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Chance didn’t expect to start his day in the back of a police cruiser. Lucky for him, the man behind the wheel is Chance’s best friend and onetime lover, Jaxon.
Jaxon wants Chance. He has since the first moment he set eyes on the sexy Librarian. Unfortunately, Chance always has bullshit going on, standing in their way. Most men would consider Chance more trouble than he’s worth. Not Jaxon. He can’t get enough of Chance’s constant drama. When Chance’s life spirals out of control—the way Chance’s life always seems to do—Jaxon rushes to the rescue only to end up screwing things up… again.
These two independent souls might drive each other mad, but there’s no denying their love, or the fiery hot passion brewing between them. If only Chance could stop lying to Jaxon, maybe they’d stand a chance.
Undone is a short introduction to Charity Parkerson’s new M/M series, Hooked. ​

Stop Wishing: Strategic Planning for Writers
By Maggie Worth
January 12th – February 29th, 2016
TRACK: Career
LENGTH: 7 weeks
$30 for Passionate Ink Members (25% OFF)
$36 for RWA Members (10% OFF)
$40 for Non-Members
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
As Barbara Freethy said in her Keynote Speech at RWA2015, every writer should have a strategic plan.
Everyone needs a strategic plan. And, but everyone, I mean corporations, small business owners, creatives, and individuals from high-schoolers on up. If you don’t have a plan, what you have is a wish. And wishes rarely get you where you want to go. While several books and blogs have been written on thi topic, most focus strictly on the actual documentation of the plan rather than on the thought process behind it. As writers, we know the folly of that! In fiction, so doing results in two-dimensional characters, flat story arcs, and loose ends all over the place. In planning, it often results in a beautiful concept that you either can’t or aren’t motivated to put into practice. What’s the point in that?
In this 7-week intensive class, you’ll learn how to craft a plan that really works from a master strategist with 20 years of professional experience. Similar workshops for small business owners will run you anywhere from $199 to more than a thousand dollars, so the Passionate Ink offering is a great deal. Plus, this isn’t just a generic workshop. Since our trainer is a multi-published erotic fiction writer herself, she understands the goals and conflicts writers — particularly romance writers and, even more particularly, erotic writers — tend to have in common. And she knows how to ask questions that will help you think about what you truly want to do and where you want to go while still considering career path options and what’s happening in the industry today. Further, the class doesn’t stop at the end of your written plan. We’ll also discuss how to put your plan into action and learn how to assess your plan regularly. We’ll wrap by talking briefly about how to integrate promotion and production plans into your overarching strategic plan. The goal is for you to end February with a sense of direction, some concrete goals, and both a plan and a passion for making your wishes reality.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Maggie is an author, speaker, business strategist, trainer, and freelance writer. She’s also a reader, life learner, dog schmuck, hair flower obsessionist, foodie, Oxford comma defender, life-integrationist and champion of thinking differently. During her 20-year career, she’s drafted literally hundreds of process manuals, press releases, how-tos, business plans, and lifestyle and career articles, as well as two textbooks and several award-winning marketing pieces and video scripts. She’s multi-published in light erotic romance as Maggie Montgomery and is working on a new romantic suspense series. Cozy mystery and a few random paranormal romances are on her horizon. Maggie is a member of RWA, GRW, Passionate Ink, and Mensa. Connect at her blog, UnderTheGazebo.com, or find her on Linked In as Maggie Worth or Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest as MaggieSheWrote.
Click here to register.
RWA Members should login to myRWA to receive their 10% discount. PI members, please visit the PI Workshops forum for more information.
***Permission to forward granted and encouraged.***

The Deadline for Passionate Ink’s 1st Annual Sexy Scribbles Contest is Dec 15!Give us their first meeting: their first kiss, or even their first time… We want to see your prowess at developing sexual tension in a scene of 3000 words or less. This contest is for published and unpublished authors. That’s right, UNpublished authors now have a contest, too!
Sign up to be a judge!
DATES:

• Contest Opens: October 15th 2015
• Entry Deadline: December 15th 2015
• Category Semi-Finalists announced: February 14, 2016
• Category Finalists announced: March 17, 2016
• Saucy Scribbler announced: April 17, 2016

See the contest page for rules, eligibility, and full details

PI members receive a discount on contest entry, as well as several wonderful benefits throughout the year. Come check us out. 
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This one is for the readers, even the author readers.

Inside a writer's mind is an ugly mess. It looks a lot like this: Oh my god! Why do I keep doing this? I think I suck at this. My book has been out forever and only has 2 reviews. Some dude on Goodreads has two accounts under the same name and he just 1-star rated all my books under both accounts. Now, I have 140 1-stars and hate life. Another advertising company just denied my book, because I guess my $800, I had to sell 2,400 books to make, isn't good enough for them. Freaking Amazon is paying half-a-cent a page now?! FML!! Damn. I need chocolate. Who drank all the wine? Oh, yeah, I finished that off after the 140 1-stars. I should quit, and adopt 50 cats. At least they'd love me.

Then, we go to Amazon and see your review, and you loved it. Our book made you laugh, cry, and tell all your friends. You threw it against the wall and then hugged it to your chest. Everything is right with our world again. 
You're the cure to our madness. Please keep spreading your magic. Keep reading and leaving reviews. {{HUGS}}