Coming together... #OvercomingWritersBlock #Slowlybutsurely #AmWriting

Things are coming together for me these days.  I'm incredibly busy, but I caught myself in the bathtub just now, actually fixing a book in my head.  Y'all, that hasn't happened in months, so I'm thrilled.

I don't have time to actually fix anything, but just knowing that ideas are coming to me is a good sign.

I'm working on the content edit job that never ends, but after it's done, I'll get paid, so there's that.

My personal life is looking up, so there's that, too.

Apparently my creative brain doesn't work when the rest of me is freaking out.  Who knew?

So after this busy weekend is over, I'm going to finish up this content editing gig and hopefully I can do the minor tweaking that is necessary for me to fix this stinking book and get it published.

After that, I'm not sure what's on tap, but I'm sort of forcing myself to slow down a little bit this year.  I have got to focus on getting my financials back in some semblance of a shape so I can feel comfortable monetarily investing in myself again.  And I'm getting there.  It's a process.

Did I show you the last thing I spent a bunch of money on?  I had the Pierce Securities recovered, and I think they look freaking awesome.  Haven't read the Pierce Securities yet?  Give them a try, the first one is free!

https://amzn.to/2UM0v4X

I'm also working on audio for this series, and am up to final notes on Click's production.  This is hard, because I keep hearing lots of not-so-wonderful things about ACX's audio production, but they're all I've used, and I'm so into this series that I'm afraid to start over somewhere else, I'm just hoping for the best with this and then I'll be moving on.  But I'm not stopping in the middle of the series, because I'm exclusive there, and can't feasibly produce the second half of the series elsewhere...





But if you want to see that gem...

I have codes for Craze and Wire, if you'd like to listen to those, just shoot me and email at anneconleyauthor@gmail.com, and I'll get them to you in the next couple of weeks.  Just please leave a review, especially on Wire, since it doesn't have that many.  The great news is, I'm finally excited about stuff going on in my writing world again, which I was beginning to wonder about.
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What do I do now? #Lost #WritingCommunity

So, I'm a little lost right now in the writing world.

There. I said it.

I don't know what I want to write anymore, and I don't know how to go about it. I've spent the last six months getting my personal life/family life together, and my passion has gone by the wayside. It's terrifying, honestly.

Last year, I wrote, I published, I started a local writer's group, and I went to the gym to get healthy. But I didn't make enough money to feed my family. Or even myself. (I've just done my taxes, I know exactly how much I made). I had to buy a car, I was paying for braces. Life didn't stop because I couldn't afford it.

I sank a ton of money into advertising that didn't work. I invested in conferences that didn't immediately pay off. I spent all sorts of (tax deductible, thank GOD) money into my passion, and it wasn't paying off.

So, instead of clinging to the mast of a sinking ship, I got a job.

A couple, actually.

My plans changed.

And now, I'm giving myself a reprieve. I'm forgiving myself for the failures. And I'm starting over.

Not sure how, or what I will do differently, but I'm totally starting over somehow.

I'm taking care of myself, finding a routine, and gaining balance. It's different, but it's happening, slowly but surely.

I'm still going to write in the genre I've been writing in, but slower. And I'm thinking about some new ideas that I want to try as well.

Stay tuned for something different.

 

Something NEW from Anne Conley! #NEWSERIES #RomanticSuspence #SexyCowboys

This week was the official cover reveal for Anne Conley's newest series, but  because she's technologically challenged, her scheduling didn't work.  Wait until you guys sink your teeth into these bad boys.

Did I mention most of them are cowboys?

Retreat, Book #1 of Rocco Securities

By: Anne Conley

Edited by: Beyond DEF

Cover design: Book Wiz

Photographer: Jeffrey Roberson

AND INTRODUCING Model: Griffen Jones

When their vacation turns into another crime to solve, Evan and Jordan Rocco jump on the case. With the bad guys locked away, they’re ready to head home. Then, the unthinkable happens, forcing them to make a decision.

The brothers have struck out on their own—new team, new office, new city.

Join the Pierce Securities men as they write a new chapter in their lives: Rocco Securities.

Retreat, Book #1 of Rocco Securities

By: Anne Conley

Edited by: Beyond DEF

Cover design: Book Wiz

Photographer: Jeffrey Roberson

AND INTRODUCING Model: Griffen Jones

Indie lives in hell.  Her life is nothing like she expected it to be, so when Evan Rocco and his wife Paige offer to take her away for a while, she jumps at the chance. 

Montana is just what she needs:  mountains, streams, wide-open spaces … and Cash.

Cash’s life isn’t anything like he’d planned … until Indie shows up at the ranch where he works.  There’s something about her that tugs at his protective instincts, and he simply can’t resist her.

Unfortunately, finding each other doesn’t mean life is going to go the way they expect it to.

Preorder your copy today at the special price of .99!

 https://books2read.com/u/mBOXyR

Ain't it pretty?  Just wait for release day.  Anne will have a HUGE announcement on that day, and you're not going to want to miss it!  Sign up for her newsletter, HERE to get all the news.

About Anne: Anne has written her entire life and has the boxes of angst-filled journals and poetry to prove it. She’s been writing for public consumption for the past several years. Currently, she has five romance series and one in the works. Stories of Serendipity explores real people living real lives in small-town Texas. The Four Winds chronicles God’s four closest archangels—Uriel, Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael—falling in love and becoming human. Pierce Securities is comprised of nine books that follow a crew of misfits who come together to fight crime and also find love along the way. The Book B!tches is all about a group of women in Mystic, Texas, who get into all sorts of shenanigans while trying to dodge the serial killer targeting the town. Playing with Fire is filled with sizzling-hot firemen and plenty of suspense and mystery with an arsonist on the loose. Rocco Securities, a Pierce Securities spinoff, is coming soon.

