So yesterday was good. My game face stayed on nearly all day. I wrote something like 7K. My grand total is up over 14K and my goal is 20K.

That leaves me with 6K to write today (not to mention the edits and proposal to complete :o ).

Game. Face. On. >:)

is ON. I’m borrowing Sasha’s since I can’t find mine.

>:)

I’ve got about 13K to write and two days to do it. It’s my own fault, but here I am. Slipping on the game face… wait for it…

YES!

>:)

I’ll have to come up for air tonight at 9 for my FAR chat, and perhaps some snacks… Wish me luck!

Yep, I’ve been married 16 years. Seems like a lifetime ago – it was actually. My older son is 14, so it was a lifetime ago.

DH bought me the most incredible flowers I’ve ever gotten.

Aren’t they amazing? Needless to say I was pleased as punch. They’re just so gorgeous!

Anyhoo, we’re going to celebrate our anniversary either tonight or Sunday. Somewhere in there I’ve got to finish my MS which is due Monday. Gotta find that game face, right Sash? I’m borrowing hers. >:)

I’ll be at FAR Chatters tomorrow night (Saturday, 4/29) from 9 to 10 pm EST – hope you can drop in!

The Loose Id authors will be at the Karendevinkaren Yahoo group today starting at noon.

Stop on by for the Naughty Thursday E-loop chat. ;)

April 27, 2006, Thursday 12:00 PM Est Until Whenever
Loose Id Authors
A.J. Matthews
Ally Blue
Barbara Karmazin
Betty Womack
Cher Gorman
Flesa Black
Jeanne Barrack
Jules Jones
Kai Andersen
Laura Baumbach
Rachel Bo
Rayne Forrest
Sheri Gilmore
Stephanie Burke
Willa Okati
Beth Williamson
I still have 13K to write by Monday – ack! :(( Wish me luck!

Melissa posted her new porno star name on the Samhain loop. I thought it was hysterical so I went looking. This is a fun site… I’ve got some cool new names to share.

My pirate name is: Pirate Marie the Fashionably Late /:)

My porno star name is: Asia Sticky :))

My gangsta name is: Mad Cow Monkey Hunta :p

My taxi driver name is: Ferøuhasté Walters :-\

My mafia name is: Shoot ‘Em Up Francesca ;)

The first book of Sasha White’s I ever read was Gypsy Heart. I absolutely loved it. Not only really hot, but a wonderfully romantic story. Since then, Sasha and I have become close friends and I love her like a sister. :x

Today, Gypsy Heart was re-released by Samhain Publishing and I cannot recommend it highly enough to y’all. <:-p

Gypsy Heart by Sasha White

ISBN:  1-59998-053-3          

Can a man bent on settling down convince a free-spirited woman that doesn’t believe in “happily ever after” to risk her GYPSY HEART?
Reformed bad boy Gage Dougherty wants to settle down.
Free spirited bartender Sable Castle wants to live up to her bad girl image.
When Gage steps into Sable’s bar there’s an instant attraction that has her throwing traditional roles out the window and chasing him down. But when she finally catches him, can he convince her to give up her free-spirited ways and trust him with her GYPSY HEART?

You can read an excerpt on Sasha’s website here.

So my DH gets an e-mail yesterday from a man claiming to be the casting director for the TV show Wife Swap. You know, this is the one where they take a wife from one extreme to the other. Like a social debutante and a farmer’s wife.

The e-mail said they were looking for families like ours to try out for the show. You had to have children over the age of 6. He laughed and said “That’s the weirdest e-mail I ever got.”

I read it and thought, okay Daniel Markell or whatever your name is… Google! So I googled his name and guess what? It seems that this was a legitimate e-mail. :o

The kids are like “wow, cool, I get to be on TV?” Um, NO! You have got to be kidding me? While I think the ratings would probably be enormous, the images of my DH putting up with a woman the opposite of me make my eyes roll back in my head. I’m not desperate enough for fame and money to make myself into an idiot on TV. Nor subject my kids to some woman’s rules. Can you tell I’m a bit protective of them?

Anyhoo, pretty weird, eh? :-?

I am exhausted. Monday is seriously kicking my ass today. (:| In fact, this week is going to be a bear. I’ve still got to finish a novella that’s due in a week, complete first round of edits on another novella and a novel, and somehow still keep getting ready for RT. @-)

I’ve got three editor appointments (Dorchester, Kensington, Bantam Dell) at RT so I also need to get a proposal together “just in case” I get a chance to pitch it. Hilary Sares is the Kensington editor and I really, really, really want to impress her. :-ss

Can I clone myself? Sigh… I’m going to “try” to be good about blogging and posting, but I may need to simply pull up the shell and get mondo busy. (There’s an 80s term for ya, ha!).

Anyhoo, thanks to everyone that popped by my author day on ebooklove yesterday. I had a blast. Look for me later this week at FAR Chatters 4/29 at 9 pm for a live chat.

Off to Find COFFEE. ~o)

Join me today from 12 – 4 pm EST at ebooklove for my author day. I’m going to introduce my new historical erotic release at Loose Id, The Education of Madeline, and the re-release of the expanded, hotter version of The Bounty, from Samhain Publishing. So slap on your spurs and mosey on over!

I’ve got gift certificates, goodies, hot cowboy bookmarks, and more. Hope y’all come by!

Stole this from Sasha.

I am the Sun! Cool!

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