Okay. I can’t decide if these things would be way yummy or are so bizarre I just want to stare at the video over and over like I’m at a train wreck… This said, I must find one of my characters who would love these. Any ideas? As for actual making and eating, I’ll leave it up to each of you to decide for yourselves!
Oh, and if anyone wanted to make these for me for my birthday…today’s the day. 😉
This is the last Monday of February. It’s also “leap Monday” because this is a leap year and today is that extra day tacked on every 4 years to keep time straight. It also puts off my birthday one extra day. Not complaining. At my age, every extra day is a gift! 😆 It’s also Sadie Hawkins Day! Who remembers Sadie Hawkins and what happens on her day? Who did Sadie Hawkins Day stuff in school? *raises hand* We had Sadie Hawkins dances.
So…in other news…
Guest Blogging: I’m over at Jen Lyon’s “Lair” today for her Business Monday talking about “Multiplicity.” That means I discuss juggling multiple projects and deadlines. Go forth and check it out! This LINK should get you there. I’ll update/edit when I have the direct link. 🙂 EDIT: HERE’S THE DIRECT LINK!
Now, writing news, just in case–you know–y’all missed my upcoming release. 🙄 MOONSTRUCK: LIES is now up for pre-order at the big 3. Amazon | iTunes | Kobo. Yippee! Still working on the formatting for the print version. I was off on my page count by about 30 pages so my cover artist is revising the cover and doing a little something special for the opening of the book. 🙂 Now to get caught up on critiquing and new words on #TeamSmoke, Moonstruck world proposal, NIGHT MOVES (the next Nightrider book) and…I know there’s another project out there. Brain dead.
TV: BASEBALL! SOFTBALL! Yay for college sports and tomorrow, (MLB’s birthday present to me!) Spring Training games start. Whooppee!!! Why yes, I am a big fan, why do you ask.
Reading: Back to stuff I can’t talk about. I got an emergency plea to read 4 more RITA books. Shhhhh. Once they’re done, sooooo many new and exciting reads on my Kindle that I’m desperate to dive into! Duty first, right?
Life: I have to go get my new Driver’s License today. Yeah, I sort of put it off to the last day. 😆 I also have to go buy new jeans. This makes me have a sad. 😦 My favorite pair got ruined. Long story and the chunk that came out of hip doesn’t hurt toooo bad… Y’all know I have big dogs. Newfoundland and Newf/Golden mix. Friday night, they decided they wanted to go out. Together. At the same time. Through the door into the breach! Both of them are capable of opening the back door and going out. (It doesn’t have a latch on the storm door–yeah, one of them hit it a little hard charging after a critter who invaded the back yard and we never got around to replacing it because…hey! They can let themselves out!) Yeah, but not Friday night. They both stood there staring at the door like there was some magic bark or tail wag they needed to make to open it. So…I pushed through them to open it. Idiots! They surged forward. They stopped. They both leaned into me–that’s almost 300 pounds of dog, FYI–and off-balance, I started to fall forward. Outside. On the concrete patio. Oh to the hell no! I scrambled, grabbed, and lurched. And caught my hip (butt) on the metal thing that you use to hold the hydraulic arm open. OUCH! Ripped those jeans in two places–big time! Ripped me, too, a quarter-sized chunk with additional scratches and bruising. Good thing I don’t sleep on that side! *snort* So, errands today, including a stop at the post office to mail out a book a reader won at Facebook party I helped host.
So what’s up in your life? Good stuffs? Good books? Good TV/Movies? Baseball?
I need to start watching Lip Sync Battle on Spike TV if such awesomeness as this occurs. Note: Jenna Dewan-Tatum is reprising a scene from Magic Mike XXL in which Channing danced to the song “Pony” in a workshop. And Channing as Beyonce? Seriously cracked stuff here! And I laughed my @$$ off through the whole video! Happy Friday. Have a great weekend!
The Universe might have a clue but me? Yeah…no. I don’t know how I talk and make sense. And when I walk? I tend to fall down. A lot. Answers? Don’t have them. Aim? I do that. Deliver? Sometimes. Deadlines make sure I show up on time. I barely get by, sometimes I don’t really make enough but I get by. Somehow. Like the Universe says, I don’t have a clue.
That said, I don’t quit either. I search for new stories with new words. I work to hone my craft. I keep looking for ways to get it done. I have trouble turning over the how’s to the Universe. It always seems like I should be doing something more. Something else. Something different. But I have the dream. Have had it since I was a kid and the stories spilled out of me as I played with imaginary friends, telling their tales. So Universe? Please take care of the how’s. ‘Kay? I’ll keep telling stories and hope between the two of us, readers find them.
However do you do it, Silver? You know, talk, and make such sense? Walk, and not fall down? Ask, and then know the answer? Aim, and then deliver? Show up on time? Always get by? Make just enough?
How on earth?!
You don’t know how, do you?
You haven’t got a clue.
And that’s exactly how you do it.
You leave the “hows” to Me, as you simply focus upon and move towards the end results.
You got this,
The Universe
© http://www.tut.com ®This is how all dreams come true, Silver.
