Happy Canada
Day everyone!
Today is Canada’s
153rd birthday, and I’m ultra happy!
We have one
month to go until the Together We Stand anthology hits the shelves, and I cannot
wait to get my copy of it! There are so many talented people in it, from best-selling
authors C.A. King and Geri Glenn, to newcomer K. Logan, my dear friend and
fellow eXtasy Books author Cameron Allie, and of course, yours truly!
Coming August 1st,
2020…
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My contribution
is a sweet romance called COVID’s Arrow
and it’s about two grocery store cashiers during a pandemic. Check out the
blurb and the poster I made for it!
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COVID’s Arrow
By V.J. Allison
© 2020 V.J. Allison, all rights reserved
Tagline:
When two people are in love, social distancing cannot prevent them from being
together.
Vicki has been half in love with her friend and
co-worker, Mason, since she started working at a grocery store eight months
ago. When a pandemic reaches the province, social distancing protocols are
installed, and their friendship is put on hold. A break at work brings them
back together, but will they have the time Vicki hopes to pursue her hidden
desires?
I wrote the
entire story in three hours on June 1st, and it was submitted on the
weekend of June 5th.
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(Hopefully!) Coming Soon from eXtasy
Books…
I’m not just
excited to be a part of the Together We Stand anthology… You see, I’m also
going to be a part of the Stocking Stuffer (short story line) for the 2020
Holiday Season. This past weekend, I wrote an 11K long story that I hope to
submit sometime next week. Why so early? The general publishing process at eXtasy
Books and Devine Destinies is about four months long. So to have them publish a
Christmas or Holiday story, things have to be submitted no later than August –
preferably in July. It gives the editors and authors time to get it edited and
revised right, and if each one has a unique cover, the Art Department plenty of
time to make an awesome, eye catching design for it.
In fact, one of
my fellow eX authors has her contribution submitted already, and a lot of us
are prepping for our Valentine’s Day submissions now.
When you are an
author who works with a publisher like eXtasy Books, you have to think of
holidays coming about six months ahead of the game. It’s just the way the
publishing world works, I guess.
As for the name
of my short, and everything else… I’m not saying it yet. It’s still being read
by my betas (although one has read it already and loved it!) and y’all know how
closed mouthed I can be when it comes to my work that’s not submitted or even accepted
by my publisher yet. I’d rather not risk jinxing anything, you know?
I will say
this: It is revisiting one of my previously published couples, an extension of
their story.
Other than
that, mum’s the word. Only a scant few people know what’s going on… And it was
applauded by one of my best pals at eXtasy Books (one of my best pals, period!)
So if you’re in that handful, smile.
To my fellow
Canucks: Have a happy and safe Canada Day!
To my American
fans, friends, family, and followers: Have an amazing and safe Fourth of July
weekend!
I leave you
with one of my favorite songs of all time… “Closer to the Heart” by RUSH and
the late great Neil Peart.
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