Sensual Romance Writer

MOVING

2007-02-04T06:05:00.000-08:00

Hi all,
My blog has moved to here http://cathrynfox.com/blog/
If you were so gracious to have me linked to your blog, can you please redirect to the above address!! Thanks so much. Now as soon as I figure out how to use my new blog I'll start posting. :)))

New Blog coming soon

2007-01-30T06:17:00.000-08:00

Hi all,
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Under a deadline crunch! I wanted to pop in and see how everyone is doing? Are you all staying warm? It's freeezzzing in my neck of the woods.

I know my blog is acting up, with content and graphics missing, but no worries, I'm working on a new one right now. I also recently had a website update. I love the new look. Check it out at www.cathrynfox.com while you're there check out my contest page for a chance to win an autographed copy of Pleasure Control.

Have a great day, everyone!

Earthly Possessions by Erin Aislinn!!

2007-01-24T06:41:00.000-08:00

Not only is Erin one of my favorite authors she's a fabulous friend and I just love her to pieces. Check out her latest release at EC. It's terrific!!

Earthly Possession By Erin Aislinn

Kheyra Baal escapes to Earth to avoid an arranged marriage on planet Dattar, where female vampires are the dominant sex. Just once in her life, she wants to experience real passion with a real alpha. She has five days before the Dattaran posse tracks her down, and she is determined to couple with a mortal man. Instead, she trespasses on the hunting ground of Deacon Quincy, another vampire. Vampires are not supposed to exist on Earth. They are certainly not supposed to be alphas who demand ultimate submission. Deacon Quincy, however, doubts Kheyra's intentions. She'll have to risk her heart and her life to convince him she's worth keeping.

To purchase go here.
To learn more or to read an excpert go here

Cavemen Anthology!

2007-01-21T17:13:00.000-08:00

Yay, I'm so excited. I just found out PANTHER'S PLEASURE my futuristic/shapeshifting story will be in one of the Cavemen Anthologies. I LOVE these books and LOVE Ellora's Cave and I'm so thrilled and honored to be a part of it all.

Here's a blurb.

Sash, chief mechanic of the starship Anthon has spent her entire life coursing through space. She's never gotten sick before. Ever. But as they approach planet Lannar, all kinds of weird and not so wonderful things begin happening to her body, and when she sets eyes on the gorgeous Kade, leader of Lannar, all kinds of weird and very wonderful things begin happening to her libido.

The minute Kade sets eyes on the alpha Earth woman he knows she's his mate. How it's possible that an Earth woman is the mate for a shape shifting panther, he's not sure. All he knows is that there is only one way to help ease the pain in her body and make her first transformation easier. Through mating. And there is only way to mark her as his mate. Through submission

But will the Earth woman be strong enough to mate with the alpha panther inside him, yet submissive enough to allow him to claim her?

NAL!!

2007-01-15T06:10:00.000-08:00

I don't normally like to release these things until the contracts are signed but I'm bursting at the seams to let you all know I sold to NAL!!!

I'm so super excited and my editor, the wonderful Molly, is such a sweetheart!
Here is the gist of the story I sold.
http://www.cathrynfox.com/the_hot_line/index.html

When I find out release dates etc, I'll let you all know.

Party Time

2007-01-13T08:10:00.000-08:00

My good friend Sasha White is having a PARTY!!

She's launching a new website design, TODAY!! There's new content and new features to make it more interactive, and more fun for everyone. She's extremely excited about her new BDSM/ Fetish page...The Dungeon, (which for those of you who have read BOUND know is the Club where Karl and Katie go...and is also in TROUBLE , and Karl's story WICKED) Another of the Extras will be the LUSH Art Gallery...that's the art gallery that LUSH the book is based on, a fictional art gallery, full of erotic art to browse. (I had the privilege of reading this book early and it's fabulous!!!)

So drop by her blog today and join in the party!!

