D. D. Scott-ville

CARATS and COCONUTS - Cozy Cash Mystery #3 - is Here!!!

2012-03-06T02:30:00.004-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!!!

Ohhh yeahhh...let's start Happy Dancin' together...

CARATS and COCONUTS - Cozy Cash Mystery #3 - is here!!!

CARATS and COCONUTS on Amazon

on B&N Nook

at Smashwords

Welcome Back to my Cozy Cash Mystery World!!!

Here's the scoop:

Think Will and Kate gone Bond, James Bond in the gem smuggling world of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest...with the help of Grams, who now has a Queen of Crabby Maxine fixation.

There’s crazy.

Then there’s a cut above crazy.

And when your parents are two of the world’s top gemologists, you not only learn to deal with cuts – brilliant, baguette, briolette and the list goes on - but you also get damn good at dealin’ with the crazies that those cuts bring into your life. And by crazies, think the smugglers and thieves who transport gems around the globe.

So yeah, as you can imagine, Zoey Witherspoon’s life has been anything but Mayberry. And she doesn’t see that changing anytime soon.

As a Designer and Stylist to The Stars, a fairly new PI, and now the Princess of Caserta, she’s got one crazy-packed resume. As if that’s not enough, she’s also the daughter of George and Suzie Witherspoon of Witherspoon & Witherspoon, the world’s premiere gem vault and lapidary.

The world can’t responsibly deal with the kinds of wealth her parents cut from rocks. The gem trade breeds its own kind of terror. And Zoey’s about to put an end to it...or at least the part of it she knows how to stop. Unless the smugglers stop her first.

Bonus Content Included:

In case you missed my Cozy Cash Mystery Christmas Novella - HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO - which gives you a superfab fun set-up to CARATS AND COCONUTS – or missed A CUT ABOVE CRAZY (the prequel to CARATS AND COCONUTS)...no worries...’cause they’re both included!

***I'm treatin' ya to three stories for just 99 Cents!!! Plus...y'all get a Sneak Peek at my new series - The Stuck with a Series - which debuts later this month with Book One - Stuck with a Stiff!!!***

Happy Reading, D. D. Scott-ville!

And thanks sooo very much for all your enthusiasm regarding the release of this next Cozy Cash Mystery!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart Carats & Coconuts Wishes --- D. D. Scott

I'm Giving Away Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mysteries Today...Plus, It's Your Last Two Days to Enter to Win a Kindle Fire From The RG2E!!!

2012-02-28T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

While we all anxiously await for Cozy Cash Mystery #3 - CARATS & COCONUTS - to go live on Amazon, Nook and Smashwords, I've got several chances for y'all to win superfab treats!!!

Today, on my new site The RG2E - The Reader's Guide to Epublishing, I'm giving away up to 50 Ebook Gift Copies of...

THE MOM SQUAD MINI-MAYHEM MYSTERIES

What are The Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mysteries?

Each Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery (short story) will feature at least one of The Mom Squad quirky-crazy, blue-haired Charlie's Angels wanna-be's!

Yep..."that" Mom Squad...from both The Bootscootin' Books and the Cozy Cash Mysteries too!

You'll get to meet their extended families PLUS learn the unique skill each Mom Squad Member has been trained-to by The Cozy Cash Mysteries' QuarterMaster R.

FLUID FULFILLMENT – Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #1 - features Roxy's mom Lily Vaughn, who some say is now fairly gifted in Jujitsu. Think Victoria's Secret meets Kill Bill.

***Note: FLUID FULFILLMENT hit Amazon Kindle's Top 100 Short Story Bestseller List on its very first day!!!

In LICENSED FOR LOVE, think Roz Focker of Meet the Fockers as The Terminator’s new Sarah Connor – partnered with - Cliff the Mailman from Cheers.

LICENSED FOR LOVE – Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #2 - features Jules’ Aunt Tulip, who rumor has it, is now not just a sex therapist, but also a femme fatale.

She’s licensed on all-things-love plus licensed to kill. And guess what? It’s hunting season...

In addition...just a quick reminder, you've got till March 1st to enter to win our first RG2E Ereader Giveaway - a Kindle Fire!!! Here's the scoop on how to enter:

http://bit.ly/xeNvzz

Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott-ville Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Sexy Sassy Smart...Snuggies and Ereading

2012-02-21T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

For Valentine's Day, my DH got me something I've been wanting for quite a while now...

A Snuggie!!!

Yep...an "as seen on TV" Snuggie!!! LOL!!!

I've been wanting to snuggle-up in a Snuggie while I read, and now I can!!!

But wait...there's more...just like the infomercials say...

That also got me to thinking about my Reading Habits in general...well, my new Snuggie got me thinking, along with a superfab new addition to my RG2E site...

The RG2E Reader2Author Interviews

This coming Sunday, the A-mazing Alicia Street will kick-off these one-of-a-kind interviews...interviews in which authors are interviewed by YOU...our over the moon wonderful readers!!!

How cool is that?!

Another fun thing we'll be doing at The RG2E is taking in depth looks at all of our reading habits.

For example, in this new Ereading World, how have our Reading Habits changed?

Here's a Sneak Peek into my Reading Habits:

I should begin by saying that it’s literally totally Ereading for me now. I can’t tell you the last time I was in a bookstore, and I honestly don’t remember the last time I read a print book...t’s been that long ago!!!

I’ve learned that with Ereading, I now enjoy reading several books at once. It’s just sooo darn easy to click between books. I always have one non-fiction going at the same time as one each in the following fiction genres: romantic comedy, humorous mystery, thriller, and usually one of Gordon Kirkland’s humorous essay collections too.

I Eread in my fave reading chair with my Snuggie on and my Kindle in my lap and a cup of coffee, tea or a cocktail close-by. I also take my Kindle whenever I have an appointment with an expected waiting period.

I Eread for pleasure in the evenings.

I Eread for business and/or craft during the day – for example, I also read all industry blogs via my Kindle (if they’re available with a Kindle Subscription...which most are now).

I think we’re gonna learn a ton from all of you A-mazing Readers with these kind of RG2E Reader2Author Interviews, and it will be very valuable info to help us as authors better connect with YOU - our readers and fans.

See you at The RG2E this coming Sunday (February 26th)!!!

In the mean time, it's your turn, D. D. Scott-ville: How many Snuggie owners do we have in D. D. Scott-ville? And how 'bout reading habits of your own? When and Where do you read? And do you Eread, Print Read or Both? And if you Eread, which Ereader do you use?

Behind and Beyond My Books: Carats and Coconuts - Cozy Cash Mystery #3

2012-02-14T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

With Cozy Cash Mystery #3 - CARATS & COCONUTS - about to be released (within the next ten days), I thought I'd treat you to the "Behind and Beyond" of this book.

For CARATS & COCONUTS:

Think Will and Kate gone Bond, James Bond in the gem smuggling world of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest...oh, and with the help of Grams, who now has a Queen of Crabby Maxine fixation.

And on that note...

One of the questions most asked of authors is:

How do you get your story ideas?

So, why "gem smuggling"?

Here's the scoop:

About three years ago now, The DH and I visited The Smithsonian to see, among other things, The National Gem Collection.

In the museum's gift shop, I found the gorgeous coffee table book above, plus the following titles:

The crowd around The Hope Diamond was so huge, it took me forever to get close enough to see it. And it was the same way throughout every room of the gem exhibit. You couldn't move without hearing another "oooo" or "ahhhh" and a "look at that thing"!

I was every bit as mesmerized too by the glittering razzle-dazzle of some of the world's most brilliant jewels. But the storyteller in me was every bit as enamored by the stories and mysteries and danger behind these jewels ending up in the highly-secured cases I was standing in front of three to four-people deep.

At the time, I had no idea how I'd work these into a book or which book for that matter.

I only knew that someday I'd write about this world and the stories behind all its bling and sparkle.

And wow...that world is far, far from the pretty nature of the gem stones it produces.

I hope, with Carats & Coconuts, y'all join me in helping to stop the dangerous and deadly cycles of violence caused by the trade and smuggling of conflict gems.

How can you help?

By buying faux stones used by designers in all kinds of superfab fun Costume/Fashion Jewely.

Costume/Fashion Jewelry rocks!

And by buying those pieces, instead of jewelry made of real stones, you very well could be saving the lives of many of the world's poorest indigenous populations.

The Best of D. D. Scott-ville Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Nothin' Beats Treatin' Readers to Free Ebook Gift Copies - From The RG2E!!!

2012-02-07T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!!!

It's been a little less than one week since the launch of my new site!!!

The RG2E

launched February 1st, and we've already Ebook Gift Copied over 100 Ebooks to our readers!!!

RG2E = The Reader's Guide to Epublishing

And here's what it's all about...

Nothin' beats treatin' readers to Free Ebook Gift Copies!!!

Why are we doing this? And why did I create The RG2E?

