If you’ve been waiting for my debut to hit the shelves, the wait is over.

I got an email from Anita yesterday. She’d spotted One Real Cowboy at Walmart, bought and read it. And loved it. Yeehaw! Thanks, Anita!

If you see my hunky cowboy hero, please blog on and tell me where.

Gigi Hicks is the winner of my short contest this month. She wins an autographed copy of THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Amy Knupp. Congrats, Gigi!

Friend Liz Kreger tagged me to list ten weird facts about myself. So here goes. 😀

1) 99.999% of the time I can’t pronounce abominable (as is the snowman/Yeti)

2) I eat jalapeno peppers with nearly every meal, and despite my grandmother’s prediction, I haven’t burned out my stomach or set fire to the toilet paper.

3) For a good chunk of my young life, I preferred being around horses rather than people.

4) The radio is almost always on.

5) I love talking with a British accent, partly because I’m a ham and acting is a natural, and partly because my grandmother (the other one) was from Wales and her unique accent impressed me at a young age.

6) Bagpipes at a funeral bring me to tears.

7) Going backward fast makes me hurl.

8) I’m a sucker for gadgets.

9) Socks annoy me, so I rarely wear them unless it’s cold or I’m wearing boots.

10) I’d rather drive a truck than a car.

Ok, that’s my list. I’m tagging Michelle Willingham and Larissa Ione. 😈

I received my author copies from Kensington this morning. Wow, this is a thrill beyond description. I tore into the book, picked up my debut novel and cried. How sappy is that?

For so long I dreamed of this moment, and the reality was every bit as sweet as the dream. I had a pic taken for posterity, lol.

Ok, back to work for me. Ah, the life of an author. 😀

To winter, that is. I’m so sick of cold and snow.

We had a surprised snowstorm last night, which started at rush hour. Now if this had been our first snow, I could understand people driving goofy, but really, we’ve had snow on the ground for weeks, and we all should be used to it. So why was there an abundance of idiots on the road? 😕

I’m really hoping the weather dudes are right and that was the end of winter, cold, snow and ice. Next week should be in the 40s and 50s. Fingers crossed it stays nice for the Celebrate Romance con, and for my first book signing March 10.

Have a great weekend! It’s back to the computer for me.