Today’s eye candy for your viewing pleasure.

Hey y’all, I’m giving away a book Saturday, February 6th on The Romance Studio Book a Day Giveaway.

Swing on by and enter to win a paperback copy of The Redemption of Micah!

I got this from my mom – too funny!

HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

1. She is not a “BABE” or a “CHICK” – She is a “BREASTED AMERICAN.”

2. She is not a “SCREAMER” or a “MOANER” – She is “VOCALLY APPRECIATIVE.”

3. She is not “EASY” – She is “HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE.”

4. She is not a “DUMB BLONDE” – She is a “LIGHT-HAIRED DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.”

5. She has not “BEEN AROUND” – She is a “PREVIOUSLY-ENJOYED COMPANION.”

6. She is not an “AIRHEAD” – She is “REALITY IMPAIRED.”

7. She does not get “DRUNK” or “TIPSY” – She gets “CHEMICALLY INCONVENIENCED”

8. She does not have “BREAST IMPLANTS” – She is “MEDICALLY ENHANCED.”

9. She does not “NAG” you – She becomes “VERBALLY REPETITIVE.”

10. She is not a “TRAMP” – She is “SEXUALLY EXTROVERTED.”

11. She does not have “MAJOR LEAGUE HOOTERS” – She is “PECTORALLY SUPERIOR.”

12 She is not a “TWO-BIT HOOKER” – She is a “LOW COST PROVIDER.” Love this one

HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

1. He does not have a “BEER GUT” – He has developed a “LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY.”

2. He is not a “BAD DANCER” – He is “OVERLY CAUCASIAN.”

3. He does not “GET LOST ALL THE TIME” – He “INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS.”

4. He is not “BALDING” – He is in “FOLLICLE REGRESSION.”

5. He is not a “CRADLE ROBBER” – He prefers “GENERATIONAL DIFFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS.”

6.. He does not get “FALLING-DOWN DRUNK” – He becomes “ACCIDENTALLY HORIZONTAL.”

7. He does not act like a “TOTAL ASS” – He develops a case of “RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION.”

8 He is not a “MALE CHAUVINIST PIG” – He has “SWINE EMPATHY.”

9. He is not afraid of “COMMITMENT” – He is “RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGED.”

10. He is not “HORNY” – He is “SEXUALLY FOCUSED.”

11. It’s not his “CRACK” you see hanging out of his pants – It’s “REAR CLEAVAGE ”

Please use your best judgment when referring to these people, so as to make it more comfortable for the rest of us.

So apparently I missed Tuesday because today is Wednesday. Sheesh! Sorry about that y’all. The days can blur together… I was busy finishing the synopsis of a book proposal. This is the third in the runaway Mormon wives stories that begins with RUTHLESS HEART, the second is RESTLESS HEART and this will be the last titled ENDLESS HEART.

I’m not so thrilled with the title though. I’m looking for suggestions on what to title it. Anyone out there have one?

Next up today is to finish my proposal for my second Berkley Heat book, this one follows UNBRIDLED. I’m calling it UNTAMED, a title I am in love with.

So help a girl out here, give me some title suggestions please!

Happy Monday y’all! Thank you to everyone for popping by to participate in my launch contest – I’m so thrilled with the elegant, sexy design for both my website and Emma’s. I love the way they’re integrated and with great navigation.

But enough of that, right? You want to know who won! I used the Random Line Picker from 83 entries (woot!) and the winners are…

*drumroll please*

Winner of Prize #1 – An ebook set of all three Devils on Horseback books, (Nate, Jake, and Zeke) in format of choice is EVA!

Winner of Prize #2 – An ebook set of all seven Malloy family books (The Bounty, The Prize, The Reward, The Treasure, The Gift, The Tribute, The Legacy) in format of choice is BECKY JEAN!

Winner of the GRAND PRIZE – A complete paperback set of ALL SEVEN MALLOY FAMILY BOOKS is JANE!

Congratulations to all the winners! Contact me at cowgirlbeth @ gmail.com for your prizes.

Thank you to everyone for helping me launch this gorgeous new site and have a fabulous Monday!

Welcome to Day 7 of my Launch Contest!

Today is the final day to enter the contest and win some free books! I’ve had fun this week and I hope you have too. :D

It’s an extremely frigid (19 degrees) and icy morning after the nasty storm Friday/Saturday. Today the sun is shining even though it’s so damn cold my teeth hurt when I rinsed them with tap water. LOL. I’m sort of stuck in the house, not that I really need to go anywhere, so hopefully I’ll be writing.