We're treating readers to Free Ebook Gift Copies - and in the format of your choice, based on which Ereaders and/or Apps you prefer to read on or with - because there's simply no better way to introduce y'all to great books by great new Indie Epub Authors than by giving you Free Ebooks!!!

It's a way we can help you find new Ebooks in all your fave genres as well as give you a superfab Free and easy way to try new genres and authors too!

I created The RG2E as an extension of my WG2E (The Writer's Guide to Epublishing) brand, which is:

Writers Helping Writers Reach Readers

And there's no better way to reach all you superfab readers than to gift you with a ton of Free Ebooks, right?!

Each day at The RG2E, we have several different Ebooks featured in what we call our Ebooks of The Day (EOTD).

You can sign-up to receive The RG2E via Email (the sign-up box is at the top of our right sidebar), which lists each day's featured EOTD.

You can also then go to individual pages on The RG2E site highlighting Ebooks in the genres you luuuvvv. For example, if Romance is your kinda read, just go to our Eread Romance Page, and you'll see all the Romance EOTD we've featured as well as bunches of extra superfab fun scoop on each book as well as its author(s) too!

We're not just givin' away Ebooks at The RG2E. We're also - beginning later this month - going to be giving away at least one Ereader per month as well!!! (Stay tuned for all the rules and scoop on those giveaways too!)

Go on over to The RG2E, D. D. Scott-ville, then let us know what you think of the new site!

Oh, and all you have to do to be eligible to win your choice of each day's EOTD is:

1. Make sure you’ve signed-up for The RG2E via Email (you’ll find the sign-up box at the top of the right sidebar on our Home Page)…you only have to do this once.

2. Each day then, simply leave a comment in our Comments Section as to which Ebook you’d like and for which Ereader.

The Best of D. D. Scott-ville and RG2E Ereading Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Welcome to The WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies - The Viva La Valentine Edition!

2012-01-31T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!!!

And

WELCOME TO THE WG2E ALL-FOR-INDIES ANTHOLOGIES
(VIVA LA VALENTINE EDITION)

When just one year ago, I brainstormed The WG2E – The Writer’s Guide to Epublishing – your destination site for all-things-Epublishing, I never in my wildest, most spectacular dreams imagined I’d end up creating a site which now gets over one million hits per month and is the first visit of the day for over 4500 Indie Epublished Writers and Authors!

At The WG2E, it’s all about finding ways to Pay It Forward, both to our fellow writers and to all our superfab readers too.

We simply luuuvvv treating readers to great books for great prices and helping our fellow authors find new readers around the globe.

With this Second Edition of our WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies, we’re treating you to a terrific, one-of-a-kind approach to the anthology concept.

You’ll get a variety of genres all packaged together and with a variety of story lengths – from short-shorts, to short and novella length too - as a wonderful way to discover authors new to you!

In addition, each WG2E Anthology is based on a different theme.

Here’s what we mean by that...

In our WG2E Winter Viva La Valentine Anthology, we’re treating you to stories that yes, have a Valentine’s Day element, but you’ll never think of Valentine’s Day in quite the same way.

For example:

“What happens if you’re stuck with a schmuck on Cupid’s Big Day?” for D. D. Scott’s STUCK WITH A SCHMUCK

“Love can be a real show or tell” for Talli Roland’s YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME

“What’s better than a little chocolate on Valentine’s Day?” for Chicki Brown’s YOU MAKE FEEL BRAND NEW

“Books aren’t the only things you can check out at the library” for Lisa Lim’s LOVE IN THE STACKS

“Who knew Cupid was such a Ladies’ Man and that Guardian Angels have a super-steamy side?” for Melanie Ainsworth’s CHERUB’S CHOICE

“Valentines, Vampires and Key Lime Pie” for Buck Buchanan’s HEART BREAKER

“What happens when The Grinch plays Cupid?” for Sheila Seabrook’s THE VALENTINE GRINCH

“What if Cupid couldn't find you because you were too busy being busy?” for Diane Vallere’s INDEPENDENCE DAY

“One cab ride can change your heart forever” for Christy Hayes’ GOOD LUCK, BAD TIMING, AND WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

Happy Reading and Welcome Back to our WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies!

***This edition will be live any moment now, and I'll post the links as soon as I have them!!!

Viva La Valentine on Kindle

Nook

Smashwords

The Best of Reading Wishes ---
D. D. Scott
Co-Founder of The WG2E

P.S. Watch for The WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies Spring Fling Edition coming in April 2012!!!

P.S.S. And in case you missed the Winter Wonderland Edition, here's the scoop on that edition too:

The WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies (Winter Wonderland Edition)

I've Got a New Treat for all you Superfab D. D. Scott-ville Readers - The RG2E - The Reader's Guide to Epublishing!

2012-01-24T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

I've got a wonderful new treat for all you superfab D. D. Scott-ville Readers...coming soon - February 1st to be exact!

The RG2E - The Reader's Guide to Epublishing

The RG2E - The Reader's Guide to Epublishing - is going to be a sister site to the site I co-founded The WG2E - The Writer's Guide to Epublishing.

And just as their names indicate...

The WG2E is for all my superfab fellow Writers.

The RG2E will be for all you superfab Readers!!!

What I envision and am in the process of creating is a site that will be a one-of-a-kind, Author-Reader interactive, destination site for all-things Ereading.

Unlike many Ereading sites you see out there, we won't be limiting our featured Ebooks to just one Ereading device. So, in other words, that means it doesn't matter if you choose to Eread on an Amazon Kindle, a Barnes & Noble Nook, a Sony Reader, Kobo, iPad or any other version, we'll feature books you can read on all of these Ereading devices.

In addition, most Ereading sites just feature one Ebook a Day. But that means, if you don't like that genre, then there's nothing for you on that given day. Not so at The RG2E, we'll be featuring a variety of genres and sub-genres each and every day, 7 days per week-365 days per year, so there will always be something there that might interest you.

Very cool and unique so far, right?

But ohhh yeahhh...you know it! LOL! In D. D. Scott-ville, there's always more...

We'll have a ton of Author-Reader Interactive Events, including, but not limited too:

1. Author Interviews done by you...one of that author's fans!

2. Tons, tons, tons (did I say tons?!) of Ereader Giveaways...that's right, you want a new Ereader? You might just win one on The RG2E!!!

3. Tons, tons, tons (did I say tons again?!) of Ebook Giveaways...that's right, we're also not just featuring a plethora of Ebooks each and every day, we're E-Gifting a ton of 'em every day too!!! We want to help you fill your Ereaders with great books for great prices!!!

4. A totally out-of-the-park cool monthly E-newsletter where you'll hear from your fave authors and new authors too...and you'll hear things about 'em you'll never find anywhere else!

5. Instead of around 250 - 350 featured books per year, we'll give shout-outs and features to over 3,650 Ebooks per year!

Tons of superfab fun stuff, right?!

Here's more scoop on The RG2E and how we're building it:

The RG2E is Coming Soon!

We Need Your Help Choosing The Genres for The RG2E Ebooks of The Day

And as that second link says, we need all you D. D. Scott-ville Readers' input too!!!

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: Which are your fave genres to read and genres you'd like to see featured on The RG2E? Oh, and what kinds of cool scoop would you like to know about the authors and books you're reading? Also, what price do you find reasonable for Ebooks?

The Best of The RG2E Ereading Wishes --- D. D. Scott

No Worries If You Missed Hullabaloo and Holly Too - My First Cozy Cash Mystery Christmas Novella!

2012-01-17T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

My Cozy Cash Mystery #3 - CARATS & COCONUTS - is just about here (be watching for the release on or around January 30th)!

Last week, I treated you to a Sneak Peek at the first couple of chapters...

I also wanted to let y'all know that there's no need to worry in case you missed my Cozy Cash Mystery Christmas Novella - HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO - which gives you a superfab fun set-up to CARATS & COCONUTS.

HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO was featured in a Christmas Anthology entitled MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE, which unfortunately is no longer available.

But again...no worries for those of you who missed the anthology...

I've decided to include HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO in CARATS & COCONUTS.

So you're gonna get HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO, along with A CUT ABOVE CRAZY (the prequel to CARATS & COCONUTS) as well as CARATS & COCONUTS, all for 99 Cents!!!

Nothin' beats treatin' y'all to great books for great prices!!!

Happy Reading!!! --- D. D. Scott

Cozy Cash Mystery #3 - CARATS and COCONUTS: Sneak Peek Excerpt

2012-01-09T02:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

Uhmmmm yeah...I know it's Monday...but I just got an email that even though I set this for Tuesday, it posted today...LOL!...so I'm just rollin' with it!

So...anyhoo...

Happy Monday and Tuesday too!!!

Cozy Cash Mystery #3 - CARATS and COCONUTS - is almost here!

Think Will and Kate gone Bond, James Bond in the gem smuggling world of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest...oh, and with the help of Grams, who now has a Queen of Crabby Maxine fixation.

The CARATS and COCONUTS adventure actually begins with a superfab fun prequel - A CUT ABOVE CRAZY, which picks up right where we left off in my Christmas novella HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO (part of the MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE Christmas Anthology).

The prequel can be found now in The WG2E ALL-FOR-INDIES ANTHOLOGY WINTER WONDERLAND EDITION, and it will be included in CARATS and COCONUTS too!

How 'bout a Sneak Peek Excerpt?

Grab a cup of coffee or tea (or a stiff drink), 'cause you're in for a treat...Cozy Cash Mystery-style...

A CUT ABOVE CRAZY
(Prequel to Cozy Cash Mystery #3 - CARATS and COCONUTS)

CHAPTER ONE

There’s crazy.

Then there’s a cut above crazy.

And when your parents are two of the world’s top gemologists, you not only learn to deal with cuts – brilliant, baguette, briolette and the list goes on - but you also get damn good at dealin’ with the crazies that those cuts bring into your life. And by crazies, I mean the smugglers and thieves who transport gems around the globe.

So yeah, as you can imagine, my life to date has been anything but Mayberry. And I don’t see that changing anytime soon.

I’m Zoey Witherspoon, Designer and Stylist to The Stars, a fairly new PI, and now the Princess of Caserta. And as if that’s not enough of a crazy-packed resume, I’m also the daughter of George and Suzie Witherspoon of Witherspoon & Witherspoon, the world’s premiere gem vault and lapidary.

Not sure what a lapidary is?

My parents are experts on all-things-gemstones, as in diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and the four thousand other mineral crystals of the earth. They also are expert cutters, polishers and engravers of those same stones.

Seems like a luxurious lifestyle, right?

Well, it is luxurious, in a way.

But the sad thing is...this world can’t responsibly deal with the kinds of wealth my parents cut from rocks. Just like the world can’t deal in a socially moral way with the oil drilled out of our oceans and seas.

Y’all think oil is the only thing breeding and feeding terrorists?

Try handing those same thugs fistfuls of precious gems. Or showing ‘em how and where to get their own rock sacks full of ‘em.

The gem trade breeds an entirely different kind of terror. And I’m about to put an end to it...or at least the part of it I know how to stop.

Now you might think that, in order to do such work, you’d find me in the Middle East or perhaps North Korea or somewhere in Africa.

No dice...I’m in Michigan.

Here along the fabulous shores of Lake Michigan, it may be the end of the holiday season, but deep below the snow-covered earth of our Winter Wonderland, it looks like Christmas forever in my parent’s underground gem vault. Or if not that, it could be the main warehouse for all the high-priced, fancy jewels you see dangling and dripping from every jeweler’s ad on your television screen.

People may think my parents are just a crazy couple who believe they’re Santa and Mrs. Claus. And for those of you who’ve heard about our typical Hullabaloo and Holly Too holidays, the crazy couple bit might, on the surface at least, seem true.

But under my dad’s Santa Claus Workshop, through a secret entrance in the floorboards, lies the Witherspoon & Witherspoon gem vault, which makes The Smithsonian’s stone-stash seem paltry by comparison.

While a lake effect blizzard is blowin’ outside, things are really heating up down there...

Chapter Two

“I just can’t believe one rogue elf could steal anything from this fortress.”

Those were the words spoken by my prince and fake husband, Prince Roman Bellesconi Umberto-Vittorio Emanuele Vanvitelli, while stepping through the fourth solid, anti-drilling and cutting, magnesium and concrete-embedded door leading into our vault’s main room.

“Let alone The Witherspoon Blue Moon Diamond, and now your Precious Aquamarine too!”

I couldn’t believe it either.

But it was true.

“What bothers me more,” I said, placing the coconut that contained our Blue Moon Diamond on one of my parent’s cutting tables, “is why the hell did he give the diamond back?”

“Are you sure it actually is our diamond?”

I heard my mother’s voice before I saw her.

But I couldn’t see her at all now. All the vault’s lights had gone out.

Roman grabbed my hand and used his body to shield mine.

“Easy. Everything is fine,” my mother’s voice created a much-needed sense of calm.

All at once, our Blue Moon Diamond began to glow with an intense orange-red phosphorescence.

“It’s our diamond all right,” I said, sort of relieved and sort of scared even more.

“How do you know?” Roman asked.

“Orange-red phosphorescence is almost exclusively limited to dark blue diamonds,” I said, as the lights in the vault came back on.

“That said, this effect is never as intense with other stones as it is with our Witherspoon Blue Moon. She’s indeed a rarer-than-rare blue beauty,” Mom said, effectively completing Roman’s first gemology lesson.

“And you can only see the phosphorescence in a dark room, using exposure to ultraviolet light,” my dad piped-in as he joined us in the vault’s main cutting chambers.

“You’re right then, Plum Puddin’,” Roman said. “Why would Stanley give back The Blue Moon?”

“First, I’m usually right. Second, Stanley has major issues besides his dwarfism,” I said, thinking that was as good a place as any to start explaining my theory about our rogue elf. Plus, I couldn’t resist teasing Roman about my golden gut instincts.

“What kinds of issues?” Roman asked, his Dark Knight aura giving the word ‘issues’ a very sinister undertone.

Actually, Stanley’s size was a benefit in this biz. He could get away with a lot that the rest of us couldn’t, but more on that later.

“Let’s just say there’s a major connection to our Blue Moon being contained in this packaging,” I said, knocking my knuckles on top of the coconut’s hard shell.

“Go on,” Roman said.

As his protection mode kicked into high gear, his sentences always got more and more staccato, which meant I didn’t have much time left to evade his questions.

“Stanley giving back our Blue Moon Diamond is probably a sign that it’s small potatoes. Or rocks, I guess, compared to what’s still left for him to steal,” my dad said, having a seat on one of he and my mom’s work stools.

I didn’t like the worried glances passing back and forth between my parents, but they were right to be worried.

“What’s left for him to take? And from where?” Roman asked, again using his preferred short, very pointed and spot-on interrogation-style questions.

“Our Blue Moon Diamond is small compared to what’s left in Brazil,” I said, knowing I could no longer put off what was at stake or where it could be found.

“Brazil? And coconuts?” Roman asked.

“Along with natural beryl crystal,” my mother added to the mix.
“We don’t just mine diamonds in Brazil. We also mine natural beryl crystal. What you know as emeralds and aquamarines and the even rarer still pink morganite, yellow heliodore and the rarest-of-rare, red beryl.”

“Ahhh. Thus the reason for the missing Precious Aquamarine as well,” Roman stated, his mind beginning to sort through what was still missing from our vault inventory and why it was gone.

“But why the Blue Moon in the coconut? Brazil has coconuts?”

“Brazil has much more than coconuts,” my mom said, the normally robust color of her cheeks draining away to match the blizzard howling outside. “They have The Coconut Highway.”

“It’s a coastal road lined with coconut palms, leading to our largest mine,” Dad added, supplying the final piece for Roman’s mind puzzle.

“Thus, Stanley’s inside joke of mixing carats with coconuts,” I said, holding up the now empty coconut shell as my parents began examining our Blue Moon Diamond with their loupes.

While my parents got lost in their precious rock, I pulled Roman aside and out of their earshot.

“Stanley will stop at nothing to gain control of our mines.”

“How do you know that?” Roman asked, his espresso-colored eyes now darker than a ride down one of our mine car shafts.

“Trust me. I just do.”

“Well, one of these days, you’re going to have to trust me, and tell me everything, Zoey. And I mean everything,” my prince said.

And I knew he was right.

But how could I tell him everything, if telling him meant I could lose him forever?

CARATS and COCONUTS will be released later this month!!!

I can't wait to share this latest Cozy Cash Mystery Adventure with you!!!

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: What's your favorite gemstone?

Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott-ville Wishes --- D. D. Scott

P.S. My fave gemstones are sapphires - especially Princess Diana's engagement ring - which now belongs to Kate/Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge. That said, I do wear primarily synthetic stones so as not to contribute to the human atrocities caused by the mining and sale of "conflict diamonds" (and/or any conflict stones, although the term does not differentiate among types of stones). Conflict stones are used to finance civil wars and terrorism, and are responsible for horrible working conditions for miners and their families. I'll take you inside the world of conflict gems, deep in the heart of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest, in CARATS and COCONUTS.

The WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies Winter Wonderland Edition Is Here!!!

2012-01-03T02:00:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year, D. D. Scott-ville, and Welcome to my First Release for 2012...

THE WG2E ALL-FOR-INDIES ANTHOLOGIES

(WINTER WONDERLAND EDITION)

Now Available for just $2.99 (for 10 short stories) on:

Amazon

Nook

Smashwords

When just one year ago, I, along with Tonya Kappes, brainstormed The WG2E – The Writer’s Guide to Epublishing – your destination site for all-things-Epublishing, we never in our wildest, most spectacular dreams imagined we’d end up creating a site which now gets over one million hits per month and is the first visit of the day for over 2500 Indie Epublished Writers and Authors!

At The WG2E, it’s all about finding ways to Pay It Forward, both to our fellow writers and to all our superfab readers too.

We simply luuuvvv treating readers to great books for great prices and helping our fellow authors find new readers around the globe.

With this debut launch of our brand new WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies, we’re treating readers to a terrific, one-of-a-kind approach to the anthology concept.

You’ll get a variety of genres all packaged together as a wonderful way to discover authors new to you! And various story-lengths too (from 2 pages to 80 page plus novellas)

Plus, each WG2E Anthology is based on a different theme.

And as far as that goes, we’re over the moon to offer you unique perspectives on several superfab fun themes.

Here’s what we mean by that...

In our WG2E Winter Wonderland Anthology, we’re treating you to stories that yes, have a Winter Wonderland element, BUT definitely not in the average way.

You’ll never think of Winter Wonderland in quite the same way.

For example...:

“What’s goin’ on underneath all that snow?” for D. D. Scott’s A CUT ABOVE CRAZY

“More than people wear goose down parkas in Winter” for Tonya Kappes' BEAD OF DOUBT

“There’s nothing like a sauna to thaw a cold spell” for Talli Roland’s MISTLETOE AND THE FIVE-YEAR ITCH

“An Ice Queen can be much more than a very cold spouse” for Tamara Ward’s JADE O’REILLY AND THE ICE QUEEN

“The flavors of Winter...as in Winter Green Mint, Anyone?” for Sibel Hodge’s THE S-WORD AND THE LADY GARDEN

“Not only reindeer dance in the snow...unicorns do too” for Alicia Street’s SNOW DANCE

“Breaking News: The All-Things Holidays Edition” for Lacy Maran & Kevin Michael’s NOTHING IS SACRED COMEDY’S GUIDE TO THE HOLIDAYS

“More than the Earth dies in Winter” for Patrice Fitzgerald’s TILL DEATH DO US PART

“There’s ice on the tracks, but not the kind you might think...” for Kathy Carmichael’s MAYHEM ON THE WINTERLAND EXPRESS

“Not everyone loves pumpkin pie” for T.M. Souder’s DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW

How fun does all this sound?!

We've taken partnering/collaboration with fellow Indie Epub Authors to all new, and superfab, sweet serendipity-filled moments!

We luuuvvv the fact that with each WG2E All-For-Indies Anthology, each author has a chance to tap into approximately ten additional reader bases, as our partners' readers and fans are now introduced to our story worlds too!!!

And we've got 6 of these gems releasing in 2012 - including collaborations with over 60 fellow Indie Epub Authors - with wonderfully colorful themes like:

Viva La Valentines

Spring Hop

Summer Fling

Spooky Shorts

and

Martini Madness

These anthologies have something for every reader with terrific twists on their favorite genres!

And not just in 2012 either...we've got another 6 planned for 2013, with again over 60 more fellow Indie Epub Authors!!!

Now that's Collaboration at its best!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott-ville Wishes --- D. D. Scott

P.S. Watch for The WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies Viva La Valentines Edition also coming soon!!!

D. D. Scott-ville 2012

2011-12-27T02:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville, and Happy New Year too!!!

I'm over the moon...yep...as in this superfab cow's groovin' movin'...

To give y'all a Sneak Peek at my 2012 Release Schedule!!!

Mark your calendars 'cause there's a ton of superfab fun reads comin' soon to D. D. Scott-ville!!!

Here's the scoop:

January 2012 ---

WG2E All-For-Indies Anthology (Winter Wonderland Edition) - a terrific collection of short stories and novellas to introduce you to some of today's hottest Indie Epub Authors; this edition features - Tonya Kappes, Talli Roland, Sibel Hodge, Kathy Carmichael, T.M. Souders, Alicia Street, Tamara Ward, Patrice Fitzgerald, and Lacy Maran & Kevin Michael

***I'll tell you more about these wonderful WG2E Anthologies very soon!!!

WG2E All-For-Indies Anthology (Viva La Valentine Edition)

Carats & Coconuts (Cozy Cash Mystery #3)

March 2012 ---

Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mysteries Boxed Set (including the first two Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mysteries plus four new short stories too)

April 2012 ---

10 Years and 24-Hours to Indie Epub Success (non-fiction)

WG2E All-For-Indies Anthology (Spring Hop Edition)

May 2012 ---

Stuck with a Stiff (The Samantha Aldredge Chronicles #1) - my new Cozy Cash Mystery Spin-off Series featuring Zoey Witherspoon's cousin Samantha

***There will be a HUGE surprise announcement with this new series...so stay-tuned...

July 2012 ---

WG2E All-For-Indies Anthology (Summer Fling Edition)

September 2012 ---

Royal Diggs (Cozy Cash Mystery #4)

October 2012 ---

WG2E All-For-Indies Anthology (Spooky Shorts Edition)

November 2012 ---

Christmas Anthology

***Partnering Authors To Be Announced soon!

D. D. Scott Special Edition Boxed Set #2

December 2012 ---

WG2E All-For-Indies Anthology (Martini Madness Edition)

January 2013 ---

Stuck with a Stud (The Samantha Aldredge Chronicles #2)

Ohhh yeahhhh!!! How superfab fun is all that?!

That's one year with 13 New Releases plus a few more special surprises to be announced soon!!!

Happy New Year again, D. D. Scott-ville, and stay-tuned for a 2012 that's plum-full of Sexy, Sassy, Smart Career-Driven Women and the Men Who Complete 'Em!!!

The Best of D. D. Scott-ville Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Literary Chocolate - a Cookbook Featuring Three of My Characters - Is Here!!!

2011-12-20T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

Talk about one superfab sweet treat to share with ya today...

I'm over the moon to let y'all know that

LITERARY CHOCOLATE - a Cookbook Featuring Three of My Characters - is here!!!

LITERARY CHOCOLATE on Barnes & Noble Nook

This Cookbook is just a hoot and then some!

Here's the scoop...straight from the book's author Rhonda Plumhoff:

I’ve combined both my passions in life into one book. 32 new chocolate recipes created for some of my favorite book characters. Everything from a Martini for H.P. Mallory’s character, Knightley Vander, to Enchilada’s for Gemma Halliday’s character, Jack Ramirez. These are fun new ways to use chocolate in some of your favorite recipes.

And here's all-about-Rhonda:

When most people are sleeping, dreaming of tropical locations or having nightmares Rhonda dreams of food. Waking up to jot down ideas for the next time she gets into her kitchen. A genuine foodie at heart, who loves to cook for her family and friends whenever she gets the chance. She finally decided that all the recipes that have been floating around in her head or jotted down in notebooks needed to be pulled together and become a cookbook that she could share with others.

Rhonda featured recipes for my Bootscootin' Books' Roxy and Zayne as well as for my Cozy Cash Mystery Hero Roman Bellesconi!!!

You'll get the following waaay wonderful recipes:

Roxy's Whoop It Up Whoopie Pies

Zayne's Bootscootin' Rum Balls

and

Prince Bellesconi Biscotti

Here's a picture of the Bellesconi that Rhonda actually mailed me to sample:

How cool is that?! And talk about waaay, waaay yummy!!!

For just $2.99 this Cookbook is a treat of a great gift for all the Chocolate-luuuvvving Readers in your family!!!

And remember you can Gift Copy Nook Books now!!!

If you don't have a Nook, no worries...just download the Free Nook Apps from Barnes & Noble and you can have access to the recipes right on your PC, Tablet or Smart Phone!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart Literary Chocolate Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Ebook Gifting Is Now Available For All You Superfab Barnes and Noble Nook Readers Too!!!

2011-12-13T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

Saturday, I filled y'all in about Kindle Gifting.

But wait...there's more...

You can now Gift Ebooks on Barnes and Noble Nook too!!!

Here's the scoop:

Instant Gifting - Nook Books and Nook Apps Too

I'm over the moon gaga about this latest Nook feature!!! I use the Kindle Gifting feature all the time...gifting both my books as well as several of my fave authors' books too!

If you like my D. D. Scott-ville Books, you'll luuuvvv Ebooks by the following Bestselling Authors:

Tonya Kappes

Talli Roland

Sibel Hodge

Gordon Kirkland

Scott Nicholson

Ruth and Michael Harris

Barbara Silkstone

Karen Cantwell

L.C. Evans

John Locke

J. A. Konrath

Kathy Carmichael

Dana Taylor

Lisa Lim

Bufo Calvin (for all the Kindle Techie How-To's)

For the How-To's on Kindle Gift Copying Ebooks, check my post from this past Saturday.

For the How-To's on Nook Ebooks Instant Gifting, here's the scoop:

1. Go to the Nook Page for the Ebook you'd like to Instant Gift...we'll use my Barnes & Noble Top 100 Boxed Set as an example:

D. D. Scott Special Edition Ebook Boxed Set (on Nook) - my first 6 books for just $2.99

2. Right underneath the Buy Now Button on the right side of each Nook Book's Page, you'll see a little present with a Buy As Gift Button next to it.

