Today is a pretty special day around my house. 25 years ago, today, my youngest brother, Andrew, was born. He’s adorable with his big melty brown eyes, hilariously funny, smart and sweet. Happy Birthday to my Panda Bear!
In other news, I’m guest blogging at Hitting the Hot Spot. Please come and visit me so I’m not all lonely and stuff. Today’s topic is Misconceptions About the Romance Genre.
Here’s the link. http://totalebound.blogspot.com/
I misread things all the time. All the freaking time. So when I was on my way home from the car dealership the other day, and I saw a sign in front of a small deli that said “Human Hair On Sale Now!” I was positive I’d misread the sign.
Nope…not this time. There really was human hair on sale at the deli. Ewwwwww.
But it made me think of some of my favorite misreads. There was the time I was looking up the number for the “Grand Rapids Dominicans” – only I read, the “Grand Rapids Dominatrixes.”
Another was a sign in front of a church. It said, “Polar Expedition Vacation Bible School.” I read “Bipolar Exhibitionism Vacation Bible School.” I actually has to slow down and drive around the block so I could reread the sign. I was a little disappointed when I did.
Sometimes I’ll even combine two lines of text. For instance, there were these two headlines. “Blast Kills Six in Sri Lanka” and “How to Pick the Perfect Christmas Tree.” However, I read
“The Perfect Christmas Tree Kills Six in Sri Lanka.” I had this horrible mental image of a perfectly decorated tree – you know, something out of a Marshal Field’s display, walking down the street and strangling people with strands of lights and garland.
So, do you guys ever misread things? I know Brynn, Margaret and Jen do. Got any gems you want to share? What about the rest of you?
Here’s something that’s not a misread. Today, is the last day of the Eternally Yours Contest.
Eternally Yours Contest
What could you spend an eternity doing? What is your passion? Your hunger? Your deepest desire? Each day beginning February 5 and running through February 14 one of the ten authors will complete the line, “My darling I could spend eternity…” on either their blog or website. Collect all ten answers and e-mail them to anny@annycook.com with Eternally Yours in the subject line to win some hot, romantic books. There will be three lucky Valentine winners.
The prizes –
1st prize–5 books
2nd prize–3 books
3rd prize–2 books
Entries must be in by February 16 at midnight EST. All books and prize winners will be drawn randomly.
Sandra Cox Silverhills
Mona Risk To Love a Hero
Brynn Paulin Tribute For the Goddess
Bronwyn Green Mystic Circle
Cindy Spencer Pape Stone and Earth
N.J. Walters Seduction of Shamus O’Rourke
Elyssa Edwards Mating Stone
Amarinda Jones Shades of Gray
Kelly Kirch Time for Love
Anny Cook Honeysuckle
So not only am I done with winter, but apparently so is my car. Squishy (my cute little car) decided that it was really too much of an effort to start this morning. I had to drag a space heater out to the garage and aim it at the car to get it started and drive to to the car dealership and sit there for hours while they fixed the same thing they fixed less than two years ago.
Controlled Obsolescence pisses me off. A lot.
It pisses me off that I have to spend a lot of money on something that should last longer than two years. It pisses me off that things are only built to last a short while and then get thrown away. Yes, it gives companies much their desired money, but as my hippie mama used to say, “there’s no such place as away.” I sincerely doubt anyone is recycling this stuff. Grrrr Argh
On to things that don’t take up space, need no recycling and are free – contest books!
Eternally Yours Contest
What could you spend an eternity doing? What is your passion? Your hunger? Your deepest desire? Each day beginning February 5 and running through February 14 one of the ten authors will complete the line, “My darling I could spend eternity…” on either their blog or website. Collect all ten answers and e-mail them to anny@annycook.com with Eternally Yours in the subject line to win some hot, romantic books. There will be three lucky Valentine winners.
The prizes –
1st prize–5 books
2nd prize–3 books
3rd prize–2 books
Entries must be in by February 16 at midnight EST. All books and prize winners will be drawn randomly.
Sandra Cox Silverhills
Mona Risk To Love a Hero
Brynn Paulin Tribute For the Goddess
Bronwyn Green Mystic Circle
Cindy Spencer Pape Stone and Earth
N.J. Walters Seduction of Shamus O’Rourke
Elyssa Edwards Mating Stone
Amarinda Jones Shades of Gray
Kelly Kirch Time for Love
Anny Cook Honeysuckle
I think my kids’ school has had a snow day every week since they went back to school in January. I’m not complaining – hell, I didn’t want to go out in this crap particularly since their school doesn’t have bus service. Besides, in these sub-zero temps, my car doesn’t like to start anyway. Squishy, (my car) is getting a bit cantankerous. She has a temperature sensor that malfunctions in really cold weather. I think I have the same malfunction. I don’t want to get out of bed in weather like this. I’m considering hibernating until spring.
