The most awesome JB Lynn has offered me up as a sacrifice... err, tribute... to the meme gods. So here goes:
The Rules:
1. Post the logo(s) above
2. Accept the nomination and link back to the blog that nominated you
3. Answer the questions
4. List seven random facts about yourself
5. Nominate blogs and inform them of the nomination
Favorite Color: Hunter Green
Favorite Animal: Don't have a favorite. I just love critters.
Favorite Number: One
Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink: Coffee or Dew
Favorite Alcoholic Drink: When I still drank, my go-to drink was Tanqueray and tonic.
Facebook or Twitter: Facebook - but only because I keep forgetting about Twitter
My passions: Writing, Reading, My Husband
Giving or Receiving Gifts: I like both.
Favorite City: I don't do cities if I can help it.
Favorite TV shows: Bones, Alaska: The Wild Frontier, Biggest Loser, Life Below Zero
Seven Random Facts:
- I've only been out of the country once, to visit Canada. (Even though I grew up an hour from Canada.)
- My hands are double jointed, so I can lay my palm on a flat surface and raise all my fingertips a couple inches.
- I've named the three little bucks who come to my yard "Small", "Medium" and "Large".
- British humor makes me LMAO. My sister and I used to stay up late in the summer to watch Benny Hill, though, so I've been warped from an early age.
- I know all the words to American Pie by Don McLean.
- I love engineering type stuff, but I suck at math.
- Coming up with seven random facts is apparently too difficult for my brain first thing in the morning. ;o)
And now we come to Rule #5 - which I'm going to break. That's right. I'm a rule breaker. Livin' on the ragged edge of danger. Woohoo! I'm so bad... heh. Anyway, if any of you wish to play along, feel free, but I'm not singling any of you out. If you do play along, though, stop back by and let me know.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
The Next Big Thing
Last week over at the Killer Chicks, JB Lynn tagged me to participate in The Next Big thing and AlexiaChamberlynn tagged me a while back, so here goes nothing...
...ahem, before I begin, let me just say that I don't feel like anything I write is 'the next big thing' - well, not since my first book and you can guess how that went. So, rather than think of this as 'the next big thing', I'm just going to think of this as 'the big thing taking over my life right now'. Hope that's okay.
10 Questions:
What is the working title of your book?
Sleeping Ugly
Where did the idea come from for the book?
I woke up, wandered into the bathroom and while I was sitting there, this popped into my head. I can't think of any reason why it would. Nothing connected to anything. One moment it was just there, so I finished what I was doing and came out here to write the idea down before I forgot it.
What genre does your book fall under?
I haven't decided if this is a paranormal mystery, a paranormal romance, or just some supernatural thing I cooked up.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie?
I never think of actors who'd play my characters. They're their own people and no actor I've ever seen has matched who I have in my head anyway.
What is a one sentence synopsis of your book?
When model Jeni Braxxon sleeps with the wrong man, she finds herself under a curse where she wakes up every morning ugly as sin and has to track down the witch she pissed off before her life falls apart.
Will your book be self published or represented by an agency?
It's too early in the game to know that. Could go either way - or even the third option where I'm not represented by an agency but still traditionally published. Ya never know.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I've only written 2400 words so far, but these things usually take 2-4 months depending on my level of commitment and the laziness factor.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I'd like to think it'll turn out to be a little like Carolyn Crane's Mr. Real or Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
I have no clue. Things just pop into my head sometimes. I can say, though, that without my husband's encouragement when we were courting, I never would've stuck to writing. I spent too many years beginning novels and never finishing them. After he read the first chapters of what would become my first finished novel, he told me I needed to write - nothing else, just write. And he's been beside me ever since.
What else about your book might interest the reader?
Jeni is a pretty likeable gal under the cutthroat model but like many girls, her self-esteem is low enough to make her sleep around - which is how she gets into this mess to begin with. Or so she thinks. ;o)
Mini Excerpt:
:Disclaimer: This is the roughest of rough drafts since it's barely begun and I have no idea where the hell I'm going with it.
Content might change during edits.
Copyright 2012
Now I guess I'm supposed to tag some other people to talk about their Next Big Things. I don't usually do this part, but what the hell - the more the merrier, right? The people I tagged are:
J.S. Corcoran
Natalie Nicholas
and Silver James but she has a deadline looming so she had to bow out. Go visit her blog anyway - just because.
Look for their answers to The Next Big Thing next week. =o)
Also, speaking of Alexia Chamberlynn, she's the latest guest poster over at The Unpublished Writers' Guide to Survival this morning. Stop on by and take a look at her post on entering writing contests.
...ahem, before I begin, let me just say that I don't feel like anything I write is 'the next big thing' - well, not since my first book and you can guess how that went. So, rather than think of this as 'the next big thing', I'm just going to think of this as 'the big thing taking over my life right now'. Hope that's okay.
10 Questions:
What is the working title of your book?
Sleeping Ugly
Where did the idea come from for the book?
