For the past three and a half days, I’ve been holed up in my house with two of my children due to snow/ice/sleet. I thought that was bad enough, until we lost power for the last day and a half and I was holed up in the one warm room with a teen and a […]
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Define Sexy
February 24, 2010 – 5:24 AM
I tried to copy and paste pictures of sexy men to liven up this post, but couldn’t figure out how to do it. (Terri, I need help!) Dictionary.com defines sexy as: – Concerned predominantly or excessively with sex– Sexually interesting or exciting– Radiating sexuality– Excitingly appealing– Arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest […]
I’ll Write After…..
February 21, 2010 – 3:07 PM
Home alone, with so many things to preoccupy me, some days I find it difficult to focus on the task of writing. It starts off something like this: I’ll write after…. I take a shower, put my daughter on the bus, throw in some laundry, check my e-mail, have breakfast, load the dishwasher, do my hair and makeup […]
Thank you Linda
February 17, 2010 – 12:17 AM
Thank you to my writer friend, Linda Rader, at http://www.lindarader.blogspot.com/ for this lovely Picasso Award. (Which I didn’t do anything to earn, unless you count writing on her blog!) From what I understand, recipients of this award need to share seven random things about themselves and then forward the award to seven people. So here goes: 1) In my […]
Hudson Valley RWA
February 13, 2010 – 10:47 PM
Today I went to my first official meeting of the Hudson Valley Chapter of RWA (Romance Writers of America). I joined back in September (after a wonderful luncheon), and it took me five months to get up the nerve to attend. Now, after spending time with this friendly and welcoming group, I could kick myself for waiting. […]
Bet Me
February 11, 2010 – 1:56 PM
Despite the title of this post, it has nothing to do with gambling. Last week, while blogging, I visited a site where a writer listed Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie as her all-time favorite book. Over the years I’ve read so many wonderful books and have so many favorites that I find it hard to choose […]
Great Expectations
February 7, 2010 – 4:25 AM
Today I found out that my entry from Love, Hospital Style did not final in the Great Expectations contest. This is frustrating because the first 25 pages finished second in the 2008 Gotcha! contest. I’m sure it has to do with the changes I spoke about in a previous post, when I tried to please […]
Star in your own romance novel
February 2, 2010 – 8:56 PM
Recently, while listening to the radio in my car, I heard an advertisement for personalized romance novels. You pick the setting, the tone (wild or mild), and provide 26 personal details about the starring couple, and the company does the rest. How cool is that? At the time, I couldn’t write down the web address because I […]
What are you reading right now?
January 28, 2010 – 6:54 PM
Recently, I visited my local Borders with a thirty dollar gift card and a ten dollar off a purchase of twenty five dollars or more coupon in my wallet. An avid readers dream, right? I searched the new releases table and scanned the shelves of the romance section, (literally from A-Z) reading the backs of dozens of potential purchases, and could only […]
Pitch Session
January 24, 2010 – 4:18 PM
While perusing the Internest, an obsession of late, I came across information that Victoria Curran, an editor with Harlequin Superromance, will be hosting an online pitch session on 2/26/10. To enter you need to send a 2-paragraph blurb about your completed manuscript by 2/15/10. Five entries will be chosen and announced on or around 2/23/10. For more […]