| The List |
I swiped this from RG Alexander's blog, ( http://rgalexander.blogspot.com/) who swiped it from MG Braden's blog, and found we have some really odd stuff in common.
So, the point is to hilight any of the things I've done:
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (a small one)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid-{I wish}
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
1. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland (does Scotland count?)
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror (I was Janet)
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over a zillion times
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (lived within 20 minutes of it for years, drove over it to work every day-never walked it)
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery (but the night is young!)
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart by accident
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet (a garter snake named Medusa, and my room-mate had a boa named Bubba)
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (it's a tie: 7 each)
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream everyday (being a published author!)
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you (do my books count?)
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life |
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| A Very Merry Christmas Eve |
Last night we had an intimate Christmas Eve dinner with Jax and her dh. Too much good food, too much champagne, and things got a little strange, but then, this is LA, so that happens. Here are a few pics-they pretty much tell the story-LOL!
 Jax, my b/f and me in front of the tree  Me and Jax after perhaps a few too many glasses of champagne  Jax and her drunken lightsaber battle with my b/f (her dh on the sofa in the background)  The end of a great evening! |
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| HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
I don't have much in the way of news today. I've just been getting ready for the holidays-shopping, wrapping and mailing gifts, preparing for Christmas Eve dinner at my place...but in between I've been working on my next two books-hopefully Bantam will like my proposals. I'm going non-BDSM with these-surprise, surprise! The second book will be about fetishes, but I'm not saying what kind. The first book is pure sensual fantasy. Can't say much else until they're contracted. Cross your collective fingers for me!
My editor wants the proposals on both books, as well as a first chapter on each, the first week in January, which is very do-able if I make myself sit down and write! Actually, I completed the rough on the outline for the first book last night, and I've started the chapter on that book. Today I've been running errands and goofing off, but I suppose I need a day like that now and then, too. But now, fueled by chocolate, I'm going to try and funnel my energy into that first chapter. It'd be great to make some headway on it tonight. Wish me luck!
Not sure when I'll post again with all the holiday craziness, and I'll probably fly to Reno to care for a dear friend post-surgury the first week of the New Year (we're waiting to find out her surgury date), so while I'm here, I want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season-whatever you happen to celebrate! Be joyful, be well, and happy writing!
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| Tagged again-Cobblestone style |
Hmmm...let's see what strange and revealing facts about me this one will bring up. Here it goes...
Four Jobs I've Had:
1. Medical office manager
2. Retail manager and buyer
3. makeup artist
4. glam rock band stylist
Four Places I've Lived:
1. Los Angeles
2. San Francisco
3. Marin County (across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco)
4. Sonoma Wine Country
Four Favorite Foods:
1. lobster
2. chocolate eclairs
3. anything Thai
4. chocolate donuts
Movies I Could Watch Over and Over
1. Practical Magic
2. Quills
3. Pride & Prejudice (Kiera Knightly version)
4. Love Actually
Four TV Shows I Watch:
1. Dexter (on Showtime-dark but brilliant!)
2. American Idol
3. L Word (also on Showtime)
4. Tyra Banks Show (a guilty pleasure!)
Four Places I've Visited:
1. Paris
2. Cancun
3. St. Martin's
4. Jamaica
Four Places I'd Like To Visit:
1. Paris again-I need to spend a lot more time there!
2. the Greek islands
3. Italy
4. Tahiti
Four Websites I Go To (almost) Daily:
1. Romance Divas
2. Passionate Ink Forum
I don't have any more unless blogs count-but I rarely do that, either
Four People I'm Tagging To Do This:
1. Crystal Jordan
2. Emma Petersen
3. Karen Erikson
4. Loribelle Hunt |
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| I Was Tagged for Christmas! |
Christmas list
Tagged by my dear friend, erotica author Lacy Danes
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate! Anything chocolate. But I do love egg nog, too.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Oh, presents must be wrapped as prettily as possible! And I love those pretty gift bags!