I woke up, wandered into the bathroom and while I was sitting there, this popped into my head. I can't think of any reason why it would. Nothing connected to anything. One moment it was just there, so I finished what I was doing and came out here to write the idea down before I forgot it.
What genre does your book fall under?
I haven't decided if this is a paranormal mystery, a paranormal romance, or just some supernatural thing I cooked up.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie?
I never think of actors who'd play my characters. They're their own people and no actor I've ever seen has matched who I have in my head anyway.
What is a one sentence synopsis of your book?
When model Jeni Braxxon sleeps with the wrong man, she finds herself under a curse where she wakes up every morning ugly as sin and has to track down the witch she pissed off before her life falls apart.
Will your book be self published or represented by an agency?
It's too early in the game to know that. Could go either way - or even the third option where I'm not represented by an agency but still traditionally published. Ya never know.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I've only written 2400 words so far, but these things usually take 2-4 months depending on my level of commitment and the laziness factor.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I'd like to think it'll turn out to be a little like Carolyn Crane's Mr. Real or Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
I have no clue. Things just pop into my head sometimes. I can say, though, that without my husband's encouragement when we were courting, I never would've stuck to writing. I spent too many years beginning novels and never finishing them. After he read the first chapters of what would become my first finished novel, he told me I needed to write - nothing else, just write. And he's been beside me ever since.
What else about your book might interest the reader?
Jeni is a pretty likeable gal under the cutthroat model but like many girls, her self-esteem is low enough to make her sleep around - which is how she gets into this mess to begin with. Or so she thinks. ;o)
Mini Excerpt:
:Disclaimer: This is the roughest of rough drafts since it's barely begun and I have no idea where the hell I'm going with it.
It was morning and I was ugly.
Near as I can figure it, I pissed
in the wrong witch’s pool at some point.
All I know is one night I went to Spanky’s, drank a lot, danced a lot,
and went home with the first available hottie.
The next morning, I woke up cursed.
And ugly. Did I mention ugly?
Not the best outcome for a
twenty-two year old fashion model, let me tell you. I had a photoshoot the following week. I had an agent who kept promising me the
cover of Vogue if I kept going the way I was.
Sure, twenty-two is a bit old for a modeling career to take off, but I
had hopes. It had to take off. It wasn’t like I had skills to do anything
else. Even on a good day, I’m not fit
for fast food or retail sales. Like
this, I’m not fit for even that.
Who wants to buy food or clothes
from a hag?
I spent the first twenty-four hours
of my ugliness trapped inside my apartment with the drapes drawn and the door
closed. After the initial shock of
seeing myself, I threw towels over all the mirrors. It was like someone was sitting shiva in
there. Until I tried to get ready for
bed.
With nothing and nowhere to go, I
opted for an early bedtime. Brushing
your teeth is an interesting experience when you can’t see yourself. So I sucked it up and pulled the towel
down. Prepped for a glimpse of gruesome,
I got the second shock of the day when a nearly normal me stared back. Other than looking like I had the roughest
day of my young life, I was me again.
Chalking it all up to the worst
hangover ever, I swore off booze and went to bed, confident in my beauty. I didn’t remember falling asleep. I don’t even remember dreaming. I closed my eyes in the dark one minute and
opened them the next in the soft light of dawn.
I wish I could say I felt a tingle
or a twitch. Even a burning sensation in
my nether regions would’ve been preferable, because it would’ve provided a
warning. Nope. I got nothing.
Except ugly. Overnight ugly.
At first I totally doubted my
sanity. Nobody gets ugly overnight. Then again, no one gets pretty throughout the
day either. Either a person is always
pretty or they’re always ugly.
Psychotic break now or one earlier
in my life—neither option made me feel any better about myself. Of course, the only other answer seemed just
as crazy. Magic isn’t real. Curses don’t happen in real life…
Unless they do.
Now I guess I'm supposed to tag some other people to talk about their Next Big Things. I don't usually do this part, but what the hell - the more the merrier, right? The people I tagged are:
J.S. Corcoran
Natalie Nicholas
and Silver James but she has a deadline looming so she had to bow out. Go visit her blog anyway - just because.
Look for their answers to The Next Big Thing next week. =o)
Also, speaking of Alexia Chamberlynn, she's the latest guest poster over at The Unpublished Writers' Guide to Survival this morning. Stop on by and take a look at her post on entering writing contests.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Lucky 7 Meme
Okay, so I finally got tagged for the Lucky 7 Meme. Silver James did it. Stop over there and see her 7 lines.
Here's how it works...
Go to page 77 of your current WIP
Go to line 7
Copy down the next 7 lines/sentences and post them as they’re written
Tag 7 other authors
Let them know
So, in my version, I went with sentences rather than lines. Here's the snippet from page 77 of my last version of Djinnocide (since my current work is all on notebook paper and I'm not to pg77 yet).
