A contest for my buddy Emily Bryan

So I dont often repost anything from friends, because I tend to forget, but Emily is awesome and you should enter this contest. Good Luck!

Guest Blogging

At TRS today. you can check it out HERE.

OOh and Im hip deep in edits for A Gift of Daybreak, the third in the Knossos West weresnake novella's. Also, Masquerade needs a Epilogue, and then its off to Super Editor Holly!

and the new books is practically writing itself. This is going to be a good weekend. Ooh and I bought a new bookcase at IKEA yesterday. Excited? you bet!

See you guys soon.

Dirty Thirty

My mother said that to me on Sunday. Welcome to the dirty thirties. What that mean, I have no clue.

But I am 30 now, and they keep telling me life begins at 30. I'm not sure about that, but I am hopeful that good changes will come now that I'm past the hump of my 20's. So far its been good. I'm happy we have been productive with the writing, and I feel like things could be looking up. We reopened the Shadow heights forum, and its been going well. Ooh and we are almost finished with Masquerade. That NEEDS to get out to readers, its the best book we have written to date in the Eververse series.

I have been excited about writing the past two weeks. Its not feeling like a chore, and I'm so damn hopeful for all the goodness coming this year, especially Audra visiting. But first, summer. Summer is going to rock this year. Joe and I will be visiting our friend in NC in July for a week, and we have a few day trips coming up as well. I cant wait.

Tomorrow... Dun dun dun dun!

Well. One more day. and I'm 30. Yeah. Not excited. But I did get my hair cut yesterday, short, and it looks cute. Its much better for the summer. Just have to keep up with it. Or chemically straighten it. Either way, I will be cute throughout July.

We got our edits for Daybreak, and need to add some sex, Surprise surprise. See Audra and I get bored of writing sex for some books, so this is going to be like pulling teeth, but we will get it done and back to our super awesome editor in about a week and a half. I cant wait to see the cover for the book.

OOH and Surrender in Moonlight will be out June 22nd. Mark your calendar. Its hot.

I'm also excited because we will be finishing Masquerade in the next two weeks and sending it to Holly for edits. Finally, you guys will know and love the brothers of the first house of Conglacio, Oscar and Drake. And YES, you WILL love Drake. And yes, we will have it for AAD this year. Cant wait for that.

So what will we be working on this summer? Book two of our most recent series, Moongardens, and A Bitter Kiss of Chaos. Also, we will be working on some shorts for Janey and Marsh, Arcady and Snow and Barbas and Illithen. So be on the lookout.

So Im off to the grocery store, gotta get ready for todays BBQ and buy some alcohol so i can deal with my crazy ass family.

Submitted.

yes, I'm happy to say that our submission for the new series we are developing is off to its requested submission. I'm nervous, and scared and hell freaked out. The CP we have (who is the COOLEST EVA!) loved the book the second time through after we added to it, and I feel good about that. I just hope this submission is well liked by the person that requested it. Here is hoping.

So my birthday is 5 days away. T minus 5 days till I'm rocking 30. And guess what I did today? I bought myself Fea Bea Ugly Doll. Yep. Happy birthday to me. I'm a happy girl. WOO.

Ooh and edits for Surrender in Moonlight are done, and the book will be available June 22nd. I hope you will consider picking it up. Its a naughty little story (much more erotic then the first one) and we love Reece. LOL.

So I guess its bed time. I have a weak stomach and don't know if I will be able to sleep. Crap. I should have done this in Feb when i wasnt sleeping much. On the upswing, I can finish the covers I have on my plate tomorrow. Nite.

T-minus 10 days and counting

On May 24th, I will be 30. Am I freaked? Nope. 30 is just a number, and I don't look like I'm going to be 30 either so I think that helps. This year is a big year, and I don't think I will be doing any big celebrating. Its a very odd weekend, being Memorial day and all. So I'm not expecting much. Joe is getting me a wonderful spa day which I need, and I have decided on a Warm Stone treatment and Full body massage. I seriously need it, my body is a mess of knots and toxins.

So this year everyone keeps asking me what I want for my birthday. Well Imma leave a list here for everyone who asked to refer to:

~Another Ugly Doll. This year I want either FEBEA BLUE or HIDDEN POE
~My tarot cards done or my astrology chart
~A Winters Journal
~A new pocket watch
~ A Mad Hatter Ring

So that's what I like. I also like Urban Decay makeup, and Tart makeup. So there you go.

