker Pleasure soon. Who knew that a camping trip on another world could be such a treat. Take care and I'll yack with you again soon

Jude

Almost All Hallow's Eve

It's been much too long since I posted in here. Let's see, what have I been up to? Tons! I've moved Haven from one server to another, and man was that a thrill. Three days of sheer panic and frustration. But, thanks to the kind assistance of webmistress Deanna Lee, who takes care of Venus Press' amazing site as well as some of the authors there, I managed to get it up and more or less running properly. If you visit and find a link that doesn't work, I'd really appreciate a heads up.

On to more interesting, and hopefully fun stuff.

Well, it's almost time for that special chat I've been talking to you about. October 30th, that's tomorrow people. Five other authors and myself will be hosting a chat in the ebooklove chatroom. The chat begins at 9:00 AM est and goes until 3PM. Each author will have an hour to promote their story. I'll be there at 11 AM est. That's 8 AM pst, for those in Europe it'll be mid afternoon.If you're not already subscribed to ebooklove, there's still time. Send a request to:

ebooklove-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

and come chat with me and my friends. I'll have excerpts from And There WereBeasts to share with you, and one free copy will be given away. I've also got that magnificent picture to give away to one lucky person. Oh yes, that picture. If you'd like to have a sneak peak, it's here:

http://www.my-haven2001.com/Contests and News.htm

If you have some free time tomorrow, I'd love to visit with you.

More on the writing front. I've sent the second in the series of 'Deal' novellas off to Venus Press and am patiently (yeah right) waiting to hear from them. This one has my vampire couple visiting Whitby England, a lovely seaside hamlet where Sabrina rushes to avenge the murder of... well someone important to her. *G* This one will be called, 'Another Deal' and will hopefully be out sometime soon. I'll keep you all posted.

And now I'm off, I've got this nasty story to finish for Darker Pleasures. Something to do with fish hooks, nipples and a holiday on some distant plantet. Take care all, and have a safe All Hallow's Eve.

Monday Monday

And the week begins with a vengence. I've been having trouble sleeping, rotten colds to that to me sometimes, anyhoo, I was up and roaring around at some ungodly hour this morning checking email. Oh first got the coffee going, you really don't want to talk to me before I've had my coffee. There in my email was a lovely surprise. I'd done an interview with May from MayReviews about a month ago and she'd sent me a message saying it was live and for me to go have a look see. What a lovely way to begin any day. If you'd like to read a little more about me, go to:

http://www.mayreviews.com/custom.html

It was great fun doing it and I'm thrilled to be up on Mays site.

Oh what else have I been up to? Yes, I finally sent off the sequel to The Deal to Venus Press. Another Deal, the second in a three part series that I hope will be as well received as the first one was. This takes place in a small coastal villiage in England, Whitby, where there's an Abby that just cries out for more vampire history. Bram Stokers 'Dracula' was filmed there and after doing some research, I can see why. I'll keep you all posted on when that one's coming out.

It's been quiet around here though. Husband has gone off with his dad for a week of visiting relatives. I'm not sure how much his dad will remember now, he's getting on in years and his faculties aren't as sharp as they once were, but it was something he truly wanted to do. I miss hubby and can't sleep well alone, sigh!

Oh, the contest is all ready to go. If you'd like a peak at the picture I'll be giving to some lucky person, click on the link here:

http://my-haven2001.com/Promo_Copyright.jpg

For information on how you can get in on this, click here:

http://my-haven2001.com/Contest_and_News.html

I hope to see some of you there. There's probably tons I'm missing out, but I'm off to get more done on this story that's taken over. It was supposed to be a short story for an anthology, but it's grown all out of proportion. I whined and moaned to my publisher, she laughed and told me to just get busy and write it. No sympathy... Jeeze!

Have a great day everyone, and I'll see you soon.

Jude

Come & Chat, win E-Books for All Hallow's Eve

**You're invited**
*** International On-line Halloween Costume Party!***
Where and when:* It's to be hosted by ebooklove on October 30th from 9 AM to 3 PM est. It's early so that our European friends can come! (For them it'll be late afternoon into the evening.) Cupid Library Reviews is advertising the event from their website in Germany. Click to join ebooklove

*What we'll do at the party:* 6 authors will each spend an hour each entertaining you with their excerpts, conversation and contests.