He shook his head. “Let me guess, Mary decided bartering with you garnered more than keeping her trap shut would.” From the grinding of his voice, I expected a spectacular display of rage. My ex and the pirate weren’t exactly fond of each other, and I suspected Zeke wanted the pleasure of divulging this piece of info himself. Whatever slim fondness they had for each other was now toast. Good thing Mary sat in her well-protected building and not here. If Zeke saw her, she’d be reduced to a few cells floating in a Petri dish.
And I know I never do this, but I'm going actually tag people with this - cuz it's like writerly and fun.
Janet Corcoran (you know you want to)
Natalie Murphy
Julie Dao
Debs Carr
Erica and Christy
Alexia Chamberlain
Kristin Rae
Feel free to participate if you want to, and if you do, stop back by and let me know so I can swing by to enjoy your snippet, too. =o)
Here's how it works...
Go to page 77 of your current WIP
Go to line 7
Copy down the next 7 lines/sentences and post them as they’re written
Tag 7 other authors
Let them know
So, in my version, I went with sentences rather than lines. Here's the snippet from page 77 of my last version of Djinnocide (since my current work is all on notebook paper and I'm not to pg77 yet).
He shook his head. “Let me guess, Mary decided bartering with you garnered more than keeping her trap shut would.” From the grinding of his voice, I expected a spectacular display of rage. My ex and the pirate weren’t exactly fond of each other, and I suspected Zeke wanted the pleasure of divulging this piece of info himself. Whatever slim fondness they had for each other was now toast. Good thing Mary sat in her well-protected building and not here. If Zeke saw her, she’d be reduced to a few cells floating in a Petri dish.
And I know I never do this, but I'm going actually tag people with this - cuz it's like writerly and fun.
Janet Corcoran (you know you want to)
Natalie Murphy
Julie Dao
Debs Carr
Erica and Christy
Alexia Chamberlain
Kristin Rae
Feel free to participate if you want to, and if you do, stop back by and let me know so I can swing by to enjoy your snippet, too. =o)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Tagged - I'm It
I got tagged by Alexia Chamberlain to answer 11 questions about myself. From the looks of this meme, the questions change with each person asking. Below are Alexia's questions for the people she tagged. Visit her blog to see the questions she was asked and her answers.
1. What setting best describes you? A forest in the middle of nowhere. I seem quiet, but if you stick around long enough, there's lots of noise and plenty of interesting things to see. Plus, I'm pretty calm - until a storm blows through. ;o)
2. What was your favorite childhood book? This is a toughy. There were so many. D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths got checked out from the school library the most. The Mystical Beast by Alison Farthing was one I owned that got read until it was all soft and warm. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip had a huge impact on me.
3. Besides reading and writing what are at least two of your favorite pastimes? Besides reading and writing? There are other pastimes?? I kid. Two of my other favorites are birdwatching and photography.
4. What is the coolest/strangest thing you've ever done? Hmmm. Coolest thing would have to be touring inside one of those airplanes that flies into bad weather so I could see all the monitoring equipment and help them solve an electronic part problem. (I think they needed something small like a capacitor or a resistor.)
5. If any character from any book could be your best friend, who would it be? I've always been partial to Eddie Willers from Atlas Shrugged. He was the heroine's best friend and I envied her that.
6. If you could be invisible for one day, what would you do? Sneak up on wildlife and photograph it.
7. What famous person (dead or alive) do you consider a role model for your own aspirations? I don't think I have any famous role models for my aspirations. I take a little bit of inspiration from a lot of different people - famous and not-so famous - but I can't think of any I model myself after.
8. Which Greek or Roman (or other culture's mythological) deity would you be (either who you'd like to be or who you most resemble)? In my formative years when I was reading about Greek myths to the exclusion of almost everything else, I wanted to be Artemis. Of course, that was also the time in my youth when I was roaming the countryside around my home with my trusty canine companion by my side. Nowadays, I'd like to be Hermes, but I'm more like Demeter.
9. Would you like to marry a Vulcan? Don't even get me started on my big huge crush for Spock (from the original series).
10. Do you believe in any conspiracy theories? I make up my own conspiracy theories, so yeah. My daughter just laughs at me, but she also understands that just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.
11. If you were to reincarnate, what would you like to be? A hawk - preferably a redtail.
Since I don't really like to tag back, I'm just going to leave it up to you to do this one - answering either the questions Alexia asked me, or the ones her friends asked her - if you want to.
1. What setting best describes you? A forest in the middle of nowhere. I seem quiet, but if you stick around long enough, there's lots of noise and plenty of interesting things to see. Plus, I'm pretty calm - until a storm blows through. ;o)
2. What was your favorite childhood book? This is a toughy. There were so many. D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths got checked out from the school library the most. The Mystical Beast by Alison Farthing was one I owned that got read until it was all soft and warm. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip had a huge impact on me.
3. Besides reading and writing what are at least two of your favorite pastimes? Besides reading and writing? There are other pastimes?? I kid. Two of my other favorites are birdwatching and photography.
