[	Tags	|	party	]
[	Current Mood	|	excited	]

Tomorrow is party day, as AJ Hampton hosts the All Author Bash.  This is a multi-author event, hosted on a discussion board, and it lasts all day. So, no matter what time zone you're in, no matter what your schedule is like, you can come on down! There'll be excerpts, discussions, games, prizes, polls, you name it and it'll probably be there. :)

Check it out, tomorrow!

[	Tags	|	heroines, nbc, romance novels, sexism	]
[	Current Mood	|	irritated	]

First the whole males like Indy and females like Sex thing. And now MSNBC is dissing the romance genre. 

It looks like a regular old book promo. Not a big deal. But buried in the middle of an excerpt from Danielle Steel's new book, is a little blue box that says "Vote: Do you read romance novels?" Still not a big deal, except when you actually look at the options. 

1. Yes, yes, yes! Bodice-rippers are my ultimate escape.
2. No way. I don't touch those books.
3. Sometimes, while on vacation or at the beach.

Huh? I clicked #1, then commented. And I'm not alone. In spite of the antiquated--and insulting--wording, the first option is winning--though not by a lot. Adding the numbers of 1 &3 gives a more realistic picture, but really!

Feel free to go and click. Overwhelm the sexist idiots at NBC. Maybe they'll figure out that women are actually half of the world's population. That we read, watch news shows, and vote in polls. I know there are intelligent people at NBC--many of them women. Now if the powers that be would let them do their jobs.

Speaking of women, I posted today at the Otherworld Diner on the importance of the heroine in romance novels. While you're there, check out the great posts from my fellow employees. I'm always blown away by the fantastic writing, and the different takes on the same subject. 

Have a great weekend!

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I'd like to wish all the fathers out there all the best on your special day! 

I'm still recovering from my trip to Ohio for the Lori Foster get together. Lori has a blog entry that has pictures and good info here. She's much better at the explaining thing than I am. I just want to say it was a wonderful experience and I highly recommend it!

[	Tags	|	movies	]
[	Current Mood	|	busy	]

I resent the assumption that women always prefer "chick flicks" and only go to action-adventure movies to please their man. I don’t believe for a minute that gender really plays that much of a part in movie selection. I had dinner with a close friend last week, and she was talking about her desire to move from writing romance to writing action-adventure for women. I hope she does (and I have a plan or two myself—see that evil grin?)

For months the anticipation for the new Indiana Jones movie has been everywhere. Many of the women I know have expressed excitement about seeing it, as well as the women on the groups/email loops I’m on (and I’m on quite a few). Women are excited about the movie. I haven’t heard one word from a woman saying that her husband or boyfriend dragged her to the theater. Not one!

I’m sure both movies will do quite well, they both have built-in audiences who have and will rush to the theatres. There is a large enough audience to ensure both make millions.

Personally, I’m looking forward to see a sexy man doing some very active archeology. But that’s just me.

[	Tags	|	release date, samhain, shadows of evil	]
[	Current Location	|	new apt.	]
[	Current Mood	|	bouncy	]
[	Current Music	|	inner chant	]

Every morning I wake up with a random song running through my head. Sometimes there’s something in the lyrics that reminds me of my life at the moment, or maybe the tune reflects my mood, or maybe I heard the tune late in the previous day. This morning was different. I woke up with a chant in my head: "My book comes out tomorrow!"

As excited as I am, I’m terrified as well. Not long after I woke up with the chant in my head—and a smile on my face—I drifted off again, only to have one of those short falling dreams. I woke up sure I was falling off the bed. And the floor seemed farther away than usual. Fear—it doesn’t take a dream expert to know that’s what I was feeling.

Then again, it seems the more anticipated and exciting something is, the more likely we’ll be scared. From childbirth to new jobs, we humans mix our emotions on a regular basis. And that interests me as a person—and as a writer.

If you’d like to find out more about the book, you can go here.

The members of my author group will be getting an excerpt seen nowhere else. Plus, tomorrow I’m going to be giving away a free copy of Shadows of Evil to someone in my Yahoo group.

If you’d like to get your name in the running, join me at my author group.

Happy Memorial Day. May the memory of those who have fallen protecting our country be honored today, and every day.

[	Tags	|	moving, samhain, shadows of evil	]
[	Current Location	|	new apartment!	]
[	Current Mood	|	excited	]

I feel so bad that all I seem to post anymore is promotion stuff. The truth is that we just moved. Again. I like the new place much better :) but there's that whole we moved thing :(   There are boxes surrounding me like barriers. Hey, if I'm attacked by tiny creatures I'm safe :)  Then there was the whole Internet fiasco. We have DSL, which I love! But getting AT&T to reconnect us was like pulling teeth! I now believe that AT&T outsources the technical help department to a foreign country. I know for a fact that none of the people my husband or I spoke with were native English speakers. Fun, I tell you (did you hear that sarcasm?)

Anyway, we're now at our new place, we have Internet service, and I'm happily (sort of) tearing through my 9346783654 unread emails. (Okay, that's an exaggeration. Mostly.) I promise to try to post more often. And not always promotion.

But Shadows of Evil comes out in electronic form next Tuesday! (Hey, I'm excited, okay?) And the Tuesday releases are first on the "coming soon" page. It's here if you don't believe me. (evil grin). 

Cool huh?

[	Tags	|	celebration, new release, parnormal romance	]
[	Current Mood	|	ecstatic	]

Take a trip to the quaint little town of Mountain Shadows. Nothing ever happens there...well, except around that old Strode house. The one Kia Wolfe just moved into. Coincidence, really. She'll be perfectly safe. And so will you.

Come visit. You don't believe in ghosts, do you?

Shadows of Evil coming May 27!

Join the month-long celebration at

groups. yahoo. com/group/cheryel_hutton/

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[	Current Mood	|	creative	]
[	Current Music	|	80's radio	]

I wanted to let you know that I have a post over at the Otherworld Diner today. It's about an interesting customer we had not too long ago...

I'll try to do a proper post here later today. Anybody know where I can buy more hours in a day (or maybe just enough energy to do what I need to do in the hours I have).

Have a great weekend!!!

[	Tags	|	bookcover, books, release date	]
[	Current Mood	|	excited	]

Shadows of Evil cover,
originally uploaded by dragon_quill.

I'm so excited. First I find I have a revised cover for Shadows of Evil, which has more of a romance feel. Since that's what the book is, this one fits better (although I did love that wolfie). Then, I discovered that my book is up on the "coming soon" page at Samhain. This means I have a definite date for the electronic release (paperback release will be early next year).

Sooooo....

Shadows of Evil will be available from Samhain Publishing
 on May 27, 2008!

YAY!!