Alison Kent's Blog, page 44

Answering a question about upcoming books

The winner of the copy of NO LIMITS is: Chelsea B

In the comments to my September 1st post, Diana asks:

Alison, you said that you have two more books coming before the end of the year. Besides With Extreme Pleasure, what's the other one?

I'm very happy to answer that. On November 3, DEEP BREATH will be released in mass market paperback. This is my first wide release mass market edition. If you visit often, you know that the five original SG-5 books were released through Walmart last summer...

I like to cook and I cannot lie.

Er, sometimes I like it. Sometimes I hate it. That usually happens when I decide I want to make something and don't have what I need. When @cuppacafe is between geology assignments and is home, he does most of the cooking. He's currently working a regular nine-to-fiver, meaning I am stuck trying to make sense of the kitchen. I am no Pioneer Woman, that's for sure – though I do give a lot of her recipes a try because she makes everything look so gosh darn country good. Another favorite of...

Shower Me With Lust

And so reads the Cosmo headline for the NO LIMITS feature. My No. 2 Daughter took this picture and texted it to me on her way home from work last night. I've put up a special Cosmo / No Limits page with the scene from the book that was adapted for the magazine's Red Hot Read. Very cool stuff. Am very excited to be in Cosmo!

So excited, in fact, I'm giving away a copy of NO LIMITS to someone who hasn't yet read any of my books. A sort of an introduction to my writing thanks to Cosmo. If you're int

Didja Miss Me?

Happy Birthday To Me, whoo-hoo! Well, uh, yesterday, anyway. The kids were in and out Sunday for cake and ice cream and BBQ and pressies and fun. I didn't want a big group dinner out because who can afford it these days and hanging out at home is way more fun. So we did. We'd thought a Trivial Pursuit tournament in order, but No. 1 Daughter is the keeper of the games and they're in her storage unit at the moment. We'll have to reschedule the game playing for a future get-together date.

Since my d

Tweets for 2009-08-31

Cake and ice cream today! #
Self-employment=no such thing as days off. Even bdays! Especially when self-employed x2! Biz done. Cake baking. Trying @smartbitches recipe. #
Yes, I made @SmartBitches Velvet Devil's Food Coffee Buttercream cake for my own birthday (8/31, actually) and it was To. Die. For. #

Tweets for 2009-08-30

Saturday. More cleaning. (I am an ANIMAL.) More writing. Grocery shopping. But first @cuppacafe's coffee and cinnamon rolls I woke up to! #Boycotting Google today because of their header art. #Searching images at @Bing is WAY more awesome than searching images at @Google anyway. #Am going to have to take up the alcohol it seems: http://bit.ly/QyOPg #Loved this article. In writing, "The Key to Longevity" – http://bit.ly/17MpKQ #Hmph. According to @booksquare, I should be embracing many NEW & D

Tweets for 2009-08-29

Watched the original 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three last night. What's up with the horrible music of that era? Movie was fun, tho! #Fitting writing into life. Great post: http://bit.ly/nRd6k #Trying to remember why I STAYED up when waking at 5:30 a.m. Seriously. I need more than six hours of sleep. #And that's a wrap on that scene. I shall now light a candle in honor of the really bad food the dog ate last night. #The things I have found while cleaning. Pictures of our dog, Cowboy, who

Tweets for 2009-08-28

Dog barf. Ugh. #Win a copy of ONE GOOD MAN http://tinyurl.com/dzvp2d #What does it say that I read *worlds* as *words* in TUT email: For every thought you think today, worlds will come tumbling into existence. #When I get emails to turn books into audio, have to wonder if these folks don't know licensing rights are usually contractually granted? #Almost have closet cleaned out. Dresser drawers, too. Less progress on the manuscript front, but moving forward. #Really tough to get rid of clothes I

Tweets for 2009-08-27

I would not at all mind hearing some good news today. #There is a black cat haunting my closet. Or at least sleeping in there. #Beyond cool! RT @djmont: Interesting book promotion from SMP. Prepaid cell phone in the mail, with a text from a killer. http://is.gd/2zSlY #Internet off. Manuscript on. #Forgot I had written next paragraph last night in bed on my phone and emailed it to myself so I wouldn't forget. Have now plugged it in. #Books leave our hands and belong to readers. Loved this post:

Tweets for 2009-08-26

Last night was broadsided w/ title for book I didn't know wanted to be written. May sketch brief outline to get it down before I forget. #GREAT post on getting an idea down into synopsis form: http://bit.ly/2gNx6j #Stop worrying about all those AWFUL books being published: http://bit.ly/qUxy0 Love this! (Worry about the quality of your own!) #A bit late but dinner is in crock pot. Will spend next 7 hours WRITING: http://bit.ly/17YoLw Awesome btw: http://bit.ly/17MMog @NovelHelp #More good plo