*The treats:* Each has a Halloween story that will be released from their various publishers in October, and each will be giving away a copy -- plus other prizes!

*The trick:* To enter the contest you need to send a picture of yourself in costume to Cyndi Redding! Use either her e-mail (for digital) or snail mail address (for hard copy.) Both can be found on her contact page. If you're one of the six winners, you'll get one of the Halloween books! Oh, and your picture will be posted on her website in her gallery! Your picture in any kind of costume can be from a long ago Halloween or Carnival, or you can dress up and take a picture for the occasion. Whatever you'd like to send in for the contest is fine.

It should be lots of fun! Oh, by the way, Cyndi as well as some of the others will make an appearance in costume too! It's only fair.

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Confusion, frustration.... ah ha, success at last

For you people who know html and whiz through this blog building, a short note of admiration. I've never considered myself overly stupid, but I've managed to frustrate myself several times while putting this together. I think, hope, pray, that I've got the basics where I want them now and will try REALLY hard not to mess with it again. Adding links and getting the archives to appear took me two f***ing hours. How was I supposed to know you had to put the links Under where the archives stuff went? Okay, rant over, I did it, it looks pretty much how I want it too, and I'll make sure I read this when I decide to mess with it again. Please, someone shoot me if I do, or at least take me out behind the woodshed and speak sternly to me while whooping my silly ass.

Good news, I'm within a couple of hundred words of finishing Another Deal for Venus Press, which is a very good thing because I have a feeling Matt, from Darker Pleasures, is going to show up one day with another photo set for me to work on. Think dessert and breast torture. Boggles the mind I know. I'm looking forward to it though. I've got a niggling idea at the back of my mind that I'm hoping with work with this, but only time will tell.

Oh nuther bit of good news. I saw the Venus Press newsletter yesterday and my story, And There Were Beasts was listed in there, cover art in there and everything. Come October, it'll be out and hopefully selling like those preverbial hotcakes you always here about. Crossing fingers!

I got a Wonderful email from the editors at Tit-Elation this morning as well. Oh today has been a good day. Two of the stories that I was lucky enough to have published on the TE website have been chosen to appear in their first quarterly 'Best of' in print. Do I have to tell you how pleased I was at that news? I'm honestly tickled to death. Jakes Clinging Ivy, a historica romance, plus Mistress Helens Re-Awakening, an erotic romance, will see print and I get copies. Whoo Hooo!

Ahem, calm down girl! Yeah right, I've been walking around smiling all day. My husband is going to think I've been into something I'm not supposed to be into. I'm dying to see what the cover is going to look like, and who else will be joining me in this thing.

Anyhoo, I better get myself busy and finish this one off. Then come the fun part of editing and tearing to bits. You all take care and I'll see you again soon.

Friday Night Diversion

It's been one of those weeks. You know the kind you wished would just end so it could be done with. Writing has been in fits and starts, mostly fits. I'm aching to get the sequel to The Deal done, and it's getting there, but painfully slowly at the moment. I'm beginning to feel as if I'll be ninety before it's finished. It's a good thing vampires live a long time huh?

I did get some great news from Venus Press. They've got a new line coming out and I managed to wriggle my butt into it. Yay me! So, I'll be contracted to have a piece done for October of next year. Hopefully I'll have my vamps done by then. Laughing!

I'd like to work on something totally different next for them. I've already had one vampire novella accepted and published, a halloween story comes out in October of this year that's a paranormal/shapeshifter/edgy kinda thing called, 'And There Were Beasts' Shades of the Twilight Zone! I think I'm going to drop into D/s for one. It's been forever since I tread those waters.

Darker Pleasures has enough of my work to keep them going until almost Christmas. I know I want to write Matt a little something for his Yule edition. Sparkle has graced his pages twice now, I wonder if she'd be welcome for a third season?

Okay kiddies, that's it for tonight. My virus scanner is about to kick in and things go terribly slow when that happens. Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again soon.

