Archive for May, 2008

12 second sequence

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

So the husband got the workout DVDs, balls, and dumbbells for us and we finally have the time and focus to get started on the 12 second sequence program. 20 minutes, twice a week. Trust me, it’s enough. Ow. The only thing that hurts more is kickboxing.

The equipment entertains kids for hours, though.

kids having a ball

St. Martin’s #5

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Is underway. It’s so much fun it can’t be legal. I’d share title and blurb but I’m not sure I can yet, so I’ll just cackle gleefully and dance around. I will say when I described it to my mom, she said, “You read too many comic books.” Heh.

I’m wildly excited about this and subsequent books I have in the works. I’m also starting to get pretty excited about Wicked Hot and Naughty Nights releasing this summer. Wicked Hot’s trailer should be ready to share with the world soon.

There’s a lot going on behind the scenes over here. I’m also thinking of how to revamp the website, because the booklist is getting too big and needs better organization. The husband wants to put me on Drupal for technical reasons and that’ll mean a good time to do some design and organizational improvements.

Spammers assist in love scene terminology

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Oh, spam. How inspirational you’ve become. You use phrases like “love tool” that make me howl with laughter and long to splice it into a sex scene just to see if I can get away with it. And today you grace me with this literary gem: “potence ensurer”. I must say it again to fully appreciate that phrase. Potence. Ensurer.

Hey, baby, get a load of my potence ensurer…I feel a ficlet coming on.

holy crap, it’s Wednesday!

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Wasn’t it Monday yesterday? Sheesh. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in writing and kids and house and yard stuff. And plotting. And researching. And world-building. Also, I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the next installment of Shadow Unit. Talk about a cliffhanger for the season finale! If you haven’t been following this series, jump on it now because who knows what’ll happen when the final installment of the first season has been posted?

Anyway, there’s now a lovely screened gazebo in the backyard, I’ve caught up on weeding and knocked down all the cobwebs that built up while meeting the last deadline. I even have a meal plan for the week as opposed to, “It’s five, should we order a pizza?” It will not do to let the family get too used to this, so good thing the next deadline is ahead.

Hope everybody’s week is going well!

Wicked Winner!

Monday, May 26th, 2008

By way of the fabulous random number generator, #16 is the winner, Judy Cox! Congrats, Judy. I’ll need your snail mail addy to send your ARC.

Indy rocks the big screen

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

So we left the kids playing with the grandparents yesterday and snuck off to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It’s such a fun movie. Action, adventure, a cracking whip and crystal skulls. And it was research so I wasn’t totally goofing off, ha.

Made more notes on the synopsis/proposal I’m developing. I’m having a tough time with titles and may have a title contest after the holiday ARC giveaway.

Today I need to make macaroni salad for a herd, acquire a watermelon, help the husband build a gazebo, and finish proposal A. Which is actually a multi-part thing but more on that later.

Meanwhile, what are you doing reading blogs? Go see Indy on the big screen!

Other people’s books

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

I must have them!

One Foot in the Grave (no, Jordan, I haven’t read it yet.)
Hot Nights, Dark Desires (Steph and Larissa)
Wicked Game
Magic Burns
Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark 5)
Making Money

And…look what you can pre-order! RED! Because everybody needs a post-apocalyptic werewolf love story. No, really, you do. It rocks.