Last week we discovered that my daughter had returned from camp with lice. Ew. Double Ew. Triple Ew. EW. Still, if you have a kid that’s around other kids, you can probably expect them to acquire lice at some point.
But, naturally, our primary objective was to get rid of the nasty beasts.
Here’s what I learned.
1) [...]

I recently noticed that I tend to include meals in my writing. This was particularly evident to me after reading Louisa Edwards’ two Recipe for Love books, which amount to food porn with a romance backbone. Hooray!
But, to return to my point, I noticed that I include food a lot in my writing. It figures [...]

Not that Goofy. The other kind, silly, cutting up, hanging loose and just being… stupid.
13 things that make me laugh or in some way tickle my silly bone.

BUFFY meets Edward
Vampires suck

STAR TREK as you’ve never seen it

A thread on Romance Divas made me think this week. The topic: the worst book you’ve ever read.
What interested me about this discussion was not only the fact that some peoples’ worsts reads were others’ keepers, but also the reasons the readers found stories to be such clunkers.
The reasons, I think, are instructive.
Inconsistency
In character, in [...]

I’m melting. It is too damned hot to move. 13 lines cut off in a weird place no matter where I looked so bonus lines, but not many.  Enjoy!
TALK DIRTY TO ME by Inez Kelley and Ginny Glass
Coming from Carina Press July 19th

“God, your skin is like silk. My hands are stroking down your stomach. [...]

There’s a reason they’re called plot bunnies. They multiply like bunnies for sure, at least for me. I have so many of the little critters I could write these stories for years. It’s really baffling.
I’m not sure where my plot bunnies come from – I mean, what provides the genesis that creates the little [...]

First of all, fish are healthy creatures and make quite yummy dishes. One of the best meals I ever had involved a shark steak, a grill and a cold beer. You can dress fish dishes up with pasta, or salads and they are light and always appropriate. However, fish on pizza – not so welcome [...]

I had waaaaaaaaaay too much fun on Twitter last night not to share some of my favorites today. The hashtag is my creation because my brain was melting and I needed to laugh. The idea is stuff that would automatically be rejected by an editor or agent in a romance novel.
I got silly. Then more [...]

As you read this,  I can nearly guarantee I am not actually sitting in front of the computer. I can guarantee this because Munchkin is going to camp today, and I have to drive her out there and check her in. After that, I may dance naked in my yard in celebration. Okay, not really. [...]

I sat down last night to fiddle with some notes for a menage I’m planning to write. I know I wanted a sci-fi treasure hunt theme. I had no idea the background of this story or really much about any of the characters, except the names I’d given them during a previous and very abreviated [...]