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored lights on the tree, generally, although one year I did a tree with white lights and all silver, gold and white ornaments and it was beautiful! I'm too lazy to put lights outside.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? We did at my Mom's house, but I haven't done it since Mom's been gone. Maybe I should...:)
5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually around the second week in December. I always get a natural tree, and I don't want it to dry out. I live in LA, which is really desert, so everything is dry here.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? I have to go with Lacy on this and say pumpkin pie-with lots of whipped cream. Hmmm...the whipped cream by itself is pretty good, too!
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? My first Christmas tree when I was eight. Long story.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I was six years old. My favorite aunt, Linda, had spent the night and was sleeping on the couch. I woke up early and found a red bicycle with a big ribbon on it in the middle of the living room. For some reason, I thought Christmas was the next day, and it was some sort of sin to have seen the bike too early. I freaked out! The only way my aunt could calm me down was to explain the whole Santa thing.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Always-some on Christmas Eve, some on Christmas Day.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Colored lights, tons of gorgeous ornaments, mostly glass, and gold beaded garlands.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?I love it! But I've only seen it a few times (I am a California girl!) and I've never had to live in it. I imagine the novelty would wear off real fast the first time I had to shovel my driveway.
12. Can you ice skate? Rather horribly as a kid. Probably not at all by now.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My aunt Linda got a Barbie van for me-it was all pink and orange (this was the late sixties-erverything was pink and orange). I loved that thing!
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Spending time with family and friends.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? That pumpkin pie again!
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Just sitting around the table and eating, talking, laughing, telling stories, drinking champagne-being together
17. What tops your tree? A gold star.
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving, absolutely! Especially when there are kids. I have a little brother and sister now, and a new nephew-fun!
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? All I Want for Christmas Is You and the David Bowie/Bing Crosby version of The Little Drummer Boy.
20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? YUM!
Tagging... Crystal Jordan and Karen Erikson-because they actually read my blog now and then-LOL! |
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| ~WINTER SOULSTICE~ Released this Friday! |
My contemporary erotic novella with a slight paranormal twist, Winter Soulstice, will be released this Friday! Here's a little peek:
A chance storm on December 21st, the Winter Solstice, drives psychologist Destiny Walker to a spontaneous consultation with a fortune-teller. When the psychic tells her she’s about to meet her soul mate, Destiny is dubious.
But when she runs into Superman look-alike Reece Kellan—literally—her rational world is turned upside down. Reece is funny, kind, and the sexiest man she’s ever seen. And when their bodies meet, the electricity they create could rival the storm raging outside. But there’s something more there, something mysterious, alluring and a little frightening. Is it possible the psychic was right, after all?
Come and celebrate my new release this Friday night at 8PM EST at the Cobblestone chatroom! Just go to www.Cobblestone-Press.com to find the chatroom or to buy my book!
Lots of exciting things happening right now. I recently sold my short BDSM-themed erotic novella, Breaking Skye, to Phaze, due to be released in February as part of Phaze's February Fetish line-try to say that 5 times fast! More on Breaking Skye later.
Today I'm working on finishing up proofing the galleys on The Dark Garden for Bantam. I hope to have it sent back to my editor by tomorrow. I don't know how many times I've read this story by now, but I still have moments where I read a certain line or a scene, and I think 'Oh, that was really good!'. I think it's rare for a writer to really like what we write without constantly doubting ourselves. So it's pretty exciting that I still love this story-a first for me. I have noticed that I like what I'm writing more and more, so maybe it's an evolution of my development as a writer. Not that I'll love every line I ever write-far from it. I see this growth as a life-long process, and I know there will always be these inner struggles to love what I do, to do it well, to keep doing it better.
I'm not actively working on a new story right now, which is strange. I have two books vaguely outlined that I'm dying to get to, though. I thought I'd take December off and just enjoy it, but I'm so compelled to write! This is a good thing, I suppose. But maybe some day I'll learn how to relax-LOL! And even though I'm not working on these stories, they're in my head, my characters popping in to tell me something about who they are, feeding me bits of dialogue...if they would only keep quiet long enough for me to conecentrate on the task at hand, maybe I could work a little faster. But I have to stop several times a day to make notes. Do the rest of you do this, or am I really that neurotic?
