I’m happy to share that my 1920′s prohibition love story is soon to be released. I first wrote Harmony as a short story for free three years ago. I believe the original piece was only 10K words. For a long time I toiled over how to develop an interracial historical romance. I’m not one to want to dwell on race issues. Writing Harmony became the tightrope that help me define how I will pursue my historicals in the future. At the end of the day I want a love story that is plausible, memorable, and after some long nights I think I found it.

I’d like to ask you lovely readers to be kind enough to leave your honest reviews for me on whatever site you purchase from. I also want to encourage you to frequent the yahoo group. In the upcoming weeks I plan to schedule monthly chats for us to come in and dish about stories such as Harmony. I can’t wait to hear from you.

Enjoy Harmony! Until next time!
Sienna

First allow me to express my gratitude and joy over the outpouring of love and well wishes from many of you. It means a lot to me know that I’m in your prayers and thoughts. The past few weeks have been a roller coaster of highs and lows, but daily I received encouragement and sweet emails from readers who are much more than fans. I think of you all as my bad girl diva friends! I’m better. No. I’m doing great. I’m glad to be in a place of wellness and peace now.

I do feel a bit disconnected from you guys. It’s been weeks since I’ve seriously written new interesting material. My blogs have been sparse and hollow. I really want to return to a place of wholeness with my quest to find and tell the next great love story.

I do have news! I’m proud to report the final installment of Lee’s Girls is finished and with the editor. Decadent Publishing will provide a release date soon. I’m also pleased to say Taming the Scotsman is going through it’s final rounds of cleanup and will be released hopefully this month. Yay for new or improved reads.

Now on to the serious matter. The projects you all have inquired about and patiently awaited are not as far along as previously promised. How can I express to you the commitment and motivation it takes from an author to produce quality without coming off whiney or preachy? I can only say that writing is a soulful journey for me. Mel and Tia weren’t just people on a page. Aiden and Daisy didn’t pop up from thin air. When I channel these characters, and I did some deep soul wrenching channeling for Liam and Kennedy (600 pages worth), they become my companions with their own stories to tell. And to be open enough to hear the drama and the sexy times I have to be centered. If your life or your spirit is off balance so will every and anything you pen as an author. This is my belief. This is also my grief. I have never fallen victim to writers block. I never dare speak the words. However my life turned upside down at the end of 2011 and my recovery has been a drawn out process. I’ve been blocked. The polishing and republishing of Taming the Scotsman and the editing for Lee’s Girls trilogy has helped. But I need something fresh, something new, the next great story. Where is it?

I decided not to let my block take me under. Over the past few weeks I’ve traveled a bit, rested a bit, then fell sick and rested some more. In other words I’m struggling to regain my zen, and it’s a work in progress. I hope you my friends believe me when I say I seriously try to focus my best effort in developing a rich entertaining tale worthy of your investment. I can’t and won’t just throw words on a page. Not intentionally. This bought of writers block won’t last, it can’t, I’m not that chick to sit back and allow this shit. Nope. Gonna and gotta fight it off and make my strong come back. Yep. Plan on it.

Because of recent events I’m a bit bummed I haven’t finished Harmony. I really had hoped to present it to you before Spring. With Battaglia on my plate and the conclusion to Aiden, Daisy and Pete’s story, I have no time to dawdle. I’m really trying to clear my head to return to my creative place. That being said I don’t have an update on these projects.

Yes, I’m better now. My life is good and my future is promising. Now it’s time to turn the page and get ready for the next chapter. Are you ready? I sure hope so because it’s my pleasure and mission to keep churning out those bad boys we love.

Now here’s the news I want to share. This month I’m participating in two reader discussions that I really hope you will join. The first is ARE (AllRomanceEbooks) Cafe. They have a fan forum for I/R. It’s called Cafe Lait and it’s a really cool spot to talk with readers about the latest good books. On March 25th they will host a discussion about Diego and Mi Carina. The readers want to ask the tough questions and I’m ready for the challenge. Will you come through? Please register and participate!

On March 31st STCC will host a live chat with me on Before Sunrise. I’m excited to hear from the readers on this book. I think next to Zoe it’s my best work ever. I also discovered I have a male reader who is a fan. He is joining the discussion. I’m going to list the registration url’s for both and I hope you guys attend. Have a great evening!

Kisses
Sienna

Oh Boy! So I’ve had a great vacation. However, for the past few weeks I’ve suffered from some severe tooth pain. I’ve visited my doctor four times and nothing. Finally the toothache was so severe I demanded they tell me what is wrong. They ran x-rays. Turned out they fractured my tooth when they put a filling in wrong. To make matters worse the wisdom tooth behind it was impacted.

The doctor told me that the position of both teeth required oral surgery. So I had to hop in my jeep drive across town and have a surgeon tell me that he couldn’t take out two teeth but FIVE! The four impacted wisdom teeth and my fractured tooth. Please understand I brush, floss, see a dentist three times a year. This is utterly ridiculous. And when I saw the bill it brought me to tears. But I was in so much pain I had no choice. They performed the surgery today. I was medicated and put to sleep. Now I’m in a wakeful state sipping on jello.

I say all this to express to my readers and friends that I will be out of pocket for the next couple of days. I have to heal. I’m just not in a good place. But please know as soon as I’m better I’m back on the case. Thanks again for your support. And yep, remember to floss! LOL!