4. What is the coolest/strangest thing you've ever done? Hmmm. Coolest thing would have to be touring inside one of those airplanes that flies into bad weather so I could see all the monitoring equipment and help them solve an electronic part problem. (I think they needed something small like a capacitor or a resistor.)
5. If any character from any book could be your best friend, who would it be? I've always been partial to Eddie Willers from Atlas Shrugged. He was the heroine's best friend and I envied her that.
6. If you could be invisible for one day, what would you do? Sneak up on wildlife and photograph it.
7. What famous person (dead or alive) do you consider a role model for your own aspirations? I don't think I have any famous role models for my aspirations. I take a little bit of inspiration from a lot of different people - famous and not-so famous - but I can't think of any I model myself after.
8. Which Greek or Roman (or other culture's mythological) deity would you be (either who you'd like to be or who you most resemble)? In my formative years when I was reading about Greek myths to the exclusion of almost everything else, I wanted to be Artemis. Of course, that was also the time in my youth when I was roaming the countryside around my home with my trusty canine companion by my side. Nowadays, I'd like to be Hermes, but I'm more like Demeter.
9. Would you like to marry a Vulcan? Don't even get me started on my big huge crush for Spock (from the original series).
10. Do you believe in any conspiracy theories? I make up my own conspiracy theories, so yeah. My daughter just laughs at me, but she also understands that just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.
11. If you were to reincarnate, what would you like to be? A hawk - preferably a redtail.
Since I don't really like to tag back, I'm just going to leave it up to you to do this one - answering either the questions Alexia asked me, or the ones her friends asked her - if you want to.
Friday, February 17, 2012
This That and an Award
Well, I was AWOL yesterday taking a trip up to Fort Collins to visit the college kid. Really if you're in that town for any reason, stop by a place called CharcoBroiler. Awesome food. And the mashed potatoes are to die for. Anyway, as usual, I was toast by the time I got home. On the upside, I think all the exercising I've been doing helped keep me from being a total wreck for the usual 24 hrs or more afterwards. Today wasn't so bad. Still tired, but not zombie-like.
Have any of you tried the new Granola Crisp things from Nature Valley? I got both the peanut butter and the chocolate kinds. I haven't had the chocolate ones yet, but the peanut butter are pretty good. Just the right amount of sweetness and crunch with a kiss of salty. Yummers.
I'm still working on the hard copy edits of the first chapter of Djinnocide. It's keeping it's basic shape, but a lot of the wording is getting tweaked and unnecessary things are getting snipped. Too much time spent expounding on things that aren't really crucial at this point in the story (if they ever will be).
And now for the Award. Silver James graced me with the Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award. I think Silver is the one who's sweet for giving me the award. Anyway, the general rules are:
1. Reveal 7 random facts about yourself
2. Pass the Sweet award to up to 10 recipients and no tag-backs!
So here goes nothing...
- I'm a nerd - which should come as no surprise to some of you (especially my daughter - the Geeks shall inherit the Earth, darlin'.) Which is why I got a total kick out of the following pic... *Image was of the weather forecast for Alderon - which I deleted because I don't own the image*
- I used to have a pet chicken named Raphaela. She was the last surviving member of the original 18 my father bought as laying hens. Dad didn't know I got attached to her when he gave her away.
- I cannot eat peas unless they're in something like stew or a pot-pie. Just the thought of them popping in my mouth makes me gag.
- My hands are so double-jointed, I can lay them flat on the table and raise all my fingers so the back of my hand makes a bowl-like shape. Not as much now as I could when I was young, but age and injury hits us all in one way or another.
- I'm also one of the populous who can turn her tongue upside down - which made it really great for the ol' bar trick of tying a cherry stem in a knot. It never won me any drinks, but it did make for one hell of a hilarious office party once. (And no, nothing untoward happened. We just had a lot of laughs.)
- Monkeys creep me out. I don't know what it is. They just do. And chimpanzees are the worst. Nothing can make me change the channel faster than a documentary about chimps.
- I still have some of my favorite childhood stuffed animals. Marshmallow the polar bear, a Snoopy doll, the polka dot puppy I had as a baby, and an original Steiff elephant direct from Germany. I let my daughter play with some of them, but the Snoopy and the puppy are over 40 years old and the Steiff is a collector's item.
Hope you enjoyed those. As usual, I don't follow the rules and name other people to thrust the award upon. Suffice it to say I think you're all sweet just for stopping by. :hugs:
Have any of you tried the new Granola Crisp things from Nature Valley? I got both the peanut butter and the chocolate kinds. I haven't had the chocolate ones yet, but the peanut butter are pretty good. Just the right amount of sweetness and crunch with a kiss of salty. Yummers.
I'm still working on the hard copy edits of the first chapter of Djinnocide. It's keeping it's basic shape, but a lot of the wording is getting tweaked and unnecessary things are getting snipped. Too much time spent expounding on things that aren't really crucial at this point in the story (if they ever will be).