I don’t “got this” but I’m working on it. How about y’all?
Happy Hump Day! And happy #1lineWed day. Today’s theme for Twitter posting is **NICKNAMES** Watching the discussion on the twitter feed has been interesting. Wait! What? Nicknames??? Lots of that going on. Me? I’m all OMG *FLAIL* WHICH NICKNAME SNIPPET TO USE!!!! Then I remember this “first meet” between Smoke Jenner and Leigh Daniels, the H/H of NIGHT FIRE (October Kindle World release). While it’s in Smoke’s 1st person POV, the reader still gets an idea of Leigh’s personality. 😉
Smoke
I resisted rubbing my thigh. Her bumper had clipped me and it had taken real focus not to limp as I approached her. She was something, even hiding in shapeless navy coveralls. There was no thinking about it. My nose detected the sweet-cherry residue from a house fire and I could read her patches even in the semi-dark. Arson. Fuck.
“What’s your name?”
She raised her chin, pretending she wasn’t nervous. The tang of bleu cheese curled around the cherry wood. Yup. I made her nervous. Good. I knew where she was headed. I’d just left there. I needed to find out how good she was.
“Sergeant Daniels.”
Smart ass. I liked that in my women. If she was the investigator on this fire, I was definitely gonna make her mine for the duration.
“What’s your first name?”
“None of your business.”
“Can I call you None for short?”
“Smart ass.” She muttered it under her breath but I’m a Wolf. I hear better than the average bear and a hellava lot better than a human.
Yeah, takes one to know one.
“What about you?”
“What about me?”
“What’s your name?”
“Smoke.”
“What kind of name is that?”
“My kind of name.”
I caught her studying the patches on my cut and considered turning around so she could see my full patch. I’m a Nightrider, out of our original chapter in Kansas City, but I ride all over. I work directly for the Russian, our national president. He’s the one who bestowed my road name. Anymore, that’s the only name I needed.
“Is that like a nickname?”
“No. It’s my road name.”
“Road name. So…you do belong to one of those motorcycle gangs.” She sneered at that last word.
“We aren’t a gang. We’re a club.” We were more but I wasn’t about to discuss brotherhood with her, no matter how good she smelled.
***
Caveat…that’s a first draft. What about y’all? Writers, do your characters have nicknames? Readers, what’s your favorite character’s nickname?
I’m so excited for this cover and blurb reveal! I think this just might be my favorite cover of the Red Dirt books. It so perfectly captures the feelings Clay has for Georgie! And look at all that wonderful red dirt in the background! 😉 And the blurb? OMG!!!! Mr. HQ Editor and marketing came up with one that just sings! Or makes a speech, since this book is about a presidential candidate and his communications director. And yes, how timely is the subject?!? 😆 So, with a virtual fanfare of trumpets and drum roll, here’s…
THE BOSS AND HIS COWGIRLWhen the billionaire boss beckons…
Ever since she left behind her cowgirl roots to work for him, Georgie Dreyfus has had a crush on her boss, US senator Clay Barron. So the sexy speechwriter is speechless when Clay comes to her rescue on the campaign trail…and they discover a mutual chemistry that will no longer be denied.
But when their relationship faces one of the biggest veto threats of all, Georgie goes home to Oklahoma to regroup. Now the billionaire Barron must choose: continue his quest to win the White House or win back the woman who’s laid claim to his heart…
PRE-ORDER: AMAZON | HARLEQUIN | iTUNES | KOBO | And mark it WANT TO READ on Goodreads!
So, y’all…tell me what you think?
I have no idea why I used this as a subject line. Except it’s the third Sunday in February. Soooo much going on! *FLAIL* So here’s what went on over the weekend and what my up-coming week looks like.
TV: There is college baseball to watch. I don’t even care what teams! 😆 MLB Spring Training games start in a couple of weeks around my birthday. Yay! Lucifer continues to delight but I suspect it is soon coming to an end of its season as Gotham and Sleepy Hollow return. NCIS is losing Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo at the end of this season. This makes me have a said. While Michael Weatherly hasn’t shared future plans, I’m hoping for a possible spin-off where he’s given his own unit, at least on paper if not in television reality. I’ll have a HUGE sad if they kill him off. 😦
Writing: Doing the final read-through of MOONSTRUCK: LIES. That means literally reading it out loud. I’m catching a few niggling details as I do that. I have hopes of getting it finished today so I can upload to D2D for hopefully more pre-orders at sites other than Amazon, plus getting the final uploaded on Amazon so I know it’s right. Then I’ll get on the formatting for Createspace for the print version. This edition has almost 95K words so there’s a lot of story there in addition to the two combined novellas. Hopefully, y’all saw the cover reveal and links for MOONSTRUCK: LIES. Just in case you missed it on Saturday, here it is again. 😉 CLICK HERE FOR PRE-ORDER! Oh! I’ve also made the compilation novels into their own series. Both MOONSTRUCK: SECRETS and MOONSTRUCK: LIES are books 1 and 2 of the Moonstruck Genesis series. 😀 This makes numbering easier!
