Meet the Heat – Mari Carr

Well, I have to say, it sucks to be last in this group. Talk about a hard act to follow. This IH gals know how to rock a blog. Thought I’d start my week with a wrap-up! I’m a teacher and this week will see me back to work–spent last week in meetings and on Wed., the teenagers will fill the hallways once more! I think like most teachers, I had big plans for my summer. Writing, cleaning house, losing weight, and a pile of TBR books as tall as me were on that list.

I didn’t lose any weight, but I did maintain, which I figure was a lucky thing given the fact I’ve been entertaining the in-laws for a month and my hubby’s family LIKES to eat. LOL. I also cleaned and rearranged the HELL out of my house. Made myself an office that I love. Thought I’d share a pic.

Valerie shared a list of books I’d planned to write over my two months off — Power Play, Any Given Sunday, Southern Comfort, Because You Love Me, and Love Story. I’m very sorry to report I only completed one of those stories. However–Power Play was accepted at Samhain and is looking at a *tentative* release date of Jan. 2011. In my defense (though I’ll admit it’s a poor one), I wrote about a third of Southern Comfort and about 500 words worth of Any Given Sunday.

This summer was also an exciting one for me in terms of releases. Sweet Thursday, Rekindled, and Friday I’m in Love came out at Ellora’s Cave between May and August. Woot!

To celebrate my new releases, I’m holding a contest. Simply reply to each of this week’s blog posts to have your name tossed into a hat–one entry for each comment. Two lucky winners will receive their choice of an ebook from my backlist. The more blogs you comment on, the better your chances to win!