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Wolfsbane available in Print!

Wow.  Just about everything that's happened with MIA Case Files: Wolfsbane has been awesome.  Getting an offer to publish it with Loose Id, being able to say I have an editor, going through edits (which I probably shouldn't have found as pleasurable as I did), seeing my cover art, getting the final version, seeing my book on Loose Id's home page… each and every one of those experiences has been pretty spectacular.  But I'd be lying if I said the allure of holding a physical book in my hand...

I love my netbook!

Having a netbook has made me a lot more productive. Not having to lug about a 5 lb. laptop everywhere, with it's limited battery life, has been a huge improvement. Considering my bag looks like I'm preparing for the Apocalypse, having a 5 lb. brick in it wasn't doing my back any good.

I also spend time on the weekends with a couple of friends of mine in a cafe, and we all write in between chatting. With the big laptop, I felt a little bit like I was participating from behind a Dungeon...

Review – All Through the Night – 2010 DIK Reading Challenge

For this month's DIK reading challenge, I reviewed Suzanne Brockmann's All Through the Night.

While Jules and Robin plan their wedding, Adam, a man with whom both Jules and Robin have had a relationship of sorts, returns to their lives.  Adam is hoping that Jules, super FBI agent that he is, can help him with a frightening stalker.  When Jules tries to help, jealousy creates a strain on his relationship with Robin, as well as putting people he cares about in danger as the stalker transfers...

Romantic Deal Breakers

I watched The Birds recently.  I've never seen it before (I'm not much into old movies) but I thought it was maybe time I saw it, for my own edification.  I mean, it can't hurt to watch what's considered a classic, right?

Well, one part in particular caught my attention.  The heroine (whose name escapes me… clearly I wasn't THAT into it) follows the hero home (a man with whom she had a brief conversation with in a shop… where she LIED about who she was), sneaks into the hero's house and...

Plants vs. Zombies… my current obsession

I adore this game. It doesn't move too fast (which is excellent, since I'm incredibly uncoordinated – meaning I generally suck at most video games) and it is ridiculously quirky.  I love having catapults taking out zombies via watermelon or corn.  I'm highly amused by chili peppers burning zombies into cinders.  And I might be little obsessed… or perhaps using it as a crutch.

See, I've got two completed manuscripts out in submission hell.  And I've found that after completing a manuscript, I f...

Twin Peaks

We just started watching Twin Peaks. Yes, I know I'm twenty years too late. But strangely enough, despite the furor over the show at the time it came out, neither my husband nor I had ever watched a single episode. I have to admit, the show's pretty surreal. And I assume that's intentional. But the number of people who are having affairs, are abusive, or just plain got an extra helping of crazy seems rather excessive. It's like watching some ramped-up soap opera version of Lost.
A few t...

Musical Conditioning

Many of us have songs that evoke particular memories for us, whether they be good or bad. For instance, Smash Mouth's All Star makes me think of a large green ogre (and smile). The Power of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood was my first dance with my husband at our wedding. Anything by Def Leppard reminds me of a crappy ex-boyfriend. I Know It's Over by the Smiths… total breakup song. The three songs that heralded my musical epiphany when I was sixteen, and still influence my musical...

Review – Collision Course – 2010 DIK Reading Challenge.

The book I'm reviewing this month for the DIK Reading Challenge is Collision Course by KA Mitchell.

Collision Course by KA Mitchell is, in my opinion, an opposites-attract story. Joey Miller is a man who maybe hasn't quite finished growing up and Aaron Chase is a man who has raised his younger siblings and has no interest in taking responsibility for anyone else. Joey's a romantic looking for 'the one' and Aaron has no interest in settling down with anyone. Joey is a social worker and...

Contest & Blog at Dawn's Reading Nook – Swearing in Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Come visit me today at Dawn's Reading Nook!

I'm guest blogging about about swear words in Fantasy & Sci-fi, and I'll be giving away a copy of my book, MIA Case Files: Wolfsbane.

Board Games, Anyone?

While there are a lot of great things about living in Florida, there are plenty of things I miss about Toronto. Besides the obvious friends and families, I mean. One of which is gaming. Not the total geeked-out gaming (although I've played a few of those on occasion) but board games. Like Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, Betrayal at House on the Hill. If you've never played some of these games, they're more involved than the board games you played as a kid, but they're also a heck of a l...