Implied Vulgarity–A Little Humorous and Rare Snark

 
Does anyone else get tired of all the letters to the editor in a “certain romance publication” about how offensive today’s books are becoming?  Too graphic, too mouthy… and oh man, the complaints about the use of the F- word.  (And that’s exactly how it’s referenced, so we’ll carry it on here for giggles.)
A few of [...]

Exploding Ideas and Good Writing Music

I said I had an idea for the Nocturne Bites and man, did I have an idea. 
Last night, I fleshed out three. 

With me, research can be the trigger and since I have this er, really, really, BIG thing for Norse history and mythology, I started reading and my imagination hit overload. 
As my long time readers [...]

To Share or Not to Share?

I ended up scrapping the idea I brainstormed Friday night.  Story wouldn’t stick.  No worries, though.  I came up with a new one last night.  Haven’t fleshed out the male lead in the story and have to watch my tendency to write a female who can kick his ass.  This is for a romance market [...]

For Your Weekend Wandering…

“Writing, I think, is not apart from living.  Writing is kind of double living.  The writer experiences everything twice.  Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.”           Catherine Drinker Bowen
Image from my friend’s blog.  You can explore–he has wonderful images and writes beautiful poetry.  Wide Eyed Wanderer. 

Today, I’m listening [...]

Pointless Ramble–Except for Music!

I like WordPress, especially now that they’ve upped the amount of “free” space for images.  I have tons of images stored here and they’re only using up 3 percent!  I also like that I can put anything I want on the tabbed pages above.  I get a lot of traffic to Valen and the Norse.
But [...]

Valentine Hodgepodge

 
 How about a bunch of strange Valentine’s Day offerings?  Who wants the same old boring stuff.  Well… except for chocolate.  Rachel sent me some of these for my surgical recovery and I made the hubby go out and get more since they go away after VDay.  The ones she sent are filled with white chocolate.  [...]

Writing Update and Current Music

Sorry about the long silence.  Had personal issues that took center stage. 
 
I actually did this.  Fell asleep writing the other night.  Awakened curled up in a chair in my living room, the mouse on the floor.
I have been working on manuscripts–need to update my progress bars, in fact.  I’ve also been chatting with [...]

Sad News

Today was my anniversary. (It’s still the nineteenth, though this publishes as the twentieth.)
At my wedding, we played Dan Fogelberg music because our very first kiss was at a Dan Fogelberg concert. 
I just found out he passed away.  He was only 56.  It’s so hard to believe that we won’t be graced with the beauty of [...]

Sad Today

While Luciano Pavarotti was here, he gifted a lot of hearts and even more imaginations. 

Weekend Music and Art

 
Jumped on tonight to share some music. I’ve been listening to Iron and Wine.  Yes, folk music.  I do have a love for that genre, too. Suprising from someone who is a fan of alternative, trip hop and  groups like Tool and Korn–but I have all kinds of favs from classical up to metal.  Believe me, my [...]

It Arrived!!!

Two posts on this band in one week, but….
Over the Rhine’s new CD arrived!
My sister, Jana, is so excited she’s coming over this evening for dinner.  We’re gonna play it loud on all the speakers, share a bottle of red wine and cook some yummy food! 
I wasn’t going to tell her it was out.  Was [...]