NaNo Sign-ups Begin Today

Oct 01

NaNo Sign-ups Begin Today

It’s October 1, which means side effects 0f metformin folks will be flocking to the NaNoWriMo site to sign up for this year’s 30 days of literary abandon. I’ll be there, Year Nine for me. I don’t always make my 50,000 words, but the effort is always worth it. This is month is the start of holiday madness, when it’s far too easy to lose sight of your goals in...

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Posting Elsewhere Today

Sep 26

Posting Elsewhere Today

Posting over metformin 500 mg 500 tablets at In Res Media today about how grateful I am for DVRs. Over here, I need to do a bit of dusting and get pictures of some knitting projects up. First, though, I need to put batteries in the camera. And have some caffeine. And make it through the work day… Have a good Monday,...

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I Moved From Texas to Get Away From This

Sep 14

I Moved From Texas to Get Away From This

The weather is cooling down at last here in Southern California, though I’d be surprised if we didn’t have one more round of high temperatures and hot winds off the desert. One thing that is unusual is the high humidity we’ve been experiencing for the past month. It’s not unusual for the humidity levels to be in the 50 percent plus range...

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Good Advice for Fiction Writers — and Business Writing

Sep 12

Good Advice for Fiction Writers — and Business Writing

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In Honor of the Day

Sep 11

In Honor of the Day

“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it’s not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it’s always there –...

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Under Construction…

Sep 10

Under Construction…

Currently doing some changes that the moment, so if the page looks weird, it’s probably because I’m messing with the code.

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Okay, that wasn’t meant to be a two-month break…

Apr 13

Okay, that wasn’t meant to be a two-month break…

One of the big problems of getting back into blogging after major family stuff is that sometimes the family stuff rears its head again and you have to take time away. Things that happened while I was off not blogging: Got sick, husband got sick, got better, caught husband’s cold and got sick again. Work was insane. Acquired a new iPad and gave the first one to...

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I Appear to Have Lost My Kindle

Jan 21

I Appear to Have Lost My Kindle

I haven’t lost it lost it; the Kindle is still sitting on the dining table, ready for the day. No, what’s happened is my husband has taken it over. I bought the Kindle last November, one of the lucky ones to get the previous generation model Amazon had on deep discount for Black Friday. My thought was to use it as my secondary device, something to keep...

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Ugh

Jan 20

Ugh

While the rest of the country has been digging itself out from under snow drifts, we’ve been having sudden spring-like weather here in Los Angeles, coupled with some fierce winds. I’m not saying that to make y’all envious; lots of things are suddenly blooming, the wind is kicking pollen and dust into the air — and I’ve got the makings...

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2011 TBR Challenge: January — “Between the CEO’s Sheets” by Charlene Sands

Jan 19

2011 TBR Challenge: January — “Between the CEO’s Sheets” by Charlene Sands

Title: Between the CEO’s Sheets Author: Charlene Sands Publisher: Silhouette Romance Publishing Date: June 2007, #1805 in the Silhouette Desire line Back Cover Tag: Boardroom, Bedroom…or Both? This one has been hanging around the TBR pile for a while, and it was honestly the first category I picked up after accepting the challenge. If truth be told, I...

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