Cait Miller's Blog: Sizzling Scribes Blog, page 16

ROMANTICON 2010

Hi everyone! I woke up this morning and checked my notes for the following week and almost fell over. There in bright red letters was my reminder that it's my turn to blog this week. YIKES! I've got every minute planned between now and next Sunday night. You see, my youngest son is getting married next Saturday. We are here…the wedding…it's finally within grasp, the best week of my year! I'm thrilled to gain another daughter, although she's like my kid anyway. I couldn't be happier for my son and I couldn't be more thrilled for my family!

But all this comes on the heels of Ellora's Cave's Romanticon in Ohio last week. I was really fretting about it before leaving, wondering what the hell I'd been thinking of to register and be gone for nine days so close to the wedding. I had a good friend that told me you won't be sorry. Just go and have a great time. And that's what I did! Once there the stress was gone and I was back in the writing world I've so missed. Networking with all the great EC and CP authors was wonderful! Oh, and let's not forget the buff men of our covers. Yalsa! Are they just getting hotter or am I getting more needy? LOL! Not to take away anything from the entire long weekend but if I had to choose, I'd say the very best part was seeing all the great authors from my writing group, the Sizzling Scribes! Lynn Lafleur, Cait Miller, Tara Nina, Diana Hunter, Nikki Soarde and myself we all able to make the conference. These gals are my soul sisters and women I know I can depend on if I need something. I so hope that next year Tielle St. Clare and Arianna Hart can join us. Then we'll be complete.

The six of us who attended held a work shop on being a part of a writing group and what it takes to make it run smoothly and how a group effort can work well. We had fun and hope to do the same next year, only expound a bit more on exactly why it works and why authors should think with a group effort mindset.

So with that, I'm going to sign off and get my ass in gear! I thought the mother of the groom was supposed to sit back, enjoy the atmosphere and just show up for the wedding. NOT! LOL! But I wouldn't give up this coming week for anything. My husband and I were literally giggling over breakfast this morning and vowed to enjoy and remember every second for the next week and tuck it those memories away in a safe place. I'm sure when it's all over I'll most likely dissolve into a puddle, but that's okay. I just plan to mop myself up, dust off my writing chair, and get to work on my next submission! Be good and don't let the goblins get you on Halloween!

HUGS AND KISSES, Ruby

S T R E S S !

For the last few days I have been struggling with a topic to blog about. There have been several really good suggestions but none of them really felt right. This morning I was woken up by a killer migraine and realised I had been clenching my teeth all night. Inspiration struck in the form of a sore jaw and a pounding head.

Stress.

I get stressed easily. It's mostly my own fault since I have a tendency to internalize everything and this last couple of months have been high stress for me. Whet...

Familiarity breeds....comfort

(This entry is a cross-post from my Sex-Diva Blog)

Last night I came to bed very late. After working a busy 3-11 evening shift I always take a little time to wind down, read a few e-mails, play some Bejewelled and, of course, have a small bowl of my favorite cereal. (Cereal is my all-time favorite comfort food. With a dash of nice cold milk...and maybe some fresh peaches.... Mmmmm....) Anyway...I digress...

Needless to say it was close to one o'clock by the time I got all that essential stuff d...

Vampires

The word sends a shiver down your spine. That shiver could be from fear, or it could be from excitement.

Vampire romances have been around for decades, yet have seemed to explode in the last few years. I doubt if there's anyone who hasn't heard of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. Laurell K. Hamilton's vampires are famous, as are Charlaine Harris'. True Blood, the HBO series based on Charlaine's books, has vaulted her into superstardom.

I haven't read a lot of vampire books, but have recently ...

Forgotten Beauty

I think when you live some place it's easy to get complacent about the beauty and attractions around you. Every place has some reason to draw tourists, right? I live in Alaska. I've been here for 38 years. I can't count the number of times that when I mention I'm from Alaska, people say to me "I've always wanted to go there."

And my first reaction?

"Why?"

It's never been a destination for me. It's always been home so while the rest of the world sees it as exotic, to me, it's every day.

Now, ...

Stop the clock!

August? Already? I can't believe how fast time flies now that I'm older. I remember as a kid feeling like summer went on forever, the wait between Thanksgiving and Christmas was endless, and it felt like decades between birthdays. Now, I blink and half my summer is gone! Poof!

In the summer I like to read and read and read. I try authors I've never heard of, re-read some of my favorites, and haunt the "New Books" section of the library like a bar fly at last call. During the school year I hav...

M.F.S.

M.F.S. is my new way of life at the moment.As women, we survive many changes, childhood, puberty,awkward teenage years where these objects that catch boy's eyes pop outof our chest and start our amazement at what thrills the male species.Until we blossom into women, where we learn, we growand realize the power we maintain within ourselves. It doesn't stop there. We become girlfriends, wives, mothers andleaders. Yet that's not enough to assuage the curse of Eve and that Damn apple.We were...

Past, present, future

The following entries were originally posted on another blog. I thank them for the opportunity to look at my own journey and wanted to share it with you.

What Comes First The Reader Or The Writer?
Whenever anyone discovers that I write one of the first questions they always ask is, "So how long have you been a writer?" I'm never really sure how to answer. I suspect they mean how long have I been published, which to me isn't correct because I was a writer long before I was published though I pro...

"Five hundred twenty-five thousand six-hundred minutes…"

My husband directs theatre in real life. For the past several weeks he's been in rehearsals for RENT, one of Broadway's longest-running musicals. He works with Geneva Theatre Guild in Geneva, NY and their performances are at the Smith Opera House, a nineteenth century structure that came alive in a very different way this past weekend.

Several things struck me as I watched, enjoyed and participated in the performances of truly gifted singers, musicians and technicians. One, I love live theatre...

Two Lovers for Molly

I have a new release from Ellora's Cave coming out this Friday, July 9th. Yay! Two Lovers for Molly is the third book in my Lavender Lace series, and wraps up the series with everyone getting their happily-ever-after.

I hope you enjoy this spicy excerpt.

Lynn

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She looked from Lane to Julian and back again. "Julian started to tell me about the morning after your night with Claire. I want to know about that."

"Okay."

Julian sat close to Molly and slipped his arm around her shoulders. She cou...