Hi, the worst blogger is back lol.

I know I should write more, and I mean to, really I do, but then I get caught up in writing posts for other blogs, or working on my stories, or the kids are driving me up a wall, and the dog ate my computer. lol. I know, excuses.

So, let’s rectify my lapse in news and do a run down of what’s happening this month.

First off, keep an eye in the blog-sphere, because I am going to be appearing on several of them, giving away books, talking about what inspired me, and other kinds of fun stuff. There will be chances to win Taming Her Wolf, the new Claiming Her Geeks, and also the new Cyborg story, C791. (AwesomeSauce, Grave Tells, Romance Book Junkies, Sizzling Hot Books and many more…)

Now for exciting stuff, Claiming Her Geeks, while not releasing until February 18th is available for pre-order at AllRomance.com Keep in mind that this story part of the Perfect Stranger Series, meaning it will be available exclusively at ARE, but never fear, they offer all e-reader formats, so whether you own a Kindle, a Nook, a Sony, or like me a generic tablet, they have books to fit everybody’s needs.

So that’s happening right now, but I know many of you are itching to hear more about my Cyborg story. Go metal!!! lol C791, first in the series Cyborgs: More Than Machines, is slated to come out sometime around the third or fourth week of February, disasters withstanding. My intention is to write a series of books, each centering around a different Cyborg, each one unique in thoughts and mannerisms, but what they will have in common will be their absolute deliciousness and their need to understand human emotion. I hope to post an excerpt within the next 7-10 days. In the meantime, if you really need a Cyborg fix, I suggest reading some by Laurann Dohner or Kaitlyn O’Connor. The first does them MF style, while the latter usually ends up being a multi partner thing. They’re all fun no matter how many cyborgs are involved. And no, none of them have vibrating you-know-whats. Sorry.

What’s after that? Well, I’m working on Dual Abduction, and boy am I having fun following the antics of those 2 purple idiots. They might be big, and muscled, but they don’t know how to handle one little human determined to thwart them. After that, I need to start work on my third Pack book (yes, Jaxon will be back!), then it’s on to Already Freakn’ Mated I think, although in between there somewhere, I’ve got a wolf story that’s half written that needs finishing. Then we need another FUC and a second Cyborg, ooh and the continuation of Taming Her Wolf, Sharing His Vampiress. Holy crap, that’s a lot of projects I need to get cracking on. See, this is why I don’t blog lolol.

Okay, now that we’re all caught up, I better get back to writing, so you can get ready for some hot, and humorous reading. Keep track of me on Facebook or I’ll see you around the blog-sphere when I go on tour later this month

I am absolutely delighted, flabbergasted, shocked, sobbing and a whole host of other words that my humorous, yet spicy, romance, Bunny And The Bear, is a finalist in the Australian Romance Readers Awards. How freakn’ cool is that!?!? I think I kind of know how the unknown actor feels when they get the notice they’ve made the list. Awe, just plain unadulterated awe, and joy that people thought well enough of my writing to nominate me. I’m sitting alongside some pretty big freakn’ names. Authors whom I would squeee over if I ever got to meet them face to face. Even though my chances of winning are super slim, it is still tear inspiring to see my work getting that kind of recognition.

Squealing over, I want to say a great big, whopping, gi-normous THANK YOU to my readers. It is your enthusiastic responses to my sometimes twisted stories that keep me writing. I love hearing about how one of my tales has brightened your day. You guys are the absolute BEST! And have set the bar pretty damned high now lol. I guess I’d better get cracking on my next romance

Wishing you a wonderful day, and hoping all the books you read leave you with a HEA smile
Eve Langlais

I know it’s only January, but as a fairly organized person (when it comes to bills and stuff anyway lol), as soon as the kids go back to school in January, I start thinking about tax time. I eye the bulging drawer holding all the bills and receipts for the year. I fill up the stapler and get the shredder ready, then I dive into sorting hell. Please note, I start out each year with folders with categories but sometime around the end of summer, my system goes to hell. I’ll just blame the husband. I’m sure it’s his fault somehow lol.

