Want something to read? For FREE?

Then go over to the Pink Chair Diaries - "Special Delivery" is now available!

Want a hint on what it's about?

Here you go:



Got any ideas now?

Ch-ch-changes!

In Heat is now HIGHLAND HEAT!

Woohoo!

A Greek god is coming your way!

Hephaestus, one of the 12 Greek Olympian gods, holds such titles as God of the Forge and Master of Fire, is the hero of "Hephaestus Lays Down the Law" and Tease Publishing will be putting it out this coming January!

How am I celebrating this wonderful news?

By making mini-mince meat pies for a Christmas party tonight. They are dead easy to do, hence my annual offering :-)

I'm back from the left!

It was absolutely lovely to see family and friends. We enjoyed starting each day at Jean Paul's, walking everywhere because the sun was shining. While I'm getting my head around all that needs to be done besides laundry, shopping for food and pressies, I thought I'd share offers that are going on right now.

Phaze and The Samhellion [Samhain Newsletter] are both offering FREE seasonal reads - I'll have one in the latter group [think Rol from Zandia], Whiskey Creek Press Torrid has a FREE cookbook through the end of December - I have a recipe inside that I love, Samhain is giving away 60 books in December [Angie, Editor at Samhain has a couple of Kindles to giveaway], and Ellora's Cave is having a fabulous sale on their prints! Oh, and if you're a member of the Monthly Scorcher Yahoo or Google], there's a couple more things coming up.

A Unique Raffle that benefits 3 charities is going on right now - head here for more information!

Yippee and it's FREE!

Whiskey Eats [which includes my recipe for Mince & Dumplings] is out.

The ebook is free through December and the paperback is currently discounted - WOW, what great timing with the holidays right around the corner!

Head over, pick up your copy now, and ENJOY!

Okay, change of plans...

right now it isn't "My Angel" or "Nazon" I'm working on. Instead, I'm writing a short story based in the same world as "Zandia"! And, drum roll please, it will be a free read :-)

I'm thrilled to be delving back into this world and checking out how sexual equality is getting on within the Universe.

I'm loved!

And by the ladies at The Romance Studio [TRS]!

This is actually the first award my blog has received and I am feeling giddy with the joy :-)

Okay, there are a few things I need to do now. They are:

Add the logo of your award to your blog - done.
Add a link to the person who awarded it to you - done.
Nominate at least 7 other blogs - oh dear, only 7?
Add links to those blogs on your blog - only 7?!?
Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs - easy, for 7 :-)

Who have I narrowed the list down to? Well, there were so many, but these blogs feed my need for a diversion all the time:

Selena Illyria

Mandy Roth

JC Wilder - unfortunately I couldn't notify her personally, but if I ever get through to her, then I'll pass on the award.

Pink Chair Diaries

DIK (Desert Island Keepers) - unfortunately I couldn' notify them personally, but if I ever get a chance to speak with one of them, then I'll pass on the award.

It Takes Two

Sex Talk for Wicked Women - unfortunately I couldn' notify them personally, but if I ever get a chance to speak with one of them, then I'll pass on the award.

There, visit all of these and your day will be brighter!

I haven't mentioned this one, but guess what?

"Hephaestus Lays Down the Law" has been revamped, expanded, and submitted to a publisher for a place in an anthology full of gods and goddesses called Love's Immortal Pantheon! Fingers crossed everyone, because this sounds like a fabulous grouping.

What is it about? Love, betrayal, and reuniting.

Who is in it? Hephaestus [of course], Aphrodite, a maenad, a trio of Cyclopes, Hermes, and oh yes, Zeus.

Where does it take place? Ummm, Mount Olympus.

Is there anything special that happens? Yup. Oh, you want me to tell you? Not a chance!

There, a few hints to tempt your reading pleasure. Next up is "My Angel" and then "Nazon".

The singing has finished, now what?

Unfortunately, more talking heads, spouting off their own opinions of who should be in the new cabinet or a staff member. But, with all the positive and negatives floating around, accompanied by images they think supports what they're saying, I thought this simple drawing was more interesting.



Okay, confession time. I used to talk through my US History classes and one teacher's method to get me to stop was a bit unorthodox. He would take the pictures of the presidents and toss them at me, demanding their names. It worked, not me knowing who they were, but stopping my chatter. Now you understand why I don't have an appreciation for the individual presidential portraits. A group one is much more to my liking. Click on the image to see the faces more clearly and see how many you can name.

Anyway, if you know who did this drawing, please let me know, I'd love to give them credit.

What's for dinner?

Okay, playing corporate wife right now and tonight the cutie pulled me out for dinner. Lovely to meet up with a couple of the other wives, but trouble was brewing.

We went to a seafood restaurant and I eat nothing from the sea.

So what did I have?

Well, I made a minimal pretense at the meatloaf, but this was what held all of my attention: the chocolate bag filled with whipped white chocolate and fresh berries.

LOVELY!

No, I didn't finish it, not even close, so they boxed it up and I brought it back with me. In fact, I even knicked a fork to help finish it off :-)

This will be shocking to some of you, but...

I have only one thing to say...

What is a great way to kick off a month?

