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Relaxing Day

Yesterday I went to a friend’s house to spend some time with her and to let our girls play. The girls decided to have a lemonade stand. Us big girls chose to drink Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy and play with wire. My friend is a jewelry designer. This is what I came up with. It was so much fun. Perfect day.

Filed under: creative streak Tagged: friendship

Mandalas

I’ve been coloring mandalas all day long to get me past my writer’s block. Coloring helps my mind just let go and mandalas make me concentrate on form and color rather than words. Drinking hard cider doesn’t hurt either.

Filed under: Writing Process Tagged: Blocks

Mental Distraction

I finished my rainbow nesting bowls today while I listened to the British House of Lords discuss marriage equality. Sorta fitting, don’t you think?

Crocheting also kept my mind occupied since I’m super frustrating with myself for not having enough concentration to write at the moment. I hate these moments. I know I’ll eventually get my mojo back, but right now, writing feels like pulling teeth. I hate this feeling, so I’m better off concentrating on other things. I sure hope this block doesn’t...

Parenting an LGBT Savvy Kid

On May 14, 2013 I signed my fifth grade daughter out of school and drove to St. Paul, Minnesota so she could be part of history. Governor MarkDayton signed the Marriage Equality bill into law. I met a friend there as well. She brought her six-year-old son for the same reason. This was history in the making and we wanted our kids to be there for this moment. This was big. We cheered and smiled and sat out in the super hot sun with sweat dripping down our backs, because this was important. Then...

Risking It is Released Today!

August Farrell doesn’t have a clue how to go about finding a boyfriend. He’s eighteen, a high school senior, has barely been kissed, and the thought of flirting with a boy terrifies him. What if he gets punched? Or worse? It would be easier if he at least knew the rules of the game. Then during the state basketball tournament, August meets Luca Knutson, who flirts with him shamelessly, but is this connection worth it? Will August play it safe by sitting on the sidelines or take a chance on Lu...

Misnomer by Posy Roberts

Lookie here! A free story by me over on the Dreamspinner Press Blog. All to help celebrate their sixth anniversary. This is actually a story about Simon & Thomas from my book Fall Into You, which is also on sale this week. It’s set in modern day, years after the book ended, so you get to see where they ended up. Check it out and all the other books that are on sale.

Sexy Six Anniversary Short – Misnomer by Posy Roberts | Dreamspinner Press Blog | M-M Romance.

Filed under: Free, GLBTQ, My Novels...

Fusion!

I’ve had such an amazing day. I shopped for yarn, I started a new project, I drank some amazing beer, ate yummy mashed potatoes, took a bath, read a book, and took a nap.

And then I woke up and read my email.

NorthStar Fusion, the second book in my trilogy is going to be published by Dreamspinner.

I ran around my house screaming and jumping up and down. My husband had to tell me, “Get over here and hug me!” to get me to stop bouncing.

Then I finally went back to my computer and signed my contract...

Nesting my Loves

I love to write because I get to create worlds and make characters do things I’d never be able to do. That includes being able to say all those wonderfully bitchy id things that rush though my head, that my superego always shoves aside and chooses to ignore so my ego can stay intact. Damn psychology, and fuck me for just using Freudian theory!

I love to read too. I love being taken on a ride someone else planned for me. I love having tears ripped from me and laughter bubbling up. Right now, B....

A Dozen

Minnesota Senate Approves Marriage Equality | Advocate.com.

My beloved state did it. We passed marriage equality. WE DID IT!

I remember feeling something similar to this, but it pales in comparison to how I feel right this second. In 1991 the Minnesota Twins won the World Series. I was in college and not paying much attention to the series at all until there was a dull roar that grew and grew to such a racket that I looked out my dorm room, abandoning my studies. The 3000+ students that went to...

Tweeting and Connecting

Watching a live event while tweeting can be super fun. I did that during the presidential debates last fall, on last Thursday I did it when the MN House debated marriage equality, and right now I’m tweeting about the same debate in the MN Senate.

I’m connecting with people who are just as passionate about this issue as me. I’m “chatting” with locals and people who aren’t local who still give just as much of a damn about this as I do.

That’s just plain cool! I love technology.

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