One Day at A Time Novella Accepted

I just found out that a novella I submitted, One Day at a Time, has been accepted by Dreamspinner Press! More information including cover date, blurb, and art coming as soon as I get it!

First Impressions Promotional Text

Here's the blurb about my next story, "First Impressions," part of the June "First Time for Everything" series from Dreamspinner Press:

First Impressions

By Dawn Douglas
After an accidental brush with fame while working a high-profile serial murder case, forensic anthropologist Dr. David Holt is sent on a lecture junket to pass the time until media interest in his work dies down. More tired and grouchy than a true misanthrope, his patience is stretched to the breaking point by the end of the circuit. Then David meets Matthew Carter, who stumbles into his lecture both late and disheveled.  However, the young man’s determination to befriend his idol and his enthusiasm for the subject reminds David that sometimes life sends good things your way when you least expect them.

First Time for Everything

Well, the excitement from Uniform Appeal has finally worn off a little, but only because I just got the news that my next story - First Impressions, part of the June First Time for Everything series - has been finalized by the editorial department and is ready for release in June. I don't have the exact day yet, but as soon as I know I'll post it here.

For now, here is the cover:

It's out, it's out...my story is out!

Uniform Appeal published on April 11! I got my author copies in the mail a couple of days later and read through the stories, and I'm pretty happy with mine. Some of them were really excellent, but I think Sam and Jake held their own quality-wise nicely. For your reading pleasure, here is the promotional text from, "Heat of the Moment."

Heat of the Moment by Dawn Douglas
Dr. Jake Matthews is working as a fellow in critical medicine at a hospital in San Antonio when a disastrous high-rise blaze brings firefighter Sam Roberts to his ER. Passion ignites when Sam and Jake realize that sometimes the only way to get through a tragedy is to find someone to help you celebrate life.

If you'd like to buy Uniform Appeal (HOTM starts on page 154) or my next story, coming out in June, you can do it through my author page at Dream Spinner Press:

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php?cPath=55_402

Uniform Appeal Cover Art

I'm choosing to believe they created this cover art based totally on Sam from my story, because, yeah, this is now exactly what his chest looks like in my mind.

Two Weeks Out...

So I just got an e-mail from my editor - yes, I have an EDITOR (uh-huh, still that excited about it) - that all the final revisions are done on Uniform Appeal and it is set to go for release on April 11, 2011. Run, don't walk, to http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/ and check out the Coming Soon section for Uniform Appeal!

I have an author page!

So my author page went live on Dreamspinner Press today. It's a little discouraging to see that there are, as of yet, no contents in my "works" section, but that's ok. I'm sure they'll add it after the Uniform Appeal anthology comes out, right?

My secret identity

So I had to argue with my husband about my psyudonym. He really thought I should be "Ashley Peterson." (I know, considering what I'm writing, that would have been such a bad pun.) He actually came up with that name once upon a time when I was playing at writing mainstream romances.

He always loved it, but it never felt right to me. I like alliteration. Amanda Ashley. Margret Mitchell. For some reason, those are the author names that tend to stick in my mind, even if I don't love their books. So I picked Dawn Douglas.

Dawn is my middle name, and Douglas is my husbands. It made perfect sense to me.

But James hates it.

Luckily, his vote doesn't count =).

Holy crap, I'm published!

When I got the e-mail from Anne Regan at Dreamspinner Press that said she wanted to include my short story in an upcoming anthology - Uniform Appeal - I couldn't believe it! Then I got the contract and signed it, and I still couldn't believe it. Then I got a request to submit an author bio for their website, and all at once it hit me.

It's official. I'm published!

So I rushed right out and started this blog so that the LEGIONS of fans I'm sure will come pouring in after they read my 6,000ish words (ok, maybe not legions, but a girl's allowed to hope, right) can keep up with me!

And yeah, now I seem to be right back to the holy crap, I'm published stage. Apparently, I still can't believe it.