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December 14, 2015
Movie Monday – Holiday Style #2
It’s the second installment of my Holiday Movie thoughts. I was near the end of my movie list on the DVR and had to record a several more so there’d be another post for next week.
It’s been interesting, I’ll say that. Some are really adorable and full of hope. Some are so over-acted, so overly dramatic, so overly cute that the gag factor comes into play.
Overall, I’ve enjoyed watching them, as I do each year. They require a definite suspension of reality and a fair number of them have a rath...
November 27, 2015
Author Friday – This Author Says Thank You
I haven’t been online a whole lot the last week or so. I know I haven’t kept up with the blog as much as I used to and I know I didn’t leave a Thanksgiving message this year as I have in the past, but my heartfelt gratitude is no less diminished.
I’ve been trying hard to be present. To be in the moment. Too much planning ahead or looking back ruins the RIGHT NOW and I’ve spent too much time looking around and not looking within to savor the minutes and seconds that are passing by.
When I star...
November 16, 2015
Movie Mondays – Holiday Style
I love holiday movies. They’re sappy and unrealistic in many, many ways. But they make me feel good. They make me smile. They ultimately are about hope and family and love and returning to the simple pleasures of life. They always pose the question of What’s important to you?
I think, given the state of the world as it right now, wars on religion, on sexuality, on basic freedoms and rights… Natural disasters and illnesses… It’s vital that we find comfort and smiles and hope wherever and whe...
November 3, 2015
Sticky Sweet
I am not a patient person. Especially in the kitchen. Not when I’m hungry and want to eat Right. Now.
One thing this year that I’ve started making is my own syrups for coffee. Mainly for iced coffee in the summer, but with fall, my favorite drink is a Gingerbread latte. Starbucks doesn’t start selling it (usually) until Thanksgiving, but again, there’s that not patient thing I’ve got going on.
So, I opt for making my own. I’ve made Vanilla Bean syrup and Caramel Vanilla syrup as well as strai...
October 31, 2015
Have You Been Naughty Or Nice?
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October 25, 2015
Snarkology Halloween Hop
Welcome to my blog and welcome to the Snarkology Halloween Hop!
I’m having a hard time accepting that it’s already the end of October and the wicked holiday season is nearly upon us. That scares me more than any ghost or goblin or scary campfire story ever could!
But, October is also one of the months I look forward to most. Not for Halloween. But because it’s right in the middle of Fall and college football is just getting good! Most teams have worked out the majority of their kinks and it’...
September 29, 2015
Temptation Tuesday – Shadows In Savannah
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Shadows In Savannah comes out this Thursday. October 1st. As part of All Romance eBooks A Wicked Tale series. And I thought I’d give you a sneak peak…
He was hard. He was always hard when he woke, as most human men were from what he’d heard over the years, but his hardness, his stiff erection wasn’t painful. Even when tight and standing straight, his balls full and drawn up close to his body, he wasn’t in pain. It was a sensation akin to… To… He didn’t know. He didn’t have th...
September 18, 2015
Werebears Like Donuts, Too
I have written a new Kindle Worlds story in the Southern Shifters world. It is a continuation of Gus and Bex’s story which began in Ink To Bear. In this new title, questions from Bex’s past arise and secrets are revealed that even I didn’t know until recently… There will be a book 3, as well, coming in late October.
Enjoy!
~lissa
Inked By The Bear
Gus tried – and failed – to ignore the rumbling beneath his feet. He heard them coming long before anyone else would have. And,...
September 8, 2015
Temptation Tuesday – Werebears Anyone?
I’m in the process of writing a second Southern Shifters novella for Eliza Gayle’s Southern Shifters Kindle World. I don’t usually drop everything else, or push other things back in order to work unexpected stories in, but this werebear did better than any other paranormal I’ve written, so while it was still doing fairly well, I figured I’d give in to the urging of readers, and Eliza, and The Blackraven, and try to get one out…
September 17th will be the next one… That’s right around the cor...
September 7, 2015
Music Monday – For The Longest Time
This song has been stuck in my head for days. Now, it’s out there with you. Maybe I’ll get a little bit of a reprieve until the next song embeds itself… It’s funny how it happens out of the blue, like that. It’s been happening to me a lot lately. I’m not sure why. A lot of older songs, 60’s and 70’s songs, some 80’s, but mostly from before. I love them all, but it makes me wonder what my brain is trying to tell me…
~lissa
