A Special Announcement!

In my post on Friday, I said I had two pieces of exciting news to announce, but I had to wait until the right time.  Well, I can announce one of them now.  The other will have to wait just a bit longer.

I recently submitted a story for an anthology.  Circuits & Slippers features classic fairy tales told through the lens of science fiction.  I decided to write and submit a science fiction retelling of Beauty and the Beast.  I was thrilled when I found out my story "Treating the Beast" was selected to appear in the anthology!

Circuits & Slippers is scheduled to be released in September of this year.  Click here to see the complete list of authors included in the anthology.

I'm so excited to be a part of this project!

Celebrate the Small Things-May 27, 2016

It's Friday!  Let's Celebrate the Small Things with Lexa Cain.  Tonja Drecker and I are her co-hosts.

I'm not going to lie.  It's been a bit of a rough week.  The illness I mentioned last week spread throughout the house.  I got sick.  My oldest son Jude got sick.  No fun.  One of our cars also broke down.  We still haven't gotten it fixed, either.  With my husband at work and illness prevailing, it's hard to deal with those kinds of things.

Still, even with all that, there's been plenty to celebrate.  I got a piece of good news this week, though I'm not yet able to share what it is.  I promise I'll let all of you know as soon as I can!  That makes for two pieces of good news that I'm sitting on for now.  Keeping good news quiet can be difficult sometimes, can't it?

Jude also had a showcase at school this week.  He made models of the Sun, Earth, and the Moon.  I think they looked pretty neat.  Here's a picture.

What would you like to celebrate?

Celebrate the Small Things-May 20, 2016

It's Friday!  Let's Celebrate the Small Things with Lexa Cain. Tonja Drecker and I are her co-hosts.

My youngest son Lyle came down with a stomach bug last night.  It involved a fever of 101 and vomiting, but now he's keeping down everything he eats and he isn't running a temperature.  I'm glad this bug, unpleasant as it has been, seems to be running its course quickly.  Fingers crossed that no one else in this house catches it.

Jude lost another tooth.  Now he doesn't have either of his top front teeth.  Eating is going to be a challenge for a little while.

I got something amazing in the mail this week.

Isn't it great?  It's so cool seeing my story in print.  As a writer, that's one of the best feelings in the world.

I'm making progress on my WIP.  Not as much as I'd hoped for the week, but it's progress nonetheless.  I'll take it.

What would you like to celebrate?

A to Z Challenge Reflections and Celebrate the Small Things-May 13, 2016

It's hard to believe that the A to Z Challenge is almost two weeks behind us.  I'm still feeling a bit of blogging fatigue, as I'm sure many others are.

I'm glad I decided to offer writing advice for my challenge theme this year.  My goal was to hopefully help fellow writers as well as to boost my own confidence as a writer.  I don't know how much my advice actually resonated with anyone (though I did receive a lot of supportive comments!), I did feel more confident after writing each post.  You don't always realize how much you've learned and grown as a writer until you take the time to offer assistance to others.

I definitely plan to pre-write all of my posts again next year. Doing that made the rest of the challenge so much easier. I'm also glad that I took part in the A to Z Twitter chats.  I met a lot of great people that way.  I'd highly recommend anyone who hasn't done a Twitter chat try it at least once next year.

It's Friday!  Let's Celebrate the Small Things with Lexa Cain!  Tonja Drecker and I are her co-hosts.

My youngest son Lyle turned five this week.  I can't believe he's gotten so big.  Here's a picture he had taken at school for his birthday.

The kids have been helping me tend to a garden we planted. Last Friday it was really warm outside, and when we went to water the plants, my oldest son Jude turned the hose and Lyle and me.  It turned into a full-out water fight.  I guess you're never too old to be involved in a water fight.

What would you like to celebrate?

Final Score Cover Reveal!

Cover Reveal

Title: Final Score

Series: Game On: Book 5

Author: Kyra Lennon

Expected release: July 22nd

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover design: Clare Dugmore

Cover models: Scott King & Lucy Jay

Blurb:

Leah Walker and Radleigh McCoy have overcome a lot of personal demons to be together, but what happens when everything they’ve worked to build is threatened?

With wedding plans in full swing and Leah settled into her role as a stay at home mum, life is just about perfect. However, an unexpected job offer sparks tension between the couple, and when someone from Radleigh’s past shows up in Westberg with a life-altering revelation, Leah and Radleigh’s relationship is shaken to the core.

Just when Leah and Radleigh seemed to have it all together, their happy home is ripped in two, leaving them both with some tough choices to make. Will they be able to overcome their problems and make it down the aisle, or will outside temptations make them say goodbye forever?

Other books in the series (Updated covers)

Game On: Book 1

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Blindsided: Book 2

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Sidelined: Book 3

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Play On: Book 4

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Author Bio

Kyra is a self-confessed book-a-holic, and has been since she first learned to read. When she's not reading, you'll usually find her hanging out in coffee shops with her trusty laptop and/or her friends, or girling it up at the nearest shopping mall. Lennon is a proud supporter of several charities. She currently volunteers for her local cat shelter as a fundraiser and social media guru. Kyra has also had stories published in charity anthologies to raise money for Cats Protection and the British Heart Foundation.

Kyra grew up on the South Coast of England and refuses to move away from the seaside which provides massive inspiration for her novels. Her debut novel, Game On (New Adult Contemporary Romance), was released in July 2012, and she scored her first Amazon Top 20 listing with her New Adult novella, If I Let You Go in November.

Social Links

http://www.kyralennon.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kyralennonwrites/timeline

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6443901.Kyra_Lennon

Celebrate the Small Things-May 6, 2016

It's Friday!  Let's Celebrate the Small Things with Lexa Cain!  Tonja Drecker and I are her co-hosts.

This has been a crazy week!  As all of you must know, the IWSG anthology Parallels: Felix Was Here came out.  Being a part of this whole thing has been amazing!

I finished and submitted a short story.  Whether it's accepted or rejected, this still means I've submitted three short stories so far in 2016.  Considering I set a goal of submitting six short stories, I'm well on track to fulfill that goal.  I'm happy about that.

I've jumped into novella revision, and while it's a challenging task, I'm making progress.

The weather here has been gorgeous the last couple of days. I've been spending a lot of time outside with the kids.  And speaking of kids, Lyle's birthday is next Wednesday.  He's going to be five, and he's excited about it.  It's all he can talk about.

What would you like to celebrate?

Guest Post!

I'm here to let everyone know that the authors of the IWSG anthology Parallels: Felix Was Here have a guest post up at Misha Gericke's blog.  The post is about thought experiments. If you're interested, please stop by and see it HERE.

Have a good day everyone!