As if paper chaos wasn’t enough, as a self-employed individual, I agonize over whether or not I’ve paid enough taxes over the year. I always fear I haven’t and start eying my budget to see if I can squeeze it tighter in case of a nasty surprise. I’ve yet to see a credit at tax time 
Previous years I’ve done my taxes myself, but this year, I give up. I know I’m not getting all the deductions I should and that means I’m paying too much to the government. So this year, I’m biting the bullet and going to see an accountant. But that comes with its own set of fears. For one, it’s kind of personal to let someone see all your receipts and have them know what you spend your money on. ( I swear the sex shop one was for research purposes. LOL) I also wonder how much I need to do beforehand. Right now I’m organizing all my papers into manila envelopes– ie utilities, house repairs, pay stubs, medical receipts etc. But am I doing enough? Too much? Have I mentioned I worry about the most inane things lol? Also, how much do I need to tell the accountant before they roll their eyes at the information overload? If I don’t tell them enough will they know that the blurry receipt was for the new keyboard for my work computer. Will they understand that the books I bought were truly for my work? Actually they were lol.

And this is why I start my taxes early because every year I go through this agony and it’s not over until I file them and pay whatever I owe (because the government seems to increase the amount every year). Then I have about 9 months to relax before the stress starts all over again.
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What about you? Do you turn into a stress bag when you know tax time is coming?

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There’s a song on the Osmond Family Christmas album (my favorite Christmas music ever!) that sings about having an old fashioned Christmas.  I love it and the sentiment behind it, but at the same time, my family is creating new traditions for the holidays, special things we do that are unique to us–and all the more cherished.  But that doesn’t mean we’ve ditched everything our parents did for us growing up. We kept the standard ones of course:

• Christmas tree (artificial to save the forest) with the most awesome (AKA tacky or with your name on them) decorations ever.

• Stockings for everyone in the family which Santa stuffs to overflowing (Thank you Dollarama!)

• Christmas Lights and reindeer on the front lawn.

• Sending of Cards (when I remember to buy freakn’ stamps)

• Getting together with family and playing this cool card game that involves stealing presents. Everyone loves that one. And Santa always pays a visit to say hello to the kids.

• Eggnog — the virgin kind lol

Nothing unusual with any of those. Then, there’s the traditions we started just for our family:

• Skipping the turkey on Christmas day (because my kids hate it) and oven toasting some KFC along with french fries, reheating the KFC gravy and serving all that along with the fluorescent coleslaw on the fine china. We make the kids Shirley Temples in fancy plastic wineglasses and all sit in the dining room wearing the crowns from our crackers. My kids have never eaten more on Christmas Day since we started this a few year ago. And it is marvelously relaxing for me. I get to enjoy the day, play with the kids and best of all keep my smile because they actually eat instead of complaining and pushing food around.

• Matching pajamas! Last year we went with red plaid, this year….ANGRY BIRDS. Oh yes, I found the kids matching pajama sets while hubby and I each got a t-shirt. My munchkins are delighted with the theme–and even hubby busted a gut when he found out.

• Feeding the reindeer the night before so Santa and his crew can find us. Secret Recipe — take some oats, mixed with colorful candy sprinkles, add in some glittery magical dust and presto, you’ve got something special for the kids to sprinkle on the front lawn

• Christmas Eve neighborhood walk where we check out the lights and sing carols–that taper off if we run into anybody lol

• Oh and the most important tradition for mom and dad–something a little extra in our Christmas morning coffee. Nothing says cheer like a dollop of Sheridan in our morning brew.

So what old traditions have you kept? And what new ones did you create? Which ones do you hope your kids will pass on one day? I am really hoping mine keep the KFC one lol.

Favorite Christmas song ever!!! My kids can’t help seeing the WOOOOO! part. It’s hilarious.