~2008 releases~
Beyond His Control
Harlequin Blaze
March 2008
"Beyond His Control, by Stephanie Tyler, is wonderful. The tension and love between Ava and Justin is perfectly depicted, and the almost nonstop adventure makes the story heart-stoppingly exciting.
—Page Traynor, Romantic Times Magazine, 4.5 Stars
Unleashing The Storm
(Sydney Croft)
Bantam Dell
March 2008
"This erotic romance [Unleashing The Storm]delves deep into the paranormal world of ghosts and humans with special abilities...Each page is filled with attitude, danger and sex that heats up fast and goes well beyond the norm…
—Jennifer Madsen, Romantic Times, 4 Stars
Night Vision
Hot Nights, Dark Desires -
Anthology Novella
Bantam Dell
May 20, 2008
"Night Vision is an excellent read. Stephanie Tyler does an exceptional job in penning likeable characters that I simply fell in love with."
—Cherokee, Coffee Time Romance
Shadow Play
Hot Nights, Dark Desires -
Anthology Novella
(Sydney Croft)
Bantam Dell
May 20, 2008
"SHADOW PLAY is a fascinating paranormal romance that is as inspiring as it is sexy."
—Jennifer A. Ray, Wild On Books
Seduced By The Storm
Bantam Dell
August 2008
"Ms Croft pens a tale where she manages to combine action along with sizzling hot passion. You will not be disappointed in this book."
– Night Owl Romance Reviews, TOP PICK!
~2009 releases~
Taming The Fire
Sydney Croft
Bantam Dell
May 2009
Hard To Hold
Bantam Dell
2009
Too Hot To Hold
Bantam Dell
2009
Hold On Tight
Bantam Dell
2009
~2007 Releases~
Coming Undone
Harlequin Blaze
April 2007
"[Tyler's] straight forward, dead-on writing style invites us to get hot and happy and bowled over by love right along with Carly and Hunt. Which makes being there when they do come undone one of the best things about the novel — next to just how great a romance it is."
-Michelle Buonofiglio, Romance: Buy The Book
Risking It All
Harlequin Blaze
June 2007
"With smooth writing and a fast pace, RISKING IT ALL pushes all the right buttons. From the detailed characterization, realistic dialogue, and passionate romance to the heartwarming conclusion, romance fans are going to love RISKING IT ALL."
-Terrie Figueroa, Romance Reviews Today
Riding The Storm
(
Sydney Croft)
Bantam Dell
September 2007
“Fans of JR Ward have a brand new writer to add to their auto-buy list – Sydney Croft. Exhilarating, erotic and engrossing, paranormal romance readers will not want to miss this sizzling debut!"
_Julie Bonello, SingleTitles.com
Contributor
The Write Ingredients
Samhain Publishing
June 2007
WIP 2007
"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."
– Erica Jong
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“On a similar note, while you're free to think whatever you like about my life and death, if you think I wasted my life, I'll tell you you're wrong. We're all going to die of something. I died doing a job I loved. When your time comes, I hope you are as fortunate as I was.”
-Andrew Olmsted, US Solider, killed in Iraq on January 3rd, 2008 – words from his final blog, written to be put up in the event of his death. (www.andrewolmsted.com
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“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more.”
– Erica Jong
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August 25th, 2005 at 10:24 am
One of my faves, from one of my fave authors (not inspiring but amusing):
People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy — and I keep it in a jar on my desk.
– Stephen King
August 25th, 2005 at 10:46 am
“The first scene in a book should reveal the main character’s internal conflict.”
–Haywood Smith, The Red Hat Club,
August 25th, 2005 at 10:47 am
“The difference between a good book and a great book is typically only a few sentences.”
–Annie Jones, aka Annie Flannigan,
August 25th, 2005 at 10:47 am
“Protect the work.”
–Susan Elizabeth Phillips
August 25th, 2005 at 10:48 am
Are you sorry you asked now? LOL
My fave:
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.–Unknown
August 25th, 2005 at 11:59 am
Here’s what I have on my desk at work…
“FEELING…then ACTION…then SPEECH…feelings provide the drive for the others. A person doesn’t decide to feel a particular way…they just do!”
“Motivations always precedes reaction”
“The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five little words — I did not have the time.” - Franklin Field
Gee, I wonder what your SEALS would say to this question?
August 25th, 2005 at 12:10 pm
Oooo! I love writing quotes and have a lot of favorites. Let’s see….
Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. ~ John Osborne
Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. ~ Mark Twain
If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing. ~ Kingsley Amis
Write even when you donít want to, donít much like what you are writing, and arenít writing particularly well. ~ Agatha Christie
Writing is like cooking…if you spill something, you should make it look like part of the act. ~ John Keeble
Writing is long periods of thinking and short periods of writing. ~ Ernest Hemingway
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ~ Jack London
In baseball you only get three swings and you’re out. In rewriting, you get almost as many swings as you want, and you know, sooner or later, you’ll hit the ball. ~ Neil Simon
(Ack! I look like an over-achiever.