And now for the Award. Silver James graced me with the Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award. I think Silver is the one who's sweet for giving me the award. Anyway, the general rules are:
1. Reveal 7 random facts about yourself
2. Pass the Sweet award to up to 10 recipients and no tag-backs!
So here goes nothing...
- I'm a nerd - which should come as no surprise to some of you (especially my daughter - the Geeks shall inherit the Earth, darlin'.) Which is why I got a total kick out of the following pic... *Image was of the weather forecast for Alderon - which I deleted because I don't own the image*
- I used to have a pet chicken named Raphaela. She was the last surviving member of the original 18 my father bought as laying hens. Dad didn't know I got attached to her when he gave her away.
- I cannot eat peas unless they're in something like stew or a pot-pie. Just the thought of them popping in my mouth makes me gag.
- My hands are so double-jointed, I can lay them flat on the table and raise all my fingers so the back of my hand makes a bowl-like shape. Not as much now as I could when I was young, but age and injury hits us all in one way or another.
- I'm also one of the populous who can turn her tongue upside down - which made it really great for the ol' bar trick of tying a cherry stem in a knot. It never won me any drinks, but it did make for one hell of a hilarious office party once. (And no, nothing untoward happened. We just had a lot of laughs.)
- Monkeys creep me out. I don't know what it is. They just do. And chimpanzees are the worst. Nothing can make me change the channel faster than a documentary about chimps.
- I still have some of my favorite childhood stuffed animals. Marshmallow the polar bear, a Snoopy doll, the polka dot puppy I had as a baby, and an original Steiff elephant direct from Germany. I let my daughter play with some of them, but the Snoopy and the puppy are over 40 years old and the Steiff is a collector's item.
Hope you enjoyed those. As usual, I don't follow the rules and name other people to thrust the award upon. Suffice it to say I think you're all sweet just for stopping by. :hugs:
Monday, March 7, 2011
Stylish Blogger Award - Part Two
The rules are to post seven things about me and then pass it along to seven other people. As always, I'm happy to post the seven things, and I'll let you all decide whether you feel like a Stylish Blogger enough to gift this to yourself.
And now for the seven things:
1. I'm a Taurus. And for the most part, the traits of that sign really do mirror my own traits. (As an aside, I love the Ford Taurus and have owned two over the years.)
2. I'm also a Dog in the Chinese zodiac. Also mirrors many of my traits, but less so.
3. I don't actually believe in astrology, but I get a kick out of reading about my signs and seeing if my horoscope actually gets it right.
4. Every test I've ever done - up to and including the Myers-Briggs - says I'm an introvert, but I don't feel like one. Sure, I enjoy being alone, but I like to think I'm equal parts introvert and extrovert. I can schmooze with the best of them. I just choose not to. ;o)
5. I have this weird quirk where every time someone tells me how much they like something I own, I have to tell them how little I paid for it. "Great shoes" turns into "Payless - $3.99 after the BOGO discount." It's a sickness and I'm working on it. I do love a great deal, though, and I want to pass it along.
6. I collect rocks.
7. In high school, I was captain of the High School Challenge team (formerly know as Quiz Bowl). It was students competing in rounds of PBS televised trivia for fun and prizes. (Okay, so we never saw a prize, but it was fun.) My senior year we made it as far as quarter finals. Yep, I competed in the Nerd Olympics. It was a blast.
I hope you enjoyed reading my answers. If you decide to play along, let me know so I can visit your blog, too. (And you really should, because you are a Stylish Blogger.)
=o)
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Stylish Blogger Award
1) I'm 5'7 3/4" - but I tell everyone I'm 5'8. In fact, I always thought I was 5'8 until they measured me in the hospital. Maybe the accident shrunk me a quarter inch.
2) I still think of myself as short because my four siblings are all taller than I am. So's my mom. And my father was taller than me, too. Even my youngest nephew is taller and he's like 13. The only family members who are shorter now are the great-grand nephews, and my one niece who was stunted as a child due to medical problems.
3) I had a mid-life crisis on my thirtieth birthday. It lasted about an hour. In Vegas, getting ready to go clubbing, I suddenly realized I wasn't young anymore. I went through every outfit I had in my suitcase - mixing, matching and rejecting. It ended when I accepted I wasn't going to look like the glamor girls at Studio 51, and that was fine by me. I ended up dressing for comfort instead of style and had a blast.
4) I have a mole on the bottom of my foot, but I can't see it anymore because my leg doesn't bend that way. (At least, I hope it's still there. :wink:)
5) I secretly love South Park and I watch it whenever my husband goes to bed first. "OMG, you killed Kenny. You bastard." ROFL
6) I'm absolutely neurotic about keeping my hands from getting too dry. I have lotion in my purse, in my car and five different kinds in my bathroom, so I'm never too far from moisturizer. My favorite is Suave Advanced Therapy.
7) I'm one of the approx. 25% of head injury cases who wind up with heterotopic ossification. Basically, this means that while my brain was spazzing out, it grew bone inside the soft tissue of my thigh and hip. My x-rays look freaky, but you can't tell unless you touch right where it's at. Yep, people, that rock hard thigh is not from working out.
