Sonja Foust, Romance Author

Readers, I am in a funk. A deep, dark, don’t-wanna-do-anything, I-suck-at-everything, childish, horrible funk. There is no good reason for said funk. It’s just a vaguely bad mood that’s been hanging around for weeks.

I’ve got some ideas to try for getting out of my funk and on with my life:

1. Exercise more. (Groan.)
2. Take a class or a workshop about something new.
3. Make some goals and start working on them.
4. Listen to some good songs.
5. Rearrange furniture in one room in the house.
6. Just get the hell OVER IT already.

Can you help me come up with some more? Leave your suggestions in the comments!

A little fun to get your Friday morning started…

You all knew I was a bad bad poet, right? If you didn’t, you haven’t been hanging around here long enough! My Twitter friend @glowbird has compiled a truly bad selection of poetry on her blog today for your viewing pleasure, and mine is among them. Please go visit and vote!

Bad Bad Poetry

If you haven’t already, check out part 1 and part 2 of my series on North Carolina authors. I promise I’ll still be here when you come back.

Back? Good. Here are some more great North Carolina authors!

Cindy Holby- Perhaps the author on my list with the widest spread of genre available. As Cindy Holby, she writes historicals. As Colby Hodge, she writes sci-fi. And, as Kassy Tayler, she writes young adult. My personal favorite book by Cindy is her young adult novel, Obsessing Orlando. Here’s my review:

Kassy Tayler really has a great voice for the YA market! I liked the believable 14-year-old-ness of her characters. It was fun without being too didactic, but still had good pieces of morals running throughout. Enjoyable, even though I’m an old coot!

Sabrina Jeffries- I do know Sabrina Jeffries, but I have to say that I was a fan even before I knew her, and I was a little star-struck when I first met her. I may have gushed. A little. Or a lot. Sabrina writes really sexy Regencies with lots of plot twists and hot heroes. She just wrapped up her School for Heiresses series. Here’s my review of the first in the School for Heiresses series, Never Seduce a Scoundrel:

If it’s one of Sabrina Jeffries’s scoundrels, I’d seduce him any day! I loved every page of seductresses and big, strapping soldiers. Amelia and Lucas were a well-matched pair of adventurers. As always in Sabrina’s novels, the plot was riveting, and I really felt attached to the characters by the end. Great, fun read and I can’t wait for the Scottish Scourge!

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My North Carolina Authors original post, Part 1 got so long that I had to start breaking it up! Go back and read part 1 first, and I’ll meet you here when you’re done.

Cool? Cool. Here are some more great North Carolina authors:

Claudia Dain- Claudia is, I think, one of the savviest people I know. She’s smart, funny, and has a business sense like you would not believe. All of that comes through in her books, I think. I really enjoyed some of her older books, and now she’s got a series out with a completely different tone than her older books, which I also love. It centers around a smart, funny, savvy woman. Imagine that! Here’s my review of The Courtesan’s Daughter, the first in her courtesan series.

I heard the author refer to this book as a “romp,” and I couldn’t agree more. The playful, fast-paced back and forth between the large cast of characters will keep you turning pages and laughing as you go. Enjoyable read, well done, and lots of fun!

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North Carolina is packed with authors. There are tons. Tons, I tell you. By request of @glowbird (thanks!) I’m going to give you my list of authors that I know, and a bit about some of their books. (Most of these are going to be romance authors, because those are the people I know, but check below my list for places to find more NC authors, romance and otherwise.)

This post got really long really fast, so this is just part 1. Stay tuned for more North Carolina authors in the near future!

Elizabeth Amber- She writes really steamy stuff! I have some of her books in my TBR pile, but haven’t read them yet, but I have it on good authority that if you like erotic romance, she’s the author to try!

Jenna Black- Scary, sexy paranormal stuff is her bag. She’s got 2 different series going right now, and another on the way. Here’s my review of The Devil Inside to get you started on her urban fantasy Morgan Kinsley series: (more…)