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05.25.2013 Carina Press, Hockey, Hockey Book, Los Angeles Kings

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

I have loved hockey romance since reading Rachel Gibson’s See Jane Score in 2003. I have loved almost all her Chinook series books. I loved feeling like I was seeing behind-the-scenes of the sport, a sport about which at the time I knew absolutely nothing. It didn’t matter. I still loved and enjoyed those books.

And now I’m about to be on the author side of hockey romance because Carina Press wants to publish HARD TO RESIST! No. Scratch that. They want my hockey book PLUS the second hockey book I haven’t even written yet!

Fist pump.

They want to develop a marketing plan for my hockey romance series. Yeah, baby. That’s what I’m talking about. I have begun to daydream about Julia Quinn Bridgerton Series type success.

Photo by ME. This was taken when I went to a Kings practice at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo. I had an absolute blast. At the time I had a hard time identifying the players because I didn’t know them by number. If I went today, it would be a completely different story. I know my boys.

And by the way, they’re still in the running for the Stanley Cup. Sunday is Game 6 against the San Jose Sharks. I can’t wait.

05.21.2013 Carina Press, Hockey Book

Living in Limbo

On April 7, I participated in #CarinaPitch. This was a one-day Twitter event that allowed authors to pitch their books to Carina Press editors using a maximum of 2 tweets. It was a blast. I pitched my hockey romance, HARD TO RESIST, the first in a series about the fictional NHL team, the San Diego Barracudas.

My 2 tweet pitch read:

#CarinaPitch NHL News: Nurse accosted by irate fan while in line for an autograph. San Diego Barracuda Tim Stockdale defends her.

Stockdale after the fight, “You don’t treat women that way. Ever.” #CarinaPitch #HockeyRomance

To my delight, three editors requested to see the manuscript, Mallory Braus, Melissa Johnson, and Angela James. After a crazy weekend spent polishing the book, I submitted it.

Now, only ten more days remain until the purported deadline to hear from Carina about my hockey book, HARD TO RESIST. I really have no idea if this is a valid deadline. It’s more like I heard a rumor about a rumor that the editors will get back to us by the end of May.

I have been hard at work on a second hockey book, tentatively titled HARD BODY. It was going to be a short novella, but now it looks as if it may actually be Book 2 in the Barracuda series. The characters had more to say than I had anticipated.

Photo by Prilfish (cc)

04.15.2013 Carina Press, Hockey

For Shame

It’s been a month since I last posted? How sad. So much has happened.

I have submitted “the hockey book,” now tentatively titled Hard to Resist, to Carina Press. I participated in a one day Twitter pitch session and three editors at Carina–Mallory Braus, Melissa Johnson, Angela James–asked to read the manuscript.

I am now waiting to hear if any of them would like to obtain it.

The Los Angeles Kings, the hockey boys I adore, are in fourth place in their division. I hope they stay there so they can go on to the semifinals for the Stanley Cup. That’s me in my Kings cap.

I have begun work on another Barracuda hockey team book, but I’m trying to keep this one shorter. It’s been going well so far. I’m really excited.