One of my favorite weekend activities is reading the Sunday paper with a cup of coffee. *sigh* I lurv that hour where all I do is read and drink my hot brew. It’s very relaxing, something that I’ve always fiercely insisted on, no matter what my crazy kids are doing. Sometimes it takes some time to get there but I make sure it happens.

What’s your favorite weekend activity? Mine are:

- Reading
- Shopping (when my ankle is ready again!)
- The Sunday paper and coffee

Happy Saturday and welcome to contest day 6!

It’s a snowy/sleety/yucky day here in NC and I’m a little late getting my post up. Something about the morning made me sleep late, which was of course quite nice. :)

I went to my book club last night, came home exhausted after a couple of hours, and didn’t get a chance to discuss the book.

So for today’s post, we’re going to talk about books. I just started The Bargain Bride by Barbara Metzger. I love the kind of romances where the marriage is based on money, then there’s conflict (lots of it), then there’s love (lots of it).

I also just got The Gentleman’s Quest by Deborah Simmons, one of my favorite HQ authors. I will finish the other book first even though I’m verrrry tempted.

The rest of my TBR pile is so enormous, it’s frightening.

How about y’all, tell me what book you’re currently reading, just finished, or are just about to start.

Isn’t it beautiful? Gorgeous, wonderful and elegant? I’m in love with this new design!

And did you see Emma’s site? All pink and pretty!

So we’re on day 5 – woohoo! I loved reading about everyone’s fondest wishes. Some of them made me want to revise my list. LOL.

Today let’s talk about something really different – favorite TV shows. Last night I watched one of my favorite TV shoes, Bones. I just adore watching the show, the interplay between the characters is flawless and hilarious at times.

So, here is my list of favs in no particular order:

- Bones
- CSI (Vegas)
- CSI: Miami
- Survivor (yes, I will admit it)
- Holmes on Homes (love me some Mike Holmes)
- House Hunters

Note that I don’t get a lot of TV watching time so I know I’m missing some good ones. I am addicted to HGTV shows and watch so many of them, I only picked my two favs. LOL.

Okay, now everybody share their favorite show(s).

Happy Thursday and welcome to my launch contest day 4. The new design should be online tomorrow along with Emma’s first site. I’m uber-excited!!

I’m hoping y’all will like them too – it’s kind of like buying a new wardrobe, which of course I would be thrilled to do too. LOL. I’ll be looking for y’all to let me know what you think. :)

Today’s post is going to take another right turn. It keeps it exciting, eh? Let’s travel down the road of wishes…

Yesterday Apple introduced the new iPad (which by the way sounds like a feminine product) and it got me to thinking about wishes. Gadgets, toys, money, house, whatever it is that is your fondest wish.

Books allow us to get those wishes, at least in the time that we’re reading them. My fondest wishes are practical…

- To lose weight (now that’s a familiar tune!) and get in shape
- To be debt free
- To be a full-time writer and quit my day job
- To help my family and my husband’s family with money when they need it
- To buy a winning lottery ticket (maybe not practical but honest!)
- To get a B&N Nook – they are sooooo sweet and cute

What about y’all? Share your fondest wishes.

Welcome to the Launch Contest Day 3!

I’m so glad y’all have come by to hang out and play during the week before my new website launches. This will be the third design Croco has done for me and every time, it just gets better and better.

Covers are really important, sometimes not so much, but I think what really grabs me is the tagline and blurb. I don’t read past it if it doesn’t grab me. Let me tell y’all, blurbs are hard to write! Summarizing your story in 150 words or less?

I’m glad I get help from a blurb editor or y’all would probably never read past it. LOL. I thought we’d have fun today and write a tagline and blurb about our own story. The Smart Bitches have done it with taglines with hilarious results.

Ready?

I’ll go first… hee hee…

“The calluses weren’t from real work…

Beth spent her life at a keyboard when she should have been at the farm working. Her mother didn’t know what to do with her and her father simply shook his head. She yearned for more than cows and chickens.

Gareth didn’t know what to make of the farm girl with the laptop. She seemed obsessed with vocabulary words and sentence structure, but it there was something about her that made him want to sing.

When these two love birds have to muck the stalls, who will end up in the hay?”

Okay, who’s up next? Lay it one me! Give me your tagline or blurb.