My Muse's Musings

In 2007,  I accepted my first contract with The Wild Rose Press and my Scottish Medieval Romance, HIGHLAND MOONLIGHT  was released.  I've recently gotten the rights back to Moonlight and done revisions, rewrites, and updated the cover.  I'm calling it The Author's Cut because it's a new version of the book.  In honor of it's pending release, I'm revealing the cover. My BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS, EXCELLENT NEW COVER!! Done by my wonderful cover artist,  Tracy Stewart (Yes that's a Scottish Name which is very appropriate.) She is the  owner of a one stop shopping, everything you could need for your book company called  Simply Bookish,  And also Tracy was able to find a picture of the castle I wrote about, dreamed about, and studied while I wrote the book and we have put it on the cover. The castle is Kilchurn Castle in Scotland, now a ruin but in the day.... It is located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was actually constructed in 1450 (a litt...

This week I published my Scottish medieval short story, To Capture A Highlander's Heart: The Beginning. It is a spin off story tied to Highland Moonlight my first published book,which will soon be rereleased with a new cover, new line edits, and rewrites. To Capture a Highlander's Heart: The Beginning is the first story of a trilogy tied to Highland Moonlight. The next one will be To Capture A Highlander's Heart: The Courtship-- already in the works.   And the third story will be To Capture A Highlander's heart: The Wedding Night.  I set the short story for Free on Smashwords. And it's available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon . It's available at KOBO and Apple as well. All Free.  I hope you'll check it out. Read on, Teresa J. Reasor 

An Automated Death An Automated Death was published March 13th, 2013.  And I thought I'd post an except from the book for those who are interested. The story has two endings. One dark and one light.  I've published the story with them both.  Here's the excerpt: Automaton: A non-electronic machine that mimics the movements of an animal or a human.   A nineteenth century robot. London, England, 1863 Rain clouds rolled in over London, bringing with them a gray tinged afternoon light that struggled to penetrate the shop’s plate glass windows. Alan Cartwright turned up the wick on the oil lamp and moved it closer to the mechanism he worked on. Despite the gas lamps lining the interior walls, working on the small fittings of the automaton required additional light. The wooden clock cabinets and music boxes he built gleamed in the warm glow, their brass fittings sparkling gold. The smell of freshly cut wood and machine oil hung in...

AN AUTOMATED DEATH AN AUTOMATED DEATH IS LIVE!!!  IT'S AVAILABLE AT AMAZON FOR NOW AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BAND N SMASHWORDS APPLE AND ECT. SOON!! MY COVER IS GORGEOUS!!! My cover art was done by BrittanyWeigle (akaBita)   from: http://www.simplybookish.com  Here's the blurb:   After his wife’s death, clockmaker Alan Cartwright focuses all his energy on his work and his eight-year-old son, Brenton. Father and son bond by building a lifelike automaton, designed to resemble Brenton in looks and talent: The boy is an extraordinary artist. Before the automaton is finished, Brenton is run over and killed by a carriage driven by Sir William Tyndale, a decorated soldier and knight who lost his own wife and son during service in India. The accident leads to strange occurrences and an unholy obsession.   The automaton comes to life, communicating with Alan through written messages and drawings of the past and the future. Alan is con...

Sometimes we writers like to have inspiration when we write. And I love to find the guys who will be on my covers and keep a picture of them on my desktop.  We'll recently I found Flash. The hero in my next SEAL TEAM Heartbreaker novel Breaking Away   And I have to tell you this guy is something special. I can't wait to see what my cover artist Tracy Stewart will do with this image. But I know she'll make it into something special for me.  Until she does, I'll keep him on my desktop and let him help me write the story. Teresa R.   Breaking Through   Breaking Free

Jane Greenhill writes wonderful YA books about an alien named Oas.  She knows this character so well I sometimes think that Jane herself might be from Zorka Twenty-Three.  I Was A Teenage Alien has just been released and she has two more books in the series that will be out this year. As well as other projects.   I Was A Teenage Alien    INTERVIEW:   1. Tell us what inspired your story?   In a small town in Canada, there was an E Coli outbreak from contaminated water, and I got the idea of an alien coming to earth and saving the town.   2. Describe your heroine and tell us a little about her.   Oas, is a teenage girl from Zorca-twenty-three.   Some things are universal, like annoying siblings, what to wear, hair issues and a mother who she believes favours her siblings over her.   3.Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?   No matter where you’re...

On February 23, 2013 I will be participating with a six other romance writers on a Romance Author's panel and will be answering questions about the process of writing romance and everything else that goes into it.  The panel runs from 2:00 to 5:00.  And we'll all be there signing our books.  We'd love a good turn out!!!! My fellow writers who will be there are Tiffany Reisz, Kathleen Brooks, Hallee Bridgeman, Donna McDonald, Maddie James, Robyn Peterman , and of course yours truly-- Teresa Reasor. Hope to see all you wonderful readers there!!! Thanks, Teresa Reasor