3. When you click on the Buy As Gift Button, you'll be asked to enter your recipient's email address and you can also then include a message with your gift.

***Unlike Kindle Gifting, I don't see where you can choose the date the Ebook Gift will be sent to your Nook Reading Peep. Maybe they'll add that feature soon.***

4. That's it. You then pay for your purchase, and your Ebook Gift is sent to your fave Nook Reading Peep!!!

Very easy to do, right?!

So get to Ebook Gifting all the Ereaders on your Holiday Gift List!!!

Which Ebooks are you Gifting this Holiday Season?

Sexy Sassy Smart Ebook Gifting Wishes --- D. D. Scott

P.S. And thanks bunches to all your superfab Nook Peeps, who've kept me in B&N's Top 100 since this past Wednesday and for all you waaay terrific Kindle Readers too, who got me onto both Amazon's Top 100 and Movers & Shakers this past week too!!!

Kindle Gifting With The D. D. Scott Boxed Set and Ereader News Today (ENT)

2011-12-10T02:00:00.000-08:00

TGIF, D. D. Scott-ville!!!

Just In Time For The Readers On Your Gift Lists...

You can treat your reader peeps to my first 6 Books for just $2.99...

(a total value of $5.94, if you purchased each book individually)!

How?

In my D. D. Scott Special Edition Ebook Boxed Set!!!

Since we've all seen countless reports that Ereaders will be one of the top gifts beneath all of our Christmas Trees, my Boxed Set is the perfect way for y'all to treat the readers on your Gift Lists!

I did this Boxed Set because I wanted to be able to give YOU - my D. D. Scott-ville Readers and Fans - a superfab easy way to shop this holiday season for all the readers on your Gift Lists (and yep, those that already have Ereaders plus those that have them waitin’ for ‘em under their trees)!

And now with Kindle’s new Gifting Program, you can one-click-buy this set as a Kindle Gift for the readers on your list (all you need is their email), and choose to have it delivered to that peep’s Kindle or Free Kindle App on the day of your holiday gathering!!!

How cool is that?!

Here's all the how-to scoop:

Amazon has just announced a new service.

You can now give Kindle versions (of any or all of my books) AND select the day the recipient will have it appear on their Kindle.

How about December 25th?

Or if your family and friends are celebrating on different days, you can choose the one that works for your gift exchanges!!!

This is also a wonderful and easy way to load up a Kindle you may be giving as a gift this year!

To arrange for a Kindle Gift Copy of my Ebooks, here's how ya do it:

1. Visit the Amazon Page for any of my books, all the links for which you'll find in D. D. Scott-ville in either the Home Page's Left Sidebar or on The Books Page!

But let's start with my BOXED SET...since that one will give your gift the most bang for the buck

2. Click on the Give as a Gift button on the right side of your screen, Provide the email address of your gift recipient, Select the date you want it delivered, then Click on the Place Your Order button at the bottom right.

3. You can also get a free electronic autograph and inscription from me for the book by visiting http://www.kindlegraph.com/authors/ddscottromcom . This site allows me to “autograph” and personalize Kindle books.

And just like your fave info-mercials...

But Wait...There's More...

LOL!

I'm over the moon to have received a big ol' shout-out for my D. D. Scott Special Edition Boxed Set from the superfab peeps over at...

Ereader News Today (ENT)

And I'm tellin' right now, if you aren't part of ENT yet, go on over there right now and join in! It's "the" spot to find all the best Ebooks!!! You'll join over 100,000 Ereaders (on Facebook alone), who now rely on ENT to show 'em great books at great prices!!!

Here's what the superfab Greg of ENT had to say about my D. D. Scott Boxed Set and why he chose it as today's ENT Bargain Book Pick:

"Usually the bargain books [at ENT] are 99 cent books but this seems like a great deal, in fact it's even less than 99 cents per book so it's a great deal. I think the readers will like this one!"

"...one of the top Romantic Comedy/Humorous Mystery writers out right now."

Thanks Bunches for this superfab shout-out, Greg! You and ENT rock!!!

***Note: They rock so much that last night, this Boxed Set broke me into Amazon's Top 100 (#95) for the first time!!!***

Nothin' beats treatin' y'all to great books for great prices...plus making your holiday shopping a bunch easier with Kindle Gifting!!!

Happy Reading and Gifting, Y'All!!!

And Happy Holidays from my home to each of yours!

Sexy Sassy Smart Holiday Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Welcome to D. D. Scott-ville...Bestselling Author Tonya Kappes!!!

2011-12-06T00:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

I've got an over the moon superfab treat for ya today...

Last week, we went "across the pond" with my MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE partner, Bestselling UK Author Talli Roland...

And I promised you this week, we'd Welcome to D. D. Scott-ville my other superfab partner in MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE...

So, ohhhh yeahhh...

Welcome to D. D. Scott-ville...Bestselling Author Tonya Kappes!!!

I'm sooo thrilled to have partnered with Tonya for our Christmas Anthology MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE!

on Amazon

on Barnes & Noble Nook

at Smashwords (for iPad, Sony, and Kobo)

As three members of the MADNESS Crew, we thought it would be waaay fun and very Muse Therapy-esque to give y'all the scoop regarding the inspiration behind each of our MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE short-story contributions!

Talli kicked us off last week with the inspiration behind her Madness Under The Mistletoe Story - Miracle at the Museum of Broken Hearts!

Tonya will pick-up today.

And I'll wrap it up next Tuesday (December 13th).

Take it away, Tonya...

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Definition of superstition: Noun
1. An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear.
2. The way Maggie Greenlee lives her life…

Yes, this is the first line my novel, Never Tell Your Dreams Before Breakfast.

I absolutely love this novel.

No matter what authors say, there is a little bit on themselves in every one of their novels. And I’m no different.

My Grandberry Falls series set in the fictitious town of Grandberry Falls, is less than fictitious. It’s actually based on my small hometown. And if you know anything about small towns, there is a lot of superstition. From which house is haunted, lifting you feet up as you drive over railroad tracks. It’s just something that is engrained in you.

A SUPERSTITIOUS CHRISTMAS, in the MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE anthology, is the prequel to my third Grandberry Falls novel, Never Tell Your Dreams Before Breakfast.

I wanted to give everyone a glimpse into what it is really like in a real small town, superstition and all. Starting with the Greenlee family seemed like the right place.

Maggie Greenlee, like me, was raised on superstitious beliefs, and it’s hard to explain those to potential boyfriends or husband in Maggie’s case. Sometimes they understand your crazy beliefs and sometimes they call you crazy! Either way, superstition is so engrained in your soul, it’s nearly impossible to try to live your life without it.

I NEVER leave a house/store/restaurant through a different door than I came in. It would simply mean bad luck and anyway I can ward it off I will.

I thought it would be fun and funnier to write a book about a small town girl who moves away to a big city where she finds love and happiness. Or so she thinks, because you know she’s been trying all her life to get out of that small town.

What happens when she does land that great job, hunky and rich Hampton boyfriend who thinks her superstition is childish? Well, it turns out that the Greenlee’s traditional Christmas is turned upside down when Maggie brings her “other” home!

A SUPERSTITIOUS CHRISTMAS is a fun tale of family and what true happiness really is.

So next time you have a dream...be sure to never tell it before breakfast!

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Completely brilliant story concept, right D. D. Scott-ville?!

From a waaay brilliant Bestselling Author!

Here's the scoop on Tonya (or Super T as Talli and I call her):

I write fun humorous fiction, some with romance and some with a little mystery.
More than anything I love to connect with readers! I'm a huge fan of them and LOVE getting to know them. I love to make readers smile, and remember not to take life to seriously. KARMA plays a big role in my life, and I believe in being kind to everyone, even if they aren't kind back. I'm addicted to coffee, McDonald's Diet Coke, and Red Hots Candy!

I'm the co-founder of The Writer’s Guide to E Publishing (thewritersguidetoepublishing.com) where we give writers the true grit on what helped us sell more books, and reach more readers.

When I'm not writing about quirky characters and even quirkier situations, I'm busy being the princess, queen and jester of my domain which includes my BFF husband, three teenage boys and two dogs.

Why write a book with beading elements? Once upon a time, I was the proud co-owner of a very successful beading company, Beadnicks LLC.

I'm a member of the following affliates:
http://www.rwanational.org/ Romance Writer's of America
http://ovrwa.com/ Ohio Valley Romance Writer's of America
http://chicklitwriters.com/ Chick Writers of the World

I'd love to hear from you!! Email me at Tonyak11(at)yahoo(dot)com

And make sure to check-out Tonya's superfab books:

HAPPY NEW LIFE

SPLITSVILLE.COM

THE LADYBUG JINX

CARPE BEAD 'EM

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: Here's your chance to chat with the new queen of quirky-fab fun Small Town USA...Tonya Kappes! Tonya will be with us all-day-long!

