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May24

Hormones, tannins and word counts

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That sums up my weekend. Determined to break the barrier between category romance and single title romance, I spent the weekend upping the word count on one of my manuscripts. Got 10,000 more in. Then the hormonal headche kicked in.  OR did it? I did imbibe some red wine which we all know has tannins which can cause headaches.  AND oh yeah, what about eye strain from looking at a computer screen for hours on end?  That could have been the culprit there as well.  

I made it through 9 of the 15 chapters and hope to edit two a night for the next three nights to get the word count up another 10,000.  Wish me luck- Hopefully, I won’t collapse in a heap and burst a blood vessel in my eye.  OR get carpal tunnel syndrome. The old wrist is aching from overuse already. But I gotta move onwards and upwards.

May19

On a Roll

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Woke up  this moring with the premise of a story I plan to submit to an anthology about Dream Lovers.  Here’s the place that inspired me.  Check out the lovely gardens.  Can’t you imagine a dream lover here?

http://www.heligan.com:80/

May18

Amazing Progress

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Had a goal to get 500 words done on the new short story last night and got very close to 3000 done.  Not really happy with the ending so I have to work on tweaking that. Have the whole thing done (since it must be under 4000 words)- just need to edit and play with the end.  I’ll send it to Whortleberry Press, where I’ve been published twice before. This is a romance story again- Rated PG as that’s part of the guidelines for the anthology. This one is an anthology of “Free Range Fairy Tales.”  Should be a fun group of stories. Reminiscent of the old “Fractured Fairy Tales” television show.  Anyone besides me remember that show?

May17

New Short Story

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Gonna start a new one tonight-  that’s the plan, anyway.  It came to me this morning in the shower- have to work the real job first, though. Have a lunch date so can’t work on it during lunch either. I have jotted down gist of it.   I already know where I plan to submit it.  It will be one  under my real name.

Here’s a clue:  And for those of you that know how much I love the British Isles, this castle view isn’t much of a clue, is it? so, here’s another clue: there will be golden hair in this story.   Does that help?

May12

Sigh of Relief

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Today was one of the least crazy days in a long time.  Had two newbie lawyers appear before me today that I wanted to tell that they don’t need to be playing in my ball field if they don’t know the rules, but other than that, a good day.

This ball field is a lot lovelier than my new digs in the Federal Bldg. I have been relegated to the basement.  There are 3 windows but they are under street level so it always looks like it is overcast and grey.  In the old bldg, we had a wall of windows that overlooked the bay.  What a change.

May10

Mother’s Day

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Was nice.  Had both sons at home.  We had Sonny’s BBQ for lunch because that is what my own mother always wants. I think, only one time, since I have been a mother, have  I gotten to eat what I want and it was because my mom was out of town.  So, grateful to have my own mom still be alive, I’ll keep eating Sonny’s BBQ for a long time to come.

I got a gift card to Books a Million and one to JoAnn’s.  My kids know me well and that makes me happy! 

May7

A plug for my friend

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I am running the same post on both of my blogs today just in case someone missed that it is Sayde’s release day! 

Happy Release Day to my friend, Sayde Grace. Her first erotica book is out today and available from the Wild Rose Press.  I hope you will ease on over there and order a copy. I’ve made it real convenient for you by including a link.  She is a great story teller and I am proud to call her my friend. 

Book One of the Cowgirl Tough Series, Riding Double
Available May 7, 2010 with The Wild Rose Press

Stressed to the max by her rodeo production company, Billie turns to young bareback rider Chet Haskins for a night of fun. She expects to get her mind off her business and her bull rider ex-fiancée, Bo Bennett. What she gets is several nights of sinful pleasure with both Chet and Bo. Finding herself quite literally between two hot cowboys, will Billie decide to move forward with Chet or start over with Bo?

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/wilderroses/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=771

“Saddle up and hold on tight. Riding Double brilliantly ropes emotional characters together with true-to-life rodeo excitement igniting passion between Billie and the rugged, dangerous and sexy as hell, Bo and Chet.” ~ KyAnn Waters – Author of Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

Now Available at
 http://www.thewildrosepress.com/wilderroses/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=771

May5

Check this out

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This is me in my toga for Latin trip to Orlando when I was a senior in high school.  I thought I was FAT- what the heck??  LOL!  I am the one in red.  My friend posted it on facebook today.  She is the one in the middle.   I was in Latin 4, she was in Latin 3 and the third chica was in Latin 2.  We had a blast!

May5

Validation, of a sort

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Something I  have suspected for a long time was confirmed this morning.  I am sad about it but it does prove that my gut instincts were right. I sometimes doubt my gut and you’d think I’d  be able to trust it by now, at my age.

Glad to have the proof and now, I move on. No looking back. Onwards to better.   Sorry to be so oblique but I have found that to be best. I can say this: this post has ZERO to do with writing.

May4

Every get a lopsided apology?

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One that says- “sorry I hurt your feelings, but I’m right?”

I was the recipient of such a thing.  I really don’t know how to react to something like that. Is that truly an apology?  Shouldn’t an apology have no “but” attached?  I may be crazy but that’s the way I look at it.  Alas. I guess I’m doomed to be in the minority there. What a crazy world we live in.