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The weekend was just GORGEOUS here. OMG. Beautiful bright blue skies. No clouds.  Crisp, cool breezes. It’s the first glimpse of Fall we’ve seen here.  I spent a lot of my time starting over with Sam and Sophie’s story because I’d missed the boat with the opening.  When the pieces finally fell into place, it was a marvelously fun thing to behold. Kind of like ripping the tape off my character’s mouths and finally letting them tell their own story.

Hubby and I had a late poker night Saturday night which was fun.  We’re bad for even going since we’re leaving for Vegas this next weekend, but we’re both restless, ready for a break and we couldn’t wait.  Sunday the husband made the most FABULOUS caramel shortbread and then grilled firecracker Salmon Mmmmm. I am so freaking spoiled but damn the man is so good to me.  We sighted in rifles in preparation for hunting season which begins two weeks from now with the youth hunt. Kids are absolutely stoked especially my daughter.

We set up trail cams to monitor our spots and she’s named “her” buck “big boy” and says  he will be HERS and no one else’s. The girl has serious buck fever.  As a result we have to let the kids draw for stands for opening morning because there is a fight going on about who goes where.  All I know is whoever bags big boy, serious bragging rights will be appointed and the rest of us may never live such an event down.  Ever.

Today, I’m still dug into my cave. Have lots of reworking to do now that my characters have changed all the rules.  Sophie, particularly, is a very bad girl and gee, who knew?  While Sam? I mean I knew the man was sexy but geesh. All I can say now after rewriting that first chapter is ROWR!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Web chicky says I’m all set.  Comments have disappeared from all the old posts but going forward everything should be smooth.

But ack! Everything looks different *sob* I hate change and this dashboard? Totally different. I have no idea what I’m doing.

Currently watching the Saints and the NYG football game (Geaux Saints!) and afterward we’re going to sight in our rifles because hunting season starts in two weekends!

And I think I lost all my smilies… *sniffle*

The blog is getting overhauled and updated this weekend so it might be down. Also, I believe all comments will disappear from the imported posts so we’ll be starting fresh with comments etc. All the old posts should carry through though.

I’ll be back as soon as I can!

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I’ll be scarce for awhile. I really need to knuckle down on this book and I’ve got a lot going on right now. I’m getting to that “stressed out” point. I’ve been away from home quite a bit and I don’t feel like I’ll ever catch up.

At any rate, I don’t know how much I’ll be around or updating the blog. If all goes well, I’ll be back on schedule by the end of this month (Ideally in two weeks from now but we’ll see)

Before I head into the cave though, I just want to say how much I appreciate all of you who have bought and read Sweet Seduction and for all the really wonderful emails and reviews you’ve sent my way. It’s always a little nerve wracking to release a book that I love so much because ME loving it is inconsequential. It’s you the reader who has to love it.

For those wondering, Micah’s story is finished. It’s been finished for quite some time. In fact, both Sweet Seduction AND Sweet Temptation were both written and turned in before Sweet Persuasion (book 2) ever released. That’s always the confusing part of publishing is how far ahead of release date the books are written and turned in. I’m currently working on 2011 books and we aren’t even to 2010 yet :)

I’ll see you all in a little while. Wish me luck whipping the last of this book into submission! (It’s killing me)

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So yesterday I scoffed at the cold front and went swimming with my son. We stayed in an hour. The water temp hadn’t dropped that much and well neither had the outside temps BUT it wasn’t in the 90s so I’ll take what I can get.

Hubby got up early this morning to fire up the grill. We’re grilling ribs and pork butts today and will have leftovers all week. The smell is torturing me!

Oh, and my pitiful daughter…she went shopping with a girlfriend yesterday for the girlfriend’s birthday. They were going to eat lunch, go to the mall and then hit a movie and then have a sleepover. (My daughter is nine) So I get a pitiful call from the mall because her FEET hurt and her shoes were KILLING her. Never mind that I’d advised her to A. wear socks, B. don’t wear those shoes to shop in in the first place and C. to at least bring an extra pair of flip flops.

I could positively see her little lip quivering and I told her to have her friend’s mom help her find a pair of socks to buy. She calls me a few minutes later and says they found flip flips instead. Because of course this girl can’t EVER have too many shoes. Or flip flops…

We’re supposed to go sight in guns today (hunting season is upon us!) but daughter isn’t home yet, middle child just took off with friends, and I’m really really reluctant to move from my current spot. So we’ll see if that actually happens

Hope everyone else is having as lazy a Sunday as I am!

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What do YOU suppose the purpose of blogs are? I find I’m dissatisfied with a lot of blogs because when I go to them I feel like they’re feeding me info but not talking to me. Does that make sense? A lot of them are endless info dumps. Others want to preach at me. Others want to bitch at me. But few really seem to want to talk to me. I wonder why that is since in my mind blogs are for talking. Am I wrong in this? I mean I could be because Lord knows I don’t have all the answers or even one for that matter.

