The Dynamic Trio - Blog

Ah time flies. My oldest child turns ten today. Holy cow, how did that happen? He happily scarfed down four pancakes before scampering off to school with popsicles for his birthday treat thingy. Tonight it’ll be cake and ice cream and the meal of his choosing? Chicken nuggets, fries and mac and cheese. Sigh. Whatever, as long as I don’t have to eat it, everything is fine.

What else? Hmm, oh I finished edits and a revision and got back to Standoff last night and got 2500 words written.

I’m addicted to lolcats. I giggle to myself all day. I have issues. Clearly.

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Why is it penis enlargement spam is so gross? I mean, it’s all, overstatement with yucky verbage - lots of jamming and choking and all sorts of stuff women don’t really like. Seriously. Also, flooding the neighborhood with your, um, byproduct? Not sexy. Just sayin. I will say I’m endlessly amused with the spam emailer names. I may use some in a book someday.

OH! Feral Fixation - the anthology which has Reluctant (a prequel quickie featuring Layla Warden from the Cascadia Woves books) is now available in print from the Ellora’s Cave Print store. There are some great stories in this antho!

On 5th November 1605 a man called Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the British houses of parliament. He was part of a group of men and their mission was to kill King James and several of his leaders by setting barrels of gunpowder below the room where a meeting was to be held. Guy Fawkes was meant to light the fuse but the plot was discovered, Guy was captured and subsequently hung.

As early as 1607 the day was celebrated. King James declared the day a public holiday because he was so pleased the plot was foiled. Ever since, Guy Fawkes Day has been a time for merrymaking. It is a holiday that both children and adults can enjoy. And the fun really begins when darkness falls, then “the “Guy” is tossed onto the bonfire, and set alight. Then the fireworks go off, and “the Guy” goes up in a flames.

With our English connection (we’re a member of the Commonwealth and Queen Elizabeth is our sovereign) we celebrate Guy Fawkes day here in New Zealand. During past years accidents with fire crackers, injuries and property damage have increased to the point where there is continual talk about banning the sale of fireworks. This year fireworks went on sale on 2 November. Already we’ve had accidents and fires. Personally, I’m not a fan and our little dog is terrified of them. Things are a little easier now she’s going deaf but she’ll be sleeping inside for the next two weeks until everyone in the neighborhood uses up their supplies! It wouldn’t worry me at all if firework sales are banned to the public and only public displays were allowed. We normally have a family get together, a BBQ and when it gets dark the fireworks come out.

Does anyone else celebrate Guy Fawkes day? What do you do to celebrate?

We had an awesome weekend in Rotorua and Taupo, although the weather wasn’t the best. I’ll post some photos later in the week but my highlights for the weekend were spending time with hubby, going to the Blueberry and Honey places (lots of yummy samples) and our visit to Wai-o-tapu, a thermal area between Rotorua and Taupo.

What did you do for the weekend?

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is in a few weeks? I swear, it feels like we just had Christmas and New Year’s…and here we are at the craziest, busiest time of year again.

Which of course means that we’ve just gotta give something away in a kick-butt contest. Here are the details of the HOLIDAY HOTTIES contest.

We will list a number of hints of what the participating author’s want for the holidays. Simply submit your guess of what they want and your name goes into the ‘hat’ for a big holiday basket of bath/spa goodies and sweets. We may even throw in a book or two (imagine that ;D)

So, stay tuned…

Woohoo! Hubby and I are off to Rotorua and Taupo for a long weekend. I’m going armed with the camera to take heaps of photos so I can do a photo essay for my upcoming story Playing to Win.

Playing to Win was the first story I ever wrote, although it’s come a long way since the number one draft. It’s a romantic suspense complete with a very scary and determined stalker. The main characters, Lane and Kate go off to Taupo for a weekend, and of course, things take a romantic turn.

We’re also going to Rotorua, which is a thermal center, complete with geysers and bubbling mud pools. I used Rotorua in Never Send a Dog to do a Woman’s Job so I might do a photo essay for that story as well.

Hubby and I watched a DVD tonight of The Marine staring wrestling champ John Cena. There wasn’t much plot but they blew up things and had lots of fist fights. I’m not sure if it was meant to be funny but we laughed a lot. I enjoyed it.

Have a fun weekend. I intend to!

A good friend of mine is a professional dancer. When she’s not traveling, she enjoys kicking back and hanging with friends. She sent me some pictures yesterday with a challenge regarding all these lovely ladies - her challenge? CAN YOU TELL WHICH ONE IS A MAN?

My first reaction was, “Say what?” Then I took a look at the photos and was like, wow! Every picture was of an absolutely gorgeous female…or was it? And more important, how the hell did they do that? Every one of them looks better than me on my best day at work! As for make-up, it’s so well done I’m actually jealous. Damn it.

So, can you tell which person is really a male?