In my life, especially around the holidays, one inevitably leads to the other. Bourbon Balls are holiday cookies, except they’re not really cookie-like, they are balls of chocolate held together by sugar and bourbon. So is it any wonder I have spent an inordinate amount of time today arranging a playlist for the gym? I have a surprising number of White Stripes songs… maybe I should throw in some Led Zeppelin, just for good measure.
I adore the holidays, the presents and family and totally allowable excess of sugary treats, but I’m very glad they are almost over. Why? Because it means we are that much closer to the release dates for Compromised’s second run and Revealed’s first. It also means that I am making headway on the next, which will be a 2010 release. And 2010 is now a mere year away….
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Bourbon Balls and Gym Mixes
Friday, January 2nd, 2009Totally? Totally.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008I don’t know if anyone has noticed this, but I TOTALLY suck at blogging. I try to make it habitual, but life gets in the way, I have trouble coming up with something to say often enough to warrant a blog, blah, blah, blah…
…Wait, you didn’t notice? Oh, good.
Much like school starting back up, the lazy hecticness of summer is making way for the studious, solid work of the fall. I’ve got a couple of ideas geminating as I work on a couple more, and it leaves not enough hours in the day to watch the amount of TV to which I have become accustomed. BUT, there is time enough in the day for me to be Word Wizard on the Armchair Heroines blog. I’m there on Wednesday September 3rd, so come by and check it out – there could be a free copy of Compromised in it for you…
The day to day
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008I have to say, these past few weeks of sending Compromised out into the world have been great. But imagine my surprise when I discovered I still have to go about my life. Shocking, I know! I assumed that as a Published Author, I wouldn’t have to do the mundane things like… grocery shop. Or laundry. I mean, don’t Published Authors have people to do that for them? I shouldn’t have to go for the gym, someone should go in my place whilst I recline gracefully on my chaise and reap the benefits… no? That isn’t how it works? Sigh. Oh well.
On of the many day to day things that I have being doing is pondering the next book. Book 2 is already with my fabulous editor, so now is the time to be germinating, ruminating, perhaps even ratiocinating on Book 3. And I have some characters laid out that I like. And I think I have a story – it might need to develop a little more, but thicker plot generally (for me) comes out of the writing process. But in any case, its time to get a move on. Tomorrow is spring.
In other news, I signed up to go to the RWA National conference in San Francisco this summer! I’ve never been to a national conference before, so I’m very excited and deeply nervous. If anyone has been and can offer advice, my ears are open…
Happy writing –
Awesome things –
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Nifty news! I was just told by my editor that Compromised, in just over a week, has hit #11 on the Borders/Walden trade romance bestseller list, and #12 on the B & N trade romance list! Woo-Hoo!!!
But even cooler: my friend Vicki called to tell me that her sister’s local Books-A-Million in South Carolina has SOLD OUT of Compromised. So on the one hand – yay! I’m selling out the place! On the other hand – hey! Vicki’s sister’s local Books-A-Million in South Carolina! Get on the ball and order more books! (After all, one would assume you’d have millions of them at your disposal. It’s in your name.)
I’m so happy that the book is being well received. And thank you to everyone who has enjoyed it thus far.
Happy reading!
Kate Noble
This! Is! It!
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008When I was in college I was in the marching band. (What? That’s right, I said it.) We followed our football team to a bowl game in Memphis, Tennessee, and the day before the game, we marched in a parade in the pouring rain. Marching down Beale Street, there was a sign for a club that flashed the words: “This! Is! It! (pause) This is it!” As we approached the sign, the drenched trumpet section, to keep ourselves amused, in time, and from shivering to death, began chanting along to the sign: This! Is! It! This is it!
Well kids, I can only say: This! Is! It! This is it!
Its here! My book is here! (I’m going to use a lot of exclamation points in this post. Fair warning.) Compromised is on store shelves! I popped into Barnes and Noble, wandered over to the Romance section, and low and behold it was there. My friend texted me from Borders. There too! On a table next to Meg Cabot! I love her books!
Seriously though, this has been an effort a long time coming, and there were a lot of people involved. I have many, many people to thank, and since I’m pretty sure I’m never going to win an Oscar – it’s ok, I’ve made my peace with it – I would like to take this opportunity to give my Oscar speech:
I would like to thank the Academy.
I would like to thank my family and friends for their unending support, and my Mom in particular for having her book club read my book.
I would like to thank my agent Kelly, who plucked me from all the queries on her desk and her incredible patience when I ask stupid questions.
I would like to thank my editor, who guided my words, and got them in shape. She’s like a personal trainer who made my sentences and chapters start doing pilates 5 days a week.
(The orchestra starts up, forcing me to speak louder and faster)
I…I would like to thank my 10th grade English teacher Mrs. Reeves! I would like to thank my roommate for not taking it personally when I only grunted at her from behind my laptop! I would like to thank
my –
(The orchestra gets louder now, and the camera goes to a wide shot of the Kodak theater)
Hey! I want to thank the RWA! I want to thank all the judges of all those contests I entered when I first started for your criticism! I want to thank my cat Cordelia! And most of all I want to thank you! Thank you, for reading, and I hope you enjoy Compromised!
Not too shabby, right? I do hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday, and if you happen to wander by a book store, and notice a book with a girl in a yellow dress on the cover called Compromised, pick it up, give it a once over. I loved writing this book, and sincerely hope you enjoy it too.
This is it!
T minus Ten, Nine…
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Its all starting to happen. In less than ten days (March 4th), Compromised is going to be in stores. Its going to be shipped to my brother-in-law and my best friend Vicki, who pre-ordered the minute the Amazon posting was active. (Thanks! Love you guys!) Some reviews are already being posted. It’s something I’ve been anticipating since I got the Call-with-a-captial-C over a year ago, and working towards for a couple before that, and now…
…now its all so calm. Weirdly calm. Where’s my overwhelming stage fright? Where’s my champagne? Where’s my massive book release party like Carrie Bradshaw had where Ron Livingston showed up and you knew she was pregnant that season because she was wearing all those no-waist flowy dresses. Granted, I would look like hell in one of those dresses, but I wouldn’t mind Ron Livingston stopping by. (note: I know Carrie Bradshaw is fictional. Its one of the main problems I have with that show). But I digress…
Don’t get me wrong, part of me is jumping out of my skin. When I got an advance copy of the book in the mail the other day, I skipped around my apartment like a five year old. But the other part of me, the much larger, more practical part, has to do the laundry. And my taxes. And go to work on Monday. And think of plot twists for my next effort. So any giddy nervousness I may have falls away. Which is unfortunate. Because you only get to have your first novel published once, and I want to enjoy every last hyper, silly, adrenaline fueled bout of stomach butterflies I get. T minus ten, nine, eight…