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I couldn't resist posting this:

Eldest Son is coming home for Thanksgiving tomorrow morning, and My Liege is taking Friday off work, so you won't find me around the blog until Tuesday or so. Monday is a holiday, and Sunday is our Thanksgiving dinner at my parents'.

An American on one of my writing lists asked about the differences between Canadian and American Thanksgiving a few weeks ago. Sorry to disappoint, but the holiday is pretty much the same as it is in the U.S….except it's celebrated s...

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My apologies to those who visited the blog today expecting to find a guest blog post and book give-away. I did have a guest scheduled, but unfortunately had to cancel when I didn't receive the necessary materials in time for me to fit photo resizing, blog formatting and uploading into my own busy writing schedule. This is the first time I've had to cancel a guest blogger in a year of hosting, so that's good—but it's the second time I've run into problems receiving the necessary materials...

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I had the strangest fever all weekend. Now I know why I went to bed at 8:30 p.m. Thursday night.

I woke up Friday feeling fine. So I thought. The dog had to go in to the vet's for the day, so we didn't have time for a walk (she wasn't allowed to eat anything, and she always grabs something off the ground on our walks). Then I had errands to run downtown. Returned home, picked up the dog after some writing, and realized I was feeling a tad warm. I didn't think anything of it. Nope, I didn't...

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My Liege gets a new printer today. His died September 29th, the last day of Mercury Retrograde.

On the plus side, at least it wasn't my printer. Mine is more expensive and gets a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy tougher work-out than his. My printer escaped Mercury Retrograde! HAHAHAHA! .

However, alas, I'm the printer installer in this household. Cross your fingers that all goes well.

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It's Wednesday already? What happened?

I'm having one of those weeks where I have so much to accomplish that it feels nothing's getting done when in fact I'm motoring along just fine. Still in the most intensive part of my single title revisions—the first three chapters. I love the revisions, but they really affect the structure of the partial. A lot of work to do.

I'm also very busy planning a major vacation for My Liege and I. I hope to book the plane tickets tomorrow. Meanwhile, his printer ...

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I had a post already published this morning, but just deleted it after hearing the very sad news that Kensington editor Kate Duffy has passed away. Kate played a major role in my first sale to Red Sage as Penny, because I'd initially targeted my first Secrets novella to her. As can so often happen in publishing, my manuscript went awry, shall we say. It had been over a year and I had not heard on the status. I was at an RWA conference—I can't remember which one anymore—and just happened to...

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All those l's and !'s are mind-boggling, don't ya think? Yes, my purpose in life is to hypnotize you and compell you to do whatever I want. Like post an abundance of l's and !'s on your own blog. Let's cover the blogosphere with l's and !'s!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahem. So sorry. Sugar rush (blame the Dairy Queen Caramel MooLatte).

What I meant to say is that Cover Café is holding a book cover poll as part of its Annual Cover Contest. Visit the site to participate. Four covers (one by Penny's publisher...

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I'm blogging at Nobody Writes it Better today about the dreaded Great Photo Album Update and my love of photography. Please join me and share your thoughts and experiences.

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Woo-hoo, it's National Punctuation Day! Okay, it's celebrated in the States, but I'm confiscating it. Ever needed a quick introduction to the semi-colon? How about the hyphen? (I especially like the bit about compound modifiers. I've always called them "adjectival phrases," but what do I know?). You can even download a recipe for Punctuation Meat Loaf. Oh, joy.

My life will never be the same.

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Enough planning the revisions for my single title. I've finally dug into them, and I'm loving the results.

Five pages down, 315 to go!

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