Elizabeth Lynn Casey's Blog, page 50

My Fellow Americans…

In honor of Presidents’ Day, who do you think was one of this country’s greatest presidents?

And if you were President, what’s something you’d like to see change/or do?

~Elizabeth (aka Laura)

Bits

Well, I did it. Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery # 3 is now in my editor’s inbox…

Wow.

I pretty much have to go right into what’s known as final pass edits for Emergency Dessert Squad # 1 (Éclair and Present Danger), but at least this is done.

Now, for some fun.

1) Any Valentine’s Day plans?

2) Normal bedtime?

3) Morning person or night owl?

4) You have a plane ticket to use for a city in the USA you’ve never been to. Where do you choose to go and why?

Have a great weekend!

~Elizabeth (aka Lau...

What Would You Do?

If you suddenly came into a major windfall (think millions),what’s the first totally frivolousthing you would do?

Me? I think I’d buy an apartment in the city. In the same building where my aunt has one. And yes, I day dream about that sometimes…

~Elizabeth (aka Laura)

Finally

Since I’m not sure I voiced it here yet, I did manage to type “THE END” on Friday evening. That was a glorious moment, I’ll tell you.

My weekend was pretty busy with other writing-related and non-writing relatedtasks. But one thing I did get to do was go to the gym and finish the advanced reading copy of Harlan Coben’s upcoming thriller, FOOL ME ONCE. It was driving me nuts not getting to read it, but I had to show restraint and finish my job first.But come Saturday morning, my E-reader and...

Under Your Nose

Over the weekend, the temperatures were warm enough to get outside for a while. So we headed to Bear Mountain for a few hours. Bear Mountain is this beautiful area along the Hudson River (about 50 minutes outside the city). In the winter, they have an outdoor ice rink. All year long there are paths to walk on, a carousel house (with a hot pretzel stand!) and a very small free zoo you can walk around.

This area is no more than 15 minutes from my house, and I try to go once a year, if possible,...

Bits O’ Fun

Long writing day ahead for me (but I should finish today if all goes as planned).

Of course, I just got final pass proofs for my June book in my email last night (due date Feb. 18th). I’d laugh at the timing if I wasn’t so tired.

Anyway, let’s have some fun, shall we?

1) If you were to author a cookbook based on your ability in the kitchen, what would you title it?

2) What’s the next thing on your to-do list?

3) What was your fourth grade teacher’s name?

4) Favorite ride in all of Disney Worl...

Rounding the Last (I Hope) Corner

I wish I could say I have something witty and fun for you today, but I’m pretty bleary-eyed at the moment.

I just had a 4 K day yesterday (that’s about 16 pages) and I’m guessing I’ve got about another 25 pages or so to go. I’m hoping I type THE END by dinner tomorrow, but a few of my suspects are being a bit uncooperative at the moment so who knows.

I’ve never been this far into a book before without knowing for sure who the killer is. It’s like the characters are keeping me in suspense. It’...

On the Other Side of the Goal Post

I realize it might be premature (since I still have 3 more days and about 10 K words to go), but I’ve been thinking ahead to the weekend and all the things I want to do…

**Like watch THE INTERN. Ilove, love,LOVE that movie and I’ve been haunting the stores waiting for it to come out on DVD for months (I hit pay dirt while at Target with my youngest over the weekend).

**Like baking bread. Not sure why, but I have an overwhelming need to punch some dough.

**Likenot turning on the computer. Eve...

What’s in Your Hands?

On this, the final week (fingers crossed) of my current work in progress, I must read vicariously through you.

What are you reading? Do you recommend it?

~Elizabeth (aka Laura)

Back To The Past

Question time.

What is something that instantly brings you back to your childhood? A food? A certain smell? A place?

~Elizabeth (aka Laura)