author photo for Atlantis

this one is more recent than my now 5 year old 'use for everything' pic - what do you think? does it look like somebody who could write dark, sexy Warriors? (photo by Tara Kearney)

Collages

I have Jenny Crusie and Barbara Samuel to blame, er, thank for this idea. Making a collage to represent the feel of a book and spark your creativity. This is the one I did for ATLANTIS RISING, and I have to admit that looking at it when I was staring off into space, while working on the book, did help center me in my world.

ONLY SIX WEEKS TILL RELEASE DAY!!!

And I'm pleased to announce that ATLANTIS RISING will be the featured Book Club discussion book in Jenny Crusie's Cherry forums for mid-April!

I'm waiting on copyedits for Wild Hearts in Atlantis, which is Book 2, Bastien's story, which will show up in May in the anthology WILD THING with Maggie Shayne, Marjorie Liu, and Meljean Brook. Which makes me want to change my name to start with an M . . .

And then back to work on one of alter-ego Alesia's next mystery release, so I can dive into ATLANTIS AWAKENING. It's going to be a busy year! Love it!

Procrastination, she is deadly

Hundreds of people are participating in the Thursday Thirteen, which seems like tons of fun but sadly there's no way I have time to do it!! But I thought I'd take a stab at a single instance of 13'ing on Thursday:

Thirteen Ways I like to procrastinate
1. Big surprise - surfing the blogosphere!
2. Organizing my office
3. Going to the bookstore and buying my friends' books
4. Baking. Lots and lots of baking. Did you mention that you'd like for me to send you 10 dozen cookies?
5. Movies. In the theater, from Netflix, the classic movie channel. Love 'em. Popcorn optional
6. Playing with my two pugs
7. Cleaning out my closet. Every deadline that rolls around, my closet is spotless and color coordinated. Sadly, I'm not kidding.
8. E-mail. It's addictive. Anybody getting one of those new Treos?
9. Downloading music. I can spend hours on this.
10. Research. Because I have to have every single detail right before I can write another page, right?
11. Reorganizing the kitchen cupboards. Last night I did the pantry. How do I own 9 boxes of cereal?
12. Going out to eat. Someplace I have to drive at least 30 minutes to get to . . .
13. Reading books that OTHER people had to meet deadlines on!!!

The reviews are coming in!!

Wow! Sarah W. at Romance Junkies.com had this to say:

"Alyssa Day roars onto the paranormal scene with this tense and magnetic read."

I told my family that magnetic people shouldn't have to do dishes, and they fell for it. Thanks, Sarah and Romance Junkies!!

Interview with an editor

My brilliant and wonderful and very hard-working editor Cindy Hwang, to be exact! See what she has to say about the sizzling paranormal romance genre at Dear Author.

Happy New Year!

New year and new me. I'm not one for resolutions, but this year I've decided to be happier. That's it. Quit worrying about things that are outside of my control and focus on the work and my Muse and live in the present. Remember that story about the ant and the grasshopper? I've lived my life as an ant and am resolved to be more grasshopperish.

buzz in the funniest places

So, as heard on the Pampered Puppy circuit, ATLANTIS RISING is getting buzz from even the classiest canines . . .
Is it too much of a groaner to say I howled??

New website launch contest!!

I'm launching my new Alyssa Day website, which is utterly gorgeous -- and full credit goes to my brilliant web designers at Romance Designs, Deb and Tara -- and thought I'd celebrate with a contest!!

So here goes: I'll use my handy "random number generator contest winner picker" to choose 25 of the first two hundred people who sign up for my Members-Only page to win a FREE AUTOGRAPHED copy of ATLANTIS RISING! The winners will be emailed and listed here in early January (happy New Year!), so you can provide a mailing address. Good luck!! And thanks for checking out my Warriors of Poseidon - you'll be glad you did!

A video for my birthday!

I'm on YouTube! Go here for a sneak peek at my new world as a birthday gift from me to you!

Almost final cover art!!

And the advance buzz is very exciting - Here is what New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan had to say about ATLANTIS RISING:

"Alyssa Day creates an amazing and astonishing world in ATLANTIS RISING you'll want to visit again and again. ATLANTIS RISING is romantic, sexy and utterly compelling. I loved it!"

and

New York Times bestselling author Susan Squires said:

"Alyssa Day's characters grab you and take you on a whirlwind adventure. I haven't been so captivated by characters or story in a long time. Enjoy the ride!"

I'm so excited I can hardly wait till March!! Stay tuned for a chance to win an Advance Reader's Copy of the book!

Great quote for ATLANTIS RISING!

Fab paranormal author Susan Kearney just weighed in with her opinion of ATLANTIS RISING:

Wow! Alyssa Day writes marvelous paranormal romance set on earth.
- USA Today Best-selling Author Susan Kearney

Counting down the days until the March launch!

Cover art - and I DO mean art!!!!

Meet Conlan. This is the abso-freaking-lutely gorgeous cover art for ATLANTIS RISING - before any of the words are put on it to interfere with our total enjoyment of his . . um, the ruins. Right. The ruins at the bottom. Yes, I have the best editor in the entire world and clearly, the most talented art director.

ATLANTIS RISING cover copy

is here - and it ROCKS!!!

ATLANTIS RISING by Alyssa Day

Eleven thousand years ago, before the seas swallowed the Atlantaens, Poseidon assigned a few chosen warriors to act as sentinels for humans in the new world. There was only one rule—desiring them was forbidden. But rules were made to be broken…

When she calls…
Riley Dawson is more than a dedicated Virginia Beach social worker. She’s blessed with a mind link that only Atlantaens have been able to access for thousands of years. Being an “empath” may explain her wistful connection to the roiling waves of the ocean, the sanctuary it provides, and the sexual urges that seem to emanate from fathoms below…

He will come.
Conlan, the High Prince of Atlantis, has surfaced on a mission to retrieve Poseidon’s stolen Trident. Yet something else has possessed Conlan: the intimate emotions—and desires—of a human. Irresistibly drawn to the uncanny beauty, Conlan soon shares more than his mind. But in the midst of a battle to reclaim Poseidon’s power, how long can a forbidden love last between two different souls from two different worlds?