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Wish Lists

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I'm still thinking hard about getting the Nook, but have about 40 books I'm not sure I can transfer. I'm going to tweet someone today who I know went from an iPod Touch to a Nook and ask her.
In anticipation of that, I downloaded all my books from Fictionwise and put them on Calibre. I have no idea what I was doing, so that may or may not work.
I didn't see where one could make a wish list on bn.com when it came to ebooks, so I poked around and found one...

Goals for the last week of June

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Goals for the Last Week of June

1) Barbecue with my cp and her daughter, who I haven't seen in 7 years

2) Catch up with Cindi, whose oldest son's birthday is today

3) Grocery store

4) Library

5) Finish revisions on short story and submit (Halfway through the 65 pages already)

6) Finish revisions to Road Signs and submit (I'm up to p. 100 already)

7) Work on new short story

8) Newsletter (MUST) and website—hope I get the...

Works in Progress

Yesterday I blogged at Leah Braemel's blog and Toni Anderson commented that she'd heard so much about my book. I'm thinking, yes, she has heard a lot. We used to be on Sub Care on eHarlequin together, and then we started following each other's blogs, and y'all know, I write a LOT about my works in progress.
Last night I started Anna Louise Lucia's DANGEROUS LIES. I remember when she was aiming it for Silhouette Intimate Moments and called it "Danglies." Funny to be reading the novel now.
I...

Guest Blogging and Temptation

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I'm guest blogging today at Leah Braemel's blog about writing the reunion romance.
I've been tempted all week to get the Nook. It's $149 right now and I know Marianne loves hers and Shannon Stacey said you can get the Adobe epub books from the library on it. Last night my finger hovered above the buy button.
But I resisted. Why? I finished reading the excellent Disaster Status by Candace Calvert and scrolled through my other books to see what to read next.
And...

Goals for the Week of Father's Day

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This week I should only be working on 2 books at a time instead of 3 :)

1) celebrate Father's Day and the dh's birthday

2) visit with my oldest writing friend, who'll be in town this week. We haven't seen each other in 6 years.

3) Finish Sunrise edits

4) Write query and synopsis for Queen

5) Finish short story for TWRP and write query and synopsis

6) Promotion (blog at Leah Braemel's, email loops and setting up blog visits...

Hmph

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Last night I was hot. I mean, hot. I couldn't cool off, I was sweating, I told the dh. He blew me off. I checked the thermostat on the way to bed. At midnight, it was 84 in the house, and the AC had been running constantly. The dh was snoring on the couch (which is probably good because otherwise I would have kicked him). Finally at 2 AM when HE was hot, he checked the thermostat, figured the compressor had iced up AGAIN, and shut it off. Miraculously, it...

Writer Brain

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I have serious writer brain. You know, where you can't be trusted to go out of the house because your head's so deep in the story you might not find your way home. Or you might do something stupid, like not set your parking brake (not terrible unless you drive a standard. Ahem.) But I pried myself away from the computer for 45 minutes, and went about a mile down the road, to Walgreens and Lowe's because I can't trust myself to go into the grocery store...

Roller Coaster Day

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I knew when I put the blog up yesterday that the universe would hear and respond. Yesterday we went to Fredericksburg for a day trip. When I checked my email, I had my line edits for Sunrise, due NEXT Wednesday. Gulp! When I got home, my author copies of Surface were here! Then when I sat down to take a look at the edits, I got a rejection for Something to Talk About. Of course, that's what's taking over my thoughts. I love that book and I have no idea what...

Anticipation

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Yesterday an author who has her print book out the same day as Surface tweeted that she got her author copies. Immediately, I started checking the street for the UPS guy. No dice, but maybe today. Can't WAIT.
Season 3 of the Tudors is due to arrive from Netflix.

I'm obsessively checking my email these days. First of all, I'm anxious to see my Carina Press cover, which should be coming ANY day now. Also, I should be getting the art fact sheet for the short...

Getting Glee, and The Tudors

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I am obsessed with these two shows lately, and could they be more different?

I think I finally get what it is about Glee that draws people. Not only does it show the talent of the outcast kids, but it shows that the cool kids have trouble too—Quinn with her parents and Finn not having a father figure. I do hope next year we see more of the secondary cast perform. I love to see Mike dance and hear Kurt sing.

It took me a few episodes to get into...