Pleasure Control

2007-01-10T04:20:00.000-08:00

Anyone who read it and liked it and would like to vote for it in the Predators and Editors readers poll can do so here!! :))) Just click on the link and scroll down until you see Pleasure control.

http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelr.shtml

Swing of Things

2007-01-05T09:12:00.000-08:00

Well I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and a Happy New Year. I sure am finding it hard getting back into the swing of things. But I'm trying. I sat back down at the computer yesterday and began to write the opening of a new story. I managed five pages yesterday and another five today. This isn't groundbreaking writing my any means, but I'm following one of my resolution, to allow myself to write badly when the muse isn't co-operating. I think she's still recovering from New Years Eve. :)

Anyway did anyone read or receive any great books over the holidays? I'm heading to my Chapters on Sunday and I plan on putting a dent into my gift cards. One book I plan on getting for sure is Shayla Black's, Wicked ties. I've heard such great things about it. I can't wait to read it. I just finished Suite Seduction by Janice Maynard and loved it.

So what are you reading?

Resolutions

2006-12-31T06:41:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year again, so I sat down and made of list of resolutions for 2007. Here is my list.

1. I will spend more time playing soccer and basketball with my son.

2. I will get my daughter to teach me how to play the clarinet.

3. I will make snow angels and go sledding with the kids.

4. I will take one whole day and spend it in the kids section at my local library, rereading all my favorite books from my childhood.

5. I will spend Saturday mornings watching cartoons with my daughter.

6. I will try not to fade out when my hubby talks about the weather (he's a meteorologist)

7. I will look in the mirror and love myself just the way I am.

8. I will sing in the shower.

9. I will wear socks that don't match and spend less time worrying about keeping up with the laundry.

10. I will smile at people who don't say thank you when I hold the door open for them.

11. I will never say no to a brownie.

12. I will allow myself to write badly on those days when my muse refuses to cooperate!

So what are you plans for 2007?

Anniversary

2006-12-29T06:43:00.000-08:00

Today is my wedding anniversary! I know, what was I thinking getting married December 29th. sheesh. It's such a crazy time of year. Right after Christmas, and before New Years. We usually don't do anything to celebrate because we're tired and broke after the Holiday's, but today I want to do something fun!!

Maybe we'll go visit and explore another town. I just wish it was warmer outside. I checked out the movie selection at our theatre and there is NOTHING I want to see. So do any of you have any great ideas for me?

Happy Release day to me!!

2006-12-26T06:34:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We had a fabulous day. The kids got us up early, and then after presents we had a big breakfast and lounged around. I played the Nintendo Wii with Alex. Good Lord, what a workout. I did the boxing and after three rounds I was in a lather. I figure if I do that everyday, I'll lose all the weight I packed on over the holidays.

So BIG news today is that Pleasure Prolonged is available to order YAYAYAY. http://www.cathrynfox.com/pleasure_prolonged.html

I'm so excited. The book is so gorgeous! I love the texture of the cover. If you see it on the shelves be sure to let me know, or take a picture and send it to me!

Today my sister is coming for a visit. Can you guess what we're having. Yup, turkey soup! I guess I better get cracking before she gets here. Have a great day everyone!

Nintendo Power

2006-12-14T10:54:00.000-08:00

I got my son a subscription to Nintendo Power magazine for Christmas. After filling in the information online, I gave my son's email address, after all, I don't want the updates etc coming to my account. So I knew they would send an email to his account confirming the subscription. Thinking I'm so brilliant, I go into his account and sure enough it was there. So I delete it and think nothing more of it.

Then the other night I hear, mom can you come here. He shows me this email from Nintendo, saying they are getting ready to send him his first magazine...groan...so I convince him it's just spam. He deletes the message and nothing else was said.

Today I went to get the mail and my son came with me. He NEVER gets the mail for me and today I hand him the keys...what was I thinking??? He pulls this white envelope out of the box, his eyes go wide and he's grinning like the devil himself. He's like, "I knew it!"

I grabbed the envelope and stuffed it into my coat, and tell him he has NO idea what he's talking about, the envelope was for his father. He says, "oh yeah, then why is it addressed to me?"

Good lord, it's hard to surprise them anymore!!

Busy busy busy!!

2006-12-12T10:47:00.000-08:00

My tree is up, my house is decorated, and I'm finished my Christmas shopping! YAY!! The family and I all went to the city overnight on the weekend and we all spent too much money for sure. So the countdown is on in my house.

Hubby has to go into work on Christmas night. :((
which means he has to sleep the day away. I'm sad, but at
least he'll be here in the morning for the kids to open gifts.
He was supposed to work Christmas eve too, through the night but was able to trade shifts with one of the single guys at work.