So, there's seven things you didn't - and not have wanted to - know about me. I don't usually return the favor by passing out these awards. Suffice it to say that all my visitors are Stylish Bloggers. (I mean, they come by here, so they have to have style. Right?) Give yourself an award for being a stylish group of people.
=o)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Bookified - a Meme
Yesterday, Amber Murphy sort of tagged me with a meme that looked like fun. Since I'm in the middle of fighting with my edits - and just hit a part I marked as R for rewrite, with lots of notes about how the passage is lame and the motivation behind it seriously needs work - I thought I'd take this time to answer the meme.
(Yes, yes, I know. I'm stalling. Work with me here.)
So, here goes...
What have you just read?
I just finished reading Chimera by Rob Thurman. It was a break from her Cal Leandros series, and I thought it was a pretty good read.
What are you reading now?
I pulled the next Bullet Catchers novel (Take Me Tonight by Roxanne St. Claire) from the TBR pile - to take a short break from everything paranormal. If I don't mix it up, I feel stale.
Do you have any idea what you'll read when you're done with that?
Probably the next Cal Leandros novel. I'm enjoying Rob's books and it's keeping me centered on my own urban fantasy/paranormal suspense. If not that, I picked up a cute SF/Romance that looks fun.
What's the worst thing you were ever forced to read?
I can't remember the title of it, but it was a nonfiction book my professor assigned for the course Causes and Control of Aggression (I was a psych major at the time). I read the whole damn horrible thing because he assured us it was going to be on the final exam - and it wasn't. $35 out the door and since he decided not to use it ever again in any of his classes, I couldn't even sell the damn thing back.
What's one book you always recommend to just about anyone?
I'm not a big recommender. But I think I usually tell people they should read Allison Brennan's books. She's awesome.
Do you read books while you eat?
No. Eating and reading are both very important to me and both should be savored. That and the thought getting food particles on my books grosses me out. Although, I think I may have eaten snack foods and read at the same time.
While you bathe?
If I take an actual bath, maybe. It's been a while, but I used to get into the whole experience. Candles, wine, soft music and a good book - nothing like it for relaxation.
While you watch movies or tv?
TV - yes. I read during commercials or while Husband is watching sporting events. If it's a movie, unless it's one I've seen a million times, I can't read during it.
While you're on the computer?
Unless you're talking about my own books or books I'm beta or crit reading, no.
When you were little did other children tease you about your reading habits?
If they did tease me about reading, I was probably so wrapped up in whatever book I had my face pressed into, I didn't notice.
What's the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn't put it down?
The last romantic suspense Allison Brennan wrote, I think. I know I can't put her books down once I start reading them.
Have any books made you cry?Too many to count. Some books I've read a ton of times still make me cry. Like when Eddie Willers gets stranded out in the middle of nowhere in Atlas Shrugged. I bawl like a baby, because everyone else made it to Galt's Gulch and he got left behind. Or when Ann and Dan die in Where the Red Fern Grows. Seriously, the one getting killed by the mountain lion is bad enough, but when the other one pines to death, it rips me apart.
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Okay, now it's your turn. If you think this might be a fun meme to post, go ahead and do it. If you do, though, leave a comment so I can check out your answers, too. =o)
(Yes, yes, I know. I'm stalling. Work with me here.)
So, here goes...
What have you just read?
I just finished reading Chimera by Rob Thurman. It was a break from her Cal Leandros series, and I thought it was a pretty good read.
What are you reading now?
I pulled the next Bullet Catchers novel (Take Me Tonight by Roxanne St. Claire) from the TBR pile - to take a short break from everything paranormal. If I don't mix it up, I feel stale.
Do you have any idea what you'll read when you're done with that?
Probably the next Cal Leandros novel. I'm enjoying Rob's books and it's keeping me centered on my own urban fantasy/paranormal suspense. If not that, I picked up a cute SF/Romance that looks fun.
What's the worst thing you were ever forced to read?
I can't remember the title of it, but it was a nonfiction book my professor assigned for the course Causes and Control of Aggression (I was a psych major at the time). I read the whole damn horrible thing because he assured us it was going to be on the final exam - and it wasn't. $35 out the door and since he decided not to use it ever again in any of his classes, I couldn't even sell the damn thing back.
What's one book you always recommend to just about anyone?
I'm not a big recommender. But I think I usually tell people they should read Allison Brennan's books. She's awesome.
Do you read books while you eat?
No. Eating and reading are both very important to me and both should be savored. That and the thought getting food particles on my books grosses me out. Although, I think I may have eaten snack foods and read at the same time.
While you bathe?
If I take an actual bath, maybe. It's been a while, but I used to get into the whole experience. Candles, wine, soft music and a good book - nothing like it for relaxation.
While you watch movies or tv?
TV - yes. I read during commercials or while Husband is watching sporting events. If it's a movie, unless it's one I've seen a million times, I can't read during it.