I just couldn’t decide on a favorite. But I’ll stop now.)
August 25th, 2005 at 12:21 pm
Okay, you asked for it. Hope there’s not any repeats from above posts…
Andrew Holleran: The demonic paradox of writing: when you put something down that happened, people often don’t believe it; whereas, you can make up anything, and people assume it must have happened to you.
“The first draft of anything is shit.” — E. Hemingway
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. –Ray Bradbury
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. –Jack London
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative. –Woody Allen
“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” -William Jennings Bryan
“Writing a book is like driving a car at night. You only see as far as your headlights go, but you can make the whole trip that way.” E. L. Doctorow
“I guess there are never enough books.” – John Steinbeck
“Writers write. Wannabes make excuses. …Keep Writing. …Don’t give up.” — Karen A. Fox
“A Goal is a Dream that has an ending.” Duke Ellington
The Force is always with you— so force yourself. – Harrison Ford on Star Wars
August 25th, 2005 at 12:28 pm
How about just some humor?
A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car.
-Carrie Snow-
Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut the bitch up with cookies.
A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t. -Rhonda Hansome (Don’t guess Jake will go for this one, eh?)
The phrase “working mother” is redundant. -Jane Sellman-
Every time I close the door on reality, it comes in through the windows. -Jennifer Unlimited-
Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. -Charlotte Whitton- (Oooh, okay, just don’t let Jake read these!)
I’m not going to vacuum ’til Sears makes one you can ride on.
-Roseanne Barr-
One that made me go Hmmm… how true:
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. -Gloria Steinem-
And a favorite:
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
-Eleanor Roosevelt-
August 25th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
Gee, I wonder what your SEALS would say to this question?
Glad you asked, Christyne.:wink: Here are a few of my favorites:
“Pain is weakness leaving the body.”
- Various Special Ops Instructors
“Anyone can just go in there and kill someone, but you can’t get information from a corpse.”
- SEAL motto
“There is no ‘I’ in TEAM.”
-US Navy SEALs
“The only easy day was yesterday.”
-US Navy SEALs
“We ain’t making no goddamn cornflakes here.”
-Col. Charlie Beckwith, founder of Delta Force
“It’s a question of mind over matter, I don’t mind and you don’t fucking matter”
- The Elite, article on Royal Marine Commandos boot camp.
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
- George Orwell
August 25th, 2005 at 4:32 pm
“No plan B. It distracts from plan A.” Will Smith’s father.
August 25th, 2005 at 4:39 pm
“Anyone can just go in there and kill someone, but you can’t get information from a corpse.”
- SEAL motto
Jake, honey, I love this one!
August 25th, 2005 at 5:04 pm
I like this topic!
“What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he whispers.” ~Logan Pearsall Smith
“Some editors are filed writers, but so are most writers.” ~ T.S. Eliot
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” ~ Ben Franklin
August 25th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
As a teenager I used to keep this on my mirror:
We have become the men we wanted to marry.
Gloria Steinem
August 25th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I love the Jack London quote. Also the skinny woman crying to get out who gets shut up with cookies. I can relate!!
These are great. :)
August 25th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, in one handsome and well-preserved piece. You should slide broadside across that finish line, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, and shouting ‘Geronimo!”
-Unknown
August 25th, 2005 at 8:40 pm
Nulla dies sine linea (or there abouts :biggrin:) Never a day without a line.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:55 am
Well, if my daughter hadn’t ripped them all off my monitor, I’d have a ton to share. But all these are good.
Here’s one though… from a SEAL
“We do things my way. There is no highway option.” Vin Diesel in the Pacifier
August 26th, 2005 at 9:22 am
Love the quotes Jake!
My favorite for the “better” men out there is…
“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”
–John Stewart Mill–
August 26th, 2005 at 11:39 am
Here’s one I took from you, Steph, and it’s on a virtual Post-It on my laptop:
Writing a book is like driving a car at night. You only see as far as your headlights go, but you can make the whole trip that way. -E.L. Doctrow
August 26th, 2005 at 8:36 pm
We cannot give birth to an idea, create, or invent without putting the mind through labor.
(Selma Wasserman, Professor of Education,
Simon Fraser University)
August 26th, 2005 at 8:40 pm
It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy.
“Listen to your dreams — those are the sounds no one else can hear,” Kobi Yamada.
“Have Faith *** Faith grows when you ACT without Knowing the end Result.”
August 26th, 2005 at 8:41 pm
Illegitimati non carborundum – Don’t let the bastards get you down.
August 26th, 2005 at 9:42 pm
You guys are awesome - I knew you’d come to my rescue. I’m writing these all down!
I’ve been walking around all day trying to figure out my plan A, telling my husband there is no highway and shutting up my inner woman with cookies! And the writing ones worked completely since I wrote like a madwoman yesterday and today!!
You guys rock!:bravo: