m the book and drawings for prizes every four hours, starting at midnight and wrapping up at 8:00 p.m. with the grand prize drawing. I’ll have a special blog setup to ask questions and make comments.

Please join me by visiting my Web site at https://www.genenevalleau.com/ and follow the clicks!

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Head on over and help support Genene on this big day!… Read more »

It’s technically spring break, but I’m in Central Oregon on a mini-vacation with the family where it’s been snowing ALL day. We’ve gotten about 8 inches of snow so far today and it just keeps piling up. It feels like a winter wonderland!

I’m blogging over at my chapter blog today about irrational fears – I have my fair share. 😉 Stop by and say hi.

And I’m looking at websites. Which authors – in your opinion – have fab websites?… Read more »

My multi-talented CP, Joan Swan, finaled in the Romantic Suspense category of the Golden Heart today. Go over and congratulate her!!!!!!!!!

Way to go, J!!!!! I knew you’d final this year.… Read more »

Yeah, yeah, I know. I said I was going to update the blog more often and here it’s been a whole week already. What’s up with that?

*Sigh* A few things.

First, I had to send my computer in for service. Sticky key thing. The loaner laptop I was using was fine, but the screen would randomly short out now and then – which was very irritating. Then to top that off, I’ve been working like a fiend trying to finish my paranormal RS before I dive into my revisions on my first two contracted books with Dorchester. Which … Read more »

I have deadlines!!

Okay, that shouldn’t make me so happy, but it does. 😉 Between getting the Call, accepting the contract and now, I’ve been in a place called limbo. It’s not a fun place to be…waiting for this, waiting for that. I know waiting is the name of the game in the publishing industry, but I’ve never been good at it.

My deadlines are all pretty far off. Book One – which only needs a few minor edits – is officially due July 1. Book Two – which needs a handful of revisions – is officially due August 15. … Read more »

First things first – good news is all around!

Fellow Mid-Willamette Valley RWA chapter member (and past Prez) Paty Jager won an Eppie on Saturday at the EPICon conference, which honors the best in electronic publishing!!! Head on over to Paty’s blog to read more about her win and to congratulate her.

We’re starting up a new challenge over at our chapter blog. If you need some motivation to get busy, head on over and join in the fun. Everyone’s setting their own goals and we have check-ins on Saturdays.

I’m still looking for a new tagline. Remember it … Read more »

I am not a morning person. Never have been. Lisa and Alice – my National roomies the past two years – do this great impression of me shuffling around in the morning sans coffee -clothing skewed, hair all over hell and back, one very bleary eye open. I have to admit, it’s a pretty funny impression. (Though, for the record, I look nothing like that!)

The past few days I’ve been having trouble sleeping, so instead of lying in bed trying to will myself back to sleep, this morning I got up and decided to work. (In the dark, no … Read more »

So remember I was talking about my laptop keyboard yesterday and the whole “sticky crumb” thing? Yeah. Well. It got me.

Yesterday one sticky ‘e’ key turned into a ‘you lose your computer for at least two weeks’ thing. Turns out it wasn’t something stuck underneath the key (wahoo for cake!), but that the key itself is damaged (or the stuff underneath the key…I’m not sure what you call that little rubbery thing the key is attached to. It’s just too technical for me). Solution, of course, is that it has to be repaired. And because my laptop is … Read more »

Contrary to what I thought would happen, my world did not magically transform to perfection when I got the call. (I know, weird, huh? I can’t quite figure out why.) The Gremlins still fight, they still expect me to chauffeur them around, cook their meals and tie their shoes (okay, the five-year old still expects the shoe thing. Thank goodness the three-year old is happy with his Velcro Spiderman shoes). The toilets still need scrubbing, the dogs continue to bark despite my telling them over and over that because I’m going to be a published author now, I can’t continue … Read more »

I always knew writers were amazing people, but I didn’t know how amazing until this past week.

I can’t begin to tell you how many people have contacted me with congrats on my first sale(s). Some I expected – those in my local RWA chapter, my critique partners, close friends and family – but many I didn’t expect, especially the numerous writers I’ve met along my path to publication who I never in my wildest dreams suspected would remember me or honestly care about my sales. Each time I open my email and there’s a new Congratulations! message in my … Read more »