Here's a few pictures of the family decorating the tree. We did it the other night during a big snow storm. It was such a perfect night to do the tree. My daughter put on the Christmas music, my son made us hot chocolate, the fire was going in the background keeping us warm while the snow piled up outside. It was perfect!!

So are you ready for Christmas?

Band Concert

2006-12-09T04:20:00.000-08:00

This has been one busy week for me. I guess it's a good thing I've taken some time off over the holidays. Between Basketball, soccer, band, concerts, and shopping I've been going non stop. But I love it!!

I took some pictures of my daughter and her friends at her band concert. I am such a horrible photographer. I probably took 50 pictures and only a few turned out. Most were blurry. For the first 25 I forgot the flash...lol. My daughter is the photographer in the house. She does all the artsy stuff. She uses my camera all the time and takes the most gorgeous pictures. Over the summer she had some beautiful shots of the apple blossoms and butterflies. We printed them and framed them for her. Anyway, here are a couple of pictures that turned out.

Winter Wonderland

2006-12-06T05:39:00.000-08:00

I've been wanting snow for awhile now and on Monday we got a big snow storm. Everything is white and beautiful.

Last night I had to drive my son to soccer, half an hour away on a terrible highway. I didn't take the time to clean my wipers good enough and they were icy. There were points when the headlights from on coming traffic completely blinded me. I was terrified. My son kept saying look at the white line, but it was snowing and the white line was gone. I took our exit and told him I was turning around and going home. I figured soccer would be canceled in the crazy weather anyway. But since we were already there, we thought we'd check it out. It was still on.

I was so rattled, I decide to stay, hoping the roads would get cleared.
He practiced for an hour and a half and by the time we got out the roads had been plowed and were clear. Thank God!! So the drive home was good. But I already told him, we will NOT be going to soccer when it's snowing.

Does everyone else hate driving in the winter as much as I do? And how is the weather where you all are?

Alex

2006-12-03T09:42:00.000-08:00

Alex tried out for Tier 1 soccer this year and made the team. Here he is looking all professional in his new duds!

INFERNO

2006-12-01T04:06:00.000-08:00

Vivi Anna's gorgeous, leather-clad heroine, Kat is back in another wildly erotic adventure set in a future world where there passion has no rules - and no limits...

Kat needs to find a scientist rumored to have created an antidote to a deadly virus, but he's hiding out in the violent underground city of inferno. Her one-time lover Hades will take Kat where she needs to go, but only if she promises to be his, body and soul.

I cannot wait to read this. I loved Hell Kat. If you haven't read it, run don't walk to your nearest bookstore to pick it up!!

US Consulate

2006-11-28T07:22:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I went to the US consulate because I have to get a US tax number for income tax purposes. What a freaky experience that was.

I enter this great big building and there is no one around. It's so quiet you could hear a pin drop. I take the elevator to the 9th floor. Once there I walk up to the door and naturally just go to open it. It was locked. I tried it a second time, pushing, pulling, wiggling the handle.

Then I decide to read the big sign, and I hear..."Can I help you?" I look around all freaked out, and realize it's an intercom..

So I say.."Uh, yeah, I have an appointment. I'm here for a tax number."

So the door beeps and I enter. After I get inside I'm practically strip searched, and anal probed by the security guy. Once that's complete, I have to leave all my belongings in this cubby hole and take this laminated card with me.

Then I have to walk through a security thing like at the airport.. followed by more anal probing. I then move on to another room, where I'm told to sit and wait. I glance up to see this HUGE picture of Bush. He's staring down at me as if to say. "We Want You!" That didn't help my nerves at all.

So I get called up to this counter, with bullet proof glass separating me from the clerk. I'm asked to sign papers. By this time I'm so freaked out, my hands are shaky and I drop the pen twice. After my papers are notarized and my fee paid, I am all ready to go.

I pick up my belongings and go leave. I'm waiting for the elevators and the security guy comes rushing out of the office calling me. I'm so freaked, that I practically press my hands to the wall and spread my legs, waiting for the strip search. At this point, I'm pretty sure I would have confessed to any crime. LOL.

So the guys asks if I took the laminated card with me...and by God, I did. So I hand it back and got the hell out of there.

Real life romantic moment!

2006-11-24T05:46:00.000-08:00

I don't consider my DH to be romantic, but every now and then he does something that totally blows me away.