The Best of MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Welcome to D. D. Scott-ville...Bestselling UK Author Talli Roland!!!

2011-11-29T00:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

I've got an over the moon superfab treat for ya today...actually, an "across the pond" treat!

Welcome to D. D. Scott-ville...Bestselling UK Author Talli Roland!!!

I'm sooo thrilled to have partnered with Talli for our Christmas Anthology MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE!

on Amazon

on Barnes & Noble Nook

at Smashwords (for iPad, Sony, and Kobo)

Talli and I, along with our superfab partner Tonya Kappes, thought it would be waaay fun and very Muse Therapy-esque to give y'all the scoop regarding the inspiration behind each of our MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE short-story contributions!

Talli will kick us off today with the inspiration behind her Madness Under The Mistletoe Story - Miracle at the Museum of Broken Hearts!

Tonya will pick-up next Tuesday (December 6th).

And I'll wrap it up on Tuesday (December 13th).

Take it away, Talli...

The Inspiration of Museums

It was a stuffy day in central London, and I was flipping through the paper with abandon (okay, so I was clicking the online newspaper links with abandon, but that doesn’t sound as good). All of a sudden, a headline rushed out at me: Museum of Broken Relationships Comes to London. A Museum of Broken Relationships, I thought? What an interesting concept.

As I navigated through the pictures – from a garden gnome to a garish pair of Y-fronts – I couldn’t help constructing stories in my head. Where had those undies come from? What was the significance of the figurine? The more photos I saw, the more my brain raced . . . until I just had to write about it. And being the evil creator that I am, I thought up a situation to ensure maximum conflict: what if I placed a poster child for happy endings in a position of responsibility in such a museum? What would happen? Would she implode, or would she gradually become pessimistic? My main character of Rose was born.

When it came time for Rose to think about the logistics of setting up the museum, I called upon my experience at London’s Dennis Severs’ House, where there are ten rooms set to create ‘moods’ from between 1724 and 1914. As you weave your way through the silent house by candlelight, you feel like you’re interrupting the invisible occupants, an eighteenth-century French Huguenot family of silkweavers, in their dinner. Their presence eerily lingers through the smell of food and various objects strewn carelessly about. With every room, you feel as if you’ve stepped into a painting about to come to life. This is exactly what I wanted the Museum of Broken Hearts in my novel to feel like, so I had Rose create real-life spaces in which to place the objects.

Who says museum are boring? For me, they’re simply a starting point to tell another story.

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How superfab muse wondermous is that?!

Now then...here's some terrific scoop on Talli too...one of my all-time fave authors:

Talli Roland has three loves in her life: chick lit, coffee and wine. Born and raised in Canada, Talli now lives in London, where she savours the great cultural life (coffee and wine). Despite training as a journalist, Talli soon found she preferred making up her own stories – complete with happy endings. Her debut novel, The Hating Game, was an Amazon Top 100 bestseller and shortlisted for Best Romantic Read at the UK’s Festival of Romance, and her second, Watching Willow Watts, was selected as a 2011 Amazon Customer Favourite. Build A Man is her latest release. Talli blogs here and can be found on Twitter here.

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: Here's your chance to chat with an Amazon 2011 UK Customer Fave...Author Talli Roland...Talli will be here with us all day long!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart Across The Pond Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Being Thankful...One Reader At a Time

2011-11-22T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville, and Happy Almost Turkey-Day too!!!

For me, it's not just about being "thankful" one day every year, it's about Being Thankful...One Reader At a Time...all-year-long.

And here's what I mean by that...

This past week, I celebrated a huge milestone - hitting my first 20,000 Ebooks Sold!

All-told, in just the last two months alone, over 60,000 new readers have downloaded the book that started it all for me - Bootscootin' Blahniks - which is now Free on Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Apple iPad, Sony, and at Smashwords too!

And over 14,700 readers have bought one or more of my other titles - Stompin' on Stetsons, Buckles Me Baby, Thug Guard, Lip Glock, Fluid Fulfillment, Licensed For Love, Madness Under The Mistletoe and Muse Therapy!

Nothin' beats treating readers to great books for great prices...and being able to say "the first one is on me"!

I'm sooo very thankful for every reader who reads my books!

I'm sooo very thankful to be able to get to know a lot of you, whether here in D. D. Scott-ville or on The WG2E or on my Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads pages.

I'm sooo very thankful to be able to pay it forward to tons of new writers/authors via my one-million-hits-a-month, two-thousand-plus-visitors-per-day grog The WG2E.

And I'm sooo very thankful to be able to pay it forward one LOL at a time...because I truly believe that everything is possible as long as you don't lose your ability to laugh your ass off!!!

Well, laughing your ass off and also choosing to surround yourself with peeps who bring nothing but love and joy into your life.

Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you!

It's such a joy to share the world with you!

The Best of D. D. Scott-ville Holiday Wishes --- D. D. Scott

Cheers to Y'all with an Under The Mistletoe Martini!

2011-11-15T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

Boy do I have a treat for y'all today!

I discovered the perfect cocktail to help celebrate the launch of my Christmas Anthology MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE...

R U ready for this?

Introducing the...

Under The Mistletoe Martini

As served at The Palm steakhouse in Nashville Tennessee (and y'all know I'm a sucker for all-things-Music City)!!!

The Palm is located across from the Bridgestone Arena, where they hold the CMA Awards, and is a fave of country music celebs like Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker and the Judds.

I got all this superfab fun scoop in People Magazine's new Country Special.

Here's the recipe for the

Under The Mistletoe Martini:

Rub outside rim of a chilled martini glass with water; dip rim in 1 finely crushed peppermint candy cane to coat. Combine 1/4 cup vodka, 4 dashes white creme de menthe, 1/3 cup cranberry juice and 1/4 cup strawberry puree in a cocktail shaker; fill half full with crushed ice. Cover with lid and shake until thoroughly chilled. Strain into prepared glass. Serve immediately.

Cheers, Y'all and Welcome to my MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE Cocktail Party!!!

It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: How 'bout sharing some recipes for your fave holiday cocktails...

Sexy Sassy Smart Cheers to You --- D. D. Scott

The D. D. Scott Family 2011 Christmas Theme

2011-11-08T02:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

For those of you regulars here in D. D. Scott-ville, y'all know that each year I choose a Christmas Theme.

In the past, I've done such superfab fun themes as:

Christmas in Oz

and

Cow-Bell and Cracker Barrel Christmas

So after years with all-things-green-and-Emerald-City then all-things-cowbells-and-cracker-barrel (yes, as in Cracker Barrel the restaurant...a fave of me and my DH)...

The D. D. Scott Family 2011 Christmas Theme is:

A Committed Christmas

(yep, as in a holiday decorating theme full of "signs" that I should probably be committed)

Take the following little gems, which will all appear on our tree:

Y'all know by now how much I adore Bitchy Signs...so I thought, why not work 'em into this year's holiday trimmings?!

How fun is that?!

I know...Crazy...but that's the whole point of "A Committed Christmas"!!!

Welcome to an inside peek at D. D. Scott-ville's Home-For-The-Holiday's Crazy Trip!!!

Y'all are always welcome in my magical nuthouse...which I sooo wish looked just like this one:

Oh how I'd luuuvvv to live in The Grinch's Whoville all-year-long...I'm a total Cindy Lou Who!!!

How 'bout you?

Sexy Sassy Smart Christmas Theme Wishes --- D. D. Scott

The Desk

2011-11-01T02:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

I've got a special story to share with y'all today...about The Desk...

As in, The Desk I've used to write and publish all ten of my Ebooks as well as The Desk I'll be using forever and beyond.

This one right here...that used to belong to my superfab DH:

Here's the scoop...

Once upon a time, about 30 years ago, my DH bought this gem of a desk for around $25 at a garage sale.

For years, he used it every day.

Three years ago, he "lost" this treasure in a divorce...as in his "ex" kept The Desk.

Early last Spring (2010), the DH and I were at a wonderful Antique Show, and that same desk caught my DH's eye. At the time, he had no idea it was The Desk! The dealer told us he'd picked it up at an estate auction the year prior.

My DH was opening up the drawers to check the condition of the piece when he gasped...it was The Desk!

How did he know?

He'd patched a place inside one of the drawers, and there it was...his handiwork lookin' right back at him.

So guess what?

I had to have The Desk as my new writing desk. I knew me and my muses would thrive on my DH's energy and history with that piece of furniture.

We bought it back...for $900!!!

Since then, I've created 10 magical stories sitting at this same desk and plan to continue cranking out books here for our very own happily ever after.

So How 'Bout All of You in D. D. Scott-ville...Do you have some special piece of furniture in your home? And what's the story behind it?

Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott-ville Special Pieces Wishes --- D. D. Scott

HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO - A Sneak Peek at My First Cozy Cash Mystery Christmas Novella (Part of the MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE Christmas Anthology)

2011-10-25T02:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

I'm over the moon to give you a Sneak Peek of...

HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO - my first Cozy Cash Mystery Christmas Novella,

which

will be part of the superfab MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE Christmas Anthology with the A-mazing Tonya Kappes, Lee Lopez and Talli Roland!

For HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO...

Think Will and Kate gone Bond, James Bond in the Grinch's Who-ville.

Here's a Sneak Peek:

CHAPTER ONE

And here I thought livin’ in a castle was gonna be rough.

Want to know what’s worse?

Or at least has the potential to be worse?

Goin’ home for the holidays.

That’s my current crazy-trip...and when that trip includes your new fake husband, who has yet to meet his crazy ass in-laws, the entire concept of a threat to your sanity ratchets up to a level all of its own nefarious bidding.

But wait...there’s more.

And no, this isn’t an infomercial, no matter how hard I wish it was.

This is reality.

My quirky-crazy reality.

So what happens when your pretend spouse finds out his in-laws are much more than in-laws?

What if...and let’s just toss this out there...

What if...they’re Mr. and Mrs. Claus?

At least that’s who they think they are.

I know...it sounds like one of Tim Allen’s Santa Claus movies, right?

Well, it ain’t.

It’s my hullabaloo of a Who-ville life.

Think of it as a for-real Dr. Seuss Who-ville, but one with a cast of characters very Christmas with the Fockers.

And I know what you’re thinkin’...

Extra egg-nog, please.

And cheers to that...cause y’all are gonna need it.

CHAPTER TWO

I’m Zoey Witherspoon, Duchess of Caserta, and I’m about to take my pretend husband, Prince Roman Bellesconi Umberto-Vittorio Emanuele Vanvitelli, the Duke of Caserta, home for the holidays.

We’re Italy’s version of Will and Kate.

And we’re on our way to The State’s and my childhood home - the Midwestern suburbia version of Who-ville - for one helluva holiday hullabaloo!

I’m about to tell my prince about my parent’s mental issues, and it ain’t gonna be easy. But that’s okay. ‘Cause, for me, life never has been easy.

Not since the age of five, when my parents decided they weren’t just the Witherspoons of Lakeshore Drive.

They were Mr. and Mrs. Claus, who lived in a new version of The North Pole along the fabulous shores of Lake Michigan.

My parents, George and Suzie Witherspoon, suffer from a delusional disorder.

Well...that’s not exactly correct either.

They don’t suffer. They have no clue their beliefs are delusional.

I’m the one who suffers. I’m the kid who’s always simply smiled and shrugged off their eccentricities.

I mean really...what’s not to love about living Christmas all-year-long?

Okay. So maybe our family elves and reindeer have been a bit much to reconcile with Joe Q Public. But other than that, life in Santa and Mrs. Claus’ workshop ain’t all that bad. As long as you’re on “the nice list”.

I thought about all this and how to break it to my prince while snuggled up to our pot-bellied pig’s cozy warm snout. Soaking in the love his squirms and happy-go-lucky ouff-ing noises stirred in my soul, I did find some comfort. But I could use a bunch more.

“We’ll be landing in about a half hour,” Roman said, returning his cushy seat, in our private jet, to its upright position.

Thank God he’d been tired from our stop-over in LA. We’d been there just a few days, long enough to help-out Lily Vaughn, one of our Mom Squad Members, and her brother Wayne, deal with some Hollywood film industry thugs.

Thanks to their predicament, I’d managed to prolong the obvious for as long as possible. But my time had now run-out.

When Dad picked us up from the private airstrip not far from our home, in one of our reindeer-drawn sleighs, I was gonna have some major explaining to do. So I might as well get a jump on our out of the ordinary greeting committee.

“So yeah...about meeting my parents,” I said, deciding to just go for the gusto.

It’s not as if I could somehow get out of the spectacle Roman was about to become part of.

“Are you finally going to tell me about them?” He asked.

The genuine kindness I’d come to expect and adore from him lit up his eyes brighter than any one of the thirty-nine Christmas trees my parents had in their home.

“Have you ever heard of delusional disorder?” I asked.

While I tried to explain my parent’s condition, the age-old knots in my stomach tightened in a very familiar way.

“You mean like a person thinks something is true that the rest of society doesn’t? Kind of like when you’re a child and believe in St. Nick?”

Oh boy. How do you explain that your parents don’t just believe in ‘ole Nick, they think they are ‘ole Nick and his Mrs. too?

“Yes, that’s it. And funny you should mention the St. Nick delusion...”

I looked straight into Roman’s extra-shot-of-espresso eyes, knowing his warmth would always be there for me, but still hating like hell to have to burden him with my family’s insanity.

“Go ahead,” he coached me, totally unaware of what he was about to get into.

HULLABALOO AND HOLLY TOO (part of the MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE Christmas Anthology) will be available sometime the first week of November on Amazon Kindle, Nook, iPad, and at Smashwords too!

Sexy Sassy Smart MADNESS UNDER THE MISTLETOE Wishes --- D. D. Scott

LICENSED FOR LOVE - Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #2 - Arrives Today!!!

2011-10-17T08:32:00.000-07:00

The Mom Squad...your fave Bootscootin’ Books and Cozy Cash Mystery Characters...are back!!!

This time, in my second Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery Short Story...

Licensed For Love on Amazon

Licensed For Love on B&N Nook

Licensed For Love on Smashwords

***Note: I'll give you the Amazon and Nook links as soon as they're live!!! :) ***

The Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mysteries are a unique treat for both new readers and seasoned fans of my Bootscootin’ & Cozy Cash Mystery Books! They're short story-sized peeks into my collection of interconnected books.

In Licensed For Love, think Roz Focker of Meet the Fockers as The Terminator’s new Sarah Connor – partnered with - Cliff the Mailman from Cheers.

Each Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery (short story) features at least one of The Mom Squad quirky-crazy, blue-haired Charlie's Angels wanna-be's!

You'll get to meet their extended families plus learn the unique skill each Mom Squad Member has been trained-to by The Cozy Cash Mysteries' Quarter Master R.

LICENSED FOR LOVE – Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #2 - features Jules’ Aunt Tulip, who rumor has it, is now not just a sex therapist, but also a femme fatale.

She’s licensed on all-things-love plus licensed to kill. And guess what? It’s hunting season...

Here's a Sneak Peek Excerpt:

I pulled the bundle of mail from the mailbox and flipped through the stack.

Nothing out of the ordinary – bill, junk, bill, Psychology Today magazine, and a renewal notice for my membership in AASECT, the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.

To me, AASECT has always sounded like some insect name, not a pleasant acronym of a professional organization for sex therapists.

But “out of the ordinary” and insects describes more than my mail, it describes my current life, where everything is far away from my norm and quite frankly, bugging me.

I’m Dr. Telaine Patricia Cohen, your basic Rosalind “Roz” Focker, Barbara Streisand-portrayed Sex Therapist. I moved to Nashville, Tennessee – AKA Music City - after falling in love with it while visiting my niece, Jules Lichtenstien, who you probably already know, is Music City’s new cupcake boutique queen and also a caterer to the stars.

But I didn’t just fall in love with the city. I also fell hard for one of its letter carriers.

For the past four months, I’ve been living with Jules’ prosthetic-eared mailman, Ben. And although I adore the guy, I’m still trying to remember why I agreed to move in with him.

Our relationship could definitely use a match to re-ignite the spark that originally attracted us.

Ben’s spark had been his penchant for fun. He may not be able to hear very well, but the guy’s got the Midas Touch when it comes to over-the-top spectacular, seeing stars in the bedroom moves.

But after glancing at the deer on the cover of his latest sportsman’s catalog, I had a revelation. Fun with your live-in was evidently out of season. Hunting, however, was in-season, meaning girlfriends and/or wives were out.

I know what you all are thinking. And yes, I’m a “therapist”. A therapist who now needs a therapist. Why? Because, let me tell you something. At Yale, they don’t teach you how to deal with becoming a hunting widow.

My cell phone rang and temporarily shook me out of my life funk.

I glanced at the display. No surprise.

I’d actually taken the phone with me to the mailbox because it was time for Ben to be fighting interstate traffic on his way home from the post office. He always called me to estimate his arrival for dinner.

Evidently, hunting season didn’t rob a man of his appetite for food...just his appetite for love.

“Hey, baby.” Ben’s voice sounded muffled from the hands-free system in his SUV. “I should be home in about half an hour.”

“Sounds good.”

“Do we have any plans for tomorrow?”

In Ben-speak that meant he did.

I took a deep breath and forced a pleasant response. “Why do you ask?”

“Well, a couple of the guys want to head to the woods because deer season starts tomorrow. Is it okay if I go?”

“Fine with me,” I said, with a bit more zip to my voice than I’d originally intended.