Good news and mine is that The Gilded Cage, Hot Couture and Tilly Greene have all been nominated in REC's annual contest!

Head over and vote in all the categories or just your favorites, it's
good fun.

Tilly

Saturday, November 1st 2008

For the last event of the year, I'll be at Borders, 100 Galleria Drive, Middletown, NY. from 1-4:00pm.

With East Coast Authors like Cat Johnson, Stella Price, Bianca D'Arc, Allie Boniface and myself, it shall be great fun with a large selection of books. So, if you're in the area, stop by and say hello, there's a fabulous basket of goodies to be won :-)

How is Sideshow Bob?

What, you don't remember him? He was the pre-lit palm tree we bought as our Christmas tree last year. Well, he was pretty hard to set up, so we decided to leave him be for the summer and spark up his world with red hot chilli pepper lights.

Woohoo! Yes, we kept the sand like burlap beneath him as well and Sideshow Bob [because that's who he resembles] kept us feeling like it was summer at the beach.

Unfortunately, yesterday the heat officially ended. It snowed. Brrr! So we turned his lights on last night and it was time to give him another look. Before Thanksgiving, we'll put some ornaments on him, and viola, Sideshow Bob will be ready for winter and the holidays!

eBook Talk!

My preferred format for reading is ebooks, except this has been tricky to do without my beloved pocket pc, especially when I have a pile that must be read. Because these books have to be read, I'm doing it on my laptop, and have found some authors where I'll be looking at their backlist for more.

The problem is, I like to read a book while soaking in a nice hot bubble bath and the laptop can't go into the tub. To make matters worse, I haven't been tempted by any new releases in the traditional format in ages.

So, what is this bookie doing? Simple. I walked up into the attic, went through my to be donated piles, and have been reading those. There's always something good to read lurking somewhere in the house, but I'm looking forward to whatever gadget Santa brings that will allow me to read eBooks in the tub!

I'm leaning towards the iPod Touch [as long as I can read pdf's] or Nokia N810. I have been tempted by others, like the iRex iLiad and the Readius, but seriously don't want a dedicated ebook reader.

Naughty Thought for Monday!

Wondering why your electronics will randomly flip out and stop working?

Simple, they're a little busy, getting busy!

It's all over except the singing!

That's right, I've voted and no longer have to listen to all the trash talk or finger pointing being tossed around the airwaves. What else has been ticked off my to do list?

I've completed "In Heat" and am now waiting for a release date!

I've finished "Call Me Lucifer", written up a synopsis, and submitted it for a publisher's consideration.

I've written a free erotic short called "Special Delivery" and it will be published on the Pink Chair Diaries. A site full of fabulous and free reads.

I've read 10 of 25 ebooks in 5 different categories I have to finish by the 5 of November...Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night, party time!

I've started the Christmas shopping for those to the left and right of us.


Now it's your chance to do something for yourself! There's two great scavenger hunts and one raffle you can enter with great prizes on the backside. They are:

1. loveyoudivine's Treasures of Desire Hunt - map to get you started

2. Raven Hour Halloween Hunt - start here

3. Treasure Trove Charity Raffle - 3 great charities benefit, details here

Enjoy is the goal for today and get back to work :-)

Ellora's Cave has a great contest!

Buy a copy of Forbidden Fantasies and be entered to win a Fujitsu Lifebook u810 tablet PC and 25% off all direct Ellora's Cave purchases. Woohoo! And, if you didn't think it could get any better, it does! If you're in Las Vegas on October 18, head over to Barnes & Noble, 8915 W. Charleston, Las Vegas, NV 89117 - between 1 and 2:30pm - to have your copy signed and win all sorts of goodies!

Go here for details.

For the Leaf Peepers...

it's going to be a fabulous year of color!

We have the first tree on the street to change and it will drop its leaves before the one next to it even starts to change. The mulberry in back is one of the lasts. What does that mean? We'll be doing the leaf thing well into December when the snowblowing begins.

Oh joy.

An interesting list...

Cosmopolitan listed the top 25 hunks, fine, but what stood out to me wasn't who they were or if I agreed with the list, but it was their ages. Only 3 are in their twenties, 14 are in their thirties and 10 are in their forties and 1 is fifty. Interesting. So here's the list...what do you think of when you see it?

1 Johnny Depp, 45
2 George Clooney, 47
3 Jake Gyllenhaal, 27
4 Daniel Craig, 40
5 Brad Pitt, 44
6 James McAvoy, 29
7 Justin Timberlake, 27
8 Will Smith, 40
9 David Beckham, 33
10 Wentworth Miller, 36
11 Christian Bale, 34
12 Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 31
13 Take That (band): Gary Barlow, 37, Mark Owen, 36, Howard Donald, 40 and Jason Orange, 38
14 Ashton Kutcher, 30
15 Dermot O’Leary, 35
16 David Tennant, 37
17 Patrick Dempsey, 42
18 Clive Owen, 44
19 Pierce Brosnan, 55
20 Mark Ronson, 33
21 Gordon Ramsay, 41
22 Russell Brand, 33
23 Pharrell Williams, 35
24 Ryan Reynolds, 31
25 Olivier Martinez, 42