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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Wing Slayer Worthy!

It’s Wednesday! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to knock back a few appletinis and get to work evaluating our next Wing Slayer Hunter Candidate.  Grab your sun block and a towel because we’re going to the beach and traipsing across the hot sand to the lifeguard tower…wait, there he is!

hunk beach lifeguard

Okay witches, take a good look.

Is he Wing Slayer Worthy?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Romance Lost A True Heroine

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The world of romance publishing lost a true heroine over the weekend, the legendary editor, Kate Duffy.

Kate touched many lives, including mine as she was my editor for many years. Although her story here on earth has come to an end,  like the unforgettable heroines of beloved romances novels, she will live on in our memories.

Happy trails, Kate, and  may your new journey be filled with books!

Monday, September 28th, 2009
Mondays Can Be A Witch…

One month until the release of SOUL MAGIC! Okay, look, I did my promo…now for other stuff!

This weekend I finished reading THE BELLY DANCER by DeAnna Cameron. This book is hard to pigeonhole, it’s a historical romance, but very different, maybe more Women’s Fiction.  I enjoyed learning more about belly dancing and Egyptian Theatre.

After much debate, I started reading ACHERON by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Normally I never read reviews on a book I intend to read. For some reason, I read reviews on this one and they sort of put me off (I know better than that!) But so far, I really like this book!

I also hung out with my sister this weekend. She surprised me with a gift! My sister is like that, she just gives gifts for no reason. She said it reminded her of me…

I took a pictures and I’d like YOUR opinion on that. Does this picture…

witch from sis

remind you guys of me? Anyway, I love the little witch and she’s sitting on my bookshelf in my office.

So how was your weekend?

Friday, September 25th, 2009
Hunk Fail Friday!

TFIG witches! It is past time for this week to be over!

I did finally finish the synopsis for the fourth Wing Slayer Hunter Book.  It took a serious batch of double chocolate chip cookies to do it though.

By finished, I mean that I sent it off to a critique partner so it will probably come back to me with copious notes in blood-red.  Sigh. But this is why I love my critique peeps, they tell me the truth and they are still my friends even after reading my dreck!

Time for a little fun! And now, without further delay, I give you…The Masked Men!

hunk fail wrestler_bee

Dudes, if you have to wear masks…it ain’t workin’! But the bee is kind of cute!

What do you think, witches?

Thursday, September 24th, 2009
T. M. I!

Someone let Cranky Jen Lyon out of the lair… and she’s choking on a hairball…just warning you all!

Lioness with AttitudeHave you heard? Mackenzie Phillips has written a book. In the book is the huge bombshell that she had sex with her father.

There are not enough appletinis in the world to make me read that book.

T. M. I.

Have you noticed that celebrities who’ve become irrelevant (pronounced h-a-s  b-e-e-n-s) all of a sudden write a book with explosive, salacious, gross details? Molestations, drug use…and now, incest (wait, what’s it called with a parent? Never mind I don’t want to know.)

And critics think romance novels are ripping apart the fabric of society one paper-climax at a time? Seriously?

When did our need for attention become so desperate that we must tell details like this? I have no idea of it’s true or not…but Machenizie doesn’t want us to hate her father because he was a loving man without boundaries.  To which I say: Machenzie, that comment? It’s your brain on drugs.

So I ask you all, what do you think? Do books like these really help people? Will you read the book? Have you read other Explosive Celeb Books?

Pass the appletinis, I really need to get rid of this hairball.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Wing Slayer Worthy?

Okay, I’m not sure here,  but he has a cute smile!

hunk almost a hunk

So what’s your vote? Is he Wing Slayer Worthy?

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Guilty Pleasure TV

Every time I think TV can’t get any dumber, I am proven wrong.  All the reality shows, ugh!

And yet, there’s one I will watch every now and again. Amazing Wedding Cakes.  I get sucked right into that show. My husband will try to watch it because he knows I like it, but he usually finds something else to do.

Anything else. Like balancing the check book or washing the car.

But I love the show.   I took a cake decorating class when my kids were small and really enjoyed it. But I wasn’t any good at it, and not even close to the skill set of these folks! Here are some cakes I love from that show:

art-deco fun cake

lace cake classicretro caketropical-flower cake

The flowers on the bottom cake are amazing, all made from sugar,  if I remember right. Amazing!

Okay that’s my guilty pleasure TV, what’s yours?

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