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Tools and Promo

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One of the only things I lost, besides my iTunes, when my computer crashed, was my bookmarks. I'd made a ton over the summer--agents I planned to query, publishers, Supernatural stuff, etc. All lost when the dh had to reformat my hard drive.

Then I was using his laptop and making bookmarks. Well, duh. So I found out GOOGLE has bookmarks. You can store your bookmarks there and access them from any computer. Win!!!

Also, I have an Amazon Author Page now. Just need

Not Cool

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Last night we went to dinner at the boy's gf's apartment. She lives above her grandparents' garage in a part of town that had been allowed to run down but is now revitalizing. The apartment had 2 good-sized rooms, an adorable tiny oven, lots of window, her cat, 2 stuffed bookshelves and no TV. We ate and talked and talked...no awkward silence, which was good. Of course, we've known her for 8 months now, and she eats dinner over here at least once a week.

Then w

Save the Contemporary

Celebrate the Category

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Movies

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It's been awhile since I've talked about movies, mainly because I'm too lazy to write up reviews. I saw three movies this weekend, two at the theater and one on DVD.

First was The Ugly Truth. You know I love me some Gerry, and this was a movie I'd been looking forward to. I knew the dh would not appreciate it, so I went by myself Friday AM. I really enjoyed it. It was pretty typical for a romantic comedy: opposites butt heads, then fall in love when she figures out

Goals for the First Week of August

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Get step-dad's bday gift
Get dad's bday gift
10000 words on RS
Revisions on paranormal
get ready for critique--first time since May!
Paint bedroom???
Go see Harry Potter
sew brown skirt and black dress
breakfast w/ Mom and BB
blog on SPN Sisters
library
exercise/keep up house

Beauty is Pain

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Last night I used the Smooth Away miracle product and can I just say----



WOW, that hurt. STILL hurts. I know, I know, it's sand paper, essentially, but it looked harmless enough. WRONG. And it takes WAY longer than shaving, too. So me, out $10.

It's the time of year where I need new make-up. I'm looking for suggestions. I'm in my 40s, have VERY sensitive skin. I've been using Maybelline's Age Rewind, but it doesn't last probably until lunch. I'm intrigued by the

My Wednesday

I needed a break Wednesday, so Mom, BB and I went to breakfast. When we got to the restaurant, BB mistakenly thought it said it opened at 8:30 (it opened at 7) so we went down to see the new part of the Riverwalk.

After that, we ate and went to the Japanese Tea Gardens, which was pretty and had kittehs. I left them there.

Then we went to a cool library that used to be someone's house. She dedicated it and the grounds to the city. It's not huge, but is gorgeous.

Then we wanted a snack so stopped at

E-Books

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I have a new love...ebooks. I know, I know, I publish them but reading them was always a pain because I'd read them on my computer, which was too much like work. You know, I'd find myself editing or whatever.

But now with the iPhone, I have Stanza and Kindle for iPhone (which I haven't registered for yet because I'm scared I'll go insane with the downloading.) I had some books already on the laptop that I loaded onto the phone, and I have to say, it's really cool.

A Few of my Favorite Things Summer Edition--Update

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This week has been rough. So I needed to do another favorite things post. My laptop is down AGAIN, and I just got word processing software on it. This time it seems to be the display, which is what happened with the LAST laptop. I was happily making ringtones for my iPhone and--bam.

And between the iPhones and the computer for the boy and college tuition coming due....so I needed a favorite things post.

Funny thing---Trish just started a healthy writer blog and I'm

Book Covers

You know, it's good that I buy my books on Amazon because the website tells me which books I've bought. If I saw these books at the book store, I wouldn't know which I'd bought and which I hadn't. Stephanie's books are from Dell and Cindy's are from St. Martin's Press.















This, and titles that are too similar in series always confuse me. I never know which ones I have or not.