While you're on the computer?
Unless you're talking about my own books or books I'm beta or crit reading, no.
When you were little did other children tease you about your reading habits?
If they did tease me about reading, I was probably so wrapped up in whatever book I had my face pressed into, I didn't notice.
What's the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn't put it down?
The last romantic suspense Allison Brennan wrote, I think. I know I can't put her books down once I start reading them.
Have any books made you cry?Too many to count. Some books I've read a ton of times still make me cry. Like when Eddie Willers gets stranded out in the middle of nowhere in Atlas Shrugged. I bawl like a baby, because everyone else made it to Galt's Gulch and he got left behind. Or when Ann and Dan die in Where the Red Fern Grows. Seriously, the one getting killed by the mountain lion is bad enough, but when the other one pines to death, it rips me apart.
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Okay, now it's your turn. If you think this might be a fun meme to post, go ahead and do it. If you do, though, leave a comment so I can check out your answers, too. =o)
Monday, June 28, 2010
4 Authors
This morning the gals at BookEnds posted something fun and I wanted to play along. The idea is to post four authors - dead or alive - you'd want to have lunch with. So here goes...
Ayn Rand - because I think she'd have the most interesting stories to tell about her life in Russia, her time in Hollywood (I'd love to hear the story of how she met Cecil B. DeMille in her own words), and the early days of 20th century publishing. I've seen several interviews she did and even with the thick accent, she was a very eloquent woman. Of course, I'd probably spend the whole lunch drooling on myself and feeling inadequate.
Robert Louis Stevenson - beyond his novels and his poetry - which are brilliant in themselves - I think RLS was probably a man out of time. His ideas were so far ahead of the era he was in, I'm surprised he got anything published. I mean seriously, how could lunch with the guy who wrote this poem not be interesting?
Jim Butcher - because, let's face it, I want his career. That and I think he'd be a hoot to hang out with. (Or maybe I'm just assuming he'd be a lot like Harry Dresden - minus the magic.) And then if we had lunch and became friends, he could introduce me to his wife. In my fantasy-land, the three of us could sit up all night bouncing story ideas off each other, or just hanging out talking sports and music and movies.
Seanan McGuire - I didn't even know this chick existed a year ago. Now she's one of my favorite writers. She inspires me. We'd have lunch, talk cats and crazy things. We'd laugh about the pretentious guy at the next table and secretly wish for the waiter to spill water in his lap.
If you could have lunch with any four authors, who would they be?
Ayn Rand - because I think she'd have the most interesting stories to tell about her life in Russia, her time in Hollywood (I'd love to hear the story of how she met Cecil B. DeMille in her own words), and the early days of 20th century publishing. I've seen several interviews she did and even with the thick accent, she was a very eloquent woman. Of course, I'd probably spend the whole lunch drooling on myself and feeling inadequate.
Robert Louis Stevenson - beyond his novels and his poetry - which are brilliant in themselves - I think RLS was probably a man out of time. His ideas were so far ahead of the era he was in, I'm surprised he got anything published. I mean seriously, how could lunch with the guy who wrote this poem not be interesting?
Jim Butcher - because, let's face it, I want his career. That and I think he'd be a hoot to hang out with. (Or maybe I'm just assuming he'd be a lot like Harry Dresden - minus the magic.) And then if we had lunch and became friends, he could introduce me to his wife. In my fantasy-land, the three of us could sit up all night bouncing story ideas off each other, or just hanging out talking sports and music and movies.
Seanan McGuire - I didn't even know this chick existed a year ago. Now she's one of my favorite writers. She inspires me. We'd have lunch, talk cats and crazy things. We'd laugh about the pretentious guy at the next table and secretly wish for the waiter to spill water in his lap.
If you could have lunch with any four authors, who would they be?
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Oomph She Got Me
LOL, I'm hit! This morning Natalie tagged me for a little meme. Looks like five questions, with five answers each. I'm up for it. Are you? ;o)
Here goes...
Question 1: Where were you five years ago?
- About a half mile from here.
- Finding out we had to move because our landlady sold the house we were living in.
- Enjoying the start of my second year of married life.
- Angsting about writing my second book.
- Getting started homeschooling for the second time. (We homeschooled for a little of 4th grade in FL - until we had to move to UT.)
Question 2: Where would you like to be five years from now?
- Agented
- Published
- Living in OK, MO, AK or TX with my retired husband
- Writing to a contract
- At least ten pounds lighter
Question 3: What is (was) on your to do list today?
- Watering the lawn was on my list, but I woke up to big grey clouds and the smell of rain
- Write at least 1500 words
- It's Wednesday, so that means... Laundry!
- Finish the book I'm reading - Gena Showalter's latest Lords of the Underworld
- Download the pics from my new camera, and install the software for my old camera so I can download those, too
Question 4: What five snacks do you enjoy?
- Ice cream
- Baked Ruffles
- Homemade trail mix (almonds, cashews, peanuts, dried berries, and white chocolate chips)
- Cheese
- Anything chocolate
Question 5: What would you do if you were a billionaire?
