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What I'm Reading Wednesday

I finished Lush Velvet Nights by Tina Donahue - it was very touching and very hot! Her writing reminds me a little of Beth Kery's.

And I read Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale. Or should I say I devoured this book. I LOVED it. I sobbed my way through the ending. It really is amazing. The way she wrote from the hero's point of view and conveyed his difficulties was so well done - a hero who's damaged but still strong and dominant. It was a little difficult to relate to Maddie's inner con...

WIPs and Chains

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After my first week of holidays, what I have a written? Nothing.

Well, that's not entirely true. I spent most of the week going back through my completed works (which even though complete, are still "in progress" because I could tweak and edit forever), trying to get things lined up to submit. I sent one off to my critique partner, which will probably be my next submission. And I had an email conversation with my agent about posible next works to pitch. Didn't come to any real conclusions the...

A snippet

I thought for something different I'd go waaaaay back and give you a snippet from my book Dream Girl



It was his turn now. And it wasn't even hard. Well, the shot wasn't hard, but he was. "Eight ball in the corner pocket," he said smugly. With an effortless flick of his wrist, he sunk the ball and grinned.
"Good game," Zach said with genuine approval. He couldn't remember the last time he'd had so much fun playing pool. She smiled back at him, not too disturbed by losing.
"I think you're better t...

What I'm Reading Wednesday

Last week I mentioned that I'd started The Summer of You by Kate Noble. I have put it aside for a while. I was having some difficulties with it.

Now I'm reading Lush Velvet Nights by Tina Donohue, fellow Ellora's Cave author. Very nice!

WIPs and Chains

I did it!  I finished my WIP! Feels so good, because even though I know it's crazy, I'm still afraid I'll never be able to do it again. I wonder if that will ever go away. I spent the last week going through it and tweaking things here and there and now I have set it aside to rest for a while. I always need some time away from it and then I go back to it with much clearer eyes and can see things I didn't see before. I have tentatively titled this story One Wicked Night. It started off to be a...

What I'm Reading Wednesday

This week I finished Glitter Baby by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Okay, no more SEP for a while, I promise. Then I read Sugar Creek by Toni Blake. A favorite author of mine. I really enjoyed it but I have to say it wasn't as heart-wrenching as some of her stories. In the end there really wasn't much keeping them apart. It was a nice story.

I've just started The Summer of You by Kate Noble. I read good things about this book and it's a new-to-me-author. So far, only a few pages in , I'm a little d...

WIPs and Chains

Edited to add: Once again Blogger has failed me and failed to post my scheduled post when it was supposed to. I really must learn to check these things. Here it is anyway.

Well I've been busily and happily writing away this week on my WIP, back into delicious and exciting creativity!  I've been so happily tracking my progress, because sometimes writing seems so slow. When you start those first few pages and know you have three or four hundred more to go, it's kind of intimidating.
Which got me ...

Sneak peek (adult content)

Okay this is really rough and raw and totally unedited, but it's my WIP and more than half way through, I'm still liking it! Here's a little peek..

At the hotel, Tyler and Nick walked into their room, flicking on lights.


"Fuck," Tyler said. "What a night." He let out a heartfelt sigh and fell onto the bed. He stared up at the ceiling

"Want one of these?" Nick opened the small bar fridge and held up a beer.

"Nah. Had enough booze." He heard the fridge door close and then the bed dipped under Nic...

Quiz: How Canuck are you?

It's Canada Day and I loved this quiz! Hope you  LOL! (Though only true Canucks may get the jokes!)


Take this quiz to determine your Canuckish-ness, eh
By: Doug Speirs

It's the day before Canada Day, a time of tradition, a time of celebration, a time of patriotism, a time when we Canadians, as a nation strong and free, look deep in our hearts and realize an essential truth -- unless we get to the liquor store right away we are going to be trapped in a lineup longer than the Great Wall of China....

What I'm Reading Wednesday

My festival of Susan Elizabeth Phillips got interrupted because I happened to snag a 7-day loan copy of Emily Giffin's new book, Heart of the Matter, at the library the other day. Has to be read in 7 days, no renewals, so I read it all weekend. It made me think and it made my stomach knot up with anxiety for Tess because I knew what her husband was doing, and it made me cry at the end. Of course, being a romance lover, I would wish for a happier ending, but without any spoilers at least it wa...