Pimping Books
Hey everyone, it’s Friday which means my new feature, Pimping Books, is up. I plan on posting covers and links to books by friends or authors I love to read. It’ll always be a book I’ve read..not just one I think is neat. I’m not doing an actual review, but just giving suggestions.
Today’s book is Plain Jane by Paige Burns and Tiffany Aaron. It’s written in an interesting style… “He said, She said” Each character’s thoughts and voice is heard from. Paige wrote Jane’s pov and Tiff wrote Josh’s pov. Here’s where you can find the blurb and an excerpt. I hope if you do find the info. Intriguing and you decide to read it, let one of the ladies know. I’m sure they’d love to hear from you.
Got more done on Home to Stay. I’m at 6k and have a ton more that needs to be typed in before I can figure out how much more I need to write. I created a nice little graphic for The Vanguard to be posted every Tuesday and Thursday, so readers know that’s what the post will be. (Not that any of you wouldn’t any way.)
I hope you all have a great Friday.
I took the leap with faith that I would find a net.
I learned, instead, that I could fly.
Today’s book is Plain Jane by Paige Burns and Tiffany Aaron. It’s written in an interesting style… “He said, She said” Each character’s thoughts and voice is heard from. Paige wrote Jane’s pov and Tiff wrote Josh’s pov. Here’s where you can find the blurb and an excerpt. I hope if you do find the info. Intriguing and you decide to read it, let one of the ladies know. I’m sure they’d love to hear from you.
Got more done on Home to Stay. I’m at 6k and have a ton more that needs to be typed in before I can figure out how much more I need to write. I created a nice little graphic for The Vanguard to be posted every Tuesday and Thursday, so readers know that’s what the post will be. (Not that any of you wouldn’t any way.)
I hope you all have a great Friday.
I took the leap with faith that I would find a net.
I learned, instead, that I could fly.
Story Ideas
Lisa C. asked me yesterday about where I come up with my story ideas. The very simple answer is life. I know. It’s the answer most authors will tell you. But it’s true. If you’re a writer and your mind is open enough, you can find a story in everything…even something as plain and simple as an empty diet Coke can lying in the street. There’s a person behind that can and a reason why he left it in the street instead of throwing it away or recycling it.
For No Going Home, I wanted to combine two of my favorite sports, show jumping and rodeo. I wondered how would a man (Les) react after being injured in a riding accident and no longer able to perform at what he loved most? Could another man (Randy) find the courage to step away from his less than perfect life to accept love and support from such a man? Along with a few other questions, I created their story.
Here Be Dragons started with a simple question. What if snakes returned to Ireland? That question morphed into a different one. What if they weren’t snakes? What if they were dragons? Throw in a geeky herpetologist, a sexy scientist/spy, a gorgeous elf and a legendary knight, you have all the components for an interesting urban fantasy.
So, I find inspiration from every thought and dream I might have. It might start with an object like in Stealing Life or a single scene like Angel’s Evolution. I have a series of stories I’m slowly working on that was inspired by a single lyric from a Bon Jovi song.
The Vanguard was inspired by the Sacred Band of Thebes. I loved the concept of lovers fighting together in a military unit. Who do you fight the hardest for? The one you love. I took the idea, threw in some magic and romance, creating Rathian and Stakel, plus all the men in Rathian’s command.
I hope you’ve found this post interesting. Have a great day.
Seduce my mind and you can have my body.
Find my soul and I’m yours forever.
-Anonymous
For No Going Home, I wanted to combine two of my favorite sports, show jumping and rodeo. I wondered how would a man (Les) react after being injured in a riding accident and no longer able to perform at what he loved most? Could another man (Randy) find the courage to step away from his less than perfect life to accept love and support from such a man? Along with a few other questions, I created their story.
Here Be Dragons started with a simple question. What if snakes returned to Ireland? That question morphed into a different one. What if they weren’t snakes? What if they were dragons? Throw in a geeky herpetologist, a sexy scientist/spy, a gorgeous elf and a legendary knight, you have all the components for an interesting urban fantasy.
So, I find inspiration from every thought and dream I might have. It might start with an object like in Stealing Life or a single scene like Angel’s Evolution. I have a series of stories I’m slowly working on that was inspired by a single lyric from a Bon Jovi song.