Before I do, I’ll post the contest info.
Eternally Yours Contest
What could you spend an eternity doing? What is your passion? Your hunger? Your deepest desire? Each day beginning February 5 and running through February 14 one of the ten authors will complete the line, “My darling I could spend eternity…” on either their blog or website. Collect all ten answers and e-mail them to anny@annycook.com with Eternally Yours in the subject line to win some hot, romantic books. There will be three lucky Valentine winners.
The prizes –
1st prize–5 books
2nd prize–3 books
3rd prize–2 books
Entries must be in by February 16 at midnight EST. All books and prize winners will be drawn randomly.
Sandra Cox Silverhills
Mona Risk To Love a Hero
Brynn Paulin Tribute For the Goddess
Bronwyn Green Mystic Circle
Cindy Spencer Pape Stone and Earth
N.J. Walters Seduction of Shamus O’Rourke
Elyssa Edwards Mating Stone
Amarinda Jones Shades of Gray
Kelly Kirch Time for Love
Anny Cook Honeysuckle
I’m finally back to real life – the land of sub-zero temps (yes, I know it’s just the windchill, but if it feels that cold, it might as well be that cold.) It’s also the land of children who haven’t done their homework, taken showers or done their chores while I was gone all weekend. I’m beginning to realize why I don’t go away all that often.
In addition to drinking copious amounts of alcohol, we sit around and write, brainstorm, work on picture pages and laugh until our stomachs hurt. Right now, four of our members are critiquing their current chapters with one another while the rest of us are typing away.
Also, we eat. A lot.
Jen was trying to light the fireplace just now, but it was looking like it was going to be Sylvia Plath charades so she stopped.
It’s just so nice to get a break from our families and hang out with other people who understand about the voices in our heads and don’t mind when we go under the dome for hours on end.
So…about those free books…
Eternally Yours Contest
What could you spend an eternity doing? What is your passion? Your hunger? Your deepest desire? Each day beginning February 5 and running through February 14 one of the ten authors will complete the line, “My darling I could spend eternity…” on either their blog or website. Collect all ten answers and e-mail them to anny@annycook.com with Eternally Yours in the subject line to win some hot, romantic books. There will be three lucky Valentine winners.
The prizes –
1st prize–5 books
2nd prize–3 books
3rd prize–2 books
Entries must be in by February 16 at midnight EST. All books and prize winners will be drawn randomly.
Sandra Cox Silverhills
Mona Risk To Love a Hero
Brynn Paulin Tribute For the Goddess
Bronwyn Green Mystic Circle
Cindy Spencer Pape Stone and Earth
N.J. Walters Seduction of Shamus O’Rourke
Elyssa Edwards Mating Stone
Amarinda Jones Shades of Gray
Kelly Kirch Time for Love
Anny Cook Honeysuckle
The ultrasound results are back and everything looks pretty spiffy with my kidneys despite the fact that they’re still not behaving. After a lovely visit with the doctor this afternoon where we commiserated about drug and insurance companies and the fact that his office staff is incapable of using an apostrophe correctly, he decided to try me on something new.
It’s called…
wait for it…
Urispaz
Yes, it’s pronounced you’re a spaz.
My first question was whether or not it was a placebo. He insists that it’s not, but we giggled about the name for many long and awkward minutes. Good times…good times. Here’s hoping it’s useful as well as amusing.
Hey…wanna win some books?
Eternally Yours Contest
What could you spend an eternity doing? What is your passion? Your hunger? Your deepest desire? Each day beginning February 5 and running through February 14 one of the ten authors will complete the line, “My darling I could spend eternity…” on either their blog or website. Collect all ten answers and e-mail them to anny@annycook.com with Eternally Yours in the subject line to win some hot, romantic books. There will be three lucky Valentine winners.
The prizes –
1st prize–5 books
2nd prize–3 books
3rd prize–2 books
Entries must be in by February 16 at midnight EST. All books and prize winners will be drawn randomly.
Sandra Cox Silverhills
Mona Risk To Love a Hero
Brynn Paulin Tribute For the Goddess
Bronwyn Green Mystic Circle
Cindy Spencer Pape Stone and Earth
N.J. Walters Seduction of Shamus O’Rourke
Elyssa Edwards Mating Stone
Amarinda Jones Shades of Gray
Kelly Kirch Time for Love
Anny Cook Honeysuckle
