Reviews have been pouring in, and they are absolutely stellar.  They're consistently the best reviews I've ever had for any of my books.

Readers will feel as if they can touch the connection sizzling between the duo. This story will have readers on the edge of their seats and begging for more. -- RT Bookclub Magazine

The last in an epic journey, Twilight Fulfilled left me laughing, cheering, squealing, and ultimately crying; all with a smile. -- Michelle Olson, LiteralAddiction.com

This is supposedly the finale of this groundbreaking, magnificent series. I pray to all that is holy that this is not true. It's like the breaking up of the Beatles...   -- You Gotta Read Reviews

I've produced a new video book trailer too:

We've just heard that audio rights have sold, and that the audio release from Audible.com will also be in October.  There's no link yet, but I believe it will go live on October 1st at Audible.com

We're celebrating the Wings in the Night series with a Vampire Video Contest over at my Youtube Channel.  Readers made videos about what Wings in the Night has meant to them, and the winners are being decided by viewer vote.  The voting only goes a few more days--winners will be chosen on the 15th.  (Prizes include a Kindle and more, details on the CONTEST page.) So go watch the videos and cast your vote by email to be a part of the fun.  The videos are WONDERFUL.  Vote for the winner by email to VampireVideos@authorslifesaver.com

My September is filled with Promotional Appearances as follows:

*September 23rd: Paranormal Romance Blog

*September 15th: Romance Junkies Blog 

*September 25th: Literal Addiction: All my vamps will be chatting with you.

*October 3rd: Appearance and Interview at THE WRITERS LOUNGE on Blog Talk Radio.

These, in addition to my regular Thursday posts at Storybroads, and periodic updates at Shayne's Shenanigans.

Meanwhile, I'm hard at work polishing the final draft of the first title of my new trilogy, The Portal.  Book 1, MARK OF THE WITCH, releases just about exactly a year from now, in October 2012.  It's original due date, the date I was supposed to finish it and have it on my editor's desk, was 9/1.  I had to ask for a two week extension, which isn't really very long, and which was generously granted.  It will be done by the 15th, I have no doubt.  Okay, I have some doubts.  But I'm determined!   And it's going beautifully, some of the best writing I think I've ever done.  My heroine, Indira Simon, is one of my favorites ever.  A Brooklyn girl, with attitude to spare, a lapsed Wiccan who works at a Flower Shop and believes in nothing, but is chosen to wield power beyond her imagining.  Her hero is a priest with a mission-to stop her.  Yeah, talk about conflict.  I'm loving this book!

Why was I late, you wonder?  Well, read on.  It's all under the heading of "Family."

The past few weeks have been absolutely jam-packed with events here at Shayne-Central, so I'll move straight on to the "Personal  Update" segment of this post.  First:  I'm a Grammy!  (Again!)  On Wednesday, August 24th, my daughter Jessica (AKA, The Author's Life Saver) gave birth to little Brett Caleb Lewis!  He weighed a little over 7 lbs.  There were some scary complications, and the baby aspirated stuff he shouldn't have, and wound up serving a brief sentence in the Neonatal ICU at Wilson Hospital in Binghamton.  But it all turned out just fine, and he is home and thriving now.  We had a long, scary night, and a lot of worrying over the following days, but as I said, it's all good now.  Thank goodness! 

Less than 72 hours later, we had the second huge event of August.  On August 27th, at the gorgeous Hope Lake Lodge Mountain Resort in Virgil (though it claims to be in Cortland) NY, my daughter Stacie and new son-in-law Chris, were married.  Oh, it was a beautiful day!  The sun shone, the sunset was spectacular, and Stacie was absolutely beautiful.  Jessica even managed to make it to the ceremony and perform her duty as a bridesmaid, even though little Brett Caleb was still in the hospital.  And I'm so glad she did, because it wouldn't have been complete without her.  It was truly a beautiful wedding.  When Stacie stepped down out of the horse drawn carriage in her gown, I burst into tears.  It was just magickal!  Oh, here's a link to the rest of the photos (the ones I took anyway) at my Picasa page.  Check them out, (after you finish reading this, of course!) 

And then life rolled on.  And another 72 hours later, (well, more like 80) the next big gigantic thing happened.  This one, not so nice.  Another of my daughters, Katie, had a falling out with her husband of just over a year.  While she was working the night shift as an Emergency Room nurse, he went on an alcohol-induced rampage in her home, destroying everything he could, which was a lot.  He then took her car and wrecked it.  We spent days cleaning up and filing for orders of protection.  I got a lot of footage of the damage for evidence and ended up making a powerful video about what happened. 

We're using it to kick off a new website to raise funds for Katie's recovery and legal costs, and giving away tons of prizes, including critiques from a number of authors, autographed books, an ebook formatting service from Jessica at Authorslifesaver.com, a three month mentorship from another author, and more coming in all the time.  Donors get tickets to the drawing/s of their choice, and we draw for prizes every Monday.  It's a lot of fun for a good cause, and it's a site we intend to keep going into the future. This year, it's for Katie.  Next time, we'll raise funds for area women's shelters and other resources that empower women and help them rise from the ashes of domestic violence.  The site is http://www.women4change.com

And today, another big hit.  My daughter Stacie, freshly back from her honeymoon, is watching the water rise in her home as our area experiences record setting flooding due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.  Much of Binghamton has been evacuated.  She's in one of the hardest hit areas, the town of Newark Valley, but has not been told to leave.  It would be pretty hard to do at this point anyway.  Water's within two stair-steps of the top of the basement stairs and rising.  I'll keep posting on Twitter with updates. Serenity is on high ground, but even here the ditches are flooding into the roads.

So that's all been the past two weeks. During which time we also had an earthquake! (I felt the trembler in my office, though it was too far away to do any damage. Just very unique--we never feel quakes in central NY and I was stunned.  Stunned!)  And a hurricane by the name of Irene, which caused things to get soggy, but kindly delayed its arrival until the morning after Stacie's wedding. 

Lee is hitting our area far harder than Irene did.  I'm advising everyone to face Texas and blow as hard as they can.  They're suffering drought and wildfires there, so let's send some of this rain their way.

Stay safe my friends, wherever you are.  Curl up where it's high and dry, or cool and fireproof, with a good book.  I'll be doing the same!   Until next time,

Maggie