- After my husband quits his job, I'd buy an island for us to live on.
- Outfit said island home with all the latest technology
- Adopt as many animals as I could reasonably care for and love - even if I have to hire someone to help.
- Send Daughter to the best business university in the country (Right now, Virginia for undergrad, and then Harvard for graduate studies.)
- Keep writing - and if no one offers me a contract, I'll just buy a publishing company and have them print my books for me. (Hey, it's a fantasy world. I can buy whatever I want.)
I guess at this point, I'm supposed to tag five other people. I'm not much on tagging, but if you want, feel free to play along. Just make sure you say so in the comments, so everyone knows how to find your answers.
Thank again, Natalie. This was fun.
Here goes...
Question 1: Where were you five years ago?
- About a half mile from here.
- Finding out we had to move because our landlady sold the house we were living in.
- Enjoying the start of my second year of married life.
- Angsting about writing my second book.
- Getting started homeschooling for the second time. (We homeschooled for a little of 4th grade in FL - until we had to move to UT.)
Question 2: Where would you like to be five years from now?
- Agented
- Published
- Living in OK, MO, AK or TX with my retired husband
- Writing to a contract
- At least ten pounds lighter
Question 3: What is (was) on your to do list today?
- Watering the lawn was on my list, but I woke up to big grey clouds and the smell of rain
- Write at least 1500 words
- It's Wednesday, so that means... Laundry!
- Finish the book I'm reading - Gena Showalter's latest Lords of the Underworld
- Download the pics from my new camera, and install the software for my old camera so I can download those, too
Question 4: What five snacks do you enjoy?
- Ice cream
- Baked Ruffles
- Homemade trail mix (almonds, cashews, peanuts, dried berries, and white chocolate chips)
- Cheese
- Anything chocolate
Question 5: What would you do if you were a billionaire?
- After my husband quits his job, I'd buy an island for us to live on.
- Outfit said island home with all the latest technology
- Adopt as many animals as I could reasonably care for and love - even if I have to hire someone to help.
- Send Daughter to the best business university in the country (Right now, Virginia for undergrad, and then Harvard for graduate studies.)
- Keep writing - and if no one offers me a contract, I'll just buy a publishing company and have them print my books for me. (Hey, it's a fantasy world. I can buy whatever I want.)
I guess at this point, I'm supposed to tag five other people. I'm not much on tagging, but if you want, feel free to play along. Just make sure you say so in the comments, so everyone knows how to find your answers.
Thank again, Natalie. This was fun.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Meme, Anyone?
Thursday I was tagged by Natalie Murphy for a meme. The rules are merely to fill in the blanks after what were bolded words, but are now after the colon. (That's me: Dare to be different. LOL)
So here goes... (in no particular order)
I like: hard copy books
I like: puppies
I like: the way the forest smells after it rains
I like: standing on the coast of Lake Superior before a storm
I like: emeralds
I like: kittens
I like: springtime
I like: Dilbert cartoons
I like: learning new things
I like: ice cream - especially Choco-Malt Chip which I don't think they even make anymore.
I like: bird watching
I like: crocheting
I love: my family
Today was: filled with potential
I hate: stupid people (ignorance is fixable, stupidity is when you know you're ignorant and don't care to fix it)
I hate: Pizza flavored combos
I hate: ironing
I hate: people who pretend to be one thing when they're another
I hate: keeping my mouth shut when something really really ticks me off
I hate: insincerity
I hate: the games politicians (or people with political aspirations) play
I hate: when I'm afraid I'll never be published
I (secretly) like: South Park
I love: my husband (I know I already said 'my family' but I love him so much, he deserves his own space.)
While I enjoy being tagged for a meme, I'm not a person who passes along these things. I figure, if you're interested in participating, you'll do it. And if you do decide to, please leave a note in the comments.
So here goes... (in no particular order)
I like: hard copy books
I like: puppies
I like: the way the forest smells after it rains
I like: standing on the coast of Lake Superior before a storm
I like: emeralds
I like: kittens
I like: springtime
I like: Dilbert cartoons
I like: learning new things
I like: ice cream - especially Choco-Malt Chip which I don't think they even make anymore.
I like: bird watching
I like: crocheting
I love: my family
Today was: filled with potential
I hate: stupid people (ignorance is fixable, stupidity is when you know you're ignorant and don't care to fix it)
I hate: Pizza flavored combos
I hate: ironing
I hate: people who pretend to be one thing when they're another
I hate: keeping my mouth shut when something really really ticks me off
I hate: insincerity
I hate: the games politicians (or people with political aspirations) play
I hate: when I'm afraid I'll never be published
I (secretly) like: South Park
I love: my husband (I know I already said 'my family' but I love him so much, he deserves his own space.)
While I enjoy being tagged for a meme, I'm not a person who passes along these things. I figure, if you're interested in participating, you'll do it. And if you do decide to, please leave a note in the comments.
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