Happy Birthday Darling!

Today I am going to be very brief and just wish my dear husband, the love of my life who brought me the other three loves of my life, and my best friend Ralph a Happy Happy Happy Blessed Birthday!

We all love you so much, you are the center of our universe!

Love to you always,

Rebecca

New Cover Goodness!!

I am so excited to show off my new cover for Alpha Wolf: The Westervelt Wolves Book 5. Isn't he yummy? This is Michael's story.

Like a lot of authors I know, I wait anxiously for covers. I have been incredibly lucky in mine. This one was designed by cover artist Anne Cain, who has done all of the Westervelt covers for me.

Best to all of you

RR

Friday Night at the Nutcracker

So in keeping with the theme of holiday traditions, I got to go friday night to see The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center, which is a holiday tradition for my friend Jessica. She goes with her family every year. Except, this year her family couldn't attend, which meant that her other friend Walter and I got to step in and have a fabulous evening. (Thank you Jess!)

The evening began with really good food at restaurant, a dart uptown as we realized what time it was, a run through Lincoln Center, before we arrived at the Nutcracker. The show was superb. The first half, I thought, went faster than the second half but the dancing was amazing in both hours.

We had a great time and I was so touched to join Jess in her yearly viewing of the Nutcracker. It was an incredible night and I'll never forget it!

The three of us outside (it was cold!) Lincoln Center after the performance.

I tried to take a shot of the Nutcracker Sign. I didn't get the whole thing...not much of a photographer, I'm afraid.

The fountain at Lincoln Center.

Six Sentence Sunday

So for this weeks Six Sentence Sunday I'm giving you the last taste of the sequel to Initiation, my Young Adult series. This is from the last chapter in the book and as I've stopped new writing on it. Next week I'll be on to something new.

Here it is, from the last chapter.

I bent down until I was at his eye level. “Dad? If you do this for me, I won’t ever ask you to participate again. Do you understand? This will be the last time, the last thing you ever have to do for me.”

He raised his eyes to mine. I knew he loved me—as much as a broken man who’d never been put back together correctly could—and I wasn’t surprised when he nodded his head.

Rebecca Royce

Holiday Blog Rush

If you're just happening upon my blog today, then welcome. I am part of a Holiday Blog Rush. The picture above is of my husband and I by the tree at Rockefeller Plaza in NYC. I live very close to NYC and my husband and I are trying to create memories for the kids that involve visiting the city because to me that is what the holidays are about--tradition and family.

I love being a writer and I'm fortunate beyond belief to be allowed to do what I do every day. So although this is a brief post for the blog hop today, I'd just like to take a moment to say thank you to all of you out there who stop by today and who have stopped by in the past. It's because of you that I get to live my dream every day.

Make sure you visit everyone http://booknibbles.com/holidayhop/

Best

Rebecca Royce

I Finished

I finished my Work In Progress. Well, the new writing anyway. What will I do now? Several chapters from the work are in the hands of my writing partner (who also writes YA and is incredibly super talented) and when she's had a chance to point out to me all the things I can't see in my own writing (thank goodness) then I will take the work and do one large edit. When that is finished I may or may not send the book out to another author friend who can Beta read it for me. At that point, when its gotten the 'go ahead' I will submit the work to the publisher for consideration.

Its a long process but it works for me.

In the meantime, I have new writing to do on the next Westervelt Wolves book.

So close!!

I am so close to finishing the end of my WIP...

Wish me luck. I want to finish today!