I survived the airshow

Okay, so standing, or sitting, in the sun for seven hours isn't strenuous, but if you don't apply a gallon of sunscreen, repeatedly, you get burned. There's got to be some motto in there somewhere, I suppose, and if I ever figure it out I'll share it with you. I got burned, not all over, thank whatever diety you like here, but I looked like I'd been on an all weekend drunk by the end of the day. I never knew my nose could be THAT red without blood dripping.

The good news is, the show was fantastic. There were old war planes, old bi-planes and crop dusters and then there were the new models of all of the above. Some where just big enough to squeeze one person into, and that's if the person was small, while others could have carried trucks and probably had. I took a couple of dozen pictures, but nothing incredible. I'm a writer, not a photographer and it's very evident when you see my photographs. *G* When the Snow Birds came flying towards us, all I could do was gape like the rest of the crowd. These guys are amazing. For a peak at what they can do, try here:

http://www.airmuseum.ca/airshow/snowbirds.html

It doesn't do them justice, but it's the best I can offer. My husband managed to take approximately six hundred pictures that day and got almost as red as I did.

On the writing front, things are moving along wonderfully well. Gracie Passette, the woman who runs Tit-Elation at: http://Tit-Elation.com/ along with several other sites, will be publishing my novel 'Dance of Submission' soon and we've been emailing back and forth for the past few days. The coverart is going to be amazing. I'm waiting to see what kind of edits she comes up with for it and then it'll be off to the printers I believe.

I've been working on the sequel of The Deal, called Another Deal and hopefully that will be ready to go soon. I'm nearing the 14K mark and hope to polish it off at about 18K so any fans, get ready for more of my vamps. I have one more in mind for this series, but haven't got the story line for it ironed out quite yet. I've had some wonderful reviews for The Deal, and hopefully the next two installments will be as well received.

Time to get myself busy here. So, you all take care and have a great day. Talk to you again soon.

Off to the air show

Yup, it's Sunday and we're going to the air show for the day. Having never been to one I'm looking forward to it a great deal. Husband, of course, will be taking his camera and hopefully he'll get some good pictures.

Writing news: I've signed up for two new pieces at Venus Press. It seems they have these yearly calls for anthos they're planning on publishing and BDSM Bound grabbed me. Surprised are ya? Femdom, a younger man being punished for some dreadful behaviour popped into my mind and off I went. Signed up lickety split for that one and hopefully I can get in touch with all of the other authors involves so we can coordinate our work somewhat. And, you'll chuckle here, another of the calls was for a western. Well, I like the outdoors and have seen enough John Wayne movies to choke any horse alive, so figured I could to one. Then I got silly and asked if we could perhaps make this western antho a little different. Instead of straight cowboys and the ranch, perhaps cowgirls and cowgirls might be fun to try. Well, the girl putting it together came back with, Uh, do we publish lesbian stuff? Yup, we do, or they do. So, it looks like it's a go, but have to contact Skarlett just to be sure.

I also had some wonderful news from my publisher about a review for The Deal. Here's what I got:

"Jude Mason's THE DEAL is raw justice at its best!"
3 Blue Ribbons ~~
Reviewed by Tracy Marsac @ Romance Junkies

http://www.romancejunkies.com/artman/publish/article_3914.shtml

I zipped over to that addresss and I'm still smiling. Wow! Three ribbons out of five isn't the best, by any stretch, but, it's set me a goal and that's a good thing. Tracy Marsac gave me the best review I've ever had and I thank her for it. Romance Junkies has asked me if I'd like to do an interview and I'll be responding to them right away, accepting that offer. PR is a wonderful thing... Ugh!

A bit of sad news now. We had to have our beloved dog, Taz, put down. She was an exceptionally good dog and we'd had her for twelve years. Unfortunately, she developed a horrible fear of noises, fireworks, guns, thunder, those kinds to begin with, but over the years that progressed to any kind of noise. A car door closing, a truck going by, the neighbor with a saw, anything at all. It got to the point where we had to medicate her daily, and then that didn't work anymore. She then lost control of her bladder. The vet we dealt with was wonderful and although it was one of the more difficult things I've had to do, I'm glad we had her put down. She was too good a dog to let her suffer.

So, that's how my week has gone, and now I've got to go and get dressed or I know he won't take me. Take care and have a wonderful day all.

Jude