I already blogged about my adventures in mowing this week, but after two days of helping my brother-in-law and sister-in-law move into their new home I should have some muscles. And if I haven’t lost at least some weight, I’m going to be seriously irked. I even skipped dessert and a candy bar when I had the chance. Gotta do something to make sure I can wear my conference clothes come July.

It was a lovely weekend for moving. Warm, blue sky. The rain didn’t move in until hubby and I were on the drive back home.

It’s catch-up week for me — cleaning the house, running errands, paying bills, yard work, culling stuff to go to Goodwill, etc. I’m also going to work on handouts for the workshop I’m doing with YA author Julie Linker at the RWA National Conference this summer and start work on a new partial that will my agent will offer my editor at Harlequin American as my option book.

Okay, this week in books…

The winner of this week’s books is Tori Lennox! Girl, you come out of the woodwork and win. Send me your mailing address through the Contact page on this site, and I’ll get your books out to you.

Up for grabs this upcoming week are:

Key of Valor by Nora Roberts
Behind Enemy Lines by Cindy Dees
Milkrun by Sarah Mlynowski

Sorry, I didn’t post the list of books up for grabs last week, but they were:

Father of the Brood by Terry Essig
Key of Valor by Nora Roberts
A Charmed Place by Antoinette Stockenberg

The winner was…Jane! I’ll get the books out to you this week.

And speaking of this week, here’s the offerings you could win by commenting on one of this week’s posts:

Lord of Sin by Madeline Hunter
The Amethyst Crown by Katherine Deauxville
Perfect Ten by Bonnie Purcell

My Wet Noodle Posse pal Jill Monroe and her good friend, fellow author Gena Showalter, are known far and wide for their funny antics. This new “interview” Jill does with Gena just showcases it for the world to see. I had a good laugh at this, but at the same time it’s a fun way to get the word out about their books.

On the topic of author self-promotion, I had a funny dream this morning just before I woke up. I dreamed my husband bought me a PT Cruiser that had belonged to hugely successful romance author Nora Roberts. It was part of a promotional campaign, something like “Buy Nora Roberts’ Car”, and when I got in the car it was full of promo materials for Nora’s books — bookmarks, flyers, even a book signed to me and congratulating me on getting the car. Strange, huh? This might have been the combination of my current car recently hitting 250,000 miles and seeing some of Nora’s comments on a blog yesterday. Weird how the mind processes info while we’re asleep.

What are some of the best and most unusual methods of book self-promotion you’ve seen?

On the writing front, I’ve written 81 pages so far this week and that’s without writing on Tuesday, when I had a million other things to do. The goal is to finish the first draft of this book by the end of January.