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Quest to See Oscar Nominated Movies

My sister and I (and our hubbies) try to see all the movies nominated for Best Picture before the Oscar Ceremony on Feb. 24. Here are the nominations and the ones I’ve seen so far:

1. Argo – Loved it! Alan Arkin and John Goodman were fantastic.

2. Les Mis – Some powerful performances but the movie as a whole didn’t do it for me.

3. Zero Dark Thirty – What a heart pounder, even though I knew how the story was going to end.

4. Amour -never heard of it till now.

5. Django Unchained – not excited to s...

One New Thing

My friend Karen over at FriendsFavz is starting a meme called One New Thing. She’s challenging herself to try or do One New Thing each week and blog about it on Tuesday. I’m going to join her. If you saw my post the other day about creativity, you’ll know why. She’s going to have a blog button made so we can grab the code and post it on our blogs. It doesn’t have to be a momentously big new thing either, just something new to you. I hope you’ll join us and get inspired to do One New Thing a w...

Sparking Your Creativity

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I’ve always been fascinated by creative people and the creative process. Maybe it’s because of the new year and I’m thinking about what I want to accomplish, or maybe it’s because of my friend Karen’s commitment to do One New Thing a week, but I’ve been pondering it even more lately. This article on Creative Something about the link between creativity and intelligence (you don’t have to be a genius to be creative) really resonated with me.

In a nutshell, to nurture cre...

Sunday Funnies

I’ve watched this so many times, and every time I do, it makes me laugh!

Thank You Thursday with Caridad Pineiro

Welcome to Thank You Thursday, where I invite an author to answer a few questions about his/her book’s dedication and acknowledgements. I LOVE reading these little snippets at the beginning of books and often wonder about the story behind them. So I decided to ask.

Today, I’m thrilled to welcome NY Times Bestselling author Caridad Pineiro. Although we both wrote vampire stories for the anthology A Vampire For Christmas and went on a mini-blog tour together, we had never met in person until the...

Winner of Embraced By Blood

I ran the number through Random.org and the winner of a signed copy of Embraced By Blood is…

Elisabeth H. who drives around looking at Christmas lights while singing badly to Christmas songs on the radio!

Congrats! Please email your address to Laurie@LaurieLondonBooks dot com and I’ll pop it in the mail after Christmas.

Thanks, everyone, for participating! I’ve loved reading about your holiday traditions. Hope you have a very merry and blessed Christmas surrounded by those you love. And may none...

Winter Solstice aka The Night of Wilding

Photo by Mark Anbinder (cc)

Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere marks the start of winter because it’s the shortest day of the year. In Spain, they celebrate by lighting bonfires (Hogueras) and jumping over the flames three times. In Vancouver, there’s the Winter Solstice Lantern Festival. In the Sweetblood world, however, vampires celebrate the occasion because they’re weakened from sunlight and this is the longest night. Darkbloods (the bad guys) mark the occasion with the Night of Wi...

The Next Big Thing

My friend and very talented historical romance author, Kris Kennedy, tagged me in The Next Big Thing, where authors give the inside scoop about what they’re writing now. Check out her post from last week to see what she’s working on. It may surprise you. (It did me.)

So now, onto my questions for The Next Big Thing…

What is your working title of your book?

ROGUE’S PASSION is the working title of the second novella in the Iron Portal series. This is Asher’s book.

Where did the idea come from for...

Friday Wrap Up – Kindle Fire, Anyone?

Here’s a Friday wrap-up of book news and other fun things that I stumbled across this week:

1.ASSASSIN’S TOUCH made Amazon’s top 100 Kindle Romance Anthologies list! (That’s the category for short stories and short story collections.) Thank you, Readers! I’m totally thrilled that so many are reading the first installment in the Iron Portal series.

2. The Kindle Fire contest I’m running with Alexis Morgan and Erin Kellison wraps up on Monday. Have you entered yet? One lucky random winner will ge...

Sweetblood Christmas Story & Cookie Recipe Blog Hop

Welcome to this stop on the Holiday Delights blog hop! I’m glad you’re here. If you’re a paranormal romance fan, there’s nothing better than a steamy, fang-filled Sweetblood Christmas story to get you in the mood for the holidays, right? That, and a good cookie recipe for National Cookie Day.

“Enchanted By Blood” 2.5

In Enchanted By Blood, the short story in the anthology A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS, the sizzle between Trace and Charlotte will warm even the coldest of hearts. Also included are stor...