COME MEET FAB AUTHORS..........Joanne Rock & Catherine Mann

GOOD MORNING MY FELLOW BOOK JUNKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I am soooo excited to have the WONDERFUL Cathy Mann and a new author for Bitch Joanne Rock. You all know how much we LOVE Cathy here.......She has a new book out.....She has indroced me to Joanne and I am THRILLED to have her here too. PLEASE show them both some BIG love.....They have put together today's blog. They are also going to be chatting LIVE ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 AT 9PM EST. So PLEASE check it out...free books and a chance to meet 2 FANFLIPPINTASTIC ladies..........

THEY’D DO ANYTHING FOR COUNTRY.

AND EVERYTHING FOR EACH OTHER.

After a dark ops malfunction, Major David Berg finds himself dead center in a military trial. It’s a race against time to root out the truth, and Major Sophie Campbell isn’t making that any easier. The hot JAG wants to bring down David’s unit and fast. His testimony is crucial to winning a case that will make her career. All Sophie has to do is ignore this witness’s unflappable charm, his unnerving good looks, and a strong, solid presence that commands her attention.

It’s not easy for David, either. His attraction to this take-charge beauty is turning him inside out. But these adversaries have more in common than secret, mutual desire. There’s a traitor somewhere in the dark ops and now, to find him, David and Sophie must work together—relentlessly, tirelessly, and so intimately it could be damn near fatal

Some men just know how to help a girl out...

It’s a heck of a risky shot. But five years after an ordeal in Iraq, camerawoman Stephanie Rosen’s mojo has gone MIA. There’s only one place she’ll find it...and that’s with the onetime fling who set her fantasies—and panties—ablaze five years ago!

Lieutenant Daniel Murphy’s nights at sea have been haunted by dreams of Stephanie and the brain-melting chemistry between them. Now he’s on leave, and when Stephanie asks him to resurrect her long-lost libido, Danny doesn’t think twice. Now he has twenty days to remind her what she needs. Twenty days to take his time and drive her to the edge.

Twenty days to find complete satisfaction...and full surrender.




Q & A with Catherine Mann & Joanne Rock

Critique partners Joanne Rock and Catherine Mann have worked together since prior to publication when a mutual friend suggested they read for one another. Many shared lunches and exchanged chapters later, they celebrated their first sales within six months of each other. With over a decade of critiquing experience that has landed them over one hundred sales combined, Cathy and Joanne are excited to join forces for a blog tour for the first time to celebrate their September releases, both of which feature military heroes.

Q: What’s your secret to a long lasting critique partner relationship?
C: Don't assume what you want from a critique is the same as what your cp wants. Know what your cp needs from your critiques. Does she/he want a line edit or scene feedback or just overall feedback? Does your cp need strengths highlighted as well as problem areas? The answer to this question may change over the years, so make sure to ask periodically. Also, know how thick or thin skinned your cp is. We're all wired differently - neither way wrong - but be aware when choosing how to craft your critique.

Q: How does having a critique partner save time?
J: First of all, I waste a lot less time angsting about my work. If I have a scene that concerns me, I can show it to Cathy and she’ll either help me diagnose the problem so I can fix it, or she’ll give it a stamp of approval that I trust completely. Either way, I can move forward faster because of our work together. Also, not having to tackle every facet of my career promotion saves me time. When Cathy and I were unpublished and submitting heavily to contests, we would divide up the contests we were interested in and each research a handful, pooling our knowledge afterward.

Q: What’s the most unique tip a critique partner has ever shared with you?
C: In the early days of writing, I wrestled with learning many things about my craft, but I particularly wrestled with penning compelling introspection. Joanne had a fabulous piece of advice for me that really resonated. She advised me to pen those thoughts with the same punch and quirk that I put into writing dialogue, and that would power the words across the page.
A dear friend and early days mentor Jean Walton gave me super advice for writing a balanced synopsis. She told me to highlight sentences that contained story action in one color and to highlight sentences that contained emotional elements/growth in another color. The two should mingle throughout the synopsis, one powering the other and vice-versa. This can make for a fun - and colorful - activity to do with your cp over a fun lunch!

Q: What’s the most unique tip a critique partner has ever shared with you?

J: Because of her theater background, Cathy suggested I think of my manuscript in terms of its visuals like a screenplay. What is the action? What are the gestures? The expressions? Now I can “see” my story unfold instead of merely hearing the words in my head. Her advice helped me to craft stories that are faster paced and more active.

Q:Tell us about how you celebrate your successes!
C: There was a time when our kids were small that a writerly celebration meant loading the kids into the minivan and letting them play at the park for hours while Joanne and I shared a picnic lunch. Sometimes, we celebrated so well the kids would be ready to leave the park before we were!
J: Now that we live far apart and our kids are older, Cathy and I try to schedule joint writing conferences so we can share a hotel room and schedule some time for margaritas or even a decadent spa day.

Q: Any critique partner quirks you can share? Something readers might not know?
C: As the mother of three sons, Joanne knows way too much about baseball. I think that’s why she enjoys picking out clothes for her heroines so much.
J: Cathy operates at a higher speed than the rest of the world, so by the time I’m starting to think I have a plot problem, Cathy already has the fix!


What’s your favorite way to celebrate a success or milestone with a friend? Share with us today and we’ll give one lucky poster a copy of Catherine Mann’s GUARDIAN and a copy of Joanne Rock’s FULL SURRENDER.

FMI, they can be found online at:

Catherine Mann
Website: http://catherinemann.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CatherineMannAuthor
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/CatherineMann1

Joanne Rock
http://joannerock.com
http://www.facebook.com/JoanneRockAuthor



PLEASE COMMENT TO WIN......ALSO JOIN US FOR THE CHAT THURSDAY SEPT. 27TH 9PM EST.....WE WILL HAVE MORE GIVEAWAYS...........

HAVE A FABULOUS HUMP DAY!!!!!!!!!!

XXOO
MAUREEN