She lives in rural East Texas with her husband and children in her own private oasis, where she prides herself in her complete lack of social skills, choosing instead to live with the people inside her head.

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Playing with Fire has a new look!

Series: Playing With Fire

Titles: Truth or Dare ~ Hide and Seek ~ Spin the Bottle ~ Hot Lava

Author: Anne Conley

Genre: Contemporary Romance Suspense

Publisher: Beyond DEF Publishing Services, LLC

Truth or Dare - Available NOW

Hide and Seek - Available NOW

Spin the Bottle - Releasing October 28, 2019 

Hot Lava - Releasing November 18, 2019

It's just a truth or a dare ... right? 

Some things never go as planned. Nannette’s artistic retreat began with disaster. She’s distracted by a blazing-hot firefighter who thinks she needs a knight in shining armor. And her precious masterpieces have turned into combustible images of her hero.

What is she supposed to do? 

Jude is rethinking everything he’s ever thought about love and desire, and Nannette is the ignition point. The colored swatches of their need are too brilliant to be contained on canvas, and neither of them know how to deal with the embers of desire when they burst into flames.

You can always run, but you can't hide. 

Joey is trapped in a backdraft. His relationship with Simone is going great—until she dumps him. His mother is marrying a younger man, and his station has him in a Santa suit for a fundraiser. Not exactly what he’d call the best lot in life, especially with an arsonist on the loose in Pamona Gulch. 

Things are heating up to dangerous levels. And then he sees her. 

Vivian is licking old wounds and trying to protect the precious heart of her four-year-old daughter. Her ex left her world in cinders, and starting something knew and full of promise leaves her wondering what will remain when the smoke clears.

It all started with a kiss. 

Zane can admit it was a disastrous one. But the odd case of Lettie is one he’s determined to explore. If the stubborn woman would just give him a second chance, she’d see they are explosive together. 

One kiss tells Lettie exactly how things are going to go in a relationship. The lip-lock with Zane is a non-starter, but he won’t take no for an answer. He even opens his home to the shelter animals as she struggles to clean up the smoke damage from the most recent arson fire. 

“Have dog, will love” has to count for something, right? But as Lettie fights to extinguish the sizzling attraction, Zane continues to show her just how well he can create an inferno.

Twice burned is sometimes the key. 

Logan doesn’t do repeats. Ever. It’s a cardinal rule he must live by. Katie was a mistake—one he never would have made if he knew she lived in Pamona Gulch. It would have saved him the slow and steady burn of his lust for the last two years. The need to take Katie back under hand … and command … is stronger than ever now.

With Logan, Katie learned things about herself she’d never known. How desire could be a precision-cut diamond forged in the hottest temperatures. How guided mastery could lead her to unattainable heights. And now she’s left in the cold, running to find that same high.

Into the arms of a dangerous blaze. 

Desire flares when Logan saves her. What’s between them is undeniable, but with the arsonist caught and anger sparking, will it snuff out what’s growing, or will it only add fuel to the fire?

Anne has written her entire life and has the boxes of angst-filled journals and poetry to prove it. She’s been writing for public consumption for the past several years. Currently, she has five romance series and one in the works. Stories of Serendipity explores real people living real lives in small-town Texas. The Four Winds chronicles God’s four closest archangels—Uriel, Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael—falling in love and becoming human. Pierce Securities is comprised of nine books that follow a crew of misfits who come together to fight crime and also find love along the way. The Book B!tches is all about a group of women in Mystic, Texas, who get into all sorts of shenanigans while trying to dodge the serial killer targeting the town. Playing with Fire is filled with sizzling-hot firemen and plenty of suspense and mystery with an arsonist on the loose. Rocco Securities, a Pierce Securities spinoff, is coming soon. 

 She lives in rural East Texas with her husband and children in her own private oasis, where she prides herself in her complete lack of social skills, choosing instead to live with the people inside her head.

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Audiobooks, new covers, and stories, OH MY!

So... This is happening... The rest of Pierce Securities is going into audio.  In addition to that, they're getting a facelift!  A spin-off series!

Basically, Pierce is getting a new voice, new look, and new stories.

A few months ago, I reached out to a lovely man by the name of Warren Zemon, who agreed to narrate the rest of the Pierce Securities series, in addition to going back after he's finished and re-narrating Craze so we can hopefully do a boxed set in audio.  Wouldn't that be cool?

I love his voice.  He sounds so kind, smexy, and really really smooth.  I listened all last weekend to him reading my words, and holy cow was that an experience.  With the entire series going into the Romance Escapes, I think you guys will have a great experience with this series.

Also, I've decided to update the covers, to go along with a new spin-off series that I'm doing to bring y'all some more stories for this series.  So be looking for something new from your boys, soon.

And that brings me to the spin-off portion of my little spiel...

Yup.  Some of them are moving.  There is a set of brothers whose parents live in Montana, and they've got to go see them, right?  Getting caught up in the romance of the area (and a little family responsibility), they decide to stay and open their own company, Rocco Securities.  They end up hiring a few cowboys to seed their personnel, because I've always wanted to write cowboy books, but never had the nerve, so I'm jumping in, lasso flailing.

I did have to get a day job to continue writing, but so far, so good! I have the rough draft of the next Pierce book, the first Rocco book is undergoing revisions, and Wire is being reviewed by Audible's ACX dept for publication.  Warren is starting Click in October!  (I have a plan for more Breast Cancer donations during the release of that one, so stay tuned for that.)  I'm in deep discussions with my cover designer at Book Wiz regarding the new look for the Pierce and Rocco boys.

So many things are happening!  2020 will be the year of Pierce and Rocco!  Hold on tight!

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