I haven't been feeling very good lately and last night I was laid out on the couch with chills, headache and a wicked sore throat. DH took my daughter to the gym to play volley ball. They were really, really late getting home and I was upset because Allison had an early morning band trip to the city and it was past her bedtime.

So DH walks into the door and I start ranting at him...blah, blah, blah.

My daughter comes in behind him holding chocolates, flowers, and a pina colada mix (my fav).
DH says, Happy Anniversary. I'm like HUH? We got Married Dec 29th!

He says, 22 years ago today we went on our first date and watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High! And by God, he was right.

So I felt pretty crappy about ranting at him...LOL

Playing off my guild, DH asks if he can take a picture of me, (while I looked like death) to remember the moment...Talk about pushing it!!!

I went back to ranting again...

Early Review for Pleasure Prolonged, January Avon Red

2006-11-22T09:51:00.000-08:00

PLEASURE PROLONGED
By Cathryn Fox
Avon Red, 2006
Reviewed by, L.K. Campbell

5 Kisses

At the wedding of friends and colleagues, divorced career woman, Erin Shay is introduced Kale Alexander. Fireworks erupt from the first encounter when Kale catches the garter and places it around Erin's thigh. Even though Erin swears she's only interested in casual sex, she can't stop thinking about Kale-nor can he stop thinking about her.

What could be a sizzling hot, casual affair is complicated by the fact that Kale and Erin are working together, and she's his boss on a very important research project called Pleasure Prolonged . As the name implies, Erin's research company is developing a drug that can increase and prolong sexual pleasure.

Unable to control their desire for one another, Erin and Kale get carried away in the research room at the lab and caught on tape by a jealous coworker. Kale,s already on probation with the company, and Erin can' risk getting caught in the act with a subordinate. With their careers in jeopardy, will their relationship stand a chance.

Pleasure Prolonged is an erotic feast. Fox masterfully creates sexual tension with just a glance or the slightest touch between her hot-for-each-other characters. This book is best read in close proximity to an air conditioner with the fan turned on high.
5 Kisses

Bad Blogger

2006-11-21T07:38:00.000-08:00

Hi all,
I've been a bad blogger lately...I must be spanked...snicker.

Seriously though, I've been working really hard on a proposal and to top it all off I'm not feeling so hot. I've got this nasty headache which I think is from my sinuses, but I don't want to go to the doctor. That's a good 2 hour chunk from my day. ugh. I'm hoping it will just go away on its own.

I've been thinking about Christmas presents lately too. I need to shop. My son wants the new Nintendo WII, it's one of those systems that everyone camped overnight on the streets to get. Good Lord.

But I did get him one. I pre ordered one for him ages ago. I didn't camp out, but I did go to the store for opening and they had four left. whew!

I've been thinking about my daughter. She loves scrap booking and LOVES photography. She often uses my camera. I think I'd like for her to have a camera of her own. Something she can take to school with her and take pics of her friends. I don't want to spend too much but I don't want to buy her a crappy one either. I'm thinking around $100. Anyone know of anything good?

Back to work now. I have 2 more pages to write to make my daily page count. If all goes well, and accordingly, (without any doc's visits) I should be done first draft on December 8th, then I can take a nice long Christmas break. Yay!!

First Look!!

2006-11-16T07:33:00.000-08:00

Join the HarperCollins First Look program to preview books in literary fiction, general fiction, suspense, biography, cookbooks, and other genres, for readers who make a difference – like you!
Each month, Advance Reading Editions (AREs) of great books by fabulous authors are offered that you will have the opportunity to review. Reviewers are selected at random, but you must register to be eligible. In joining the program you may select your favorite genres and we will let you know when a book in your preferred category is offered.

Check it out here.

http://www.harpercollins.com/members/firstlook/index.aspx

Too funny!!

2006-11-15T05:27:00.000-08:00

Check this out, it's funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69PPqeMxNzE

Christmas Ornaments

2006-11-13T04:58:00.000-08:00

Over at Moonglade Elite Authors we have some gorgeous Christmas ornaments on sale 25% off until November 19th. There is a variety to pick from. Here are a couple of ones made specially for me!! Check them out here.

sightings in Texas and California!!

2006-11-09T09:51:00.000-08:00

Isn't she the cutest!!

Yay, right on the table facing out!!