Audra and I will finish this book tomorrow. and Then Ill be editing and sending it out as we are supposed to. I'm excited, and nervous. But I feel good about the book. Really good.

it is almost time.

Yes, this books is one scene away from being put to bed. After the awesome talk we had with our CP, she gave us some insight and we decided to add two more scenes to the book to really round it out and answer some hanging questions. I'm hoping this will make the book better in the long run, but we will just have to wait to see what everyone things.

So today I'm writing the cover letter, blurb and hoping for the best. I suck canal water at writing a cover letter, and I always get it wrong. Too many templates to what you need, and I'm not a natural marketer (I know right? Me?). I just cant sum shit up, and If I can then I personally feel the writer (or myself) didn't intrigue me enough for my mind to play out all possibilities. So it looks like Im going to need help with this, as usual. And before you say, 'well, you got aud' Aud cant write a business letter any better then we are. we are creative, and I find cover letters too limiting. Still, it must be done, so Im going to start plugging away at it shortly, once I get my ducks in a row.

Everything for AAD is also going awesome. If your thinking about going, DO. The authors we have signing up for it are freaking amazing, and the surprises and goodies we have in store for you are well worth the pittance it costs to go to this event. Check everything out HERE.
We are still waiting on edits for the second snake book, and if you havent read the first, please go and pick it up and leave us a review. But if you dont like snakes, give it a chance ok, I swear they arent gross or icky.

OOh and thanks to the awesome chicks from last night that helped me come up with a name for the book and the series. Kimmy, Amiee, Judy and Kay, LOVE you guys. It helped a lot and Im running it all by Audra today.

So its back to work for me. I have lots to do and less time to do it in. Why? because today is STAR TREK DAY!!!!

Sometimes I miss her.

Who am I kidding? I miss Audra all the time. It sucks when your sister is your best friend and lives so fa away you cant celebrate for real with her. What are we celebrating? Well its the good fortune we have had recently in the requests of our work from a few editors and agents. I mean, nothing is set in stone, but we have been doing well recently for requests and because of that, its cause of celebration. We are a lot further then we were a year ago, and I'm thankful for that.

So it was good to Skype with Aud for the past couple hours. We talked about our books, series and what we are doing for the future, and where we are going with everything. Shes got the old spark back, and I think its because we aren't as stagnant as we were before this. It felt good to reconnect, and Im so damn hopeful about where we are going from here.

October cannot come soon enough.One week is going to be a tease and a half but we will have to deal with it. It really sucks when your best friend is so far from you... But I love what we do, and I love that its my sister I do it with. I couldnt be this close to anyone else, and without her We couldnt do what we do.

Im off to bed, but Im feeling a lot better about the state of our career. My sister keeps me hopeful.

Woo.

Today is an achey day. So what am I doing? I'm reading over the MS we are getting ready for submission. So far, its damn good, we did a little bit of revisions, and have added about 3k to the final count, and Im nowhere near the middle of the book. We have three scenes we need to add in, two bad guy scenes and one good guy scene and now after reading this, it is going to be a Paranormal ERotic Romance. Im not sure how the others in the series are going to fair, but it will probably stay in the same vein. Its different for us, because the other MS we are shopping only has two sex scenes in it, and is very heavy on the lore and story. Not that this one isnt, but the characters are demanding more skin time. Its interesting to me how each series we rock is SO difference. One is heavy on the sex, one isnt. I guess it really is just the characters.

So Saturday I'll be at the CT Fiction Fest in Meriden CT. Im doing a promotional workshop, and signing in the evening. Should be fun. I am crazy for doing this right after RT but I do love the activity. So if your near Meriden CT Saturday, come and see me at the Sheraton 4 Points hotel from 430-6.

So im back to reading the MS over. Wish me luck.

Back from hell.

Ok RT rocked this year. The downside is that me, Robin Slick and Ash Arceneaux all got sick and were convinced we got swine flu. We were all hallucinating last night, and it wasn't much fun at all. So it was a little bittersweet. But, the signing, I SOLD OUT. Now that was bittersweet too. Why? Bcause I only had 15 books, and then after I sold out, 20 more people came up to me to get books.
Needless to say Im pissed off. BN gave us this BS story that Small Press Authors only got 5 each, which was bullshit because Authors like Ash and Bianca D'Arc got between 8-20 of copies and they are small press too. I dont know who decided it, but Im going to talk to Jo Carol about this because it was a CROCK OF SHIT. I see all these NY authors with TOWERS of books they dont hope to sell (Because they are readily available through distrobution channels) and yet those of us that are small press got shafted. We really do pay and arm and a leg to go, and to ONLY have up to 15 books to sell (hand sell really because your meeting these people at these events) isnt fair. We spend so much, and it doesnt offset the cost at all, let alone make it feel worth it that we were there and we sold books. Missing 20 sales fucks with my business and my career, becuase its events like this that help make you known, but how the hell is it really supposed to help when you got no product to push?

