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July 6, 2010
Beneath the Surface Release Day Part 2
Today Beneath the Surface is available in print! I asked all the Barnes and Nobles and one Borders to carry it here in San Antonio, but haven't received confirmation. The Hastings in New Braunfels ordered it, and I have to wait for the manager of The Twig to return next week to get her to order it. It is available online. Here's a scene to whet your appetite.
The surf had done its trick. Mallory finally felt calm enough to go inside, go to sleep, not dream of Adrian, of everything that had...
July 5, 2010
Charms
Delilah Devlin posted a picture of her charm bracelet last week and what the charms stood for. I thought I'd copy her 
I have no shame.
Okay, let's start at the top and work down. At the top is a haunted house, complete with a ghost inside, that I bought on ebay from England. It represents my paranormal novella that languishes on my computer.
Under that is a rhino–thick skin, get it? Also, once upon a time I wrote a zoo vet story that will NEVER see the light of day. I hope.
Across from that...
July 4, 2010
Pack Your Bags
Goals for the Week SURFACE RELEASES!!!
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Happy 4th of July, everyone! Celebrate safely!
1) celebrate, and drive to different stores to see if it's there
2) celebrate 4th of July
3) work on Midnight Sun (7000 words, please)
4) revise short story, write synopsis and query, submit
5) judge last contest entry
6) Get this website thing squared away
7) Write 3 guest blogs
8) paint MIL's interior
9) get Cindi's son a bday present
10) get ds's girlfriend a bday...
July 3, 2010
Heroine Types I Don't Like
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Yes, it really is 2:30 AM as I write this. My boy cat was in a fight outside the window and I couldn't go back to sleep, so I decided to get up and write, since the dh took over the computer last night. (Yes, we need a new computer. Haven't exactly decided which option we want to go with, though--netbook, iPad or splurge and get a new Macbook.)
I was reading that book I was telling you about the other day, Suddenly One Summer, and I just don't like the main h...
July 2, 2010
Something to Talk About
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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned I was looking for a home for Something to Talk About. After some poking around, I sent it to Lyrical Press, and this week they sent me a contract, saying they loved it. Finally! No idea about release or print or any of that yet, as I've just signed the contract. But STTA has a home.
I'm also trying to move my website and blog to Wordpress. I feel like a bit of a traitor, since I've been on Blogger forever, and I love my new t...
July 1, 2010
The Ideas…The IDEAS!!!
see more Lolcats and funny picturesEight years ago, we were driving to the Grand Canyon through New Mexico and the dh said, "I wonder what's down that road." An image came to my head, a rundown house, a corral, a man who worked as a vet and took care of his alcoholic brother and delayed sister. I knew his story was that his father had killed his mother and was coming home from prison. I just didn't know who the heroine was. I thought maybe she was a lawyer hired when the father was accused...
The Ideas...The IDEAS!!!
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Eight years ago, we were driving to the Grand Canyon through New Mexico and the dh said, "I wonder what's down that road." An image came to my head, a rundown house, a corral, a man who worked as a vet and took care of his alcoholic brother and delayed sister. I knew his story was that his father had killed his mother and was coming home from prison.
I just didn't know who the heroine was. I thought maybe she was a lawyer hired when the father was accused...
June 30, 2010
Book Recommendations
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I've read some good books this summer, and I've read a lot more than usual, about 2 books a week.
The one I'm reading right now is called SUDDENLY ONE SUMMER by Barbara Freethy. I think it's the first in a series that takes place on the central coast of CA, in a seaside town. It's a contemporary romance, but has elements of the paranormal--angels are leaving messages carved in the cliff overlooking the sea--and romantic suspense--if I tell you that, it will s...
June 29, 2010
Guilty Pleasure Movies
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I was bummed to read in Entertainment Weekly that Sunday was a Jaws marathon on Encore. I LOVE Jaws. I enjoyed Jaws 2. But my guilty pleasure is Jaws 3. I love that ridiculous ridiculous 3D movie. I love that it's set at a Sea World. I love that they have an underwater part at the Sea World. I love the cheese.
I also love Christmas Vacation. I think I watched it a dozen times last December. I always think I'm going to watch whichever part is coming up next, ...
