Sommer Marsden's Blog, page 98

yay, i'm an exerpt, hon!

For ESP's Smile, Hon, You're In Baltimore #14. Go here to sample The One (And I Don't Mean Buffy). And check out the cover on this puppy, wouldja? If that doesn't say Charm City...I don't know what does.

XOXO
Sommer

our big (((fat))) day out...

I woke early and thanks to my August media diet (done with Daisy Harris and Cari Quinn to help keep our writer sanity) I was super prolific. Logging 1,800 + words between 8.30 and 10.30. That includes coffee, waking zombies...I mean minions, getting everyone situated etc.

Then we set out into the day to see what we could see. We ate at Noodles & Company (I forgot to ask for rice noodles and um...later in the day...big mistake) and then we hit Wegman's. See, Aisling Weaver has me hooked on all this fancy schmancy chocolate she sent. And by me I mean me and the beggars I live with. So we all had a mission.

Mine: to get this crew OUT OF THE HOUSE for some fun
Girl child: more bacon chocolate and possibly other kinds
Boy child: ten tons of bulk candy for a friend's birthday (and some for him too, of course...duh)
The Man: Blue Point Oysters

Um...score!

We found a little bit of candy as you can see...



And dick! The spotted kind (but we left that at the store, thank you very much)



Here's just some of my personal score...Gluten free s'mores anyone?




We also snagged some kind of salami, Moody Blue Cheese, Parmesan (the good stuff), Wild Planet tuna, um...wait...sushi! and um...blue gummi bears and Warheads and...I forget. The bottom line is I spent a ton of money, got in the car, turned to the man and said "What did I just buy?"

So we're having leftovers for actual dinner because we have a ton of goodies to sample as you can see.

When I came home I did 45 minutes of kettlebells as penance. (That's a lie. I just love to do it, but it makes me sound super good and saintly, don't it?)

Anyhoo, I'm off to write some more. I hope you had a super good, Monday.

XOXO
Sinner...I mean Sommer

"There is quite a bit of sex, of course..."

is my favorite line from the five heart review of Schooling over at Sizzling Hot Book Reviews. For some reason, that little string of words just made me smile! Plus Schooling is up in the right hand sidebar for book for the book of the month poll. So if you read it and loved it go click that button for me, baby! Ooooh...wait...do it again...

That's the spot. ;)

XOXO
Sommer

and somehow dr. evil's fricking rotating chair...

has summed up my whole week and made me laugh so hard i cried my eye makeup off. so...i thought i'd share. happy friday! i start drinking in two hours and fifteen minutes if anyone wants to come say cheers!

(ha!)

xoxo
s

my john hancock...

on a few of my titles for your Kindle via Kindlegraph.com I think I added:

Lucky 13
Learning To Drown
We Kill Dead Things Zombie Exterminators #1
No Guilt Zombie Exterminators #2
(((and hey yeah! I just turned #3 in today!)
Base Nature
Coupling: Filthy Erotica for Couples
Wanderlust
and
Gritty: Rough Erotic Fiction

If you want my chicken scratch (at least the electronic kind) you just go and request it. If you have a title you want signed and it's not listed, contact me and I'll see what I can do.'

XOXO
Sommer

sorry no 'real' blog today...

I'm behaving and buckling down. (eesh). So I have this: an image from my brain the last lines I wrote in my current book.

"Is it wrong to want you more than food right now?" he asked, looking like some beloved villain from a comic book in the crazy light. "Is it wrong that all day all I've had in my head is the memory of fucking you?"

Meager but hey...I am sneaking in to say hi. "Hi"

it's so...*big*

*gasp* I love the feel of it in my hand (*snort* yes, am being deliberately dirty).



Yay! pretty contributor copies for Gritty!!!



Comparison. Wanderlust smushed between Gritty and Learning to Drown



I love a good sturdy book that can stand up for itself.

But seriously. It will be shrinking. There's large print and then there's redonkulous. I'm gonna drop it to a 10font and probably shrink it by a few hundred pages. (And drastically lower the price). Lord.

XOXO
Sommer

better day...

today. Luckily, I had a very good man help snap me out of yesterday's very bad funk. And yes, I do mean in a dirty way. But on to today! Super duper busy and determined not to get funkified. So I thought I'd share my current favorite commercial. They just ran it and it cracks me the fuck up every single time they show it. There's something to be said for small things that never fail to make you laugh.



Something about this guy makes me feel like I'm in high school again. I had teachers like him!

I have some really nice reviews to share but am currently banging out some wordage and am too lazy to root around and find where I have all these little nuggets of kindness stored. So for now, just say it with me, people:....DENIM!

XOXO
Sommer

i'm having a day

It seems all these little things I don't let get to me have all banded together today to bring me rage. And yelling. And anger. And then on top of it I finally got something settled that I've been trying to settle for over a year and in the settling of it, my heart was just simply fucking demolished. It hurts sometimes to realize how very little you are worth to certain people. And the breaking of said heart just fucking pissed me off to no end because I felt stupid on top of sad.

I am recommending the man fit me with the above for his safety and the safety of our offspring. At least for today. By tomorrow I will realize how lucky I am and I should really just shake this shit off.

But for today, I just had a young man (who I had previously screamed at...but he actually did deserve it...but still...) wiping his mother's face with tissues. Of course he was smearing my mascara and making me look like a raccoon but that was basically to make me laugh. Because he is a clever, clever (and amazing) boy.

Tomorrow will be better. But for today, I hope you are faring better than self.

Bright side: almost 2K of new book and the best family ever.

XOXO
Sommer

little peeks...

into my book. I love this book! I love these characters. I love the setting and I get so excited to open the document and continue on with the story. I love all my projects but once in a while one feels super special and that's how I feel about this one.

I figured along the way I'd post pictures of some of the things that show up in my book. Those random little real touches you find in books along the way.

I just now wrote in milk glass. I don't collect it or seek it out but somehow I always come across it and buy it at flea markets and festivals and church bazaars. So here is a picture of milk glass. Tada! (LOL)

Hope your Monday's good. We are currently having thunderboomers :)

XOXO
Sommer