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I break for authors!

I need to take a moment to focus on my fellow authors – enough with the me…my…mine crap.

So, the good.  Author Brynn Paulin has a sweet, hot little number on the Amazon Kindle bestseller list – way to go, Brynn!  As of 5/25, she's rated at number 69 – a good erotic romance position!  Here's wishing Brynn much well-deserved success.  Hey Brynn – Beauty and the Feast just got listed in Amazon's Kindle store!  Yay!  Now back to you…

Meetings with remarkable books, part deux.

Philosophy and works with a philosophic bent – plus a few seminal works of fiction that became my friends and influenced me.

Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse.  Pushed me down that slippery slope towards Buddhism and the wheel of karma.

On the Road, Jack Kerouac – yes, there was a philosophic/nihilist bent to the Beat Generation and Jack Kerouac embodied that – anarchism with a conscience.  I possess a strong strain of anarchism in my soul

Jean Paul Sartre – Troubled Sleep – French Existentialism at i...

Meetings with remarkable books.

There are books that have changed the trajectory of my life.

Today I'll start with science fiction and fantasy.

Granted, my reading tastes are on the eclectic side, but there are certain books that made a profound impression on me.  They opened my eyes, expanded my mind and my horizons and pushed me along paths I never anticipated, altering both the way I live my life, the way I view my life and the way I write my books.

Dune, by Frank Herbert, is one such book.  If my life is a pyramid, then...

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More posts coming but we're busy making eggs  benedict with waffles and watching the NCAA softball regionals.

I'll get back to you later with a new post and/or posts.

I'm so embarrassed!  Katiebabs mentioned me on her WTF post today.   I accidentally ratted out a friend.  Aaaack!  Sorry!

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Chocolate Sheet Cake. Yum!

Prescript:  Captured is out in print on Amazon!  OMG!  http://www.amazon.com/Captured-Publishing-Classic-Rachel-Barrett/dp/1606018582/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274500727&sr=8-2

My baby girl is flying home tonight.

You know how it is.  I love my kids so!  They are my greatest achievement.  I always knew I wanted kids, the husband was optional.  Got a good one despite myself.

Anyway, she's coming home after having two flights canceled out from under her and since she's flying from the East C...

Here's my guy!

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This is why my hubby has to ask who do I like better?  Louie is the best dog I've ever had!

I had this dream that Amber Skyze went to a writing conference in Mexico and she came home telling all of us that our books were being translated into Spanish and we would all sell like hot tortillas south of the border – Amber…is it true???  Say it's so!

Here's my question…sex or violence?

Which do you let or did you let your kids watch?  Or was it both or neither?  There's an internet ...

Mi vida loca.

These spam comments I get are meshugah!  (Yeah, I know, mixing my metaphoric languages.)

"This is my first time i stop in here. I create so innumerable absorbing stuff in your blog especially its discussion. From the tons of comments on your articles, I imagine I am not the just individual having all the joy here! keep up the good work."

Honey, I hope you are not the just individual having all the joy here!

Nope, the truth is, I have all the joy here! My best friends are my fellow authors...

Coming Today! My Tattoo! Yippee!

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[image error]Photos of my new tattoo!  Life imitates art – one of my characters has the exact same tattoo.   This is an Ouroboros.  It's a snake biting it's tail.  Some version of this symbol can be found in the mythology of almost every ancient culture around the globe.  It represents infinity, the circular nature of life/death/rebirth, eternity.

I designed it myself from one of the most primitive examples.  I love the Cleopatra eye!  Actually, it's the Eye of Horus.

My grandmother interpreted dreams.  I...

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Thank you Mia Watts for making my year!

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Man crushes, tight ends, TBR, and other news.

I have a choice…I can write about some sad stuff or I can focus on the happy stuff, like sports and books!

As those of you who know me know, I'm not a guy, but I have the biggest man-crush ever on Andres Torres of the San Francisco Giants.  I saw him first…I swear it!  The very first time I watched him in the outfield last year I turned to my hubby and said, "That man's a player, baby."  In my opinion, there is nothing sexier than great defense.  Watching Andres Torres play is like watching...