The Vanguard was inspired by the Sacred Band of Thebes. I loved the concept of lovers fighting together in a military unit. Who do you fight the hardest for? The one you love. I took the idea, threw in some magic and romance, creating Rathian and Stakel, plus all the men in Rathian’s command.
I hope you’ve found this post interesting. Have a great day.
Seduce my mind and you can have my body.
Find my soul and I’m yours forever.
-Anonymous
Useless Trivia
Here’s some facts about the Slinky.
• Betty James, CEO of James Industries and widow of Slinky inventor Richard James, named the famous toy. She scanned the dictionary for ideas and knew she’d found the perfect name with “Slinky,” which is Swedish and means stealthy, sleek, sinuous.
• Betty James, CEO of James Industries and widow of Slinky inventor Richard James, named the famous toy. She scanned the dictionary for ideas and knew she’d found the perfect name with “Slinky,” which is Swedish and means stealthy, sleek, sinuous.
• Some very innovative uses have been found for the Slinky. It has been used in pecan-picking devices in Texas and Alabama; on lighting fixtures in Harrah’s Casino in Las Vegas because of the unusual shadows it casts; and as table decorations, drapery holders, bird repellers, mail holders, therapeutic devices, wave motion coils, gutter protectors, and in numerous other ways. During the war in Vietnam, soldiers found that when draped over tree branches, the metal Slinky was an excellent makeshift radio antenna. Also, the Slinky sometimes is prescribed by physical therapists for coordination development.
• The amount of wire used since 1943 to make Slinkys could wrap around the Earth 126 times.
• Fifty years after its invention, the Slinky sells for only about twice the one dollar it originally cost.
What does this have to do with writing? Nothing at all. I was doing research for my day job and came across these interesting little facts. So I thought I’d share them with you. Nice of me, huh?
Just so you know I did finish Understanding Forgiveness yesterday. I’ve heard back from two of cps. Just waiting on the third…who is really busy…lol. So as soon as I get those comments back, I’ll be writing up the synopsis and sending it to my contact person. Woo-hoo! One more story down and tons more to write. 🙂
Hope everyone has a great day. It’s snowing here, so I’m not sure how great my day will be.
It’s almost done
Here’s a rather intriguing pic of Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I think he might as well have taken the pants off for all that they don’t show..lol.
Understanding Forgiveness isn’t quite finished yet, but I’m determined for it to be done and in my cps’ hands by no later than this afternoon. It needs to be finished by the end of next week anyway. So this will hopefully give me time to fix any problems they have with it. (which might be a lot because I’m having issues with this story)
The good news is once it’s done and sent to my cps, I’ll be working on Tony’s story almost exclusively. The only other story I’ll work on at the same time is The Vanguard to ensure I have posts for all of you.
Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. May the sun shine where you are.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born in Dublin Ireland. Gorgeous eyes and a very yummy body. He’s in the new ShowTime series, The Tudors.
Here are some other movies he’s been in:
The Lion in Winter
Alexander
Bend It Like Beckham
Match Point
How about a half clothed pic? This must be from The Tudors.
Here are some other movies he’s been in:
The Lion in Winter
Alexander
Bend It Like Beckham
Match Point
How about a half clothed pic? This must be from The Tudors.
Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne is one of the best actors out there, imo. And today it just helps that he’s Irish. He was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Here are some of his movies:
The Usual Suspects
Point of No Return (one of my personal favorites)
Little Women
The Man in the Iron Mask
Check out some of his movies.
Here are some of his movies:
The Usual Suspects
Point of No Return (one of my personal favorites)
Little Women
The Man in the Iron Mask
Check out some of his movies.
Colin Farrell
How about Colin Farrell? Now I admit I don’t find him particularly attractive, but his bad boy attitude does seem to make women (and men) swoon. 🙂
Colin is from Castleknock Dublin Ireland. Maybe it’s the accent that does it for people.
Some of his movies are:
Phone Booth
Miami Vice
A Home at the End of the World
Ask the Dust
Alexander
You all can decide which ones are good because I haven’t seen too many of his.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Throughout the day, I’ll be posting pictures of some of the best actors Ireland has sent us. (in my opinion) If you have others, I’d love to hear from you. I’m trying to run the gambit from older more distinguished men to the younger actors.