Ok so that was my rant. I'll be doing more ranting about this once I get my thoughts together, but I thank EVERYONE who bought me, and had intention to buy the books. This was an amazing event because of YOU taking the time to actually care about us and the books. I feel really hopeful for our books and our future books because you guys were so damn encouraging and awesome. I look forward to seeing some of you at AAD and keeping in touch through forever. You all rock and I love you, and Audra is going to love you too.

OK so who wants to see pictures? I thought so.

Thats me with Jessica Andersen at the EC party Wed. Night. I LOVE the Jacket.

Me, Larissa Ione, Jenna Black and Jacki Frank (Sans Bianca D'Arc) For the Demons Unplugged panel. We had a full house. So excited!

Jessica, Carol, Tanya, Jacki and I for Jacki's Sunrise with the Shadowdwellers party Friday Morning.

Nat, Marissa, Renee and Andrea. Some of the best readers ever, and the funnest chicks to hangout with. Nat and Marissa are from the Netherlands, and I gotta tell you they are freaking AWESOME.

Me and Ericka, Cici Cross's sister. Cici, Ericka and her hubby were always dressed up and I just loved it. They were so much fun.

Ash Arceneaux, Luci Calanor, Robin Slick, Me and Kayleigh Jamision. We had FAR too much fun at this event.

I'll have more piccys soon though.. so keep an eye out.

Airports, ugh.

Its 10 to 8 in the morning and I'm already sitting here at JFK waiting to board my 945 flight to RT. Yes. I hate being here alone, and cant deal with flying so this should be interesting. Joe and I got to JFK in about 1 hour and 45 mins, and we were only in traffic for about 10 mins, and it only took us 5 mins to cross the GWB. so it wasn't so bad.

A.D.Roland is picking my ass up at the airport today, and we found out that we are able to check into our hotel (not the RT hotel) at 1ish so Luci, bless her, will have done that already. That means I can thankfully change clothes and put some makeup on. Praise the gods. So its not too bad. Then we have to hoof it to the RT hotel, and then get out registration on. Then its work work work till the EC party when we can all finally relax. I shouldn't fly in the day i need to be there, but seriously, it just came down to what was cheaper. So I will deal.

Going to miss the Jojo? Oh you bet. and Audra, she really should be here for this, and its sad she isnt. But we did finish up the short story for our Royalty book, and now all we have to do is finish the novella and we can send that to the editor. Excited? Totally. It will be nice to have something new out again.

So im going to surf a bit, and then read over our new novel we are working on, maybe add a little. Have a good one.

Leaving on a jet plane

Tomorrow morning. So dont expect much of a update on here till Sunday. Ill be lucky if I get on to check email. Nervous? Kinda, Im sad that Audra isnt coming this year, but AAD is right around the corner and she will be here for that. That makes me excited, to hangout with sissy butt for an entire week.

So Ill be hitting up RT this week and I have a FULL schedule this time. First time ever, but I LOVE the fact that i have to be places. If your going, and looking for me, Heres a small list of places I will be:

Wed: E book Expo: Citrus Ballroom, Publisher section with Tease Publishing.

Thursday:
1015-1115: Workshop: Demons Unplugged: Tangerine B with Jacquelyn Frank, Larissa Ione, Jenna Black and moderated by Bianca D'Arc. Stop by for this, and get a sweet bag of goodies you wont get anywhere else at RT.

230-330: Meet and Greet: Club RT: Authors: Jacquelyn Frank, Larissa Ione, Jenna Black, Stella Price, Bianca D'Arc, Kayleigh Jamision, Robin Slick, and Eliza Gayle. Hangout and get some stuff you wont find anywhere else at RT

Friday:
8-10am: Party: Sunrise with the ShadowDwellers: Ill be the one in the pretty cobalt blue and gold sari. Make sure you come, Jacki's parties are always amazing and Im giving away the BEST of all out promo at this event.