And I totally get the whole idea that a blog is what the individual blogger WANTS it to be, so I guess maybe I’m asking more of what blog readers prefer or expect when they go to blogs.

I think of all blogs, I hate the preachy ones the most and I don’t mean in a religious sense. I mean when a blogger harps about how everyone else is doing it wrong and so by default they must be doing it right. (Authors are so guilty of this) Maybe I’m too laid back but hey I say let everyone have the rope to either hang or not hang themselves.

On a completely unrelated note, Dude, it’s so not chilly today. I wanted chilly. I mean yes, it is cooler, but I don’t think the word Cold Front should be wasted on this sort of event. I think it should have been called “A somewhat cooler front”

Eh well I’ve exhausted my pee brain for today and that’s all the deep thinking I shall do. I’ll probably need the rest of the afternoon to recover!

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What do YOU suppose the purpose of blogs are? I find I’m dissatisfied with a lot of blogs because when I go to them I feel like they’re feeding me info but not talking to me. Does that make sense? A lot of them are endless info dumps. Others want to preach at me. Others want to bitch at me. But few really seem to want to talk to me. I wonder why that is since in my mind blogs are for talking. Am I wrong in this? I mean I could be because Lord knows I don’t have all the answers or even one for that matter.

And I totally get the whole idea that a blog is what the individual blogger WANTS it to be, so I guess maybe I’m asking more of what blog readers prefer or expect when they go to blogs.

I think of all blogs, I hate the preachy ones the most and I don’t mean in a religious sense. I mean when a blogger harps about how everyone else is doing it wrong and so by default they must be doing it right. (Authors are so guilty of this) Maybe I’m too laid back but hey I say let everyone have the rope to either hang or not hang themselves.

On a completely unrelated note, Dude, it’s so not chilly today. I wanted chilly. I mean yes, it is cooler, but I don’t think the word Cold Front should be wasted on this sort of event. I think it should have been called “A somewhat cooler front” :shoot:

Eh well I’ve exhausted my pee brain for today and that’s all the deep thinking I shall do. I’ll probably need the rest of the afternoon to recover!

:fainting:

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I dunno, you tell me. It’s been hot and muggy here. I walked out to get the mail this morning and the humidity sucked all the oxygen out of my lungs. We’re supposed to have bad weather today ahead of a cold front. Now, in Texas, “cold front” is relative. I mean it might mean that the temps drop from the lower 90s to the upper 80s. It might mean the temps don’t go down at all.

So I’ve been waiting on the rain all day. There was maybe 5 minutes of rain? Is that it? God, I hope not. I mean if that’s the cold front, I’m going to be pissed. My husband (Mr. Weatherman) says it’s supposed to rain and storm tonight and be gone by tomorrow, leaving cooler temps. Hmmph. We’ll see.

Gee, do I sound cynical?

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I had back to back reader functions so it feels like I’ve been gone forever and my kids are ready to revolt. I attended RAW at the end of September and that was so much fun. I met so many wonderful romance fans, signed a buttload of books and had more fun than a human being should be allowed.

As soon as I got home, I had two days to recover and I was off again to Baton Rouge for a reader luncheon. My stepmom and sister went with me and we had a terrific night out the day before the luncheon. It was a girly slumber party in our suite and we stayed up too late and had to get up too early and then I had a long drive back home. When I got to the house, I collapsed.

I’m soooo excited because this week is the official release of Sweet Seduction

I love Nathan and Julie’s story so much. Nathan *sigh* I love that man. I hope readers will enjoy it too

I’m still working on KGI book 2, Sam and Sophie’s story. It’s been fun so far! I’m also working on Pillow Talk which is a yummy, really HOT novella for an anthology that releases next year. It has firefighters! And for fans of Seducing Simon, I return to Cypress, TX and the same fire station that Simon and the guys worked at so you’ll definitely get a glimpse of Toni, Simon, Matt, A.J. and Pretty Boy Mike Sanders

Hope everyone has a wonderful week. I want to go visit Nathan in the bookstore this week. Can’t wait!

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Edited to Add: I don’t want to give the wrong impression of the Pillow Talk novella. You will SEE characters from Seducing Simon, however, this story is about four best friends, Zoe, Chase, Brody and Tate. The guys are firefighters and work with Simon, Matt, AJ and Mike, so you’ll see them but this isn’t their story :)

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The folks over at Books on Board are giving away copies of Sweet Surrender in ebook format. They’re also giving away gift certificates and one complete set of the Sweet series as it stands now (Books 1-3)

Hop over and check it out if you love reading in digital!

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