Sami Lee
http://www.samilee.com
From as far back as my kindergarten days my school report
cards were riddled with comments on my proclivity for
daydreaming. I was always getting caught staring out the
window... or interrupted from important creative business as
I saw it. Over the years that hasn't changed much. If
anything it's gotten worse — the lot of a writer. I'm
always being visited by my characters and they talk so
loudly I have to write their stories.
My road to publication was long and winding. I've been
writing off and on since high school but, as often happens,
other duties called (like earning a living, what a drag) and
for many years writing took a back seat. I wrote in dribs
and drabs, and completed manuscripts were few and far
between. That was until I had my first daughter in 2005 and
I started a regular routine of writing during her nap times.
I completed one manuscript that didn't quite make it before
I revisited an old ms that I'd always liked (one of the few
that did get finished!). That manuscript, originally called
The Little Red Dress, became my first published
novel, the re-titled Born Again Virgin. I still get
comments on that title, which I thought of on the spur of
the moment just before I submitted it to Samhain Publishing,
with high hopes of grabbing an editor's attention :).
Imagine my excitement when that editor wrote back in only
two weeks to say she wanted to buy the story! Born Again
Virgin was released as an e book in May 2007. Then along
came a short story I wrote almost entirely for fun called
Fijian Fling. And yes, the title does give away the
plot :), and from all reports, it IS a fun read. In between
those releases and my latest erotic novella, Chasing
Sunset, I had another baby, learned to blog, advertise,
edit, design bookmarks and a website... I've never been so
busy as I have been since I first received that acceptance
from Samhain. As for my next project? I have a new novel
coming out, a follow up to Chasing Sunset entitled
Sunset Knight. I can't wait for this one to be
published. After that? It could be anything. I'll keep you
posted right here...
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Books
Sand, Sun and Sex
(Midsummer's Night Steam)
May 27, 2008
Slip into something skimpy and escape to sun, sandand sex!
Marielles Marshal by Beth Williamson
(originally published 08-31-2007 in e-book format)
When a school teacher with a backbone of steel meets a
hard-nosed lawman, Read more...
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