1-2: Phaze Table, Club RT
2-3: TEB table Club RT

Saturday:
10-2: Booksigning in the Main ballroom. I will be signing Frost and Flame, Gifts and Fire in His Eyes and giving away some sweet goodies.

So if your coming, please come and find me, get a I DO IT DEMONSTYLE pin for your trouble and have a drink with me!

New contract and new work!

Hey everyone!

So last night we got word that TEB offered the contract for the third of the Snake series, A Gift of Daybreak. So excited. Now we are all set up for the series and the edits should be rolling in shortly. I just hope they wont come till after RT, but seeing as my editor will be at RT this year I think its a safe bet. So I don't really have to worry. WOo.

And we did receive the cover for Surrender in Moonlight. Its not what we would have normally chosen, but its ok. I'll post it soon enough. I have high hopes for the Daybreak cover.

And Im brimming with ideas Audra cant deny. We have been working on several shorts over email for the week so far, a few Eververse shorts we arent sure what we are going to do with, but with Masquerade almost finished, we need to get back into the mindset of our sexy demons. Im really looking forward to finishing the book and getting to Drake's book which i really think is going to be our opus. So I think the story we are focusing on today, Oona and Moni, will be the first to be released once its done, the rest are set for later on in the series. Poo I know, but We gotta try and keep time frames right.

So today is writing, and then I need to hit Staples to get a poster laminated and mounted to carry with me to RT, and I need to hit Michaels for last minute stuff (Throw Target in there for good measure). Its going to be a real relaxed weekend, which I need, because come Tuesday Im going to running around like a lunatic finishing up everything and getting my hair done. Wed. Is coming far too quickly. Thank god I'm pretty much completely packed. RT is coming.. its coming...

New Release and a awesome contest!

Available now at Total-e-bound from Stella and Audra Price

Beyond the Vision of Dreams

Book one in the Knossos West Series

What do you do when the woman of your dreams shows up on your doorstep?

Remy
Crane, an unmated were python, has been having some extremely erotic
dreams for the past week about a woman he's sure doesn't exist. Imagine
his surprise when he wakes up one morning and finds the woman of his
dreams standing just inside the front door of the Weresnake compound.

He recognizes Chrissy Stanford as his mate, albeit instinctually only, and
decides he needs to have her in his bed. Little does he know she's
going to become part of his heart as well.

Reader
Advisory: This book contains erotic dreams and a hot hero and heroine
who turn into snakes once a month. Find out why scales are the new fur.

CONTEST

Win a Knossos West Prize pack!

A ball cap that says Scales are the New Fur
A book cover keychain
A Knossos West notepad
A Knossos West book card
A large Knossos West book cover magnet
Several other goodies including a Sticker, promo and posters

How to win? You have three chances!:

1. Email me at stella@stellaandaudra.com with BEYOND THE VISION OF DREAMS in the subject line to be entered.
2. BUY Beyond the Vision of Dreams HERE and Leave a review on the page to get a second entry.

3. Joining our NEWSLETTER group between April 13th and the 27th to get a third chance to win!

Contest runs from April 13th to April 27th. I will be posting the winner at the TEB blog on April 28th!

Good Luck!

Needed the night out.

Wow Easter is finally here. WOO.

The concert last night was awesome, I really needed the night out. The band was SO freaking awesome, and I was in a great spot to see as well. Such a great show. But I tell you, I have realized that since I have closed myself off from the things I used to enjoy doing, I have been getting a lot of great ideas when I do go out. Before it was all over stimulation. Now, things kinda just show up and I'm like "Damn! that's a damn fine idea!" So I talked to Audra about the ideas and shes liking them.. Maybe I should get out more often.

The signing? Awesome as well. Got to hangout with Gina, and met a new fan Karina. So rad both of them, and Gina taught me how to wrap the sari. WOO. I gotta do some sewing this week though.

Now, we need to get last minute work done and order the last minute shit for RT. WOO. its getting wild now.

Holiday weekend=work weekend!

Yes! Holiday weekend for me, and its busy. Good Friday tomorrow, dinner with the fam, Saturday book signing at Unique Books in Bayonne, then the night in NYC at Webster Hall for THE FAINT show (SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!) and then Sunday Easter dinner with Joe's fam. Yes LOTS to do. But its going to be awesome.

Saturday is going to be great. Not only do I get to see my favorite band EVA, but i get to hangout at my signing with a fan that is coming to chill with me. So Gina, I cant wait to meet you! LOL (And I'll bring Drake along as well, LOL)

So this is going to be a fun weekend, if not busy. RT is coming so quickly and I'm finally getting excited about it. Wild week with Kayleigh Jamison and A.D.Roland, Bianca D'Arc, Cat Johnson and Jacquelyn Frank. WOO.

Finished the damn book.

Yes. Well As of 5pm today I CAN say that. We are so close, and this morning I added almost 700 words in bulk to the edits. I'm a happy girl. So now i have to go through after the last bit is done, do a final edit, change words to UK spellings, and then send it in to our amazing editor. I'm excited, to have this done. RT is less then two weeks away, and I'm just glad this will be off our shoulders.

And next monday Beyond the Vision of Dreams is rereleased! SOOOOO excited. I know Ill be getting our edits for Surrender in Moonight soon as well, and I cant wait to get that cover! So dont forget to check back here on Monday for the contest for the snake novella. Im giving away a Hat, keychain, notepad, and other goodies, including cover magnets to a lucky person (and several smaller gift packs to 5 other winners!) So dont forget to pop by!

It feels good to have this off my shoulders. Now i can get back to normal work. Yes. I know. Always work on this end. Ooh and I have the signing this weekend at Unique Books, in Bayonne NJ. Ill be there with Tilly Greene, Cat Johnson and Ciar Cullen this weekend from 1-4pm and we will have snacks, a gift basket and books galore. dont forget to come and hangout if your in the area!

Cartoons!

Saturday morning relaxation is spent for me in one and only way: watching cartoons! That's right, I watch Pokemon, Ben 10 alien force, Batman, and a slew of others. Why? because it keeps me calm and centered. My uncle, who has a high stress job with the US govt. has sworn by this for years. Just tune everything out, and watch some cartoons, and forget about the world for a while. Its actually very therapeutic.

So that is my saturday morning, just throw in a cup of tea. Yummy.

Why do I mention this? Because my stress level is through the roof because we haven't finished this book yet. Yesterday Aud had an emergency, and we didn't get more then 50 words done between us. We have two scenes left to do, maybe three depending on what audra wants to do, and I dont think its going to happen by the deadline. So im watching my cartoons and relaxing because Im already getting chest pains. Yes, my stress manifests into pain. not too fun.

So I hoping my prediction about finishing this is false, and that we do infact finish this. Its been a long time coming and Im eager to finish it and get back to the two novels we need to finish for release later this year.

Wish me luck.

busy busy busy

Yes, its been a busy week so far. We are writing, we are getting the book finished for deadline on Friday and I'm getting ready for the signing on the 11th (and the concert) and putting finishing touches on my RT prep. Its been crazy, but I think after RT is done, then things will get back to somewhat Normal.

The book on deadline is almost ready. I have been editing and adding as I wait for Audra to get her bum online, which is good as there were a few holes, but it seems to make sense now. I cant wait for this to be done, so we can focus on Masquerade and then Moongardens. Yay for progress.

And soon Beyond the Vision of Dreams will be out. SO excited. I'll be posting our contest for the book on release day, where you will have 2 chances a piece to win a gift pack including a very cool ball cap, and some other goodies. So stay tuned.

So I'm back to writing, I have some more to get through before Audra gets online, so much to still do to make this one shine, and I think its because the characters weren't as real to us as the others. So it will be up to you (and our Editor) to decide if we nailed it. I'm hoping we did, its been a tough couple of months with this one.

Countdowns!

RT is just around the corner. So is our signing at Unique Books in Bayonne. And the concert I'm going to as well. so much to do. and OMG I have to send SO MUCH PROMO in the mail. This isn't going to end well.

So this is our last week to finish this book and get it to our amazing editor. Its almost done, and I'm hopeful it will be finished by Friday and I wont be stressing about it anymore. So I'm committed to getting at least 2k finished myself today. I can only hope Audra will get her ass online and write. But she knows we are on deadline so...

Ooh and in 2 weeks BEYOND THE VISION OF DREAMS finally comes back out! SO excited. I got our author copies today. Needless to say we are really excited, and I cant wait to see what readers say about the book. ooh and Im going to run a contest too starting on the 13th so be on the look out!

Ok its back to writing, I have a bunch to do today, and lunch is calling my name. See you guys later!