First off is Liam Neeson. Liam was born in Ballymena Co. Antrim Northern Ireland. And he has that wonderful accent when he gets to use it.
He’s been in some wonderful movies over the years.
Schindler’s List
Batman Begins
Love Actually
Rob Roy
Michael Collins
Kingdom of Heaven
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
He has a long career ahead of him as well. Can’t wait to see what else he has coming out next.
First off is Liam Neeson. Liam was born in Ballymena Co. Antrim Northern Ireland. And he has that wonderful accent when he gets to use it.
He’s been in some wonderful movies over the years.
Schindler’s List
Batman Begins
Love Actually
Rob Roy
Michael Collins
Kingdom of Heaven
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
He has a long career ahead of him as well. Can’t wait to see what else he has coming out next.
Friday Madness
Happy Friday, everyone. I hope you’re having a good day. (Of course, some of you will be stopping by before your day has even started or as your day is ending.)
Good news. My friend, Lisa Andel (she’s one of the authors in the Three anthology with me) has a new book out at Ellora’s Cave, Her Werewolf. (click on title for information) This is her cover. I told her I’d pimp it for her since it’s a great book…very steamy and sexy.
I’ve only got a few more words to write on Understanding Forgiveness, so I’m hoping to sneak in a few free minutes today at work to finish it up. Then my cps can tell me how terrible it is…lol. Got more done on Tony’s story as well, but still didn’t get a chance to actually type it in. Guess I’ll be doing that this weekend.
Hope you find an Irishman to kiss this weekend.
Good news. My friend, Lisa Andel (she’s one of the authors in the Three anthology with me) has a new book out at Ellora’s Cave, Her Werewolf. (click on title for information) This is her cover. I told her I’d pimp it for her since it’s a great book…very steamy and sexy.
I’ve only got a few more words to write on Understanding Forgiveness, so I’m hoping to sneak in a few free minutes today at work to finish it up. Then my cps can tell me how terrible it is…lol. Got more done on Tony’s story as well, but still didn’t get a chance to actually type it in. Guess I’ll be doing that this weekend.
Hope you find an Irishman to kiss this weekend.
Wacky Wednesday
Thank you to everyone who stopped by and voiced an opinion about what story I should use for my next blog story. It worked out so well, I think I’ll be letting y’all vote every time I need a new story for you to read. 🙂
Tomorrow will see the posting of the first scene of The Vanguard. I hope you enjoy it.
Cathy, you asked me about Tony’s story. Funny you mention it. I did some more work on it last night. Not sure how much I’ve actually gotten done. Have to type most of it in and that’s on the agenda for tomorrow. Tonight is reserved for finishing up Understanding Forgiveness. I did realize though that I have to re-write the entire beginning of Tony’s story. And I’m getting the tunnel vision I need to work on it pretty much exclusively because I really want to write a Christmas story featuring Les, Randy and everyone you’ve met or are going to meet in Tony’s story as well. The Christmas story doesn’t really need to be done until August or September, but I’d like to get it finished early.
I did some work on UF last night. I thought I was close to the end, but now I’ve figured out I need at least one more chapter to finish it the right way. After that, it heads out to my critique partners and they get to tell me all the terrible things I’ve done wrong. 🙂
Tomorrow will see the posting of the first scene of The Vanguard. I hope you enjoy it.
Cathy, you asked me about Tony’s story. Funny you mention it. I did some more work on it last night. Not sure how much I’ve actually gotten done. Have to type most of it in and that’s on the agenda for tomorrow. Tonight is reserved for finishing up Understanding Forgiveness. I did realize though that I have to re-write the entire beginning of Tony’s story. And I’m getting the tunnel vision I need to work on it pretty much exclusively because I really want to write a Christmas story featuring Les, Randy and everyone you’ve met or are going to meet in Tony’s story as well. The Christmas story doesn’t really need to be done until August or September, but I’d like to get it finished early.
I did some work on UF last night. I thought I was close to the end, but now I’ve figured out I need at least one more chapter to finish it the right way. After that, it heads out to my critique partners and they get to tell me all the terrible things I’ve done wrong. 🙂
Hope you all have a wacky and wonderful Wednesday.