Okay-back to work!
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| So many books, so little time |
Wow-there are so many great books to read this month! With all the craziness of the holidays, you deserve to curl up with a good book in the evenings, don't you? Here's a sampling of a few great winter reads:
Proximity of DesireVolume 1 by r. Pia
Erotic (could ya tell by the cover?) Sci-Fi/FuturisticLength: Short Story
Could you live without touch…without Sex? In 2410, the simple act of touching has been outlawed, except for practical purposes. However, sex is not one of them. Adymn 514 intends to break free of society’s censorious constraints. He’s determined to convince the girl he loves that touch is not vile—it’s needed.
You can find this book at http://www.venuspress.com/catalog/books/proximityofdesire.htm
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From Canice Brown-Porter, The Goblin, The Witch, and the Single Girl. This is a sweet romantic paranormal/contemporary novella:
Five years after losing her parents in the 9/11 terrorist act that toppled the Twin Towers in New York City, Caitlin realizes she needs to take control of her life again and start fresh. Even if it means giving up the most eligible bachelor in the City.Trips to Montreal as a young girl with her parents had taken her through the quaint, quiet little village of Rouses Point. Perched on the northernmost shores of Lake Champlain in New York state, the old Clabo Victorian home had been vacant even back then. And now, here she stands in the middle of the foyer of her new home, grinning like a Cheshire cat. Will her life be as sweet as she foresees? Or will the other occupants in her house throw a wrench in her plans?
Available now at www.FreyasBower.com
Rating: SweetBook Length: Novella
Price: $4.75 Genre: Paranormal/Contemporary Read excerpt
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A contemporary romance for those who love to cook-or who just like to heat things up, in and out of the kitchen!
COOKING UP A STORM, the latest Modern Extra release from Jenna Bayley-Burke is on sale this December!Available from Mills & Boon and AmazonUK.When it comes to relationships, sexy venture capitalist Cameron Price sticks firmly to casual flings. But when relocation takes him to Seattle, his boss insists that finding a girlfriend will be a smart career move.Still content with snacks rather than a full banquet, Cameron makes a deal with caterer Lauren Brody. To keep the husband hunters at bay, she will pretend to be his girlfriend, and in return he'll hire her to cook at all his corporate events!But their first kiss is incredibly tasty! Soon, the chemistry between Cameron and Lauren is electric, and their shared passion is threatening to boil over - which isn't part of Cameron's plan!
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This one got a score of 90-yes, 90!!!!-from Mrs. Giggles! Nobody gets a 90 from Mrs. Giggles. Nobody. Not even me!
Not Quite Dead by Sela Carsen
Price: $3.50 Length: Novella
Genre: Romance/Paranormal/Comedy
Buy From MBaM!
He’s gorgeous, he’s got great manners, he’s got a mission to accomplish. The only drawback? He’s been dead for a hundred years.
Sabine Harper’s night started out badly—a dead man jumped out of his grave, she was chased by a vampire and now she has an uninvited guest. The worst part? A guy who may or may not be entirely dead is looking ten times better than any living man she’s ever dated.
Willem Breaux has only three days to avenge his murder, but upon awakening more than a century into the future, he discovers that he needs Sabine’s help more than he could have imagined. And in the end, he’ll need her love more than anything else.
Can Willem and Sabine find love—and a little laughter—in spite of time, death and an evil that’s waited a century to make its move?
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So, what am I doing while everyone is reading these fabulous books? Christmas shopping, editing one book, proofing galleys on another, taking a very small break from writing. But I haven't been a totally useless lump-I sold my BDSM novella, BREAKING SKYE, to Phaze for their February Fetish line! I'm very excited, because while all of my print books so far are BDSM, all of my e-pubbed books have been vanilla. I thought it was time to let my dark side out on the Internet, so stay tuned for the upcoming release of BREAKING SKYE!
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