Writing: Monthly update for March 2021

Happy April!


Hello friends!

We sat on the porch and didn't freeze to death! Every year, it seems like spring will never come. It teases us with sunshine but the temps are still freezing. Or it gets warmer but is cloudy, windy AF, and raining. But finally, we have sunshine and warm! How's the weather where you are?

And of course, now that it's warm, I have one more inside thing I'd rather be doing. LOL If you've been wondering why I haven't made new stickers for Love on Luke and Main or Running Into Trouble, it's because my old Wacom drawing tablet stopped working several months ago.

But check it out! I have a new one now and I've already started drawing! If you remember, Haley gets drunk on margarita's and gets a little too handsy with Luke in his truck. That is the inspiration for their sticker! Isn't it cute?!

BULLET JOURNAL SPREADS!
This was a fun month to put together. Love the colors and the rain drop mood tracker should be cute when it's finished!

How was your March?

💕Anastasia


COVER REVEAL

LOVE ON BLAKE AND MAIN
A steamy workplace romance coming May 18, 2021

BLURB:
Blake
I can't promise I'll never get into another fight, but I can promise the only girl I'll ever fight for, from now on, is Parker Rose.

Parker
Hiring Blake Anderson to oversee my co-op to coffee shop renovation is the best—and easiest—decision I’ve ever made. But inviting him to rent my spare room might just be the worst.

He’s my contractor. I’m his client. We should not be living together. But when he gets kicked out of his friend’s place for fighting, I don’t take no for an answer. After all, Blake fought for me.

This arrangement has disaster written all over it.

We have nothing in common. Blake is a kind, professional Jekyll by day and a broody, violent Hyde by night. While I’m just a silly girl with a furry purse who is failing miserably at passing herself off as an entrepreneur.

There’s a good chance Blake will demolish my heart. But like he says, “It gets worse before it gets better.”

I hope he’s right.

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Read in March:

OMG! I loved Tied! It was a slow burn between two tortured souls. I can't write stories like this but I LOVE reading them. All the angst and drama! Strongly recommend this and the first book, Torn.

Lucky Dog was a short, erotic read. Super steamy but light on story and character. 

What did you read in March? Find any new favorites?


Currently Reading:

Still trying to make it through A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. This book is SO long and chapters are even longer LOL (That's what it feels like.) Not that I'm not enjoying it. It's just every time I sit down to read it, I swear it gets longer.

Hitching the Cowboy has been fun, so far. Just haven't had time to read in a week. :(


Current Romance WIPs:

Love on Blake and Main (Love on Main, #2, Workplace romance) - Need to do a final edit and proofread before it's ready to publish! So excited for you to read this one. Blake and Parker were difficult characters to write. You'll see when you read it :P

Love on Oliver and Main (Love on Main, #3, Age Gap) - I'm well on my way with this one! Over 10K words written in March. These two are SO cute! It's been a while since I've had characters that don't hide from me and a story that begs to be written. Can't wait to get back to it tonight!

Lucky One (Heating Up the Holidays anthology St. Patrick's Day romance) - I haven't made much more progress on this. I did make this aesthetic though! She's a musician. He's a mechanic. There's a small age gap. Not more than about 6 years but she's only 18. Plus, it's brother's best friend. A bit of forbidden for ya!

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Age gap with older woman, younger man
Brother's best friend
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Roommates to lovers
Friends to lovers
Enemies to lovers
And, of course, happily ever afters for all!


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RUNNING INTO TROUBLE

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RUNNING INTO TROUBLE is an age gap romance about a girl just starting life as a sous chef after college and the early 40’s, stubborn, but super sexy potter she runs into at the supermarket. After offering to help him cook dinner for his teenage daughter, they try to keep their distance but no matter how hard they try, they just can’t stay away from each other.

BLURB:
Daniel
When I run into Riley, who does not look old enough to buy the wine in her grocery cart without a fake ID, the only thing I should exchange with her is an apology. After I tell her about the gumbo dinner I’m sure to ruin, we end up exchanging phone numbers. And boy, am I glad to have the hot little sous chef in my contact list when my roux goes up in smoke.

Riley expected my call but I didn’t expect it to go so well. To be taken in by her and not want to let her go.

She’s half my age. Better off being friends with my eighteen-year-old daughter or out hiking with her college-age friends than dating me. Riley has her whole life ahead of her. Between my age, my college football injury, and my addiction to my pottery wheel, I’d only hold her back.

I have to let her go. Don’t I?

This is a steamy, 18+ read with a happily ever after!


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Word Count:

Not as consistent as I'd like to be but I got a lot accomplished, so I can't be too upset about it.

Not as consistent as I'd like to be but I got a lot accomplished, so I can't be too upset about it.


Binge my books!

Running Into Trouble is a standalone age gap novella!
Link to Amazon listing

The first full novel in the LOVE ON MAIN series is Live!
"Small town matchmaking shenanigans, which cracked me up. Slow burn, but when these two finally give in...whew. A sweet epilogue and a hea. Next book please. #SubtleLikeAMackTruck" - BookSnobSue Review
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Reunited is a standalone prequel novella to the Love on Main series!
Link to Amazon listing

Read the Fate series in this order!
Fake to Fate - Amazon Listing
Fighting Fate - Amazon listing
Facing Fate - Amazon listing
Forcing Fate - Amazon listing


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Writing Monthly Update for December 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

How was your holiday? Mine was exhausting! I had so many great plans and didn't accomplish any of them. Except to spend a lot of time with family! We played lots of games. The big hit was Trial by Trolly, the Cyanide and Happiness game. The scenarios are so funny and it's a riot seeing where your families morals and priorities lay. LOL

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We finished our play through of GTA 5. The story is as awesome as ever! We rewatched The Mandalorian season 1 but haven't started season 2 yet. :( Soon! We did knock out a couple seasons of How I Met Your Mother, though.

I loved everything I got for Christmas. New bullet journal supplies, a sewing machine, a new blanket that's SO comfy! But as much as I love and appreciate all those things, the gift that blew me away was the one my mom and dad gave me. We haven't done gift exchanges with my side of the family for many years, so I wasn't expecting anything. I certainly wasn't expecting this! My grandma's set of crochet hooks. The ones she taught me how to crochet with. God, I cried! I just assumed they were gone but my mom found them when she visited my aunt and snatched them up for me since they had just been sitting in a box for years.

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After family went home, I started working on my 2021 bullet journal. I love it! Hubby helped me pick out colors and did a fantastic job! My goals are set for the new year and I'm ready to make them happen!

How was your holiday? Do you have any goals for 2021? Let me know!

💕Anastasia


Read in December:

Jessa Kane again. Are you surprised? LOL Still love her stuff! I got into the holiday spirit with my reading. Sharing Noelle is a forbidden menage. Read at your own risk! Definitely pick up Naughty on New Year's! This was written by a friend of mine. Her first erotic story. It's sexy and sweet!

What did you read in December? Find any new favorites?


Currently Reading:

I started these two in December, just haven't finished them yet. Still haven't finished Kingdom of Flesh and Fire either. I'm struggling to get into fantasy books lately. Which sucks, because I want to be into them! Ugh!

Do you ever have that problem?


Current Romance WIPs:

Love on Luke and Main (Love on Main, #1, Unrequited love) - Release day is January 19th!! Currently proofreading and preparing to get the ARC out to my reviewers! Cover reveal coming tomorrow!

Love on Blake and Main (Love on Main, #2, Roommates) - I'm about halfway through the full first draft of this one. Fingers crossed I can finish it by the end of January.

Call of Booty (Saturday Morning Serial, #2) - Still drafting this. I'm hoping to get it done and start the Saturday Morning Serial up again in February. In case you missed it last month, here's a little blurb about the story...

Josh is starting his dream job as a game developer but his apartment isn't going to be ready for a couple of weeks. In the meantime, he's staying with his sister and her best friend, Gwen. The girl he's had a crush on since they were kids. Gwen needs to get an overzealous co-worker off her back. When Josh volunteers to be her fake boyfriend at her company picnic, things get a little too real.

This story is connected to the Fate series! Katie, from Fighting Fate, is Josh's supervisor at Asteroid Studios. She and Isaac will make an appearance.


Word Count:

So, I think you can see what the holidays did for my productivity. LOL I was on vacation the last 2 weeks. Totally intended to get a TON of work done... Didn't happen xD Whoops!

So, I think you can see what the holidays did for my productivity. LOL I was on vacation the last 2 weeks. Totally intended to get a TON of work done... Didn't happen xD Whoops!


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Thanks for reading! See you tomorrow with the LOVE ON LUKE AND MAIN cover reveal!