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January 8, 2013
Me, Embarrassed? I don't think so!
So over the holidays, my dad and step-mother came to visit my family. It was very exciting for us because my dad is always soooo very busy with work. I don't have a clue as to how my step-mother did it, but she finally wore him down and I am very thankful to her.
My co-author (whom he knows just as well as he knows me)and I decided not to make a big deal about our self-published book to our parents as it has some offensive language, raunchy humor and explicit sex scenes. We didn't want them to feel "awkward".
Well, he caught me giggling as I was typing our sequel and wanted to know what was so funny. I moved over and let him read it.
After he was done, he looked at me and said "I am conflicted. I don't know if I should find this funny or think that you have serious issues with your sense of humor." He was totally grinning so I know that he thought it was funny.
All I could say to that is, "If you think that's bad, let me show you our published book."
After I forced him to read the tethered scene and the shat scene, he was shaking his head and laughing. Of course, he cried off reading any of the sex scenes. He felt it was an invasion of privacy. I kept telling him this was fiction. I have never shat myself; however, I can see his confusion because there are some things that are based on my life in the book that blur the reality/fiction lines somewhat.
I can't help it if funny stuff happens to me and I want to share it! Me, embarrassed? I don't think so!
My co-author (whom he knows just as well as he knows me)and I decided not to make a big deal about our self-published book to our parents as it has some offensive language, raunchy humor and explicit sex scenes. We didn't want them to feel "awkward".
Well, he caught me giggling as I was typing our sequel and wanted to know what was so funny. I moved over and let him read it.
After he was done, he looked at me and said "I am conflicted. I don't know if I should find this funny or think that you have serious issues with your sense of humor." He was totally grinning so I know that he thought it was funny.
All I could say to that is, "If you think that's bad, let me show you our published book."
After I forced him to read the tethered scene and the shat scene, he was shaking his head and laughing. Of course, he cried off reading any of the sex scenes. He felt it was an invasion of privacy. I kept telling him this was fiction. I have never shat myself; however, I can see his confusion because there are some things that are based on my life in the book that blur the reality/fiction lines somewhat.
I can't help it if funny stuff happens to me and I want to share it! Me, embarrassed? I don't think so!
January 1, 2013
New Year's List of Things to Accomplish
Happy 2013!!!
I normally hate the idea of New Year's Resolutions because I typically modify, tweak and then break them completely before February. So this year I have devised a list of things to accomplish.
1. Write at least three books. This should be easy as I have started at least two - Layla's Redemption (WBTM 2) and Keeping Lexi (WBTM 3). I think I want the third one to be something different.
2. Exercise - Push-ups and Sit-ups nightly with running at least once a week to start off. I don't want to kill myself.
3. Limit sodas - limit is easier to do than cold turkey.
4. Take a kid free trip.
5. Limit making faces at my husband when I'm irritated with him. It's not his fault he can't read my mind.
6. Cut down on my personal reading time. I typically read at least 10 books a week. My children think I have a problem and aren't buying the "it's for research" anymore.
I think that will do it! I don't want to go all crazy and say I will lose weight because it always finds me again and brings friends!
I normally hate the idea of New Year's Resolutions because I typically modify, tweak and then break them completely before February. So this year I have devised a list of things to accomplish.
1. Write at least three books. This should be easy as I have started at least two - Layla's Redemption (WBTM 2) and Keeping Lexi (WBTM 3). I think I want the third one to be something different.
2. Exercise - Push-ups and Sit-ups nightly with running at least once a week to start off. I don't want to kill myself.
3. Limit sodas - limit is easier to do than cold turkey.
4. Take a kid free trip.
5. Limit making faces at my husband when I'm irritated with him. It's not his fault he can't read my mind.
6. Cut down on my personal reading time. I typically read at least 10 books a week. My children think I have a problem and aren't buying the "it's for research" anymore.
I think that will do it! I don't want to go all crazy and say I will lose weight because it always finds me again and brings friends!
December 20, 2012
Busted!
I'm busted. A friend of mine read my book and accused me of living out my sexual fantasies through fiction. She had a very valid point!
December 11, 2012
Virgin Authors
T.D. Waesch and I have learned so much since we launched our first book on November 18th. Most of these lessons have been somewhat painful and embarrassing.
1. Make sure the book is edited to perfection. - I think we took that book down four times before getting it as close to perfect as we could.
2. Make sure you load the correct version of the book. - There is nothing closer to feeling like you are going to implode than realizing that you uploaded the blank template for the sequel.
3. Acquire a thicker skin. - Accept and realize that not everyone is going to be happy with your book. Our sense of humor is not for the weak or sensitive.
4. Be thankful for your friends and family because they are the ones that will support you through it all. - You really do find out who your friends are. They are the ones that not only buy the book, but also call you laughing as they read it and gently tell you where the typos are. They also encourage you to keep at it.
I hope that people take the time to read our little book. We are writing the sequel as I type. We hope to have it completed by February.
1. Make sure the book is edited to perfection. - I think we took that book down four times before getting it as close to perfect as we could.
2. Make sure you load the correct version of the book. - There is nothing closer to feeling like you are going to implode than realizing that you uploaded the blank template for the sequel.
3. Acquire a thicker skin. - Accept and realize that not everyone is going to be happy with your book. Our sense of humor is not for the weak or sensitive.
4. Be thankful for your friends and family because they are the ones that will support you through it all. - You really do find out who your friends are. They are the ones that not only buy the book, but also call you laughing as they read it and gently tell you where the typos are. They also encourage you to keep at it.
I hope that people take the time to read our little book. We are writing the sequel as I type. We hope to have it completed by February.
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