Other writing news is fairly routine except for that last bit of news. 😉 I’m continuing work on the SMP submission so I’ve got it ready to send when(if) they want a full. Work also continues on NIGHT FIRE, the Paige Tyler Kindle World crossover novel with Nightriders and Dallas Fire & Rescue. I have my cover but reveals will have to wait. It releases October 12th. Be sure to check back tomorrow, though. I’ll be doing a cover and blurb reveal for THE BOSS AND HIS COWGIRL, Red Dirt Royalty #3, releasing June 7!
And last, a request for good thoughts and prayers for our friend Ashlynne Pearce. Ash has been battling health issues for years, which struck right before the relase of her first book. Her writing career went on hiatus as she concentrated on healing. Then she got back in the groove and published two books in a new series centered around a rock band. Then “the Monster,” as she calls it, struck again. And again. Please keep her in your thoughts and if you enjoy sexy rock star stories with a lot of heart, give her DirtSlap series a try. The books are available at most on-line retailers but I’ve added the Amazon links: FUEL and WRECK.
That’s it for me. My life is pretty much centered around my computer. 😆 Oh, I did cut my hair yesterday. I has a happy over that. What about y’all? What were you up to?
I’m really excited to reveal the cover of MOONSTRUCK: LIES, the second book in the Moonstruck Genesis series. Yes, I’ve combined two of the Moonstruck novellas (Hunter’s Moon and Wolf Moon) but with each of these compilation novels, readers get more of the story. They get deleted scenes. They get new scenes and chapters. They get more of the story. They get the genesis of how the Wolves of the 69th became the protectors of their mates and children, of the Wolf world. The book is available now at Amazon for pre-order. The price may say $4.99, but I’ve lowered the pre-order price to $3.99 and it will kick in at some point today. After the first week, I’ll be raising the price so you want to jump on now, before the March 15th release.
Like MOONSTRUCK: SECRETS, LIES will be available at the major digital providers–iBooks, Kobo, B&N, and other sellers, as well as in print. Hopefully, it will be up for preorder from the other e-tialers, too. If not, you can grab from them on release day! CLICK HERE TO PREORDER FROM AMAZON. And if you would, please go to GOODREADS and mark it [WANT TO READ]. And tell your friends!
FYI, if you’re a fan of Nate Connor, the hero in HUNTER’S MOON, one of my favorite emotional scenes involving him is in LIES. You get to see the roots of his PTSD. Read the blurb and then go forth and click! Please and thank you!
Hunters…
Dr. Jacey Randolph just might be crazy. A rescued wolf is more than he seems and his ability to get into her head—literally—makes her doubt her sanity. When Colonel Joshua Harjo shows up on her doorstep with a wild tale that the wolf is actually Marine Captain Nathaniel Connor, Jacey must make a leap of faith—and jeopardize her heart—to get involved with the Wolf and a group of former Army SpecOps soldiers in full rescue operation mode.
Wolves…
Sean Donaldson answers an SOS from an old Army buddy and rides smack dab into the middle of a conspiracy. Murder and kidnapping are just the tip of the iceberg. Undercover, his best intentions are complicated by Annie Simmons and her son, Cody. What she doesn’t know about the lies he’s told can hurt her…and put Cody in danger.
Lies…
Secrets, lies, and betrayals are more personal under the full moon but when Wolves fight for their hearts, they’ll risk everything to uncover the lies endangering those they love.
Welcome back to the Moonstruck world with this second full length Moonstruck novel containing the two novellas, HUNTER’S MOON and WOLF MOON with additional new and deleted scenes never before published.
I love the title of the song. Enjoyed the song. And the video is totally fun! I have characters who get stuck in a “Groundhog Day” loop–in my head if not actually in the pages of their books. TGIF and Cheers!
I’m a romance writer. At the heart of each of my stories is a man and a woman who fall in love and entwine their lives together. When thinking through a book’s plot, I’m all about the action. Action is quick. Immediate. I understand action. And, even if I do say so myself, I write it pretty darn well. The other part of a story? Well…
I remember writing a love scene once and I sent it off to a beta reader. She informed me that it was a good scene. There was tension. The Tab A/Slot B mechanics weren’t robotic. There was good dialogue and it certainly read sexy hot but…
There wasn’t any true passion. No…heart. These were two people who had a sexual attraction, came together to scratch their mutual itch, and when morning came, they’d part ways. In other words, it read like a one-night stand, rather than the beginning of a passionate affair that would define them for the rest of their lives. I rewrote the scene. I reached deep and I found the emotion–the heart of each character. The scene turned out to be pages long and there was so much emotional give and take, so much more than the physical part–the action–in the scene as I rewrote it that I truly came to know both the hearts and minds of the characters.
I need to print out this bit of advice from the Universe and keep it where I can see it. When writing romance, it’s all about the heart.
In all battles of the heart over the mind, go with your heart.
Because, truly, Silver, it’s a lot easier for your mind to catch up with your heart, than for your heart to catch up with your mind. A whole lot.
Tallyho,
The UniverseNot that I don’t love your mind, Silver.
Writers, hearts or minds when you write a story? Readers, which grabs you first?
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