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Tips from Supermodel Hannah Hahn from Going For It by Liz Matis

Hannah Hahn, my supermodel heroine in Going For It, has some tips for us today...

1. Fashion should be about expressing yourself - make sure your clothes don't scream slut.

2. Going on a date? Wear fabrics he'll want to touch. Like silk or cashmere.

3. There's nothing wrong with a woman making a booty call - even if he's in football training camp.

4. Fitness not famine. You can work-out anywhere. Get creative!

5. Don't be afraid to tell a man you think he's sexy.


"Honey, I'm not with him for his skills on the football field."

Winning starts with beginning. Robert H. Schuller

The Beach Book Blast was such a success that I decided that all 8 of the commenters of my blog are winners of an eBook copy of Going For It and a set of my romance trading cards! I'll be contacting you all over the next 24 hours. Thanks for stopping by.

Going For It is part of the Beach Book Blast along with o...

Going For It is part of the Beach Book Blast along with other awesome books and authors. Click on the link below to find out how to enter to win a Kindle Fire and more!

Beach Book Blast   click here

It starts August 15 and runs untilAugust 18!

And if you leave a comment here you'll be entered to win a ebook copy of Going For It and a set of my romance trading cards!

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.” ― Joyce Meyer

Another post in my Quotes by Famous Women series. Joyce Meyer is all over the TV on Sunday mornings but I bet you surf right over it -  I know I do - so here are some quotes that might make me stop and listen...

 “We need a backbone, not a wishbone.” 
Joyce Meyer

“We don't want to survive. We want to be healed.” 
Joyce Meyer
“Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” 
Joyce Meyer
“There are two kinds of pain: the pain of change and the pain of never changing and remaining the same.”
Joyce Meyer

Photos from the book signing...

Despite the clouds, then sun, then torrential rain, sun, rain - had a lovely day with fellow romance author Allie Boniface at the Kingston Farmers Market in NY. Allie Boniface


Me!
I'm wondering have you ever purchased a book at a farmers market or craft fair?

I'll be at the Kingston Farmers Market on Saturday from 1...

I'll be at the Kingston Farmers Market on Saturday from 12-2, signing books and talking romance along with Allie Boniface! Hopefully the sun will come out!

Looking forward to meeting new people and do a little shopping too!

I'll post tomorrow how it went and maybe some pictures too.

Kingston Farmers Market - NY

Fitness not famine - Supermodel Hannah Hahn

  Fitness not famine is Supermodel Hannah Hahn’s motto but she is just as insecure about her body as I am.
What? Are you kidding?
No – hear me out. When I was doing research for my supermodel heroine in Going For It I came upon an interesting fact – models ARE insecure and have body image issues!
I know I rolled my eyes too – BUT – then I thought about my body issues. Why when someone says – “Wow, you look great. Did you lose weight?” and I in return say, “Ugg, I gained 5 pounds.” or “Ugg, I still need to lose 25 pounds.”
Why do I do this? Why can’t I accept a compliment?
So I knew I had to make body image one of Hannah’s conflicts.  Can I make you feel bad for a supermodel? Well, one reader said, “You’ll want to cry when Hannah’s past with her mother is revealed.”
Here is a short excerpt of football player Jake Miller questioning Hannah’s diet.
Pulling on his briefs, then his pants, he escaped to the kitchen where another smell—an unpleasant one invaded his senses.A grumpy Hannah looked up from a plate of steamed asparagus. “What the hell?”

“Breakfast of Supermodels. Yum. Yum.” The grimace on her face as she took a bite said it all. “I made you coffee. I’d make you some eggs but I’m afraid I might eat them.” Waving a floppy spear of asparagus in the air she said, “This is all I can eat today. Gets rid of swelly belly.”
“Your belly is sexy.”
“The camera doesn’t think so.” “You don’t take any pills?” He turned to pour a cup of coffee so she wouldn’t see the concern that he knew was etched on his face.“No! I just get, get…”“Bitchy,” he risked. Turning back he caught the narrowing of Hannah’s eyes. “I was going to say cranky.”Jake threw back his head and laughed.Hannah took another bite and made a yucky face.He should keep his mouth shut. They were getting along, laughing together, having mind blowing sex and besides it was none of his business how she ran her life. But he worried about her so he was making it his business. He took the seat across from her.              “That’s not healthy.”“Asparagus is very healthy.”“You know what I mean. The dieting. You’re starving yourself.” “Oh, and you keep those 8 pack abs by drinking beer and eating donuts?”“Food is fuel for the body. When you look at it like that it’s easy to make the right choices.”“I’ve been making my own choices all by myself for a long time. Besides, I believe in fitness not famine.”Hannah’s bitchy tone didn’t fool Jake because the pained look in her eyes did not escape his notice. “For how long?”“Since I was sixteen.”“What?” Jake nearly shouted. The thought of her so young and alone triggered every protective instinct within him. He calmed and in a gentler tone asked, “Where were your parents?”“Look, you can just Google it. I’m sure all the sordid details are still there.”“I’d rather hear it from you.”The doorbell rang. “That must be my yoga instructor. Can you answer the door so I can get ready?”“Sure, but this talk isn’t over.”
Tell me what body issues do you have?

“When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening any more.” Florence Griffith Joyner

As part of my Famous Women Quotes I thought in honor of the Olympics I'd share some quotes from Olympic women!

"It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

"It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are."
Cathy Freeman


"It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich."Olga Korbut"They may become harder to achieve, but your dreams can't stop because you've hit a certain age or you've had a child." Dana Torres


"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match." Mia Hamm


Are you watching the Olympics? I am!

I'm gushing over a review I received for Going For It! Re...

I'm gushing over a review I received for Going For It! Really - I almost cried! Click o the link and it will take you to it!
BooK Junkie
I hope to get back to a regular blogging schedule soon!

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

I'm deeply troubled by the shooting last night in Colorado. So I thought today some quotes from Mother Teresa would fit into my Quotes by Famous Women series.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Mother Teresa



The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Mother Teresa



We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa


Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.Mother Teresa