Good morning.

This is my last blog post here, on Yahoo360. I've found this a great place to be and to start my blogging experience. But as life would have it, we often grow up and beyond. I've loved meeting all of my 360 friends here and catching up with your lives. I'm sad, however, that for whatever reason, Yahoo360 does not seem to work for me! I'm crossing fingers as I type (difficult, I tell you) that this blog post will actually "post." My pics don't load and my feeds are never "feeding." I've found this service to be a tad unreliable, even more so of late, and full of spam and people wanting me to buy their ring tones, etc...

I have my own ring tones, thank you, and I like them just fine. :)

So, even though I'll leave this page here, just in case you pass by again, I'd like to leave you my other online haunts so you can easily find me should you need to. Here are my pages:

Web: http://www.maddiejames.com

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/paprbackriter

Blogs:

http://www.maddiejameslifeunedited.com

http://sisterwriters.blogspot.com

http://romanticgems.blogspot.com

Other links:

Romance Novel Examiner: (I write articles here) http://www.examiner.com/x-4981-Romance-Novel-Examiner

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/maddiejames1

Publisher's Marketplace: http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/maddiejames/

Books about Legend, Tennessee: http://www.legendtennessee.com

Publisher: http://www.resplendencepublishing.com

My Yahoogroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maddiejames_newsandchats/

My erotica alter-ego: http://www.miajae.com

Hope to see you on the web!

Just a test. To see if by posting something, anything, my missing blog posts will come back...

fingers crossed

It's excerpt week here on the blog and that means you have a chance to win a free book! All week long I'll be posting some new excerpts from my romantic suspense novel, A Perfect Escape.

So what do you have to do to win a free download? Just come by and visit, leave a comment on the blog, and you are automatically in the running.

Cool, huh? And very easy.

So here's a teaser about the book. I hope you come back tomorrow for more.

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A changed identity. A secluded beach. A sniper.

Megan Thomas is running for her life. From Chicago, from the mob, from her husband.
She runs to the only place she feels safe—a secluded cottage on an east coast barrier island.

Smyth Parker is running from life. From work, from society, from a jealous ex-wife—his only consolation the solitude of Newport Island. He doesn’t need anyone to screw up that plan. And he sure as hell doesn’t need to complicate it with Megan Thomas.

But when Megan fears she’s been found, she runs to the only safe place she knows, and straight into the arms of the one person who might be able to help, Smyth. Her escape might yet still be perfect.

Or is it?

A Romantic Suspense Novel by Maddie James
Available Now from Resplendence Publishing
http://www.resplendencepublishing.com

Available September, 2008, in print
www.amazon.com

Wow, been a while, huh? Okay, so I'll give you a bit of a run down on Maddie's Hectic Life of late.

Had a wonderful visit with my sister for a few days about a week or so ago. This was her first venture to Kentucky on her own, sans kids and hubby, for quite some time. We had a great time and I showed her a bit of Louisville. Ended up having a drink after dinner at Jeff Ruby's downtown and listening to some music. Niiiice, evening.

I had a great time on June 28 speaking at the Hardin County Public Library with Jan Scarbrough about "our writing paths." Jan and I have been friends for a lot of years, critique partners, and writing buds. Our paths have intertwined often as we walked down that road toward publication. The audience was small but grand, and I loved every minute of it.

After my sister left, I had to dig in on the current wip. Yes, I was under deadline. Correction. I was past deadline. But perseverance does pay off and I did deliver my manuscript to my editor last Monday evening. THE QUEST is now in the can. I can breathe again. Sort of.

My next deadline is a couple of weeks away. Fortunately, this is for a short story and it is already started. I think I'll be okay.

I noticed that both RED and BLUE have sneaked up the bestseller list on the Resplendence title list on Fictionwise in the past couple of days. Woohoo! I like that. CURSE still sits as the number one print bestseller on the Resplendence Publishing website. The sales numbers at Amazon have been great lately for both CURSE and CULT. I am very thankful!

Today I visited and joined the local chapter of Sisters in Crime. What a great group of writers and I look forward to hanging with this group more. I paid my dues, so matter of fact, I will. Today's program featured a local K-9 officer and his wonderful dog Rowdy. What a cutie. Oh, the dog, too. :)

Okay, back to the short story. Soon. I'll be back soon. Promise!

maddie