Baseball season is almost here. For those of you who don’t know my DH personally, he’s a big baseball nut. Lives for it. Loves it. Loves to play it and watch it and coach it. He coached HS ball for years, and since our kids are now playing, has switched to coaching them.

Our oldest is a girl. And little league in our town is a big deal. There’s a whole “political” side to the league – who knows who, who’s friends with who, who’s parents are related to so-and-so. We tend to stay out of the politics and focus … Read more »

My plans to crank out pages just isn’t working. Yesterday, DH had a minor outpatient procedure on his back. I had to take him and hang out in the waiting room all afternoon. I took my laptop and my ipod and planned to really get some writing done. Ten minutes into my book, my computer froze and then wouldn’t restart. Needless to say, I had a minor panic attack. First of all – wasted afternoon writing-wise. Second of all, I haven’t backed up anything in eons. And my biggest fear was I’d just lost everything I’ve written in the … Read more »

I am the queen of procrastination. I was thinking about this tonight as I was helping my daughter with her homework. Homework packets are due on Fridays. Generally, I’m good about making her get her spelling words and sentences written Monday night so we have all week to study them, but everything else – the math and writing and worksheets – I let slide until Thursday night.

(But you’re saying, Elisabeth, tonight is Wednesday. You’re ahead of the curve. Ah, silly grasshopper. Yes, tonight is Wednesday. But Monday, remember, was a holiday, hence I didn’t make the wee one … Read more »

Okay, Elisa tagged me and Joan goaded me into doing this, so here goes…

10 Weird Things About Me

1. I twirl my hair when I’m stressed. Not the end of my hair, but a big chunk out of the top of my head. In my HS psych class, we watched a movie about schizophrenia…the patients all twirled their hair just like me.

2. I love sugar-free mochas. With whipped cream. Kinda defeats the purpose, but I still love them.

3. I can’t start a book and not finish it. Bugs me to no end. Even if the book is … Read more »

DH and I watched The Punisher last night – a movie from 2004 starring Thomas Jane and John Travolta based on the comic book series. I’d never seen it before, didn’t have a clue what it was about. Anyway, we sat down, the movie starts…for those of you who haven’t seen it, the hero is an undercover FBI agent and in the opening scene an arms-smuggling bust goes down and he’s shot and presumably killed. Turns out, he wasn’t, his death was faked, and he’s retiring from undercover work and moving his family to London where he’s planning to take … Read more »

Over at Magical Musings today, guest blogger, agent Ginger Clark with Curtis Brown is talking about writer do’s and don’ts at conferences. If you are unagented (or uneditored…ROFL, don’t think that’s a word), and hope to make an impression at an upcoming conference, you should go read the post.

I was going to reply there, but then decided not to embarrass myself and instead am doing it here (aren’t you thrilled?!).

Have you ever made a total fool of yourself at a conference? I have. In more ways than one. The one I pulled in front of an agent … Read more »

Today’s the big day! The group blog I belong to – Romance Worth Killing For – is kicking off their new and improved blog. We have new bloggers, exciting contests, and lots of fun things to share. Be sure to stop by today and comment. We’re giving away not one, but TWO autographed copies of Karin Tabke‘s Good Girl Gone Bad! Don’t miss it!