Can you tell I watched Crazy, Stupid Love recently?

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: routine is essential for writing.  Because for most of us, writing is a necessary chore – like sit-ups.  With sit-ups, we very, very much want the end result (a six pack worthy of Ryan Gosling, of course) but the work to get there is haaaaaaaaard.  And booooooooooooring.   But the work must be done – hell, the work must be enjoyed – to get the end result.  Thus, you need a routine, to get those sit-ups in every day.  Or that word count.

The good thing is, once you’ve been doing those sit-ups a while, you actually begin to like it.  Heck, you being to crave it.  And suddenly one day you realize you have Ryan Gosling abs.  Or, in a writer’s case, a finished project.  None of which is achievable without a day to day routine.

So what’s my routine, you might ask?  Well, it involves a hearty amount of procrastination and a cow’s worth of lattes, but the day is not allowed to be over until I hit my word count.  So usually, sometime in mid-morning, I will have read over the entire internet and settle in to get work done.  That’s all there is to it.  Just getting the work done.

Sounds boring, I know.  I bet you were hoping for some kind of magical, third-eye focusing trick that lets me get work done and still have time to have a life.  Well there’s not.  In fact, I’m not allowed a life until work is done.  It’s all about being in the chair.  And it’s a chair – and a routine – my butt has missed for the past few months.

One other part to my regular routine is a website contest – of which there is a new one!  Prize is your choice of my backlist, and a winner is drawn every two weeks.  AND once you enter, you’re entered for the entire 4 month life of the contest, so plenty of chances to win!

That’s all for now kids, plenty of butt-in-chair time for me this week.  Until later – happy reading!

Whew!  The If I Fall Blog Tour has finally reached the station, and we can all disembark.  I don’t know about you guys, but I’m exhausted.  But if you want to relive some of the fun we had (or if you missed one of the stops) here’s a comprehensive blog tour round up:

March 27^th –             Smexybooks
March 29^th –             Elizabeth Boyle’s Blog
April 2^nd –            Coffee Time Romance
April 2^nd –             The Booksmugglers
April 3^rd –            RomCon Inc.
April 5^th –             Novel Thoughts Blog with Stefanie Sloane, Romance at Random
April 6^th –             The Season
April 9^th –            Babbling About Books and More
April 11^th –            Romance Reader at Heart
April 11^th –             USA Today Happily Ever After Interview
April 12^th –            Jaunty Quills
April 13^th –             The Romance Dish
April 17^th –            Tote Bags N’ Blogs
April 19^th –             Vauxhall Vixens
April 23^rd –             Girlfriend’s Blog
April 25^th –             Vanessa Kelly’s Blog
April 26^th –            Romantic Crush Junkies
May 1^st –               Book Lovers, Inc.
May 10^th –            Writer’s Space
May 11^th –             Bookworm 2 Bookworm

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by on the tour – you guys are what makes this job so fantastic.  I had a wonderful time, and can’t wait for the next one!

I have a long week of writing in front of me, there are some new and interesting things coming up in the Nobleverse, so stay tuned.  Until next time, sweets – Happy Reading!

Welcome everyone, to the day after May Day!  I love May Day, don’t you?  The complete celebration of spring, the dancing around the Maypole with ribbons crossing…

Oh, who am I kidding?  You don’t want to hear about that.  You want to hear about the winner of the super big prize in my website contest!  So, without further ado, the winner is….

JENNIFER BOYETT!

Huge congratulations to Jen!  You have won my complete autographed backlist — that’s Compromised, Revealed, The Summer of You, and Follow My Lead – as well as a $25 gift card to Amazon, so you can round out your Kate Noble collection with If I Fall, and The Dress of the Season.  (If you want to, that is.  No pressure.  I’m not gonna tell you how to spend your gift card.)

The contest is now closed, but fear not — there will be a new contest up in the next few days, so stay tuned.

But if your sad without a contest, cheer up — there are only a few more stops left on the If I Fall Blog Tour, but at least one of them is going to have a giveaway.  Keep you eyes open for them!

That’s all for me for now — I’ve got a TON of writing to do this week, so I’d better hop to it!

Until later, sweets, Happy Reading!

It’s also my turn over at the Ballroom Blog!  I’m already in trouble with Lady B, though — which is I suppose what happens when your hero decides to sail his ship directly into the ballroom, via the garden wall.

It’s always exciting here in the Nobleverse, so stay tuned for more goodness!

Until later, sweets — Happy Reading!

Next, I’m also hanging out with Maya Rodale — one of the founders of Lady Jane’s Salon, and a fantastic historical romance author to boot.  She asks me her infamous Heroine Questionnaire.  And you never know what’s going to happen when we start talking heroines.

Other than that, a lot of fun things going on this week — and a lot of writing.  Until later, my friends — Happy Reading!

A Vixen of Vauxhall!

Today, I am talking casting with the Vauxhall Vixens.  Who would you cast as the leads in the inevitable movie adaptation of your novel?  For me, in If I Fall it’s a certain six-packed Texan (provided he can do a British accent, of course) and a fair English rose.  Also, there’s a giveaway, so head on over!

Until next time kids, Happy Reading!

Also, in some fun news, If I Fall was named one of The Season’s Top Picks for April!  Are you excited? I’m excited.

That’s all for today — don’t forget about my website contest!  The prize this month is phenomenal:  my entire signed backlist PLUS a $25 Amazon gift card, so you can fill out your Kate Noble collection!

Back again soon, until then — Happy Reading!

Also, we’ll be doing a giveaway too, so head on over and read about my pain!

There will be many more blog tour stops next week, so stay tuned for more to come!  Until then, happy reading!

At dawn, we write!

Hey all!  The If I Fall Blog Tour has a double stop today!  I am so excited to be interviewed by the awesome (and thorough!) Pamela Clare at USA Today’s Happily Ever After Blog.  It was a really fun interview, you should check it out.

(Also, you should check out the great review (eeee!  Good reviews!) USA Today posted about If I Fall as well.  It makes me do a happy dance.)

My second blog tour stop today is as a guest at the Jaunty Quills, where the wonderful Shana Galen and I discuss cover art, the case of wit v. poignancy, and CELEBRITY STAR SIGHTINGS!  Tell us the star you would most like to see across a crowded room, and possibly win a copy of If I Fall!

I hope you all are enjoying the blog tour so far –  in fact, it has me already planning my next one.  Do you guys have any suggestions for places I should go (physical or internet) for my next book release?  I’m taking all suggestions!

Until later kids, happy reading!

While all these giveaways are happening on other sites, I don’t want you to forget about the contest going on here on this website.  There’s a fantastic prize — all four of my backlisted books (autographed, naturally), plus a $25 gift card to Amazon — so you can fill out your Kate Noble collection!

More to come very soon, but until then, kids, happy reading!