I normally deplored Ben’s little-boy way of asking for a kitchen pass. But his request to hunt, coupled with the catalog cover had given me an idea.

Maybe I hadn’t lost my multiple-award-winning therapist’s touch. Suddenly, I had an epiphany and knew just what to do to shake up our waaay too cozy – and boring - love nest.

So it was big-game season, huh?

Well, too bad.

I wasn’t about to spend our four-month anniversary – the fruit and flowers one – alone. Ben would be hunting, all right, but not the prey he planned on. The only permit he was about to be issued was his live-in’s license for love.

I’d teach him that the fifth anniversary we’d be celebrating next month, one I’m sure he planned to live to talk about, wasn’t the only one with “wood” involved.

And yes, I know that technically, you count anniversaries in years, not months. But I’ve always coached my patients to celebrate every day, every week, and every month of their relationships. I’d simply forgotten to make good on my own therapeutic recommendations.

With only half an hour to work, I had to move fast.

Happy Reading!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott-ville Mom Squad Wishes --- D. D. Scott

FLUID FULFILLMENT - Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #1 - Hits The Top 100 Kindle Short Story Bestseller List on Its First Day!!!

2011-10-12T11:42:00.000-07:00

Hellooooooooooooooo, D. D. Scott-ville!!!

Here's a huge 'ole shout-out and thank you for making FLUID FULFILLMENT hit Amazon Kindle's Top 100 Short Story Bestseller List on its very first day!!!

Y'all rock!!!

Welcome to my new Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mysteries!!!

Happy Reading and Thank U again for all your superfab sweet support and luuuvvv!!!

Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott-ville Wishes --- D. D. Scott

FLUID FULFILLMENT - Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #1 - is Here!!!

2011-10-11T09:13:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!

It's Release Week for my next D. D. Scott Cozy Cash Comedic Caper Adventure!!!

FLUID FULFILLMENT - Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #1 - is now available on Smashwords and will be live on both Amazon Kindle and B&N Nook anytime now!!!

***Note: I'll update this post as soon as I've got the Kindle & Nook Links!!!

FLUID FULFILLMENT on Amazon

FLUID FULFILLMENT on B&N Nook

While we're waiting, I thought I'd treat y'all to a Sneak Peek!

First, here's the scoop on The Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mysteries:

Each Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery (short story) will feature at least one of The Mom Squad quirky-crazy, blue-haired Charlie's Angels wanna-be's!

You'll get to meet their extended families PLUS learn the unique skill each Mom Squad Member has been trained-to by The Cozy Cash Mysteries' QuarterMaster R.

FLUID FULFILLMENT – Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #1 - features Roxy's mom Lily Vaughn, who some say is now fairly gifted in Jujitsu. Think Victoria's Secret meets Kill Bill.

Now then...here's a Sneak Peek Excerpt:

I’m Lily Vaughn.

Well actually, Lily Vaughn-McKinna.

By now, you know my Bootscootin’, apparel-designing-daughter, Roxy Rae. And you might also remember I’m recently divorced from Roxy’s dad Steve Vaughn, a globe-trotting gigolo who runs a fashion empire on the scale of Salma Hyak’s husband, Francois-Henri Pinault. What Francois does with French luxury brands like Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci, my ex does with Italian luxury brands.

I must say, during the years I was Mrs. Vaughn, I learned to run a cutting-edge, dynamite-and-then-some fashion empire, and I’ve now built the same for my daughter’s Raeve Boutiques. Think of us like the Vaughn version of the Kardashian’s Dash stores. I’m Roxy’s business manager, AKA the Kris Kardashian of my daughter’s international fashion empire.

But this isn’t my only job...or what they call a gig out here in LA.

I’m also a member of The Mom Squad, a slightly older version of Charlie’s Angels, who fights international crime along-side one of Roxy’s BFFs and Hollywood stylist to the stars, Zoey Witherspoon.

Actually, we fight crime with Zoey, now the Duchess of Caserta, and her husband the Duke of Caserta, Prince Roman Bellesconi Umberto-Vittorio Emanuele Vanvitelli of the Royal House of Savoy.

And yeah, what a mouth-full, right?

But anyhoo...

Why aren’t you reading about the Duke and Duchess or their Bootscootin’ BFFs?

Well, trust me, we Mom Squad Members cause plenty of our own mayhem.

Take my brother Wayne McKinna, for example. Wayne is waaay over his older-guy-but-still-perfectly-fit head and body, and in super-deep Dutch with the Hollywood mob, thanks to another Mom Squad wanna-be...our Aunt Dodie.

So with the Duke and Duchess on stand-by, ready to assist as soon as my stubborn brother admits he needs them, we’re hunting down the Hollywood mob.

Here’s the scoop...

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

As I stood in the doorway to my brother’s office, I still couldn’t imagine him behind Uncle Lewis’ dark cherry desk. But there he was. Wayne McKinna...in his Southern Cal, golden boy flesh.

Okay...back-up a minute.

I suppose I can’t ignore the obvious. Now that Wayne and I are both in our late 60’s, I suppose he looks more like the dashing and mysterious Sir Sean Connery in his legendary Louis Vuitton ad.

Golden Boy or Sir Connery, either way, Wayne was trying to get comfortable in Uncle Lewis' leather chair. He tipped back the chair then kicked up his legs but couldn’t seem to let them relax over the edge of the desk.

I knew he was craving his beat-up metal desk with the perfectly etched coffee rings, not the slick, cool glass that covered Uncle Lewis' pricey antique collector’s piece.

Wayne just didn't belong in this decorator-perfect room, marking up the rugs and the once clean surface of Uncle Lewis’ desk too, with his old, chipped coffee cup. The usual streams of messy spills were now sloshing over the top and running down the sides.

Hell, he didn't belong here period!

Nothing about Deville 1300 Inc, a manufacturer and distributor of ladies' intimate accessories, was related to my brother. Or to me. Except the owners.

Childless, Uncle Lewis and Aunt Dodie had always looked after us with great pride. There were no boundaries to their affections. For that reason, they’d been kind enough to allow Wayne to set-up this farce of a job in order to accomplish the objectives of his real occupation.

But honestly, Aunt Dodie also thrived on helping Wayne with his career as a private investigator. She did have the eye, actually the nose, for his line of work. And on many occasions, she had helped him find the missing pieces of cases that had, up to that point, eluded him.

In fact, it was her good-natured meddling that was simultaneously indispensable and irritating as hell.

But despite our closeness to Lewis and Dodie, we would never have asked to use their company as a false storefront.

And yes, I most definitely said ‘we’.

Actually, Aunt Dodie and I had formulated the plan as a way for Wayne to appear to be settling into the neighborhood. We had reasoned with him that by accepting an Inventory Manager position at Deville, he'd have the cover he needed to find the person his latest client had hired him to locate. Since the person he had to find was also one of Deville’s best customers, Aunt Dodie and I were basically geniuses.

In the meantime, I’ve gone from helping locate missing cozy cash, in my Thug Guard and Lip Glock adventures, to now searching for missing people.

Okay, I’ll admit it. I may have gotten my nose for trouble from Aunt Dodie’s gene pool. But regardless, she had asked me to come home and help her with this job, so here I am.

Besides, I’ve learned a whole new repertoire of investigative skills, thanks to Roman and Zoey and Roman’s QuarterMaster R, and I am rather anxious to try them out.

Wayne pulled his Mac from its silver case and positioned it in the center of the desk. While he waited for it to power-up, he flipped through the paper file he always created on each new client.

Of course, Aunt Dodie and I had already snuck into his briefcase and perused the file, so we knew exactly what it contained.

Luke Branson's press shot slid out of the folder and onto the glass.

Wayne searched the man's face as if his intense study of it would cause the turd to appear right here in the flesh, ready for interrogation.

After adding Luke Branson to my Turd Roster, I couldn’t help but harrumph all to myself. I just love our Cozy Cash Adventure terms. For example, there is “vic” for victims and “perp” for perpetrators.

But by far, my personal favorite is “turd”, the name Roman, Zoey and R use for the money-hungry thugs we’ve been busy rounding-up. And wow, after spending most of my adult life on the posh Upper East Side of Manhattan, I’ve sure never been able to spout-off about turds.

Now then...back to our current turd on the loose.

Luke had the dark features of an Italian god. His black hair cascaded down around his shoulders in the first photo, but was severely pulled back in the second shot. In both, his raven eyes bore holes right through you.

The photos offered no room for misinterpretation. Luke Branson was a force to be feared, and he wanted anyone looking at him to have no doubts they should be afraid...very, very afraid.

FLUID FULFILLMENT is another 99 Cent D. D. Scott Ebook!!!

The Best of D. D. Scott-ville & Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery Wishes --- D. D. Scott

P.S. Mom Squad Mini-Mayhem Mystery #2 - LICENSED FOR LOVE - will release the end of October. Stay-tuned for more Mom Squad-style mayhem with that short-story gem too...